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Six decades after the biggest band in the world played at Guernsey's Candie Auditorium an exhibition opens today featuring artwork inspired by their music.
The Beatles were booked by Baron Pontin to play two gigs on 8 August 1963.
They were also playing in Jersey - so they popped across here on an inter-island flight for their 19:00 and 21:15 performances.
The tickets cost between 10 shillings and 17 shillings and sixpence.
The band had released their first album a year earlier and Beatlemania was already gripping the UK and USA. This meant by the time they fulfilled their bookings in the Channel Islands, the 'Fab Four' were already enjoying huge success.
Pictured: The story of Fiona Adams' photograph which was the cover shot of Twist and Shout is included in the Twist and Shout exhibition, open at Candie from today.
Memories of those halcyon days are the feature of the latest exhibition at the Greenhouse Gallery at Candie, with a series of portraits, paintings, drawings, collages, photographs and sculptures inspired by some of The Beatles' songs.
Guernsey Arts invited local artists to take part in the "exhibition celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Beatles in Guernsey and their musical legacy".
The "Beatles themed exhibition" was curated by assigning each artist a Beatles album at random. They then submitted their visual interpretation of their song of choice.
The artists featured include Louise Le Pelley, Mark Cook, Felicity Broadhurst and Stephen Hill.
Songs featured include Lady Madonna, She Said She Said, Glass Onion and Eleanor Rigby.
Sponsored by Skipton International the exhibition is open from today until 2 September in the Greenhouse Gallery, at Guernsey Museum at Candie.
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