Tag: the beatles

Mark Morris’ Witty, Charming, Crowd-Pleasing Pepperland Was a Magical Hour of Dance at the American Dance Festival in Durham
It was twenty years ago today Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play They’ve been going in and out of style But they’re guaranteed to raise a smile — Paul McCartney from the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band — It was 30 years ago today — actually, longer than that — when Mark… Read More ›

RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles at DPAC Channels The Fab Four, As The Group Performs Sgt. Pepper, Etc., Live!
Close your eyes and open your ears, and you’ll swear that you’re at a Beatles concert, circa 1964-70. RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles — which will repeat last night’s crowd-pleasing performance at 2 and 8 p.m. today at the Durham Performing Arts Center — channels The Fab Four, starting with the four Liverpool lads’… Read More ›

RAIN Will Perform All of Sgt. Pepper and Other Beatles Hits Live on Feb. 23rd and 24th at the Durham Performing Arts Center
At 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23rd, and at 2 and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24th, the Durham Performing Arts Center will host three fabulous, five-star performances of the 2017 tour of RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles, co-produced by MagicSpace Entertainment of Park City, UT and RAIN. The 2017 tour — which features… Read More ›

1964 The Tribute Rocked The Carolina Theatre Nov. 4th with a pre-Sgt. Pepper Beatles Concert
To borrow a line from The Beatles’ 1963 chart-topper, “Do You Want to Know a Secret?,” written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon (not Lennon-McCartney, as they are usually billed) and their first Top 10 hit to feature George Harrison on lead vocals: “Listen (do dah do), do you want to know a secret (do… Read More ›

The Next Best Thing to Hearing The Beatles Perform Live, “Rain” Returns to DPAC on April 29th and 30th
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles — the next best thing to hearing John, Paul, George, and Ringo perform live — will return to the 2,700-seat, state-of-the art Durham Performing Arts Center, in the Bull City’s American Tobacco Historic District, for two high-octane performances — at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29th, and Thursday, April… Read More ›