10 November 1961. The Beatles played their 1st show at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, Wallasey in an event called Operation Big Beat which featured Merseybeat groups. This is seen as the group’s 1st major UK theatre performance even though the venue was a dance hall.
November 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM
10 November 1961. The Beatles played their 1st show at the Tower Ballroom in New Brighton, Wallasey in an event called Operation Big Beat which featured Merseybeat groups. This is seen as the group’s 1st major UK theatre performance even though the venue was a dance hall.
This is so close to mine it's uncanny. I deliberately got kicked out of cubs the evening it clashed with an early evening TV programme about the new Merseybeat sound.
please delight me with your most on-brand story from your childhood
mine is that I quit Cubs after two weeks because it clashed with Coronation Street
mine is that I quit Cubs after two weeks because it clashed with Coronation Street
November 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
This is so close to mine it's uncanny. I deliberately got kicked out of cubs the evening it clashed with an early evening TV programme about the new Merseybeat sound.
How Pirate Radio changed Pop Music for the United Kingdom
#pop #popmusic #pirateradio #newera #radiocaroline #radiolondon #simondee #tonyblackburn #emperorrosko #kissradio #change #england #merseybeat #blues #rock #metal #heavymetal
#pop #popmusic #pirateradio #newera #radiocaroline #radiolondon #simondee #tonyblackburn #emperorrosko #kissradio #change #england #merseybeat #blues #rock #metal #heavymetal
November 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
How Pirate Radio changed Pop Music for the United Kingdom
#pop #popmusic #pirateradio #newera #radiocaroline #radiolondon #simondee #tonyblackburn #emperorrosko #kissradio #change #england #merseybeat #blues #rock #metal #heavymetal
#pop #popmusic #pirateradio #newera #radiocaroline #radiolondon #simondee #tonyblackburn #emperorrosko #kissradio #change #england #merseybeat #blues #rock #metal #heavymetal
In the same way people talk about why punk had to happen, this is why Merseybeat had to happen
November 3, 2026 at 10:21 PM
In the same way people talk about why punk had to happen, this is why Merseybeat had to happen
Further thoughts: it would honestly be trivial to put together good, coherent (if super-predictable) playlists from the stuff they're playing but it's very clearly just random. No Black artists in the 2 hours I've been checking - perhaps saved for the threatened "Saturday party" show
November 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Further thoughts: it would honestly be trivial to put together good, coherent (if super-predictable) playlists from the stuff they're playing but it's very clearly just random. No Black artists in the 2 hours I've been checking - perhaps saved for the threatened "Saturday party" show
"From Me to You" by the Beatles—there's an alternate universe where the Beatles never take that next step forward and are just the Merseybeat band with the harmonica gimmick
November 3, 2026 at 11:02 PM
"From Me to You" by the Beatles—there's an alternate universe where the Beatles never take that next step forward and are just the Merseybeat band with the harmonica gimmick
The fact that this goes "six decades" when we're more than halfway through decade 7 by that count makes me more cross than it should.
The genre words too. Yeah, I'd definitely love to hear "merseybeat" hits from 1961 or "britpop" from 1990.
The genre words too. Yeah, I'd definitely love to hear "merseybeat" hits from 1961 or "britpop" from 1990.
November 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The fact that this goes "six decades" when we're more than halfway through decade 7 by that count makes me more cross than it should.
The genre words too. Yeah, I'd definitely love to hear "merseybeat" hits from 1961 or "britpop" from 1990.
The genre words too. Yeah, I'd definitely love to hear "merseybeat" hits from 1961 or "britpop" from 1990.
I really feel like I suddenly understand them (and the wider merseybeat phenomenon) better
October 31, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I really feel like I suddenly understand them (and the wider merseybeat phenomenon) better
#discos The Loved Ones – Latest Hits! (2026) De esos álbumes en los que uno tiene que cerciorarse de la fecha para saber que es de este año. Rollo sixties de principio a fin, con blues, garage rock, merseybeat y freakbeat. El disco funciona desde su conseguido viaje al pasado.
November 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM
#discos The Loved Ones – Latest Hits! (2026) De esos álbumes en los que uno tiene que cerciorarse de la fecha para saber que es de este año. Rollo sixties de principio a fin, con blues, garage rock, merseybeat y freakbeat. El disco funciona desde su conseguido viaje al pasado.
New Arrival 😊 Sounds ok apart from one track 😊
Caliban came together in Ormskirk in 1971, after Liverpool had moved beyond the first Merseybeat years and harder music was filling its clubs. They also played the last gig at the original Cavern in Liverpool 🎶 #caliban
Caliban came together in Ormskirk in 1971, after Liverpool had moved beyond the first Merseybeat years and harder music was filling its clubs. They also played the last gig at the original Cavern in Liverpool 🎶 #caliban
October 31, 2026 at 11:55 AM
New Arrival 😊 Sounds ok apart from one track 😊
Caliban came together in Ormskirk in 1971, after Liverpool had moved beyond the first Merseybeat years and harder music was filling its clubs. They also played the last gig at the original Cavern in Liverpool 🎶 #caliban
Caliban came together in Ormskirk in 1971, after Liverpool had moved beyond the first Merseybeat years and harder music was filling its clubs. They also played the last gig at the original Cavern in Liverpool 🎶 #caliban
Of course, the Beatles without George Martin would have been just another Merseybeat group. But they had George Martin. And they had earned the privilege. Because they were very, very good.
Now, there is this thing about Ringo. That he is not so great a drummer because he can’t drum fast or in […]
Now, there is this thing about Ringo. That he is not so great a drummer because he can’t drum fast or in […]
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November 3, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Of course, the Beatles without George Martin would have been just another Merseybeat group. But they had George Martin. And they had earned the privilege. Because they were very, very good.
Now, there is this thing about Ringo. That he is not so great a drummer because he can’t drum fast or in […]
Now, there is this thing about Ringo. That he is not so great a drummer because he can’t drum fast or in […]
Clinic - Wild In The Streets [81] drops tomorrow: www.metacritic.com/music/wild-i...
"A very different form of Merseybeat, for sure – and one to treasure as a unique part of British pop music." - musicOMH
"A very different form of Merseybeat, for sure – and one to treasure as a unique part of British pop music." - musicOMH
October 29, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Clinic - Wild In The Streets [81] drops tomorrow: www.metacritic.com/music/wild-i...
"A very different form of Merseybeat, for sure – and one to treasure as a unique part of British pop music." - musicOMH
"A very different form of Merseybeat, for sure – and one to treasure as a unique part of British pop music." - musicOMH
Merseybeat show returns to historic Port Sunlight www.birkenhead.news/merseybeat-s...
Merseybeat show returns to historic Port Sunlight
Get ready for a nostalgic trip back to the Swinging Sixties as This Is Merseybeat returns to the Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight Village. Taking place on Friday, 16 April…
www.birkenhead.news
October 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Merseybeat show returns to historic Port Sunlight www.birkenhead.news/merseybeat-s...
Sir Henry & His Butlers - Let's Go [Denmark, Beat/R&B] (1965) Danish R&B Merseybeat-style music was locally called "Pigtradmusik" ("barbed-wire music") - here's a good example!
https://redd.it/g7o0sm
https://youtu.be/UynQppb6FPQ
https://redd.it/g7o0sm
https://youtu.be/UynQppb6FPQ
Sir Henry & His Butlers - Let's Go [Denmark, Beat/R&B] (1965) Danish R&B Merseybeat-style music was locally called "Pigtradmusik" ("barbed-wire music") - here's a good example!
youtu.be
October 27, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Sir Henry & His Butlers - Let's Go [Denmark, Beat/R&B] (1965) Danish R&B Merseybeat-style music was locally called "Pigtradmusik" ("barbed-wire music") - here's a good example!
https://redd.it/g7o0sm
https://youtu.be/UynQppb6FPQ
https://redd.it/g7o0sm
https://youtu.be/UynQppb6FPQ
Pesymiści - Nie powiem ci już nic [Poland, Big Beat] (1966) Michał Krasicki-penned Merseybeat-influenced song.
https://redd.it/12cl71c
https://youtu.be/eVe0owrYZgY
https://redd.it/12cl71c
https://youtu.be/eVe0owrYZgY
Pesymiści - Nie powiem ci już nic [Poland, Big Beat] (1966) Michał Krasicki-penned Merseybeat-influenced song.
youtu.be
October 26, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Pesymiści - Nie powiem ci już nic [Poland, Big Beat] (1966) Michał Krasicki-penned Merseybeat-influenced song.
https://redd.it/12cl71c
https://youtu.be/eVe0owrYZgY
https://redd.it/12cl71c
https://youtu.be/eVe0owrYZgY
Merseybeat show returns to historic Port Sunlight www.birkenhead.news/merseybeat-s...
Merseybeat show returns to historic Port Sunlight
Get ready for a nostalgic trip back to the Swinging Sixties as This Is Merseybeat returns to the Gladstone Theatre in Port Sunlight Village. Taking place on Friday, 16 April…
www.birkenhead.news
October 26, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Merseybeat show returns to historic Port Sunlight www.birkenhead.news/merseybeat-s...
#BreakingKindSongs
#MusicChallenge
Day 20. A song you thought was by a different artist when you first heard it
I remember hearing this in the 90s and thinking for ages it was one of the old ‘Merseybeat’ 60s bands
Cast - Walkaway
open.spotify.com/track/3drQLS...
#MusicChallenge
Day 20. A song you thought was by a different artist when you first heard it
I remember hearing this in the 90s and thinking for ages it was one of the old ‘Merseybeat’ 60s bands
Cast - Walkaway
open.spotify.com/track/3drQLS...
Walkaway
Cast · All Change · Song · 1995
open.spotify.com
October 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM
#BreakingKindSongs
#MusicChallenge
Day 20. A song you thought was by a different artist when you first heard it
I remember hearing this in the 90s and thinking for ages it was one of the old ‘Merseybeat’ 60s bands
Cast - Walkaway
open.spotify.com/track/3drQLS...
#MusicChallenge
Day 20. A song you thought was by a different artist when you first heard it
I remember hearing this in the 90s and thinking for ages it was one of the old ‘Merseybeat’ 60s bands
Cast - Walkaway
open.spotify.com/track/3drQLS...
El cuarteto de Oakland The Loved Ones vuelve a juntarse para grabar doce canciones en “LATEST HITS!” que llegará el 23 de octubre. Una docena de canciones bañadas en blues, Merseybeat, garage rock y freakbeat. Todo producido por un conocido, Nick Waterhouse y re.. www.dirtyrock.info/2026/10/the-...
THE LOVED ONES REGRESAN CON "LATEST HITS!" CON NICK WATERHOUSE A LA PRODUCCIÓN Y GIRA ESPAÑOLA - Dirty Rock Magazine
El cuarteto de Oakland The Loved Ones vuelve a juntarse para grabar doce canciones en "LATEST HITS!" que llegará el 23 de octubre.
www.dirtyrock.info
October 21, 2026 at 11:24 AM
El cuarteto de Oakland The Loved Ones vuelve a juntarse para grabar doce canciones en “LATEST HITS!” que llegará el 23 de octubre. Una docena de canciones bañadas en blues, Merseybeat, garage rock y freakbeat. Todo producido por un conocido, Nick Waterhouse y re.. www.dirtyrock.info/2026/10/the-...
Guilty as charged on the reticence — though your Irish theory holds up. Liverpool's Irish community ran deep, and that lilt in Merseybeat vocals is hard to explain without it.
October 19, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Guilty as charged on the reticence — though your Irish theory holds up. Liverpool's Irish community ran deep, and that lilt in Merseybeat vocals is hard to explain without it.
Well I mean, it's not Needles and Pins. But it's a cool bit of Merseybeat and I'm glad I heard it. 'Whelming it with about-right praise' is maybe closer.
October 18, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Well I mean, it's not Needles and Pins. But it's a cool bit of Merseybeat and I'm glad I heard it. 'Whelming it with about-right praise' is maybe closer.
These won't make sense unless you're also watching the Merseybeat prestige mini series on Disney+, and there's a half dozen references to Backbeat.
Sony is considering releasing all 4 ‘BEATLES’ biopics on the same day in April 2028.
Another idea being considered is offering a 4-pack of tickets to encourage fans to buy tickets to all 4 films at once.
(Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
Another idea being considered is offering a 4-pack of tickets to encourage fans to buy tickets to all 4 films at once.
(Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)
October 16, 2026 at 5:24 PM
These won't make sense unless you're also watching the Merseybeat prestige mini series on Disney+, and there's a half dozen references to Backbeat.
The Koobas were a Merseybeat band who had done their time in Hamburg. Bass player Keith Ellis went on to play with Van der Graaf Generator, The Misunderstood, Juicy Lucy & a version of Iron Butterfly which toured Europe in the 70s
October 15, 2026 at 10:07 PM
The Koobas were a Merseybeat band who had done their time in Hamburg. Bass player Keith Ellis went on to play with Van der Graaf Generator, The Misunderstood, Juicy Lucy & a version of Iron Butterfly which toured Europe in the 70s
Pesymiści - Nie powiem ci już nic [Poland, Big Beat] (1966) Michał Krasicki-penned Merseybeat-influenced song.
https://redd.it/12cl71c
https://youtu.be/eVe0owrYZgY
https://redd.it/12cl71c
https://youtu.be/eVe0owrYZgY
Pesymiści - Nie powiem ci już nic [Poland, Big Beat] (1966) Michał Krasicki-penned Merseybeat-influenced song.
youtu.be
October 14, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Pesymiści - Nie powiem ci już nic [Poland, Big Beat] (1966) Michał Krasicki-penned Merseybeat-influenced song.
https://redd.it/12cl71c
https://youtu.be/eVe0owrYZgY
https://redd.it/12cl71c
https://youtu.be/eVe0owrYZgY
R.I.P. Brian Jones. www.thatericalper.com/2026/10/14/b...
Brian Jones, Saxophonist for Merseybeat Rockers The Undertakers Behind “Just a Little Bit,” Dies at 85 - That Eric Alper
Fans once queued outside Liverpool’s Cavern Club expecting to see The Beatles, only to discover the crowd was there for another local favourite, a group whose wailing saxophone set them apart from nea...
www.thatericalper.com
October 14, 2026 at 10:36 PM
R.I.P. Brian Jones. www.thatericalper.com/2026/10/14/b...
The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan - Hamburg 1961 [Bootleg] (CD rip FLAC) https://archive.org/details/the-beatles-featuring-tony-sheridan-hamburg-1961
The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan - Hamburg 1961 [Bootleg] (CD rip FLAC) : The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Genres: Rock & Roll, Merseybeat, British Rhythm & BluesYear: UnknownLabel: ARC Records (TOP CD 510)Country: Netherlands
archive.org
October 14, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan - Hamburg 1961 [Bootleg] (CD rip FLAC) https://archive.org/details/the-beatles-featuring-tony-sheridan-hamburg-1961