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TAPE_NUMBER: EN9950 IN_TIME: 11:09:58 LENGTH: 06:51 SOURCES: APTN/BBC/POOL RESTRICTIONS: BBC = No UK/CNN/CNBC/Euronews/Internet Music/performance rights must be cleared No re-use/re-sale of UK POOL performance footage after 21st December 99 FEED: SCRIPT: XFA Story: Paul McCartney Location: Liverpool Date: 141299 SIR PAUL McCARTNEY has once again taken to the stage at the legendary Cavern Club in Liverpool, for the first time since 1963 The tiny underground club was a favourite with THE BEATLES the Fab Four played their first concert there in 1961, were spotted there by BRIAN EPSTIEN, and went on to play 281 concerts there The 300 adoring fans who filled the tiny underground club were picked through a global raffle They were the lucky ones demand to see the one time singer, guitarist and song writer with The Beatles was staggering Many fans who hadn't managed to get in still travelled thousands of miles to be in Liverpool on Tuesday night Up to 15thousand saw the concert on a giant video screen, braving the cold in Liverpool's Chavasse Park, and a global audience of millions will be able to see it on the Internet Inside, fans cheered McCartney as he walked onto the tiny stage and performed his first song McCartney played material from his newest album, Run Devil Run, as well as other songs from the likes of Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, and Little Richard McCartney first played the Cavern Club back in 1958 as part of The Quarrymen, forerunners to The Beatles, a group that also included both John Lennon and George Harrison The Beatles later played lunchtime shows at the venue the first in February 1961 Their total fee was five pounds sterling (8 US dollars) Despite the fact that The Beatles split up in 1970, their loyal fanbase has, if anything, increased The original Cavern was located in the basement of a building that was bulldozed in 1973, filling the club with rubble A new club of the same name opened nearby later that year, but it failed and its name was changed In 1982, spurred by the fatal shooting of John Lennon in 1980, the city of Liverpool excavated the basement of the original site of the club The building's original bricks were either sold off for charity or used in the reconstruction of a larger Cavern Club on the same site as the original venue The Beatles, who hold the record for the most successful group ever, have sold an estimated one (b) billion records and audio tapes, and their popularity shows no sign of waning SHOTLIST: NOEN SIGN FOR CAVERN CLUB ; WS MATTHEW STREET ; VS FANS WITH LENNON STATUE ; CA JAPANESE FILM CREW ; TV STAELLITE TRUCK IN STREET ; SOT GEOFF BAKER, SPOKESMAN FOR PAUL MCCARTNEY ; FOOTAGE MCCARTNEY IN STUDIO RECORDING ROCK AND ROLL ALBUM ; SOT BEN LOAS (AKA JOHN ONO LENNON), BEATLE FAN ; SOT (JAPANESE) SUMIYO OMORI, BEATLE FAN ; VS INTR CAVERN CLUB BEING PREAPRED FOR CONCERT ; SOT DAVID JONES, OWNER CAVERN CLUB ; BLACK AND WHITE STILLS BEATLES PLAYING CAVERN CLUB ; MCCARTNEY ARRIVAL ; MCCARTNEY ON STAGE AT CAVERN CLUB ; SOT MCCARTNEY ; UK POOL MATERIAL STARTS MCCARTNEY PERFORMANCE 'HONEY HUSH' UK POOL MATERIAL ENDS VS PEOPLE WATCHING HUGE SCREEN OF CONCERT ; SOT MALE FAN ; SOT FEMALE FAN ; SOT (JAPANESE AND ENGLISH) SUMIYO OMORI, BEATLES FAN ; VS PEOPLE WITHOUT TICKETS ; WS STREET FULL OF FANS ; FANS SING ALONG WITH BUSKER ; CA PRESS ; CROWD AND BUSKER SING 'HEY JUDE' BY THE BEATLES ; BBC MATERIAL STARTS PEOPLE LEAVING CLUB ; SOT AMERICAN FAN ; MCCARTNEY LEAVES VENUE ?