Hamburg
John would have been 71 today John Winston Lennon: Oct. 9, 1940 – Dec. 8, 1980
John Lennon in a 2010 Beatlemania Museum display in Hamburg, Germany.
Visit to Hamburg
Boris Henriksen has a late night laugh at the NH Hamburg City Hotel on Wednesday, Oct. 6.
Beatles in Hamburg A few scenes from the beginnings of the Beatles
Beatles-Platz at the intersection of the Reeperbahn and Große Freihei in Hamburg features stainless steel sculptures of the Beatles. This one of Paul McCartney frames the scene down Große Freihei, the street where the Beatles performed at a number of clubs. They played their first Hamburg date on Aug. 17, 1960 at the Indra Club. George Harrison was just 17. John Lennon is quoted to have said: "I might have been born in Liverpool - but I grew up in Hamburg." The little Beatlemania Hamburg Museum costs 12 Euros to enter, but it was worth the visit.
