The original contract for The Beatles to perform at one of their Hamburg residencies is expected to fetch up to £30,000 at auction. Drummer Pete Best played in the band’s first stint at the ...

Astrid Kirchherr, the German photographer whose early shots of The Beatles helped turn them into icons, has died aged 81. She took the first photo of the band in Hamburg in 1960, and is credited ...

Mr Stanley said: "We have always been proud of our Beatles heritage ... their name and reputation were really made during the Hamburg tour which began just days later. But our venue is where ...

And after a while, things just explode. It can happen to anyone. In 1961, The Beatles were just a bar band playing in Hamburg ...

This band he was with was completely unknown. It was the autumn of 1960. In this club in Hamburg, the Kaiserkeller, they played for people to dance. George was singing all those funny songs ...

One book takes almost 50,000 words to get to the point where five teenagers leave Liverpool for the first time in 1960 for a ...

Two British institutions collided when The Beatles' Paul McCartney joined Roy Plomley on the special 40th-anniversary episode ...

The Las Vegas Beatle Tribute’ event, set for Friday, Nov. 15, will span all eras of Beatles music, with authentic sound, look ...

The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr once revealed that his favourite song of all time is 'Tell The Truth' by Ray Charles, who ...

The Fab Four's manager Brian Epstein was instrumental to their success and is now the subject of a new biopic Midas Man.

Meanwhile, The Beatles work. There is jamming ... When organist Billy Preston, a former Hamburg buddy, arrives on January 22 to visit, and stays to work, he helps them recapture a love of playing ...

In fact, this area is where the Beatles played when they came to Hamburg in 1960 and started their careers. Visitors can take a popular Beatles Tour to learn more. Accessible via the Altona S-Bahn ...