A "TRIBUTE wall" dedicated to legendary musician George Harrison was being unveiled today at The Beatles Story museum.

Directors of the Liverpool attraction commissioned the wall in response to the requests of visitors wishing to pay tribute to the late Beatle who lost his battle with cancer last year.

Guests at the ceremony are expected to include contemporaries from the Merseybeat scene including Colin Hanton, of The Quarrymen, The Swinging Blue Jeans' Ray Ennis and Beatles press officer Tony Barrow.

The event also marks what would have been Harrison's 59th birthday and follows a sell-out tribute concert to the guitarist staged last night at Liverpool's Empire Theatre featuring a guest appearance by Sir Paul McCartney.

Speaking before taking to the stage, Sir Paul said he would be sharing his personal memories of the legendary guitarist.

The Beatles Story bosses say there will be consultations during the course of the year with a view to opening a "fitting and more permanent form of tribute" within the exhibition.

The award-winning museum charts the history of the "Fab Four" from their Liverpool childhood through their meteoric rise to fame and their eventual break-up in 1970.

The tribute was being officially unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool Councillor Gerry Scott who described Harrison as "one of the great Liverpudlians".

"He was a special individual who cared about the world and his fellow man. He will be missed by everyone in his home city and this is a lovely - and very personal - way for people to share their memories of him," added the councillor.

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