After 68 years, the so-called longest-running pop band, The Searchers, has announced its first retirement. Having been touring through various line-ups since 1957, when John McNally and Mike Pender ...

Legendary UK pop group The Searchers will leave the stage after nearly 70 years, following their debut at this year’s Glastonbury Festival. BBC News reports that the Merseybeats band, which have ...

It made headlines everywhere: the longest-running pop band in history are calling it a day. Liverpool band The Searchers, formed in 1957 and part of the Merseybeat pop culture phenomenon of the 60s, ...

Liverpool pop group The Searchers will end almost 70 years of touring with a final show at the Glastonbury Festival in June. The Merseybeats band, formed by Mike Pender and John McNally in 1957, have ...

The Searchers is one of the few British pop groups which has maintained a position at the top for over 45 years and are second only to The Beatles as Liverpool’s finest 60s group. In 1963, after ...

Chris Curtis was the mercurial, maverick drummer with the beat group the Searchers. They had three No 1 records in the 1960s and, Beatles apart, they are recognised as the most significant group to ...