Beatles Tribute Bands: Like The Beatles

We don’t get to play many gigs on a Sunday, but today’s an exception. Tonight, we return for the 4th (or is it the 5th?!) time to The Tropic @ Ruislip – a music venue in Middlesex, just outside of London. It’s also Mother’s Day today, so if you’re a mum, Like… The Beatles hope you’re having a great day!

Not only is The Tropic a really good music venue, but the crowd are always brilliant and really get into the moment.

Playing public concerts like these is really important to us as a band. We love doing what we do and whether we’re playing a corporate event, a wedding or a birthday party, we always give it 100%, but there’s something special about performing in a public venue – it keeps us on our toes!

The Tropic is a really good example of this. It is a really mixed crowd of all ages. Everyone’s there to be entertained, and (hopefully) just about everyone will be a fan of The Beatles…

… although, there is a funny story about the time that we played in a bar in Southampton, fully dressed up in our Sgt. Pepper costumes, just about to launch into When I’m 64, only to be asked by a member of the crowd if we knew any Dire Straits! I digress…

Most of the crowd will be there to have a singalong, some will be there for a dance. Just about everyone will be listening (if they haven’t had too much of the sauce, of course!). Most will be watching, too – making sure that ‘John’ is standing in the right way as he sings, that ‘Paul’ wobbles his head in that way the real one did, that ‘George’ sings at the right mic and that ‘Ringo’ nods his head in time to the music.

Some will really be watching and really listening. We like this – it gives us a chance to demonstrate that we too are serious Beatles fans and how dedicated we are!

The musos in the crowd will be listening to make sure each Beatle is singing the right harmonies at the right time (Ob La Di, Ob La Da and Octopus’s Garden are great for this), that we’re each playing the right instruments and the right guitar parts (John playing some lead parts on Get Back, for example).

This might all sound a bit over the top, but after the gig when we’re having a chat with the folk who have come to see us, we’re always amazed by how much people spot what we might consider ‘the little things’.

That makes it all worthwhile!