Ibstock W.M.C 20/02/2010

First time at this venue,and it's not very often we get to play in a working mens club.We arrived prompt and the load in was very easy,up a ramp through the door and on to stage(that was nice!!!)It was much bigger inside than it looked from the roadside and we had a fair sized stage to work on.We did the usual set up and sound check then waited for the room to fill up and the first performance time slot to come around.This was a ticket event and i must say they did really well with the sales as the room was packed and considering it's size,it took some filling! We kicked off the first set and straight away we had dancers on the floor Rockin n Rollin,these were lovely people and after the first few songs we knew we were going to have a good night.We finished the first set with a busy dance floor,and the DJ for the evening took over keeping everyone in the mood.Soon it was time for us to return to the stage,we really worked them this set and they responded magnificently and didnt want us to leave the stage when we announced our last song,i'm sure time permitting they'd have let us play all night.After thunderous applause we left the stage,changed(into our civvies Ha!)and began to pack down where we got some lovely comments from people who had thoroughly enjoyed the show!
We'd like to say thanks to all involved,and especially to our good friend Geoff who did a sterling job helping us on the night,see you soon Thanks a million !!!!!

The Cavern,Liverpool 18/01/2010

Great to be back at the Cavern for the regular tribute night held every Thursday. As normal resident guitar/vocalist Ronnie was on stage as we arrived,fantastic musician,great singer,check him out if you're ever in Liverpool on a Thursday evening,well worth a look! He was playing to a packed audience and they were up for it,singing and going nuts! We were pleased to find that John(in our opinion the best sound engineer at the Cavern)was mixing for us,not only a great sound man but a lovely fella to work with,always makes it easy for us to perform well on stage.

We kicked off with some early rockers and the crowd loved it,they were up dancing in the isles etc it was great,very very busy for a week night! There was a lot of people in from foreign soil which we dedicated a few songs to and they were really into the whole Liverpool/Beatles thing,great to see they're faces light up when we mentioned them,people from as far as Canada!

When challenged to sing along, they were loud man!!! it was a phenominal atmosphere and the place was still heaving right up to our last song. After screams of more,more we concluded with 'twist and shout',well you can imagine......absolutely electrifying,what a great night! Thanks to all staff and John for doing a brill job on the desk as usual! Always a pleasure to play here,at the heart of Rock n Roll !!!!!

Butlins,Skegness BEATLES IN CONCERT 2010 TOUR 17/01/2010

The third and final instalment of the first leg of our tour! The full schedule isn't set to kick off until mid April,then it's every week from then on till the end of November.So here we were at Skegness,it was quite a drive up from Bognor about 5 hours worth(not nice!!!)to be precise but we whiled the time away deconstructing some Beatles music we were listening to on CD. We arrived feeling some what tired but a few cups of tea later we were rearing to go! There's been a hell of a lot of changes to the venue since we were last there,and the enormous balcony with it's own private bar is just one of them.The crew there had managed to dig up some old VT footage of the Beatles and their adoring fans on film,so as we hit the stage,they interspersed camera shots of us and the film footage together,i must admit you couldn't tell which was us and which was the real thing,brilliant!!! very clever. The audience were fantastic,really up for a great night and that's exactly what we had,it was Fab!!!! Thanks once again to all the crew who worked ridiculously hard to make the night run as it did,and we're really looking forward to the official start date of the tour!!!!!!

Butlin,Bognor regis BEATLES IN CONCERT 2010 TOUR 16/01/2010

The second show of the tour,this time at Bognor regis. A steady drive with pleasant weather on our side(nice to see a bit of sun!)We arrived,loaded in(up the stairs of doom!!!)and then retired to our accommodation to recover(Gasp!!!!). After relaxing for a while and freshening up we headed back to the venue.Once again this show was being used as a marker for ideas for both us and the show creators.We got into position on stage and the curtains opened to a well populated room. After running a few ideas the night before,we were more confident as to what the crowd would want to hear and we had a much much better show,with plenty of dancing and singing all round,even a famous 'Ringo' song for the younger end to singalong to.....all together....." In the town where i was born......" After the show we got to meet one or two lovely people who said they'd really enjoyed themselves which was nice to hear. Great show,and once again the crew and everyone involved were fantastic,thanks! Also thank you very much for the great pictures sent in to us from a very kind Lady,very nice x.

Butlins,Minehead BEATLES IN CONCERT 2010 TOUR 15/01/2010

Monday saw the start of our 'Beatles in concert 2010' tour kicking off in Minehead. After an uneventful trip down we arrived in good time,organised our accommodation(we were staying over)and loaded our equipment in. We had a lot of time on our hands so we spent the most of it in the dressing room learning potentially new material for the show. After the evenings other events had finished we got the call to set up on stage.We changed into costume and took our positions,the curtains opened and we began! The first few shows of this tour were being used as markers for the stage set designers and show producers etc to visualise ideas to create a modern day look and feel to a Beatle concert around us,it was also a chance for us to try out material that we thought might work for future shows.We had a performed well,the audience were very warm and the show creators were in abundance with ideas! Thanks to the crew and everyone who worked hard to look after us while we were there,did a great job!!!!!

Butlins,Minehead 31/01/2010

So its the Sixties all over again at Butlins minehead,we really enjoy being a part of these festivals which are held at various times throughout the year! This weekend from what we could gather,had been very good with a great line up of top acts gracing the many stages within the Butlins complex.We heard some sad news that one of our friends from another band had had a bereavement in the family which meant they had to cancel at very short notice,but after a quick reshuffle everything was back on track.We were due to perform as the last act(headlining so to speak)on at centre stage,but with it being such a late performance time,12.00 midnight,and the fact it was a Sunday night(everyone leaving early due to work commitments Monday morning)we didnt hold much hope of having a large audience.We line checked and got into position............"Ladies and Gentleman...." The curtains opened and....it was packed,with everyone right up to the front of the stage jostling for a better view.We struck up and it was party time,everyone singing and dancing,waving their arms clapping,the atmosphere was nothing short of spectacular,for that window of one hour we could have been the real Beatles!!!!!! All too soon it was over and we left the stage to a crescendo of applause and cheers,what a great night! We really enjoyed ourselves,and cant wait for the next one.

Our deepest sympathies go out to DOZY,BEAKY,MICK AND TITCH.