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Tribute Acts
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Do you enjoy tribute acts or do they make you feel nostalgic for the "real" thing.
Let It Be is coming to a local theatre and I love the Beatles music but don't know how good it will be, I loved Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack but can't imagine how they can be done justice, any views from anyone who has been to these shows!
Let It Be is coming to a local theatre and I love the Beatles music but don't know how good it will be, I loved Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack but can't imagine how they can be done justice, any views from anyone who has been to these shows!
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I am too much of a purist to really enjoy tributes, but I fully accept that loads of people are not as picky as me, and an approcimatio n of a band they like will do just fine. On my recent cruise holiday, The Beatles Experience were on board, doing two sets, early and later Beatles and they were really good - the later Beatles material was not written with a view to...
11:33 Wed 22nd Jan 2014
My problem is that i have been lucky enough to have seen nearly all the bands i love,'live'- some of them more than once (Queen, Thin Lizzy, Sabbath, early Genesis) so anything else is, by comparison, pure imitation. That said, i have seen some tribute bands that do justice to the originals. But i have also seen those who have turned in shocking performances. I have had quite a few chances to go and see "We Will Rock You" but each time i have backed down. I guess i'm afraid of disappointment and i don't believe i'm missing out on too much if i never see it.
A little sample for you of the London show ''We will Rock You''
Absolutely fabulous DO NOT MISS IT
http:// youtu.b e/yB9i7 4etxfU
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Absolutely fabulous DO NOT MISS IT
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