02/02/2026 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles play the first show of a package tour headlined by Helen Shapiro. The show is at Bradford’s Gaumont Cinema. The tour will last into March.
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1966 (Feb 18) – Brian Wilson Finishes ‘Good Vibrations’
02/02/2026 @ All Day – Beach Boy Brian Wilson finished recording the future classic song ‘Good Vibrations’, which went on to become the band’s third US number-one hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up “vibrations” from people, so that the dog would bark at “bad vibrations” Wilson turned this into the general idea for […]
1969 (Feb 2) – Yoko Ono Divorces Tony Cox
02/02/2026 @ 12:00 am – Yoko Ono divorced her husband Tony Cox, Yoko was granted custody of their daughter Kyoko. John Lennon married Yoko the following month on 30th March.
1959 (Feb 2) – Last Appearance for Buddy Holly, Richie Valens & The Big Bopper
02/02/2026 @ 12:00 am – Buddy Holly, Richard Valens and The Big Bopper all appeared at the Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, Iowa. This was all three acts last ever gig before being killed in a plane crash the following day.
1962 (Feb 2) – Beatles First Appearance at the Oasis Club Manchester
02/02/2026 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles played their first professionally organised gig outside of Liverpool at The Oasis Club, Manchester. The groups set started with their version of ‘Hippy Hippy Shake’.
1968 (Feb 3) – Beatles Begin Work on ‘Lady Madonna’
02/03/2026 @ 12:00 am – The Beatles started work on their new single ‘Lady Madonna’ at Abbey Road studios in London. Recording three piano and drum takes with overdub bass, fuzz guitars, drums, and vocals. Paul calls it an ‘homage to Fats Domino’. (And the official video is actually footage of the band playing ‘Hey Bulldog’.)
2008 (Feb 20) – Beatles’ Autographed Rolling Stones Album Auctioned
02/03/2026 @ All Day – A 1976 Rolling Stones album bought for £2 at a car boot sale sold for £4,000 at an auction. The ‘Black and Blue’ LP was signed by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul and Linda McCartney and George Harrison as well as members of the Rolling Stones. The seller obtained the album after haggling the cost […]
1969 (Feb 3) – Allen Klein Appointed Beatles Business Manager
02/03/2026 @ 12:00 am – Allen Klein is appointed business manager for the group. He is wanted by John, George and Ringo. Paul had wanted Linda’s father, John Eastman. At his request, Eastman is named Apple’s General Counsel to keep an eye on Klein.
1959 (Feb 3) – Buddy Holly, Richie Valens & The Big Bopper Die in Plane Crash
02/03/2026 @ 12:00 am – 22 year old Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens, aged 17, died in a crash shortly after take-off from Clear Lake, Iowa, the pilot of the single-engined Beechcraft Bonanza plane was also killed. Holly hired the plane after heating problems developed on his tour bus. All three were travelling to Fargo, North Dakota, […]
1966 (Feb 18) – Brian Wilson Finishes ‘Good Vibrations’
02/03/2026 @ All Day – Beach Boy Brian Wilson finished recording the future classic song ‘Good Vibrations’, which went on to become the band’s third US number-one hit. As a child, his mother told him that dogs could pick up “vibrations” from people, so that the dog would bark at “bad vibrations” Wilson turned this into the general idea for […]