LIVERPOOL will unite to celebrate the life of George Harrison on the 10th anniversary of his death.
Three events tomorrow will commemorate the former Beatle, who died of lung cancer on November 29, 2001.
A short Liverpool Cathedral service will take place at 11.30am.
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12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree where George lived for the first six years of his life before his family moved to Speke
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George with sister Louise
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George with his first guitar (pic: Mike McCartney)
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With John Lennon and James Rushworth at the latter's famous music store on Whitechapel
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With John, Paul and Pete Best in the The Grapes on Mathew Street
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Early Cavern show
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With John, Sam Leach and Dick Matthews
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With John in Hamburg shortly after Stuart Sutcliffe's passing (pic: Astrid Kirchherr)
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Now suited post-Hamburg but still packing out the Cavern
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With Ernie Wise, 1963
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Arriving at JFK Airport 7 Feb 1964 for The Beatles first US tour
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Landmark first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, 9 Feb 1964
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Washington Coliseum show (pic: Mike Mitchell)
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First in the firing line from Muhammed Ali
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Celebrating his 21st birthday, 25 February 1964
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Having a boogie with the indomitable Bessie Braddock
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George met Patti Boyd when she was cast as a schoolgirl fan in the 'Hard Day's Night' film
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With John during the filming of 'Help', 1965
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Tuning up before The Beatles' last Liverpool gig, The Empire December 5 1965
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George and Patti married in January 1966
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The happy couple with George's parents and Patti's mother
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On honeymoon in Barbados
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Haight-Ashbury, 1967
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Leaving Bangor, 27 August 1967
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Brian Epstein memorial at New London Synagogue
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George with Eric Clapton
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Playing sitar with Ravi Shankar in India
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Puzzling out a shehnai, an Indian wind instrument
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George at the Radha Krishna Temple, August 1969
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With Ringo, Bob Dylan and Leon Russell during the Concert for Bangladesh, 1 August 1971
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George met Olivia, who was to become his second wife, in 1974 - they married four years later
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George with US President Gerald Ford
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Enjoying a brew at his father's house in Warrington, November 1976
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George and Olivia with son Dhani, born in August 1978
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George's small cameo in Life Of Brian, the movie he funded by mortgaging his house and setting up Handmade Films
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With Alexandra Pigg and Margi Clarke at the Savoy
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George with Ringo on the Michael Aspel show in 1988, the first major TV interview given by any two former Beatles since the band split up in 1970
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With Madonna in 1986, helping to promote Shanghai Surprise
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The three remaining Beatles with George Martin in 1995
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With Damon Hill after the Australian Grand Prix, 1995
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On holiday with Olivia in Ireland, December 2000
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29 November 2001
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Fans lay tributes in the Cavern Walks on Mathew Street
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George was awarded a posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star in April 2009
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Organiser Denise Theophilus said: “Liverpool will pay a special musical tribute to its beloved son throughout the day.
“People are invited to bring a flower or a paper symbol of peace to the service, with a suitable prayer written on it. Love and peace were the precepts most dear to George.”
At 2pm the Free Concert For George will be staged in the Concert Room at St George’s Hall.
Bands marking different eras of George’s life will perform in the presence of the Lord Mayor.
The acts include Jeff Slate of The Badge, Lee Christian of Smilex, Singh Strings and The Rebels, Tsema, The Liverpool Ukelele Orchestra, The Mersey Beatles and Andre Barreau, who performs as Harrison in The Bootleg Beatles.
Barreau said: “For this concert I am doing something completely new and looking at the post-Beatle years in George’s music.
