New Beatles statues for Liverpool could be installed on city waterfront
They hope they will be installed on Liverpool’s iconic waterfront.People will get the first glimpse of the statues, sculpted by Andrew Edwards, on Sunday at the annual International Beatleweek convention at the Adelphi hotel. Two – John and Paul – have already been cast, and the other two are currently modelled in resin and clay.
The
Cavern’s Bill Heckle said today: “When we saw them for the first time
it was really emotional – I thought I was going to cry.
“We just shook our heads. We knew it would be good, but not as good as that.”
There
are nearly 30 Beatles statues and monuments all over the globe, from
Spain to Cuba, and Ukraine to Kazakhstan. Houston in Texas has a set
which are 36ft tall.
Jon Keats, from the Cavern, added: “We want this to be the ultimate Beatles statue, here in Liverpool.”
Claire
McColgan, Liverpool’s head of culture, said: “Hats off to the Cavern.
They’ve all worked very hard and are giving back to the city that they
love.”
The statues were the brainchild of Chris Butler of
Castle Fine Arts foundry, who was inspired by the giant image of the
Fab Four on the front of HMV in Liverpool One.
Writing in the Beatleweek festival brochure, he explains: “That was it. The idea. The concept. The narrative.
“A statue that needs no title, no explanation, no instruments, no gimmicks. Simply... a moment that changed the world.
“A monument to a moment, when the world was truly shaken. And it started here in Liverpool.”
The
Cavern hopes to have the statues in place before Christmas, to coincide
with the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ final gig in the city, when
the band played at the Empire on December 5 1965.
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