The Searchers News

Why is a band that topped the charts in the early 1960s still touring decades later? The answer is simple: "So I can say 'I'm in The Searchers'. I don't want to say 'I used to be in The Searchers'," explains bassist Frank Allen.

The good, the bad and the ugly of the western film genre has left its mark on a new exhibition... WALK down Edinburgh's Market Street after dusk next month and you might just have a face to face encounter with John Wayne.

LIKE the Beatles, they started their musical careers playing at the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool.

Nov 03, 2009 "A rip-snorting Western, as brashly entertaining as they come." So said New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther in his May 31, 1956, review of The Searchers .

SHELLEY MARSDEN speaks to John McNally, guitarist with legendary 60s pop group, The Searchers... - 27/10/09 WHO could ever mistake that sound, when the guitar chords kick in for songs like Sweets For My Sweet, Needles and Pins or Don't Throw Your Love Away? They may not have been as big as The Beatles, but their sound is etched indelibly in the ...

QUINTESSENTIAL 60s band The Searchers will visit Lancaster Grand tomorrow night .

WHITE PLAINS: The following events are planned at the White Plains Public Library, 100 Martine Ave.

ONCE you've lived the pop-star dream, it must be unavoidably strange to find yourself reading out audience dedications for 60th birthdays, retirements and newborn grandchildren, but Liverpool's second most famous 1960s band, The Searchers, continue t o regale their grey-haired fans with both graciousness and gusto, more than 45 years after their ...

WITH The Beatles back in the charts, it has got us thinking about the 60s all over again.

IT'S all singing, all-dancing entertainment all the way in Doncaster this week. For if you like things lively, you can't go wrong with the Fab Five selections on offer in our Freetime section this week.

Venue: Pocklington Arts Centre Date: Wednesday 14 October THE Searchers are back at the venue by popular demand.

In my mind, perhaps THE most undeserving Best Actor Oscar EVER present was in 1970 when John Wayne received the honor for his "performance" in "True Grit." It was a lifetime achievement award to be exact; that movie wasn't The Duke's 20th best performance .

A GALA charity ball with a Moulin Rouge theme is being held in aid of Wirral Autistic Society - featuring an award-winning band who have performed with Bob Geldof and Jools Holland.

The American Legion Post 67, Grove Street and Clinton Place in East Rutherford, will host karaoke every Thursday starting Sept.

One of my favorite books about the movies is "Roman Soldiers Don't Wear Watches: 333 Film Flubs" by Bill Givens.

A GALA charity ball with a Moulin Rouge theme is being held at Formby Hall Golf Resort and Spa and will feature an award-winning band who have performed with Bob Geldof and Jools Holland.

"Casablanca" is one of three films slated to play at Merrimack Hall during the Classic Film Sundays series HUNTSVILLE, AL -- Merrimack Hall will begin a new matinee film series this month called "Classic Film Sundays." The series includes: "Casablanca" on Sept.

There is life, as elusive as it is in this universe, and then there are those who search for it, real life versions of Roy Neary , electric lineman, bleary-eyed, not so much obsessed as driven by the compulsion of the unknown.

MANSFIELD'S Palace Theatre is preparing to open its doors for a new season of entertainment for all ages a ' including a tribute to much-loved comedian Eric Morecambe.

If bad medicine is what you need -- or, say you want a revolution -- the bands booked for Bolingbrook Jubilee will do the trick.