Their theatre show includes several transformations, archive clips from the era the Beatles helped create, and a string and brass ensemble who help the band recreate numbers like Eleanor Rigby, A Day in the Life and Strawberry Fields Forever. Their hard work has paid off and they are acknowledged as the worlds leading Beatle band. They have the distinction of being the first Western rock group to perform in the old Soviet Union, playing a 60-date concert tour back in 1982, entertaining 250,000 people.
The Bootleg Beatles are one of Britain's most popular bands- quite an achievement for a group that never release records but have achieved success through their immaculate re-creation of the sights and sounds of the Fab Four live. Since 1998 they have headlined the 90,000 capacity Roskilde festival (Denmark), joined The Corrs and Simple Minds at the Fleadh (London). Played Wembley Stadium with Rod Stewart and Jon Bon Jovi, Anfield with the Manic Street Preachers and Cast and appeared in front of a 40,000 crowd at the Proms in the Park in Hyde Park. One of their many claims to fame is that they have been together longer than the Beatles, whose music they play, note for painstaking note, for audiences all over the world. The BB’s have filled major venues all over the world from the Royal Albert Hall in London to the Budokan in Tokyo, with their show of Beatles music from 1964 to 1970- including many songs that the Fab Four never played live on stage.
In 1999, as part of their 20th Anniversary, the band re-created the famous Apple rooftop performance on the very same rooftop as the originals. News teams from all around the world attended the event, which was in aid of charity. The same year saw their first ever tour to South Korea and the most successful UK tour in their history. You've got to Hide Your Love Away Hard Days Night Paperback Writer Can't Buy Me Love She Loves You Help Taxman I Want to Hold Your Hand Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds Strawberry Fields Come Together Ob la di, ob la da All you Need is Love Lady Madonna Hey Jude Let it Be Penny Lane Magical Mystery Tour
