Tuesday 30 April 2013
Monday 29 April 2013
New Website for The Jacaranda Project
The BBFC has been covering the development of the Jacaranda Project, the project to honour the club in Liverpool where the Beatles got their start and which sadly closed in 2011.
We're now delighted to be able to share the news that the website is live at http://thejacarandaproject.tumblr.com/
Natalie and Chynna, the masterminds behind this great project, would like your help though. They say:
"If you’re a Beatles fan (or a fan of Merseybeat and all things Liverpool) you’ve probably heard of the place. It’s a massive part of the musical history of the City and we’d love you to be involved. Did you ever see anyone play there? Did you perform at one of their popular Open Mic nights or do you know anyone who did? If you have any photographs, memories or stories to tell us about the Jac please let us know! We’d love to hear what you thought of it.
We're looking for people to write about 50 - 100 words about the Jac (add any images if you'd like too as well) and we'll include it on our site! Thanks again to everyone who has already shared stories with us."
The website already contains a selection of images, interviews and memories, so check it out! And please get in touch with the project to share your own memories and photos.
To share your memories, use one of the links below:
Twitter: @thejacproject
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheJacarandaProject
Email: thejacproject@gmail.com
Jameson & Hills Perform Songs of The Beatles - Leeds, May 3
Saturday 27 April 2013
USA WRITERS ENTER BEATLES PLAY FESTIVAL
Two entries from America will be staged in The Ticket to
Write Festival for Beatles-themed plays making this year’s contest a truly
international event.
Three of the eight fifteen-minute plays selected to be
performed at Liverpool’s Unity Theatre on July 30th have been penned
by Merseyside writers.
The author of the best play, as judged by theatre
professionals and votes from the audience, will win £150.
“We’ve been very pleased with the entries and the enthusiasm
shown by the writers in this, our second year,” said Jamie Gaskin, Festival
Director.
For 2013 four of the plays selected focus on George Harrison
to mark the 70th anniversary of his birth. The other four are
general pieces about the Fab Four.
Those chosen (in alphabetical order):
·
Beatlemania, by Maureen Johnson, Ohio, USA
(General entry)
·
Darren and George, by Phil McNulty, Southport,
Merseyside (George entry)
·
Digital Age, by Chris Jenkins, Ince Blundell, Merseyside
(General entry)
·
Double Fantasy, by Paul McGuire, Ainsdale,
Southport, Merseyside (George entry)
·
Happy Birthday, by Martin Drury, Bromsgrove
(George entry)
·
The Night I Met George, by Margaret Histed,
Brockenhurst, Hampshire (George entry)
·
Vulgar Numbskulls, by Tom Glover, Fleetwood,
Hampshire (George entry)
·
When I Got Home, by Trevor Boelter, Valley
Village, California, USA (General entry)
To help fund this venture, which not only allows new writers
to parade their work but also local actors to showcase their talents, a benefit
night is being held at Parr Street Studios, Liverpool on Thursday 27th
June.
A fun night of music, quizzes, entertainment and supper all
for £10!
For news of this and full details of the Festival and those
involved check out www.acedrama.co.uk.
Tuesday 23 April 2013
The Quarrymen in Concert in London!
The Quarrymen: L-R Len Garry, Colin Hanton and Rod Davis c. The Quarrymen |
On the evening of Monday 6 May the Quarrymen will be playing a special gig
to mark the London premiere of a play about John Lennon “And in the end”. The
gig is at the St James Theatre Studio, which is in Palace Street, between
Victoria Station and Buckingham Palace.
For more information, and to buy tickets, visit the website: http://www.stjamestheatre.co.uk/events/john-lennons-original-quarrymen
In addition to the Quarrymen the cast of the play will also be present,
together with the author, Sandy Marshall, a two times Ermmy award winner.
Rod Davis with Sandy Marshall and Valentine Pelka |
The play itself opens on Tuesday 7 May at the Jermyn Street Theatre, close
to Piccadilly Circus.
For more information, and to buy tickets for what promises to be a fascinating and fabulous play, visit the website (which was designed by the famed Beatles artists, Shannon: www.andintheend.com
Monday 22 April 2013
The Upbeat Beatles 50th Anniversary Tour
It was 50 years ago
that The Beatles had their First hit record, and went on to shake the world
with their brand of “Rock n Roll”
The Upbeat Beatles
The 50th
Anniversary Tour
“IF YOU MISSED THEM IN ’63 - NOW’S YOUR CHANCE!”
It's 1963 and a new band is taking the
country by storm, playing a heady mixture of Blues, Motown and Rock ’n’ Roll…
Since 1997 The Upbeat Beatles have been the best in the business at re-creating
the excitement, raw energy and authentic sound of the original Fab Four.
This
show will have you tapping your feet from the opening bars - dancing in the
aisle, and screaming like you did in 63 by the end. With songs that changed a
generation, from the depths of Liverpool’s Cavern Club, to the Roof
Top of The Apple Building, the Upbeat Beatles will take you on a journey that
is the story of The Beatles through their songs.
The Upbeat Beatles are four supremely
talented guys - great powerhouse vocals and close harmonies, pumped out with a
driving backbeat to give you a night you’ll never forget.
The Upbeat Beatles are in constant
demand and their hard earned reputation for authenticity and attention to
detail has taken them around the world, playing to ecstatic audiences. These
have included The Jordanian Royal Family and the Hollywood film actor Michael
Douglas.
The Beatles were the band that shook the
world - Let the Upbeat Beatles shake your night!
“The fab-est four around today, THE
UPBEAT BEATLES are the nearest you'll ever get to the real thing!”
Discovery of ‘Beatles in Croydon’ Pictures Could Be Worth Thousands
New pictures of The Beatles have
come to light after nearly fifty years of lying in an attic. The pictures are
of the Fab Four performing at The Fairfield Halls in Croydon in April 1963 and
then relaxing backstage in the Artist’s Bar after the concert. The pictures are
potentially worth tens of thousands in licensing rights.
Andy Wright, the photographer,
had forgotten all about the pictures he’d taken nearly fifty years ago until
his memory was prompted by a new website at www.fairfieldat50.com. The website
celebrates the forthcoming 50th anniversary of the iconic venue in South London which was opened in November 1962.
The pictures, and others taken at
Fairfield by
Andy, can now be seen on the website. They were taken by Andy when he was a
fifteen year old schoolboy at Woodcote
Secondary School in
Coulsdon and keen on pursuing a career in photography. His father worked as a
steward at the Fairfield Halls and he got the manager’s permission to allow his
son to wander around with a camera. The week he chose for his ‘work experience’
was a fortunate one because, as well as The Beatles, Andy also snapped a young
Shirley Bassey and Matt Monro. Andy now lives in Hertfordshire, and he did
eventually realise his dream of becoming a professional photographer and
started out with the Surrey Mirror.
As well as being a historical
archive the www.fairfieldat50.com website also asks Fairfield
patrons, past and present, to submit their own pictures of Fairfield to celebrate the anniversary.
Having seen this request when browsing the site Andy dug out the pictures,
scanned them and sent them to Fairfield ,
not fully realising both their historical and monetary value. The pictures were
received by Fairfield ’s John
Spring , a Beatles fan, who had been
searching for pictures of the Beatles at Fairfield
for years and had almost given up hope of ever seeing any. Having worked in the
image licensing business in the past he put Andy in touch with the right people
to realise their potential value.
Fortunately Andy had also kept
the negatives and the pictures have now been registered with the world’s
largest commercial picture library, Getty Images, which should see them
generate a significant return for Andy from global licensing rights. Andy has
generously allowed the Fairfield Halls to use them, free of charge, for their
own purposes, by way of a thank you for giving him the opportunity to take them
in the first place.
Andy says “I only had 12 pictures
on my roll of film. Film was expensive back then. The picture of all four of
them backstage (potentially the most financially lucrative) was taken with the
last shot I had. They were very nice to me but they were a bit shattered after
the concert. I went home on the bus, developed the pictures, and proudly took
them into the school the next day. I still have the Rollei camera I took
pictures with.”
The Beatles in
Croydon:
The Beatles played three times in
Croydon. The first was on March 21st 1963 when they supported Chris Montez and
Tommy Roe. This was at the then ABC Cinema on London Road .
The concert on April 25th 1963,
when these pictures were taken, was barely a month after the release of their
first album, ‘Please Please Me’. The show comprised two performances (5.30pm
and 8pm) as part of ‘The Mersey Beat Showcase’ mini-tour featuring acts from
Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein’s stable. The tour also featured Gerry and the
Pacemakers, The Big Three, Billy J Kramer and The Dakotas (it says ’Dakotas ’ on the drum kit Ringo can be seen playing in the
pictures) and Vic Sutcliffe. John Leyton was joint top billing with The
Beatles. With an album heading for the top of the charts their stock had risen
considerably since March but not quite enough to be sole headliners.
Unfortunately John Leyton was taken ill and couldn’t perform so The Beatles
ended up on their own at the top of the bill.
The Beatles later returned to Fairfield as part of a
bigger tour on September 7th 1963, very much as the headline act and
at the height of Beatlemania.
Therefore these high quality
pictures taken on a Rollei medium format camera are of a relatively early
Beatles concert. Three of the pictures show the band on stage from the left,
right and centre of Fairfield ’s
concert platform. Other pictures show all four posing together backstage in the
Artist’s Bar, Ringo and John being interviewed by a lady we believe to be a
‘Mrs Kirby’ and then there is also a shot from the Artist’s Bar showing waiting
fans at the Stage Door gates. Fairfield Halls would be especially keen to hear
from any Beatles expert that knows if the recorded interview by Mrs Kirby is
still in existence.
Were you in the audience when the Beatles played at Fairfields Hall in 1963? If so, Croydon Radio would love to hear from you!
Croydon Radio, 1 Matthews Yard, Croydon
CR01FF
Fairfield Halls:
The Fairfield Halls celebrates
its 50th anniversary this year. There are effectively three ‘halls’.
These are the 1800 seat Concert Hall (where the Beatles played), the 750 seat
Ashcroft Theatre and the flat-floor Arnhem Gallery which acts as a 400 capacity
standing venue. It’s always been a source of conjecture as to whether it should
be described as The Fairfield Hall (i.e. just describing the Concert Hall) or
Fairfield Halls (as in all three spaces). The public have always
described it as ‘the halls’ and these days Fairfield tends to describe it as ‘The
Fairfield Halls’ too. This is because it tends to be more descriptive of a
‘complex of venues’, which is exactly what it is.
The Queen Mother opened Fairfield on Friday 2nd
November 1962. This was covered extensively in the press and praise lavished up
Fairfield Halls ‘imaginative and bold design’. What wasn’t known was that Queen
Mother had a fractured foot and the opening was nearly called off. After the
ceremony she then attended the inaugural concert which was given by the BBC
Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcom Sergeant, with the soloist being the
famous Yehudi Menhuin.
Fairfield Halls continues to host
international classical music, comedy, ballet, opera and a wide range of
theatre. The 50th anniversary is being celebrated with the new
anniversary website at www.fairfieldat50.com and a number of concerts
featuring, amongst others, the RPO, the LMP and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In
three years time Fairfield
will be undergoing a £25m redevelopment to ensure that it enjoys another 50
years as an international venue.
Sunday 21 April 2013
Rare Beatles Guitar on Display in Ireland
RARE BEATLES
GUITAR EXCLUSIVELY ON DISPLAY AT NEWBRIDGE SILVERWARE MUSEUM OF STYLE ICONS -
IRELAND
Tuesday,
April 16 to Wednesday May 8, 2013
Newbridge Silverware Museum of Style Icons in
partnership with Julien’s Auctions is hosting an exclusive exhibition
featuring a very rare Beatles guitar played by both John Lennon and George
Harrison. The rare VOX guitar played by
both legendary artists is what true rock n’ roll is made of. The striking custom guitar built by Mike Bennett and
Dickey Denney was gifted to “Magic Alex” Mardas by John Lennon in 1967. Harrison played the guitar while practicing
“I am the Walrus” during The Magical Mystery Tour and by Lennon while recording
a video session for “Hello, Goodbye” but it is not seen in the final version of
the video that was released. Lennon gifted the guitar to “Magic Alex” Mardas. A
plaque affixed to the back of the guitar reads “To Magic Alex/Alexi thank
you/for been (sic) a friend/2-5-1967 John.”
According to Madras the date refers to his 25th
birthday earlier that year and not the date the guitar was given to him. The
guitar body has a unique scroll design, marked “Vox Custom” on the headstock.
It also featured 24 fret rosewood fingerboard with rectangular inlays, mahogany
hollow body, single f-hole along with electronics which include six push
buttons for: treble, bass, top boost,
mid-boost, fuzz and repeat. The guitar was not originally designed as
part of the VOX Kensington line but it has become known as such. The guitar is discussed by Andy Babiuk in his
book “Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four’s Instruments: From Stage to Studio” and
seen in “Beat Instrumental” November 1967 which shows an image of George
Harrison playing the guitar. Because of
the relationship with the Beatles and Madras the guitar adds a unique emotional
pull to Beatles lore.
The
spectacular piece of Beatles history will travel from Los Angeles for an
exclusive exhibition at the Newbridge Silverware Museum of Style Icons in
Dublin from Tuesday April 16, 2013
through Wednesday - May 8, 2013. Fans and visitors can view the iconic piece of
music memorabilia at the museum from 9 AM each day. After the exhibition the guitar will travel
back to the United States where it will be auctioned to the highest bidder at
Julien’s Auctions Music Icons event to be held in New York on Saturday, May 18,
2013. It is estimated to bring $200,000-$300,000. The extraordinary opportunity for fans and
visitors to view the guitar is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity limited to the
exhibition at Newbridge.
The Newbridge
Silverware Museum of Style Icons is one of Europe’s premier museums dedicated
to design and style excellence and showcases the influences of some of the
world’s most prominent and respected personalities. The guitar will join the four D.A Millings
Beatles suits which are on permanent display at the museum which continues to
welcome thousands of visitors since its official opening to the public in
2009. The Museum of Style Icons is
located onsite at the Newbridge Silverware Visitor Center.
The
Museum features signature pieces from Ireland's most notable designers and
showcases artifacts associated with some of the most legendary Stars of the
Silverscreen including Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly Bette Davis,
the Beatles, Gloria Swanson, Barbara Streisand, Julie Andrews, Vivien Leigh,
Elizabeth Taylor, Gloria Swanson, Jean Simmons, Sarah Jessica Parker, Barbara
Stanwyck and many more Newbridge has
also introduced a range of jewelry designed as recreations of such Hollywood
icons as Maureen O’Hara and Greta Garbo.
ABOUT NEWBRIDGE SILVERWARE
MUSEUM OF STYLE ICONS:
The Beatles - Young and Reckless in Hamburg Film
For the past 6 months we, Future Artists, have been throwing around ideas for our latest project: a documentary following the early career of The Beatles in the Reeperbahn of Hamburg. We’ve had a positive response so far and have managed to build up a community of fans and followers who have not only given us support, but have helped us develop the idea itself. As well as Beatle fans we’ve been in contact with multiple Hamburg-Beatles experts from around the world, such as Spencer Leigh, Eric Krasker and Hans Olof Gottfridsson (all authors of Hamburg-Beatles related books).We’re planning on part-funding these early stages of the film via a Crowdfunding campaign which can be found at: igg.me/at/TheBeatlesHere you’ll find a selection of perks up for sale such as:- Digital, DVD and Bluray copies of the film- Copies of Hamburg Beatles Caricature drawn by Mark Rehkopf- Signed copies of Eric Kraskers book ‘The Beatles - Fact and Fiction’- The chance to be an extra in the film!
All contributions above $10 also receive their name in the credits of the film!The money made from these perks will part-fund the initial stages of the production, any help you can give us so early on in this film-making process will go a long way, and so will be much appreciated!
Thank you - Beatles Hamburg team, Future Artists
Take Flight Again in 2013…With Wings over America
c. MPL Communications Ltd |
·
Re-release of Paul
McCartney & Wings’ groundbreaking 1976 live album Wings over America
containing bonus material out May 28th on Hear Music/Concord Music
Group
·
DVD
release of the live concert film ‘Rockshow’ documenting the band’s epic Wings
over the World tour across America (June 11th)
·
Theatrical release
of ‘Rockshow’ and an exclusive VIP premiere screening – featuring an
introduction by Paul – at BAFTA (May 15th)
This Spring will see another chapter
unfold in the life of Wings, the band formed by Paul McCartney after the
break-up of The Beatles – and one of the most successful bands the UK has ever
produced.
c. MPL Communications Ltd |
Wings over
America
First, the historic live album,
which documented the band’s triumphant 1976 tour across North America, will be
reissued in a range of formats. Fans and hardcore devotees alike will be
especially thrilled with the stunning four-book, four-disc (3CD, 1DVD) Deluxe
Edition Box Set. The box set's superior audio and video include the
two-disc Wings over America album remastered at Abbey Road, a bonus audio
disc recorded live at San Francisco’s Cow Palace, a bonus DVD containing the
rarely seen 75-minute television special Wings over the World and the
photo gallery montage entitled ‘Photographer’s Pass’. Moreover, the Deluxe
Edition Box Set contains four exquisitely rendered art books packaged with an
incredible array of exclusive memorabilia, souvenirs, mementos, keepsakes and
never-before-seen photos and art work from this historic tour. The spectacular
110-page commemorative tour book beautifully recounts the behind-the-scenes
drama through dozens of live performances and backstage photos along with new
interviews and liner notes from eminent music journalist David Fricke.
c. 1976 MPL Communications Ltd/Photographer Robert Ellis |
The
Wings over America leatherette-bound ‘Tour Itinerary’ contains
extravagant memorabilia including printed 8X10 glossy band photos, a backstage
guest pass, facsimiles of the invitation to the infamous end-of-tour party at
the Harold Lloyd Estate in Beverly Hills along with Wings over America
concert tickets, original album art work, tour posters, set lists, lyrics, press
materials and much more. ‘Look’, the box set’s warm and intimate book of Linda
McCartney photography features Paul and the band in their everyday life as they
made their way across the country in the spring of ’76. Lastly, the set
contains ‘The Ocean View’ an extraordinary hardbound compendium of drawings and
sketches by artist Humphrey Ocean that captures the band on tour in relaxed and
revealing ways. A striking artistic achievement in and of itself, the audacious
Wings over America Deluxe Edition Box Set is a must have for any
McCartney enthusiast.
And for the first time a DVD will be
released by Eagle Rock of the live concert film Rockshow which was shot
in 1975 and 1976 when Paul McCartney & Wings undertook the epic Wings
over the World tour--the largest-scale tour they would ever undertake as a
band. Packed with all the classic Wings hits - plus some of Paul's solo and
Beatles classics - the film is released on both DVD and Blu-ray formats.
Although filmed on this tour at the enormous Kingdome in Seattle,
Rockshow, originally an edited version of the concert, was not premiered
until November 1980 in New York and April 1981 in London. It was originally
released on Betamax (later on laserdisc) but it’s only now that the complete
full-length concert is being made available fully restored from the original
35mm film and with restored & remastered sound, including a 5.1 mix for the
first time.
Rockshow Theatrical Release
And then third, but by no means
least, Eagle Rock has partnered with distributors Specticast who are releasing
the film theatrically worldwide for a ‘one night only’ event’ on May
15th (see here for more details: http://rockshowonscreen.com/) – meaning the film will be shown
in more than 500 theaters across the world! The theatrical release features an
exclusive introduction with Paul McCartney, but there will also be an exclusive
VIP premiere screening of Rockshow, with Paul in attendance and
introducing the film, at BAFTA on 15 May 2013.
For Wings Across America Paul
brought with him one the most sophisticated and dazzling rock shows of the
mid-Seventies (a time when nobody worried about extravagance or expense) and the
band would eventually perform to more than 600,000 people at 31 shows in the US
and Canada, ending with three mind-bending nights at The Forum in Los Angeles.
It’s no exaggeration to say that the demand that greeted Paul McCartney &
Wings (Linda McCartney, Joe English, Denny Laine and Jimmy McCulloch) in the
spring of 1976 as they embarked on what would become their one and only North
American tour was overwhelming. Having released four consecutive chart busting
albums including Red Rose Speedway, Band on the Run, Venus and
Mars and Wings at the Speed of Sound – not to mention 1973’s Academy
Award-winning James Bond theme “Live and Let Die” – Paul’s solo career was in
full flight… and having not performed in the States for 10 years either solo or
with The Beatles, excitement had reached fever pitch.
Now Paul gives fans the chance to be
able to immerse themselves in a concert that is destined to live
forever.
For a Wings over America Sneak Peak
via YouTube:
Wings are one of the most successful
acts the UK has ever produced, achieving no less than 14 US Top 10 hits and 12
Top 10 hits at home – including “Mull of Kintyre” which with 2m+ sales remains
the biggest-selling non-charity single of all time – over their ten year
career.
The Wings over America reissue (Hear Music/Concord) follows the re-release of Band on the Run, McCartney, McCartney II and RAM for the Paul McCartney Archive Collection. To this point, the celebrated series, personally supervised by Paul, has been honored with the Best Historical Album GRAMMY Award for Band on the Run and most recently a Best Historical GRAMMY nomination for RAM.
Released in early December 1976,
Wings over America was platinum by Christmas and #1 on Billboard album
chart by the third week of January. The famous live version of “Maybe I’m
Amazed”, issued as a single in February 1977 (the studio version from McCartney,
an FM-radio hit in 1970, was never available on 45) quickly went Top Ten on
Billboard’s singles chart and has since become one of Paul McCartney’s
most beloved songs.
The remastered album’s release is
dedicated to late members Linda McCartney and Jimmy
McCulloch.The Wings over America reissue (Hear Music/Concord) follows the re-release of Band on the Run, McCartney, McCartney II and RAM for the Paul McCartney Archive Collection. To this point, the celebrated series, personally supervised by Paul, has been honored with the Best Historical Album GRAMMY Award for Band on the Run and most recently a Best Historical GRAMMY nomination for RAM.
c. MPL Communications Ltd |
The Apple Core Beatles, Slough, May 18
From The Apple Core Beatles:
The Apple Core Beatles are a Beatles tribute band from South West London.
We are organising an event at the Gala Bingo club in Slough on the 18th May. The
Club used to be the old Adelphi cinema where the Beatles started their 1963
Autumn tour with Roy Orbison and Gerry and The Pacemakers. The venue hasn't
changed that much and is one of the few UK venues still standing that The
Beatles played at.
The Apple Core Beatles are playing at the club 50 years to the night that
The Fab Four played there (18th May 1963), and would love to see as many BBFC
members there as possible, who want to hear some great live Beatles music and play a
game of Bingo :-). We would also love to hear from anyone who saw the Beatles
that night. Proceeds for the event will go to a local charity.
For more information, or to contact The Apple Core Beatles, visit their website at www.theapplecorebeatles.com
Thursday 18 April 2013
The Jacaranda Project – Acoustic Evening
This
Friday night, The Jacaranda Project will be hosting an acoustic evening at The
Brink as they prepare for the launch of their website. Starting at 7.30pm,
SheBeat, Reece Jones, Sam Grosvenor and their acoustic guitars in tow, are the
3 local acts that will grace the stage providing a mellow alternative to the
usual Friday night.
The
website will be a collection of images, interviews and will delve into The
Jacaranda’s illustrious history. With plans to launch the website next week,
you can keep up to date with the project on their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/thejacarandaproject or if
you’d like to contribute to the site with your own images or stories please
send them to thejacproject@gmail.com
If you loved The
Jacaranda, go to The Brink (15-21 Parr Street Liverpool L1 4JN) this Friday at
7.30 pm share your stories and support local music/artists. The evening will be
free entry.
Thursday 11 April 2013
50th ANNIVERSARY RELAY VIDEO CELEBRATES THE GLOBAL LEGACY OF THE BEATLES
Liverpool’s Beatles Story and The Cavern Club find the world’s
greatest Beatles tribute acts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
the release of ‘From Me to You’
The very best
Beatles tribute acts from across the globe have come together to celebrate the
50th anniversary of the release of the Fab Four’s ‘From Me to You’
hit - by contributing their versions for a new music video that showcases the
global influence of the band.
And the music video
will given its world premiere on the 50th anniversary of the single’s
release (11thApril 1963) at Liverpool’s world-famous Cavern Club to a
packed house of fans, tourists and international journalists.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles ‘From Me to You’ Liverpool’s award-winning Beatles Story attraction in conjunction with The Cavern Club put a call out across the globe for the world’s greatest Beatles tribute acts to record their version of the hit single. It was launched at The Cavern with the help of a rousing performance by The Cavern Club Beatles.
The response was
overwhelming with exclusive video entries coming in from Liverpool, Hungary,
Brazil, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland, Canada, France, Spain, Australia, Israel,
Argentina and United States of America. The amazing results were then edited
into a two and a half minute version of ‘From Me To You’ that takes the viewer
all around the world and back to Liverpool. A global first!
All complete entries
can be viewed here - http://tinyurl.com/beatlesglobalrelay
Martin King of The
Beatles Story says,
“We wanted to
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of ‘From Me to You’ in
a way that showed the world The Beatles’ enduring influence and engaged with
fans and musicians from across the globe.
“We hope that people
like the film as much as we do and that it showcases The Beatles’ and
Liverpool’s contribution to global culture in a unique way. We’re really
impressed with all the entries and with how much effort the tribute acts have
gone to make such a fantastic 50th anniversary artefact. They have
done Liverpool, The Cavern and The Beatles Story very proud.”
The enduring legacy
of The Beatles has created a network of remarkable tribute bands the world over
but it is thought that the ‘From Me to You’ project is the first time that these
global tribute bands will have joined forces to create a single video artefact
spanning the continents.
The music video
forms part of the official events programme of ‘Liverpool Celebrates 50 Years Of
The Beatles’. During 2012, the programme captured the imagination of visitors
from across the world with a calendar of events to celebrate key milestone dates
in the history of the world’s most famous band. This included setting a Guinness
World Record on the 50th anniversary of the release of the band’s debut single,
Love Me Do. A programme of events will continue throughout 2013 and 2014.
Liverpool Celebrates 50 Years Of The Beatles is supported by VisitLiverpool,
Official Tourist Board for Liverpool City Region.
‘From Me to You’ was co-written by Lennon and
McCartney. It was written while the group was on a coach on tour of the UK with
Helen Shapiro. The title itself was inspired by the letters page in the NME
called ‘From You to Us’.
LIST OF TRIBUTE BANDS:
The Mersey Beatles – UK, Liverpool: http://www.themerseybeatles.com/
The Melbeats – Australia, Melbourne: http://www.melbeats.com.au/
Hocus Pocus – Brazil: http://www.hocuspocus.art.br/
Strawberry Fields –
Japan, Tokyo: http://band.livoon.com/sf
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