Les Beatles

The Beatles, in Liverpool

Liverpool is the city of the Beatles, the most famous group of the history of music, whose presence pervades the whole city. The Liverpool audio-guided tour stops here, in front of the bronze statue of the four boys, to evoke this planetary phenomenon, eight years of career, twelve albums and more than two hundred titles sold in hundreds of millions of copies.

The planetary phenomenon of the Fab Four

You had understood it, Liverpool is the city of the Beatles. You are going to hear their songs, see their museum, cross multiple allusions to their past. So, while you admire all four of them, immortalised in bronze, let us make a quick biographical point to come back to this incredible planetary event that was the Beatles period. Eight years of career, twelve albums, more than two hundred titles mostly written by the Lennon-McCartney tandem, and as many hits, sold in several hundred million copies: a success still unequalled in the history of the recording industry. The sales figures remain subject to controversy, but according to the Book of Records, only a few artists have exceeded three hundred and thirty-five million records sold in the world, and the Beatles sit at the top. Formed in Liverpool at the beginning of the 1960s around John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the group revolutionised popular music, from the first catchy hits to the experimental albums like Sgt. Pepper's. Beatlemania seized the whole world, provoking scenes of collective hysteria at the concerts. The bronze statue that stands here, on the waterfront, represents the four musicians walking side by side, and pays tribute to these children of the country who made Liverpool shine on all continents. A musical phenomenon and a pride of the city, the Beatles are a fine stop of the discovery of Liverpool.

What to see

Here you discover the bronze statue of the Beatles on the waterfront, tribute to the most famous group of the history of music, born in Liverpool around Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr; in eight years of career, twelve albums and more than two hundred titles, they triggered the worldwide Beatlemania and made the city shine. The Beatles are the great pride of Liverpool. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The statue of the Beatles stands on the waterfront of Liverpool, at Pier Head, reachable on foot. It is a work in free access in the public space; the city also offers numerous places linked to the group, like The Beatles Story and the Cavern Club, whose conditions of access vary. You discover it during a walk along the quays.

Why is Liverpool the city of the Beatles?

Because it is here that the most famous group of the history of music was formed at the beginning of the 1960s, around John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr; in eight years of career, twelve albums and more than two hundred titles sold in hundreds of millions of copies, they triggered the worldwide Beatlemania, and the city pays tribute to them with a bronze statue and numerous places.

Where is the statue of the Beatles in Liverpool?

On the waterfront of Liverpool, at Pier Head, in England.