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Search is over as Merseybeat stars bow out after 68 years with Glastonbury gig
Liverpool Echo
|June 26, 2025
LIVERPOOL band The Searchers will end nearly 70 years of touring at the Glastonbury Festival today.
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The band has performed with different line-ups since its formation in 1957. It was formed by musicians Mike Pender and John McNally.
The group is often referred to as the "longest-running band in pop history." The Searchers had the first of three UK number ones in 1963 with their version of The Drifters' hit Sweets For My Sweet.
They were a key part of the Merseybeat scene that spawned The Beatles and many others.
This story is from the June 26, 2025 edition of Liverpool Echo.
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