Classical Mystery Tour – a Beatles tribute backed by a Symphony Orchestra – is coming to Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto this Thursday!

This is a note-for-note live Beatles tribute performance with full costumes and, most excitingly, accompanied by the Kitchener/Waterloo Symphony Orchestra and I will be there!  How about you?

Crazy to think about how part of the reason The Beatles stopped playing live at all in 1966 was because they felt like they could not reproduce on stage what they were doing on their records.  Did you know that the longest concert The Beatles ever played during their touring years was 33 minutes?  They just took their nightclub act and put it in an arena or a stadium.  Their historic Shea Stadium concert in 1965 was only 27 minutes.  This was obviously long before the days of 3-hours-plus concerts with elaborate stage set-ups and guest performers.

It goes without saying that this is the most popular music of the 20th century and when it’s recreated on stage like this, it’s nothing short of magical.  I’ve downloaded a few performance clips from the show’s website and they sound totally authentic.  And the crowd that comes out for these kinds of shows runs the gamut from people who were there when Beatlemania was happening to pretty twenty-something girls dancing in their cutest retro-styled dress.

Get tickets to Classical Mystery Tour from the Sony Centre’s website (click).

And if you can’t make it, I’ve got you covered with a Beatles tribute of my own….

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