The iconic Liverpool venue The Jacaranda has teamed up with Paul McCartney to change its name to The Maccaranda.
The renowned music venue was opened by The Beatles’ first manager Allan Williams in 1958 and played a key role in the early days of the band. They used it as a rehearsal studio and it was where some of their earliest songs, including ‘One After 909’, were written.
The band played there regularly as The Silver Beetles and used it to audition budding drummers, including Pete Best, and it was there that they became acquainted with both Ringo Starr and Brian Epstein.
It continues to operate as a music venue to this day, and this week it announced on social media that it had teamed up with McCartney to rename itself The Maccaranda.
“Yes, this is real,” they wrote. “In celebration of our former performer and customer’s new album ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’, out 29 May, we’ve temporarily changed our name. Pop by The Maccaranda and try Paul’s own cocktail, the Maccarita.”
