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At the endof 1999, ciry in the northof England the industrial the CavemClub in Liverpool, guests wereable to see invited 300 Only famous. wherehe first became via the Internet. theconcert millionwatched but three him at theCavern, .vhen in 1957he met John of seventeen He ,wasan ordinaryteenager Lenon,who was two yearsolder.They both loved rock'n'roll.Three they formedThe Beatles. yearslater,with trvo otheryoungmusicians, Germany. thenwenton tour in Hamburg, The groupplayedin Liverpool, werefamous. In 1962 hair styles with theirunusual Soonthe four Beatles was singingLove Me Do and the following year,She Loves everyone You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. Lennon and Mgeanney were the group's and they playedguitars;togetherwith GeorgeHarrison. songwriters RingoStarwasthe drummer. with popular.They were Stars, Their music was netv and enormously Airpott at Kennedy miilionsof fansall overtheworld.Whentheyarrived three thousand in 1964,T-gtg1ban to begina tour of the UnitedStates and crying in delight. screaming them, waiting for were teenagers the 1960sthey went on makinghits. ln 1967 , when the Throughout worldwideas a part of All You NeedIs Love was transmitted recording of the f-irstglobal TV link "Our World" 400 million peoplelvere watching. yearThe Beatles broke In 1969theymadeAbbeyRoadbut the folloWing andGive like Irnagine songs He wrotepeace w*ht on rvriting. up. Lennon he rvasmurdered. It1!-9$0,.tragically, a Chance. Peace to grorvwith his new group, continued nime andfame PaulMcCartney's sellingBritish thebiggest became Mull of Kintyre son_e Wings.His 1977 in Rio de Janeiroin front of the largest single.In 1990he pertbrmed of all times. paying audience pop music.More thanthirty yearslaterin the revolutionized The Beatles those exciting early was remembering CavernClub, Paul McCartney davs.

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