Claim: The Beatles only played in Manchester.
Evidence: The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960 , with Stuart Sutcliffe initially serving as bass player.
Hamburg -LRB- -LSB- ˈhæmbɜrɡ -RSB- -LSB- ˈhambʊɐk -RSB- , local pronunciation -LSB- ˈhambʊɪ̯ç -RSB- ; Low German/Low Saxon : Hamborg -LSB- ˈhambɔːç -RSB- -RRB- , officially Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg -LRB- Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg -RRB- , is the second largest city in Germany , with a population of over 1.7 million people.
Liverpool -LRB- -LSB- ˈlɪvərpuːl -RSB- -RRB- is a city in North West England , with an estimated population of 478,580 in 2015.