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Fact #95054

When:

Short story:

Pete Best fans shout rowdy support for the sacked drummer when Ringo Starr drums with The Beatles at The Cavern Club, Liverpool, UK. Also on the bill are the Swinging Blue Genes.

Full article:

Tim Dugdill (audience) : Pete's mates, possibly without his knowledge, came to seek retribution from the rest of The Beatles. George got a hiding but John gave some of it back, and then Paddy and the rest of the bouncers sorted it out.

Dick Fontaine (researcher, Granada TV) : I went to The Cavern to hear some jazz. When I got there, they produced Lennon and McCartney to talk to me. Someone at the club had said to them, 'A bloke from the telly's coming.' It was the week Ringo joined the band. John and Paul said, 'Come back and hear us,' so I did, and I thought, 'Aha, here's my first film.'