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The Cavern Podcast

The Cavern Podcast

By The Cavern Club

The Cavern Club, Liverpool – the most famous club in the world where The Beatles played nearly 300 times, we continue to host some of the biggest names in music.

Join host Jon Keats each week as he opens up ‘Cavern Conversations’ with special guests from Hollywood A-listers to Music and Liverpool Legends plus much more in between.

Series 1 new episodes are available every Wednesday from wherever you get your podcasts.
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Steve Rotherham

The Cavern Podcast Mar 07, 2024

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Vicky McClure & Jonny Owen

Vicky McClure & Jonny Owen

We're wrapping up series 1 of The Cavern Podcast with a bang! This week, host Jon Keats sits down with British film and TV royalty, Vicky McClure, and her husband, filmmaker and actor Jonny Owen.

 

Join us as we delve into their love for the Beatles, surprising connections to The Cavern Club, experiences working with Madonna, and even their thoughts on air fryers!

 

Join Vicky, Jonny and Jon in the age-old debate: skimmed milk or semi-skimmed milk? Tune in to discover which of our guests could claim the title of #1 Beatles fan.


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THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC. WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ? IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS. ********************************************************** 


Thanks The Cavern HQ Team

Apr 17, 202401:05:22
Dave Pichilingi

Dave Pichilingi

Hello Cave-Dwellers!

Welcome to The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Dave Pichilingi.

With a career spanning over 35 years in the international music industry, he has worked as an artist, in management, A&R, recording, publishing and on the live music scene. He has worked with 100’s of artists throughout his professional career including New Order, The Happy Mondays, Doves, Ed Sheeran, Florence and the Machine and many more. 


In 2008 he launched Sound City in his hometown of Liverpool which is now the biggest metropolitan music festival and business conference in the UK

Committed to putting northern bands and artists back in the spotlight.

If you want to know about what’s happening today on the Liverpool music scene today, then Dave Pichilingi is the man to talk to! 

**************************** THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC. WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ? IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS. ********************************************************** Thanks The Cavern HQ Team


Apr 10, 202458:33
Mark Hudson

Mark Hudson

Hello Cave-Dwellers!

Welcome to The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Mark Hudson. Grammy Award winning songwriter, Producer, musician and all round lunatic! Mark has worked with some of the biggest names in the music business including The Beatles.

Mark talks to host Jon Keats about how he came to produce Ringo Starr's albums and provides a plethora of anecdotes about his time spent with John, Paul and George among others.

**************************** THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC. WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ? IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS. ********************************************************** Thanks The Cavern HQ Team


Apr 03, 202401:15:30
Julia Baird

Julia Baird

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Julia Baird. Sister to John Lennon, Author and co-owner of The Cavern Club. Julia talks about growing up with her brother John amongst many other highs and lows in her life.

**************************** THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC. WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ? IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS. ********************************************************** Thanks The Cavern HQ Team


Mar 27, 202401:09:30
Billy Butler

Billy Butler

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Billy Butler. Billy Butler is a former Cavern Club DJ, British radio presenter on Liverpool Live Radio and formerly BBC Radio Merseyside and Radio City. In the course of his career, he has presented TV shows such as FAX and the magazine programme What the Butler Sees. In September 2010 he published his autobiography Billy Butler MBE – Mrs Butler’s Eldest. **************************** THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC. WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ? IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS. ********************************************************** Thanks The Cavern HQ Team


Mar 20, 202453:21
Earl Slick

Earl Slick

Hello Cave-Dwellers! Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Earl Slick. Slick is is an American guitarist best known for his collaborations with David Bowie, John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Robert Smith. He has also worked with other artists including John Waite, Tim Curry and David Coverdale, in addition to releasing several solo recordings, and two records with Phantom, Rocker & Slick, the band he formed with Slim Jim Phantom & Lee Rocker (both from Stray Cats). And most importantly. He's a big friend of The Cavern! **************************** THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC. WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ? IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS. ********************************************************** Thanks The Cavern HQ Team


Mar 13, 202459:53
Steve Rotherham

Steve Rotherham

Hello Cave-Dwellers!
Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Steve Rotherham.
Steve Rotheram is a British Labour politician who has served as the Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region since 2017. He's a great supporter of music and the arts and has some interesting ties with The Cavern.
Follow us for weekly episodes of some of the biggest names in rock and roll!
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THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST

FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE
THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND
THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST
NAMES IN MUSIC.

WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE
CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE
CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT
CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ?
IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE
CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS
CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS.
**********************************************************
Thanks

The Cavern HQ Team
Mar 07, 202451:00
Clem Burke (Blondie)

Clem Burke (Blondie)

Hello Cave-Dwellers!

Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest this week with the sticksman who keeps everyone right in Blondie, that's right we have the drumming legend that is Clem Burke! He is a big friend of The Cavern and a true rock and roll icon! There are some incredible stories in this for all listeners.

Follow us for weekly episodes of some of the biggest names in rock and roll!

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THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST


FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE

THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND

THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST

NAMES IN MUSIC.


WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE

CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE

CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT

CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE

WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ?

IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE

CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS

CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS.

**********************************************************

Thanks


The Cavern HQ Team

Feb 27, 202456:16
Jamie Carragher

Jamie Carragher

Hello Cave-Dwellers!

Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest this week Jamie Carragher. Jamie is a Hometown hero of Liverpool and no stranger to the legendary walls of The Cavern Club. Football and music are no strangers, take a listen this week as Jon and Jamie go head to head in Episode 4 of the podcast.


Follow us for weekly episodes of some of the biggest names in rock and roll!

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THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST


FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE

THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND

THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST

NAMES IN MUSIC.


WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE

CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE

CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT

CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE

WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ?

IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE

CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS

CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS.

**********************************************************

Thanks


The Cavern HQ Team

Feb 21, 202435:57
Glen Matlock

Glen Matlock

Hello Cave-Dwellers!

Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Glen Matlock. Glen is no stranger to The Cavern and was in the studio recently to talk all things rock and roll. Who had the best hair the Sex Pistols or The Clash? And to fill us in on what the legendary six string slinger has been up to over the past couple of years. Some of his stories are up there with the best on this Season of The Cavern Podcast.


Follow us for weekly episodes of some of the biggest names in rock and roll!

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THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST


FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE

THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND

THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST

NAMES IN MUSIC.


WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE

CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE

CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT

CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE

WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ?

IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE

CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS

CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS.

**********************************************************

Thanks


The Cavern HQ Team

Feb 14, 202458:56
May Pang

May Pang

Hello Cave-Dwellers!

Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest May Pang. She worked for John Lennon and Yoko Ono as a personal assistant and production coordinator. When Lennon and Ono separated in 1973, Pang and Lennon began a relationship that lasted more than 18 months. Lennon later referred to this time as his "Lost Weekend". Pang published two books about her relationship with Lennon; a memoir, Loving John (Warner, 1983), and a book of photographs, Instamatic Karma (St. Martin's Press, 2008). A documentary about their relationship, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, was produced in 2022.

Pang was married to producer Tony Visconti from 1989 to 2000 and has two children.

Follow us for weekly episodes of some of the biggest names in rock and roll!

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THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST

FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE

THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND

THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST

NAMES IN MUSIC.


WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE

CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE

CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT

CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE

WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ?

IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE

CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS

CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS.

**********************************************************

Thanks


The Cavern HQ Team

Feb 07, 202401:06:06
Billy Bob Thornton (The Boxmasters)

Billy Bob Thornton (The Boxmasters)

Hello Cave-Dwellers!
Welcome to the the launch of The Cavern Podcast, with our guest Billy Bob Thornton, also joined by his Boxmasters band mate J.D Andrew. Our host Jon spent just under an hour speaking to Billy about his love of rock and roll. He shared with us some intimate stories of his time at the venue, his love of The Beatles and an incredible journey somewhere very famous with Gerry Marsden
Follow us for weekly episodes of some of the biggest names in rock and roll!
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THE CAVERN CLUB, LIVERPOOL - THE MOST
FAMOUS CLUB IN THE WORLD. THE PLACE WHERE
THE BEATLES PLAYED NEARLY 300 TIMES AND
THAT CONTINUES TO HOST SOME OF THE BIGGEST
NAMES IN MUSIC.

WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ICONIC MUSIC VENUES, THE
CAVERN CLUB IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE
CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CLUB THAT
CONTINUES TO ATTRACT VISITORS FROM AROUND THE
WORLD AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN MUSIC ?
IN THIS SERIES, HOST JON KEATS DELVES INTO THE
CHARACTER OF THE CAVERN CLUB AND ITS
CONNECTION WITH SOME WELL-KNOWN SPECIAL GUESTS.
**********************************************************
Thanks

The Cavern HQ Team
Jan 30, 202401:01:09
Welcome to The Cavern Podcast
Jan 25, 202400:56