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Posters of Beatles gigs on show 60 years later

By Xinhua in Liverpool | China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-19 07:26

On the cusp of becoming a global music phenomenon in the 1960s, one man put the Beatles on the map.

In the days before the internet, thousands of Beatles fans flocked to dance halls across Britain, thanks to Tony Booth, known as the eight-days-a-week poster artist.

He was responsible for hand-painting posters advertising gigs by the Beatles and other performers, such as singer Cilla Black.

Posters of Beatles gigs on show 60 years later

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