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Bootleg Beatles
Concert
Victoria Hall,
Campbeltown
Saturday 20th
August 2011
Doors 9.30pm
Showtime 10pm
Tickets £25.00
Bootleg Beatles Concert
Due to popular demand The
Festival committee have
responded to requests to lower
the entry age limit to the
Bootleg Beatles Concert. Those
aged 16 years can attend as long
as they are accompanied by an
adult. The committee have
received many requests from
parents to allow younger members
of their family into the event
and that is why they will lower
the age limit to 16, if
accompanied by an adult. Please
note that proof of age must be
produced on entry and if you are
under 18 you cannot enter the
designated bar area.
The committee are keen to allow
as many people as possible to
attend this concert which
promises to be an entertaining,
high quality evening of music.
However, the committee also
takes it’s responsibilities
seriously and feels that this is
a successful compromise
The age limit for the Survivors Night is
still 18 and over so please do
not attempt to purchase or seek
entry to this event if you are
under the age limit. If you
have any queries please email
mokfest@hotmail.co.uk
The Mull of Kintyre Music
Festival committee are delighted
to announce that the Bootleg
Beatles will headline the
all standing concert on Saturday
20th August.
Described by Graham Norton as
“the biggest tribute band in the
world”, they will take a trip
down the original long and
winding road. The band has
already stated that they can
hardly wait to visit Campbeltown
and the Mull of Kintyre which is
also the title of the hit penned
by Paul McCartney.
Saturday night in the Victoria
Hall will provide a high point
for festival revellers who will
get the opportunity to dress up,
dance and sing along. The
support band at the Bootleg
Beatles concert will be The
Twisted Melons who will warm
the audience up with a retro set
of music from the sixties,
seventies with a little bit
more.
Formed about 30 years ago from
some of the cast of the West End
Broadway musical ‘Beatlemania’,
The Bootleg Beatles were
the first western rock group to
tour the Soviet Union. Since
then the band have toured all
over the World from India and
The Far East to the USA and have
played at many festival gigs
including the main stage at
Glastonbury 1994. After
watching the group Noel and Liam
Gallagher were so enamoured with
their performance that they
asked them to be the support act
for their record-breaking 1995
Earl's Court shows - culminating
with both bands sharing the
stage for 'I Am The Walrus'
(Captured on the video There and
Then) - and then the following
summer joining Oasis again for
their massive outdoor events in
Loch Lomond, Cork and Knebworth.
These gigs and an appearance on
the cover of the NME, heralded
the Bootleg Beatles'
breakthrough to a new
contemporary audience, something
unheard of for a 'tribute' act.
Since becoming regulars on the
festival circuit, The Bootlegs
have played Wembley with Rod
Stewart and Elton John, shared
the bill with The Corrs, David
Bowie and Iggy Pop and filled
Tokyo's Budokan Hall in their
own right.
Liam and Noel Gallagher Oasis
front men asked the Bootleg
Beatles to support their Earls
Court gig in 1995 and they have
shared a bill with Rod Stewart,
Elton John and David Bowie.
Over the years The Bootleg
Beatles have performed in front
of many, many thousands of
people including such notable
luminaries as Sir Paul
McCartney, George Harrison,
George Martin and Her Majesty,
The Queen. Of all the venues
they have played perhaps none
(aside from Buckingham Palace!)
was more auspicious than their
appearance on the rooftop of the
Apple Building at 3, Savile Row,
London. On the freezing morning
of 30th January 1999 the BBs
performance commemorated the Fab
Fours' farewell gig exactly 30
years ago to the day, the event
transmitted on news channels
across the globe.
Now into their 30th year the
BB’s have set the standard for
all those hundreds of ‘tribute
bands’ who have followed in
their footsteps as they continue
to keep the spirit and magic of
the greatest pop group the world
has ever seen well and truly
alive.
For more information on the
Bootleg Beatles please visit
www.bootlegbeatles.com
The Twisted
Melons
are a trio of brothers
originally from Campbeltown and
now based out of Glasgow. The
band are Stephen (bass), Paul
(Lead guitar, vocals) and Mark
Johnson (drums, percussion),
they are regulars at the MOK
Fest playing every year. Last
year they headlined the Saturday
afternoon Doon the Green open
air concert and played a
fantastic retro set to go with
the retro Grand Parade theme.
This year they will play a
similar set in the Victoria Hall
where they previously played
support to Deacon Blue in 2005.
The band have already recorded
three CD’s (their first released
in 2002) and two EP’s/singles
and their latest single
“Unstoppable Infinite/Language
Is God” was released on 14th
March this year.
The boys have stated that are
delighted to appear again in the
Victoria Hall on the Saturday
night of the Festival and
promise a set to remember.
The MOK Fest committee have
asked the audience to get into
the theme of the night by
dressing up in fancy dress to
fit the occasion, so get your
60’s and 70’s gear out and join
in the fun!!
See you there! |
