Tonight, I went to a Beatles concert.

I know what you’re thinking, the Beatles haven’t been a performing band for a long, long time…however, tonight we went to see an on-stage Beatles Tribute act, Rain.

A friend of mine in choir, won two tickets to the Rain show in the Hobby Centre for one of the two-night performances.  She didn’t want to go and didn’t want the tickets to go to waste.

She said, ‘do you like the Beatles?’

I replied, ‘Heck yes!!’

She said, ‘do you want tickets to this Beatles thing on Friday night?’

I took them, gratefully! And tonight, my mind was BLOWN by a fantastic tribute act.

Tribute acts can be hit and miss, and they’re something Col and I tend not to go anywhere near.  However, tonight really bowled both of us over.  It was a seriously fab!!

We sang (ok, so I sang), we danced (yes, we both danced), we did the twist, we cried…ok, so I cried! I had a lump in my throat from the first song they played, however I pushed them down, wayyyyy down deep for most of the concert until the second last song they sang.

Some of you don’t know, I have two older brothers, Rob and Rory.

In 1999, when I was 14, I went on my first ever trip to the US of A to visit my big bro, (aka Captain Underpants) in Atlanta, with his lovely wife Karen and his year old (ish) daughter Meghan.

On this trip, we had a BBQ and around a fire (covered in lashings of mosquito cream) he taught me how to play Let it Be on the guitar.

The song brings back so many good memories of Rob, (especially that one!) and the flood gates opened!

Tears aside, it was a cracking night – I can’t believe we almost missed it, because we didn’t even know it was happening.  The crowd was energetic, singing, dancing and seriously patriotic! They had video footage on large screens, any time something American came on screen (Kennedy, Neil Armstrong landing on the moon etc) they went crazy – it was heart-warming!

It was such a great night and I’d happily go back, the guys were talented, they conveyed the talent, message and legacy of the Beatles over the years, they interacted with the crowd, they were upbeat, energetic and the costumes and stage show was all very impressive – plus, Lexus drivers got free valet parking 😉

For those of you who’ve never heard of the Beatles, or who haven’t heard much by them – go to Itunes or Amazon now and buy an album, preferably  A Hard Day’s Night, it’s the one my brother bought me all those years ago for Christmas to introduce me to the Beatles and it’s the one that rocks my world even today and probably tomorrow in my car! 😉