All you enthusiastic Beatles fans out there will know that this past weekend would have been the great legend John Lennon’s 70th birthday (Sunday 10 October 2010). To celebrate the talented musician’s special day, fans around the world paid tribute to Lennon with fans in New York visiting a circular mosaic decorated with flowers in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields. They sang the poignant lyrics from “Imagine” to honour his 70th.
The so-called “Smart Beatle”, Lennon is said to have brought a wit and intelligence to The Beatles’ music and their self-presentation. In songs like “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” Lennon helped create exquisite melodies where he brought to life a ‘dreamlike world weariness’ that was well beyond his years. His best-known song has become a world-anthem with lyrics like “You may say that I’m a dreamer / But I’m not the only one / I hope someday you’ll join us / And the world will be as one” acting as evidence of his Utopian and reflective way of seeing the world as well as his desire for everyone to dissolve their differences and live in peace and unity.
The man, as well as the band The Beatles inspired, excited and amazed many youths from their heyday and their lyrics, pioneer pop-rock songs and musical genius continue to touch the heart of fans old and young throughout the world. Now, old school rockers can relive the superb brilliance of The Beatles through The Beatlemania Tour.
The true musical biography of four young Brit youths who took the world by storm is global phenomenon – taking fans on a magical mystery tour. It is an exploration of the Beatles revolution in popular music – a live musical tribute to The Beatles. Using authentic “Beatle” amplifiers, instruments and costumes “The Beatles Experience” employs the spirit of the “Fab Four” in recreating and reliving your favourite Beatles’ classics. You can join the specialist Australian cast on a two-hour journey that recaptures the rocking musical era of the magical Beatles.
The Beatlemania Tour hits Johannesburg and Reef, Gauteng from Thursday 25 November until Saturday 27 November and Durban, KwaZulu-Natal from Friday 10 December until Saturday 8 January. Make sure you get your tickets booked to experience a piece of “Eight Days A Week”-rocking history!
Jade Scully is a copywriter excited about writing copy and stories, blogging about the world and editing. She currently and regularly publishes her stories on a number of blogs. Jade loves animals and hopes to begin writing copy for the animal rescue charity TEARS as her contribution to the cause.
