June 11, 1960 Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey, ENG

Fed up with their lack of earnings, drummer Tommy Moore quit the group.

Before the show The Silver Beetles met at the Jacaranda Coffee Bar, before travelling to the Grosvenor together. When Moore didn't turn up they piled into Allan Williams' car and drove to his house in Fern Grove, Toxteth. When they got there they were told by Moore's girlfriend that he'd quit to take a more lucrative job working a night shift at the Garston bottle works. They then went to the factory to find Moore, but he refused to leave, so they reluctantly drove to the Grosvenor Ballroom, where they performed with a vacant drum kit behind them.

Once at the, John Lennon stepped up to the microphone and asked if anyone present was able to stand in. A huge Teddy boy gang leader called Ronnie took to the stage and sat behind Moore's kit, which was still being paid for on hire purchase. Ronnie had evidently never played the drums before, but nobody had the courage to ask him to leave.

In the interval Lennon frantically called Williams, who drove over and gathered the group and their instruments before any harm could come to them.