The Searchers bring their musical quest to an end after 68 years Exclusive: Merseybeat act, contemporaries of the Beatles, will play final show at Glastonbury this year after farewell tour The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2025
“Chuck Berry’s manager said, ‘Nobody’s allowed to play any Chuck Berry songs.’ We started Roll Over Beethoven – he ran onstage and tried to stop us”: The Liverbirds played alongside the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – and paved the way for women in rock From booting Chuck Berry’s manager off stage and proving John Lennon wrong, to touring Japan and blazing a screaming trail across Europe, The Liverbirds took Merseybeat beyond British shores, on their own terms Guitar World · May 28, 2024
Haydn Gwynne was an inquisitive actor, charismatic company – and great fun From Nice Work to singing Sondheim, this brilliant performer always brought a powerful intelligence to her roles The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2023
‘John Lennon was violent. He’d fight about anything’: the inside story of Merseybeat, the UK’s early pop explosion Early 1960s Liverpudlian pop may have been dominated by the Beatles, but it was a thriving scene whose acts filled the charts. Its artists explain why wild success gave way to heartbreaking failure The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023
'Music seems far more important in Liverpool - we get it' “Eurovision is a chance to exhibit what is happening [within the music scene] here all of the time” Liverpool Echo · May 7, 2023
Former cinema and school kitchen that had the 'spirit of the sixties' It boasted a bright and vibrant history Liverpool Echo · Apr 4, 2023
Memories of the 'little-known' Beatles' first appearance in Nottingham We speak to the man who bought the first ticket Nottingham Post · Mar 5, 2023