Experience the heartbeating city of Liverpool. With its top football, rocking Merseyside music, joyful Irish pubs and wonderful people, the city will always be a part of travellers heart and soul.
It`s 30 years since the former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly died, also populary called Shanks. His thoughts and bright comments are still living, especially about Liverpool`s great supporters. A Shankly quote is displayed on the cover of the The Liverpool FC - 100 Greatest Moments Of The Kop DVD: "The fans here are the greatest in the land. They know the game and they know what they want to see. The people on the Kop make you feel great - yet humble."
The movie covers the Beatle John Lennon's first years. He is Liverpool`s big son. The story is about Lennon`s adolescence and relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.
Quotes from important persons in Liverpool Football Club inspires. They tell everything about the spirit in the city and are the powerful words that really create magic. Inhabitants in Liverpool are devoted completely to football, but it`s even more than that: it`s a way of life, a religion and a burning passion.
Bedouins are still practicing their old musical traditions. In a big tent far out in the desert I had with a great time playing music and singing along with them. My choice for a song was "You'll Never Walk Alone". I got the honour to introduce this song. It was amazing for me to notice how emotionally touched the Bedoins become by this song. Actually all people get affected by this song, and it`s amazing to see how it reaches across all boundaries around the world.
In the show Beat For Beat on the Norwegian Broadcasting NRK 16th October 2010, the Norwegian tenor, Marius Roth Christensen song You'll Never Walk Alone. His fantastic performance really touched the viewers, also they who support other clubs than Liverpool F.C. View, hear and enjoy beautifully Marius` singing here!
World Heritage Properties: Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City. Liverpool's waterfront is a designated World Heritage Site, putting it on a par with the Taj Mahal and the Great Wall of China. Granted by UNESCO in July 2004.
Beatles is immortal. Who can forget them? The International Beatle Week Festival 25th - 31st August 2010 is organised by Cavern City Tours. This annual celebration of the music of The Beatles features more than 50 bands from all over the world performing at various venues in Liverpool.
Those where the days! Football filled with extreme passion! Players with guts. Supporting audience with a power that never has seen before. I was there on Saturday 30th April 1994 to say goodbye to the world`s most famous section of stadium. I can remember it as it was yesterday. It was the final game for the Kop, the famous and fearful non-seated part of Liverpool's holy stadium Anfield Road. It will be gone forever. Liverpool F.C. in England lost its heart and soul, and would never be the same.
"Fearless" is the title of the third track on Meddle by Pink Floyd from 1971. The composer Roger Waters` lyric is about madness. It`s said the lyric is not about the founder of Pink Floyd, Syd Barret, who became insane, but it`s believed it has some connection to him. Syd Barret, but why did Pink Floyd add a sound recording of Liverpool supporters singing the hymn "You'll Never Walk Alone" on this song? It makes it even more strange knowing that Roger Waters supports Arsenal. What`s the story behind the song?
Live music, dance og sing along! It`s just what you want if you are in your best party mood. Flanagans Apple is a Irish pubstyle for those who like to drink till the early hours. Inside you will find a great assortment of drinks and a tasty menu of classic pub snacks and light meals.The best of all is the live music in the three floors.
The Cavern Club opened in Mathew Street on Wednesday 16th January 1957. Throughout 1960, 1961 and 1962 the club became the great spawning ground for the Merseybeat sound that swept the world of music. One of the groups that really made history was the Beatles.