"He suggested changing the band's name to Beatals, as a tribute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets.‏¹²‏¹³ They used this name until May, when they became the Silver Beetles, before undertaking a brief tour of Scotland as the backing group for pop singer and fellow Liverpudlian Johnny Gentle. By early July, they had refashioned themselves as the Silver Beatles, and by the middle of August simply the Beatles.‏¹⁴"