The Beatles: Fab Four Cities, Liverpool - Hamburg - London - New York - The Definitive Guide

To paraphrase Lennon, we could say that: 'The Beatles were born in Liverpool, grew up in Hamburg, reached maturity in London, and immortality in New York.'

Four cities. Four stars. The Fab Four - The Beatles - are revered the world over, but it is in these urban centres that their legacy shines brightest.

Liverpool: where the band graduated from church halls, leaving their initial line-up as The Quarrymen far behind.

Hamburg: where their raucous stage act was honed; where arrests earned them a more notorious celebrity reputation, but they became a true emblem of rock 'n' roll.

London: where The Beatles produced Sgt Pepper, and home to the iconic album cover for Abbey Road.

And New York: the city that became John Lennon's home, where their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show announced them to 73 million Americans.