The Searchers will end nearly 70 years of touring with their debut at the Glastonbury Festival. The Merseybeat band, formed by Mike Pender and John McNally, have performed with different line-ups ...

The Merseybeats band, formed by Mike Pender and John McNally in 1957, have been playing with line-up changes continuously for 68 years since they became established as contemporaries of The Beatles.

Founder Mike Pender (84) was with the band until 1985, while co-founder John McNally (83) remains to this day. The name is inspired by the Western film "The Searchers". Among the band's most ...

Having been touring through various line-ups since 1957, when John McNally and Mike Pender founded the group, The Searchers have finally given into the pull of a “farewell tour” that has ...

Co-founder John McNally told the BBC: “A Glastonbury debut at 83, can anyone top that? I don’t think life gets any better, does it? “There will be a few nerves, but in a good way ...

"I've seen it written that my real name is John Blood McNally and I just dropped the last part for pro football purposes, but that isn't so," he said in 1936. "I was just John McNally until I ...

Founding member John McNally told BBC News: “A Glastonbury debut at 83, can anyone top that? I don’t think life gets any better, does it? There will be a few nerves, but in a good way ...

The Searchers, from left John McNally, Chris Curtis and Mike Pender, with Tony Jackson wearing a Santa Claus mask (PA) Liverpool pop group The Searchers will end almost 70 years of touring with a ...