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Former Beatles drummer Pete Best announces his retirement

Musician, who played with the Beatles between 1960 and 1962 until he was replaced by Ringo Starr, says he ‘had a blast’

The Guardian - AU

“I had a blast. Thank you”: Original Beatles drummer Pete Best retires, aged 83

His daughter says it’s due to “personal circumstances”

MusicRadar

Instruments used on classic Beatles album Sgt Pepper’s go on display

Two of the four French horns played on the album are on show at Liverpool Beatles Museum.

The Independent UK

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Furniture linked to the Beatles which was destined for the dump now in museum

The set of chairs and table had been in the dressing room of a venue where the band performed in August 1962.

Evening Standard

Liverpool venue that hosted some of the Beatles’ earliest gigs turned into Airbnb

Fans can stay at the Casbah Coffee Club where the Quarrymen, the precursor band to the Beatles, had a residency

The Guardian - UK

Chas Newby, fill-in bassist who rejected a full-time gig with the Beatles, dies at 81

Chas Newby, an English rock bassist and brief member of the Beatles in the early 1960s, died this week at 81.

Los Angeles Times

Chas Newby, one-time Beatles bassist, dies at 81

The British musician, who performed with the Beatles for several gigs in 1960, went on to become a high school mathematics teacher

The Guardian - US

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The Beatles' former bassist Chas Newby dies aged 81 as tributes paid

Chas Newby- who played with the band in their early days- died on Tuesday morning

Daily Record

The Beatles' former bassist Chas Newby dies as tributes pour in for The Quarrymen musician

The Beatles' former bass player Chas Newby, who played with the band in their early days, is thought to have died early on Tuesday morning and social media has been flooded with tributes to the musician

Daily Mirror

New exhibition features The Beatles in comics

Former Spider-Man editor has curated the new collection on Mathew Street

Liverpool Echo

Hare Krishna followers join Beatles fans to mark George Harrison’s 80th birthday

Members of the Hare Krishna movement joined more than 100 fans at the Liverpool Beatles Museum on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Beatles' first tour was the start of total madness, says ex of Fab Four legend

Bernadette Byrne, who was dating George Harrison at the time, witnessed the phenomenon unfold at a 1963 gig at Southport’s Floral Hall which kicked off the group's first tour

Daily Mirror

Toilet once owned by John Lennon goes on display in Liverpool

Blue and white porcelain loo exhibited on Mathew Street

Liverpool Echo

Flush of excitement as John Lennon’s toilet goes on display

The reveal was met with laughs, smiles and a comment of: ‘It’s John’s john.’

The Independent UK

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