Sited in the William Brown Street Conservation Area at the corner of Lime Street and London Road, The Empire Theatre was a larger replacement for the former theatre, which closed on 16 February 1924 and was demolished, with the present one opening on the 9th of March 1925 and is the largest two-tier auditorium in Britain.
Although there had been earlier performances here by 'The Quarrymen' and 'Johnny and the Moondogs', it was on the 28th of October 1962 that 'The Beatles' appeared at Liverpool's main venue for the first time, following in the footsteps of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and many other internationally known stars, which was an indication to their local fans that they were now on the verge of success. This was a NEMS Enterprises promotion, and featured eight acts headlined by Little Richard with Craig Douglas, backed by 'The Beatles', former Shadows bassist 'Jet Harris and The Jet Blacks', Kenny Lynch, 'The Breakaways' and 'Sounds Incorporated' as supporting acts.
In their first performance in the city in over a month, 'The Beatles' appeared here on the 24th of March 1963 with Tommy Roe and Chris Montez in the same week their debut album 'Please Please Me' was released. This was a taste of things to come for as they became more popular and began touring they were taken further and further away from their hometown for longer spells.
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| The Beatles backstage with Chris Montez and Tommy Roe |
The 26th of May 1963 was the eighth date of 'The Beatles' UK tour with Roy Orbison, and was another homecoming show at the Empire Theatre. Again the group hadn't performed in the city for over six weeks and they performed seven songs: Some Other Guy; Do You Want To Know A secret; Love Me Do; From Me To You; Please Please Me; I Saw Her Standing There and Twist And Shout.
It was on the 5th of December 1965 when 'The Beatles' made their 6th and final appearance here, and their final in their home city, although that wasn't known at the time. More than 40,000 ticket applications were made for the 2,550 seat venue, leaving so many of their fans disappointed. Fans got an early glimpse of Paul McCartney when he sat in with 'The Koobas', another Liverpool group that was one of the opening acts, to play drums for their take on "Dizzy Miss Lizzy".
see also :- http://www.thefootballvoice.com/2017/12/mersey-beat-odeon.html
It was on the 5th of December 1965 when 'The Beatles' made their 6th and final appearance here, and their final in their home city, although that wasn't known at the time. More than 40,000 ticket applications were made for the 2,550 seat venue, leaving so many of their fans disappointed. Fans got an early glimpse of Paul McCartney when he sat in with 'The Koobas', another Liverpool group that was one of the opening acts, to play drums for their take on "Dizzy Miss Lizzy".
see also :- http://www.thefootballvoice.com/2017/12/mersey-beat-odeon.html
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