Hi Alex. Welcome to the UK Chapter Forum.
Where I live (in Northern Ireland) is not a million miles from Liverpool, but unfortunately it is separated from Liverpool by the Irish Sea. However, I have visited Liverpool a few times and I know a good bit about the Beatles legacy.
Firstly, you must visit the
Beatles Story Museum at the Albert Dock in Liverpool and maybe take one of the
Beatles Tours - full details of these are on the web.
In addition, I suggest that you check out one of the best Beatles tribute bands around, called
the Mersey Beatles. Have a look at their excellent website at
http://www.themerseybeatles.com/news.htm, which includes details of the band, reviews, history of the Beatles in Liverpool and some really useful links to other Beatles tourist attractions in Liverpool. The band tour regularly all around Europe and are particularly popular in Scandinavia. You see also can see them perform on a number of You Tube sites, for example
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PoQQCL7O0M.
Better still, you will see that the Mersey Beatles are actually appearing in their home town on 31 December, venue/details as follows:
Monday 31st - New Year's Eve
The End of Year Get Back to Liverpool Show at The Liverpool Naval Club 38, Bowring Park Road, Liverpool, L14 3NN. 8pm start contact 07549-168788 or 0151 280 5051 or sales@liverpoolnavalclub.co.uk
I have got to know one of the guys in the band (Mark Bloor, aka 'John') from the time when he was trying to sell me a Ric 325V59 MG and, if you wish, I could contact him if you want any more advice.
Please let me know if I can be of any more help.
Santa visits only once a year, but Santa Ana delivers Rics all year round.
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) and I don't know much about the Liverpool music scene these days, but if you're looking for a good Rickenbacker guitar shop in the area, then Sound Affects Music in Ormskirk (http://www.soundaffectsmusic.com/) is worth a visit. About 30 minutes from Liverpool by car or regular train service, it should be pretty accessible for you during your visit. I think Tim from Sound Affects posts on here and I'm sure you'd get a great welcome to his shop
well, we all know that english food is superb 
