Hamburg to Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Beatles' First Concert

A mural of the Beatles is seen painted on the end of a row of terraced houses in Liverpool, northern England February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Files
A mural of the Beatles is seen painted on the end of a row of terraced houses in Liverpool, northern England February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Files
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Hamburg to Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Beatles' First Concert

A mural of the Beatles is seen painted on the end of a row of terraced houses in Liverpool, northern England February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Files
A mural of the Beatles is seen painted on the end of a row of terraced houses in Liverpool, northern England February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Files

Hamburg brags about witnessing a milestone in the history of international music. On August 17, 1960, three British young men took the stage at Indra club in Hamburg, and started their exceptional performance for the first time. Later, this band made history.

According to the German News Agency (dpa), the 60th anniversary of the first concert held by the Beatles will be celebrated this year on August 17, at Indra club, which describes itself as "the place where the Beatles performed for the first time."

The celebration is a live-stream event that will be attended by Hamburg's Beatles expert Stefanie Hempel and her band.

The event will also be live-streamed, which will offer Beatles fans all over the world the chance to enjoy the songs of their favorite band. Many local artists and bands will take part in the celebration.

John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney kept performing on the city's theaters for two years, from August 1960 till December 1962. They played 1,200 hours of music including 281 concerts in four different clubs.

At the time, the band made a transformation in the classic Rock & Roll and improved its unique music. Its members also met Ringo Starr in the same city. Few years later, the Beatles started an international and unique journey, and the German city of Hamburg still recalls all these details from the beginning.



Actor Theo James Urges More Support for Refugees Hit by Climate Crisis

 Actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James looks on during a visit to Aghor, while on a trip with the United Nations refugee agency, in Mauritania, October 9, 2024. (UNHCR/Caroline Irby/Handout via Reuters)
Actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James looks on during a visit to Aghor, while on a trip with the United Nations refugee agency, in Mauritania, October 9, 2024. (UNHCR/Caroline Irby/Handout via Reuters)
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Actor Theo James Urges More Support for Refugees Hit by Climate Crisis

 Actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James looks on during a visit to Aghor, while on a trip with the United Nations refugee agency, in Mauritania, October 9, 2024. (UNHCR/Caroline Irby/Handout via Reuters)
Actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James looks on during a visit to Aghor, while on a trip with the United Nations refugee agency, in Mauritania, October 9, 2024. (UNHCR/Caroline Irby/Handout via Reuters)

Refugees should be included in climate policy, actor and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Theo James has said as he heads to COP29 to call for greater support for those affected by the impact of climate change.

James, whose grandfather was a refugee who fled Greece for Syria during World War Two, will join the UN refugee agency and refugee advocates at the climate summit in Baku.

"The Gentlemen" and "Divergent" actor travelled to Mauritania's southeastern Hodh Chargui region last month, meeting refugees who had fled conflict in Mali for an area already facing poverty, limited access to basic services and climate shocks.

The semi-arid Sahel has been hit by increasing weather extremes including higher temperatures and drought.

"Refugees do not contribute to the vast majority of rising global temperatures and carbon emissions but they are on the frontline of suffering," James told Reuters.

In its first climate report released on Tuesday, the UNHCR said three out of four forcibly displaced people worldwide - 90 million out of 120 million - lived in countries exposed to high to extreme climate change impacts.

“Now the UNHCR has ... specific data which links the climate crisis to forcibly displaced people and the refugee crisis, we need to amplify the message that those two things are intimately interlinked," James said. "They will forever be hand in hand and more so in the future."

The summit has been dubbed the "climate finance COP" for its central goal: to agree on how much money should go each year to helping developing countries cope with climate-related costs.