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Beatles Tours, Themed Hotels, The Cavern Club & Childhood Homes all here in Liverpool

Mathew Street Liverpool, Birthplace of the Beatles & Home to the Cavern

Liverpool Wall of Fame listing 54 Liverpool Number 1 Chart Hits since 1952, situated on Mathew Street

Beatles Story Exhibit, Albert Dock Liverpool

The new Echo Arena on Liverpool's Waterfront at Kings Dock

Liverpool Music Venues Echo Arena The Beatles Tours Cavern Liverpool UK

Liverpool's musical legacy and legends are world famous, catering to all musical tastes from the Beatles, contemporary club land and the birth of Cream to the world famous Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra based within the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. Recent new venues include the mammoth Echo Arena Liverpool on the Kings Dock. This 10,000 seater stadium played host to the Capital of Culture year 08 opening ceremony and offers a packed programme of concerts, sports events, big live shows and plays host to large conference events. Liverpool is renowned for its hard hitting underground club scene. Alongside the big Creamfields April event, you've a choice of some of the UK's best hubs for underground dance particularly around the university and Berry Street. One of Liverpool's most treasured music venues is the art deco Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on Hope Street with around 250 concerts annually - not just classical, its main genre, but also an eclectic mix of film screenings, rock, jazz and world music.

The legendary Liverpool Cavern Club, still a hub for live music, sits on historic Mathew Street. Just opposite the Cavern the Liverpool Wall of Fame features a disc for every Liverpool group that ever achieved a number one hit. Don't miss a special exhibition at the World Museum Liverpool - 'The Beat Goes on' celebrating 60 years of Liverpool music running from 12 July 08 to 1 November 09.

Liverpool Beatles Tours, The Cavern Club & Beatles Sites

Liverpool remains a pilgrimage for Beatle fans, and the city doesn't disappoint with a choice of Beatles tours, childhood homes, themed Beatles hotels and more.

A choice of Liverpool Beatles Tours are available (see webguide right for details) - choose a specialist John Lennon or Paul McCartney Tour. There's one on Ringo too! All tours are incredibly detailed, taking in key Liverpool Beatles sites such as the Cavern Club on famous Beatles Street Mathew Street, the Casbah Coffee Club and childhood homes, schools and colleges attended by the Fab Four.

If you're new to Liverpool, Beatles Tours are recommended. The Cavern Club at 10 Mathew Street run their own Beatles Magical Mystery Tour lasting 2 hours taking in most of the places in Liverpool which inspired songs like Penny Lane. The tour ends at the famous Cavern Club (advance booking recommended). The Cavern Club, 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, L2 6RE. Tel. (00 44) (0)151 236 1965.

The Beatles Story exhibition on the Albert Dock serves as the perfect introduction to the Beatles in Liverpool, with commentary by Julia Lennon and recordings, photography and Beatles archive galore. Checkout the Beatles Story webguide right for details. A Beatles shop is on-site. Also not to be missed on your Liverpool Beatles Tour (usually incorporated into all Beatles guided tours) are the two National Trust run homes of John Lennon (Mendips) and Paul McCartney (20 Forthlin Road). The Beatles composed and rehearsed some of their early songs at Forthlin Road. Both are authentically furnished as they would have been in the 1950s/early 1960s with Beatles memorabilia and photography by the family. Pre-booking is recommended as access to both properties is via Tour only. See the National Trust webguide right for details.

Echo Arena Liverpool

Situated just south of Albert Dock on the Kings Dock alongside the River Mersey, the 10,000 plus seater Echo Arena is Liverpool's new mecca for concerts, family entertainment and sport.

The Echo Arena was host venue for the opening ceremony of Liverpool's Capital of Culture year 2008 and offers an exciting programme of concerts, big live shows and high profile sports events. (see the Echo Arena's webguide right for full listings of events).

This versatile venue is also proving a popular choice for conferences - the new BT Convention centre (one of the largest in the UK) forms part of the complex and offers three auditoriums.

Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool, Monarchs Quay, Liverpool, L3 4FP. General Enq Tel. 0151 475 8888. Echo Arena Box Office Tel. 0844 8000 400. BT Convention Centre Tel. 0151 703 7250.

Liverpool Clubs

Cream of course was born here, so dance is big on the menu. Cream Nation Complex, Wolstenholme Street, Liverpool City Centre Tel: 44 [0]151 709 1693 www.cream.co.ukThe big Creamfields near Liverpool is the annual April festival, but Cream tour in various clubs around the UK and in Ibiza and other hotspots like Majorca through the year. Checkout the webguide for events listings.

For a reliable updated Liverpool club guide, Outlar is pretty definitive - see their webguide right. Here you'll find listings for the best of Liverpool's renowned unpretentious and hard hitting underground dance scene at venues like the Lemon Lounge and the Vault. Many of these best underground venues are near Liverpool University around Grove Street and Myrtle Street. Berry Street and Nelson Street in the heart of Liverpool's China Town is another club hotspot - checkout the Lemon Lounge, above The Metropolitan, 21 Berry Street, Liverpool. Intimate cosy club famous for its undergroud club nights including Breaks/Electro, Drum 'n' Bass, Soulful House and Trance.

Other favourite club and music venues in the city include Bar Fly (indie & rock), the Carling Academy (contemporary rock & indie) and the Liverpool Academy on Mount Pleasant (see webguides right for details).

The Cavern Club on Mathew Street, famous for its Beatles performances in the early days, is still going with live music, mostly indie. See the Cabin Club's webguide for listings.

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is Britain's second oldest with a history dating back to the 1840s. Renowned as one of the North's best venues for classical music, the present Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall dates from 1939 and is distinctly a Herbert Rowse design (Rowse is also responsible for the huge waterfront ventilation shafts and towers on Liverpool's and Birkenhead's waterfront). Parts of the Philharmonic's Hall are thought to have been based on decoration in Tutankhamen's tomb - which fits Rowse's eccentric and captivating design style. The previous venue on the site was built in 1849 but was lost to a fire in 1933.

Within this sublime art deco building, one of Liverpool's most treasured music venues, the Philharmonic Hall plays host to around 250 concerts a year alongside other events and also film screenings - particularly documentary drama and independent cinema.

Classical music has its main home here, but the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Hall also plays host to an eclectic mix of jazz, world music and rock. Sigor Ros, Tony Bennett, Morrissey and Joan Baez have all played here in recent times.

www.liverpoolphil.comRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Philharmonic Hall, Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9BP. Tel Reception. 0151 210 2895, Box Office. 0151 709 3789.

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