Tim Woods & Phil Bathols present
The Beatles’ brilliant double masterpiece live on stage
BY POPULAR DEMAND
THE WHITE ALBUM CONCERT RETURNS!
With the original all-star cast:
CHRIS CHENEY, PHIL JAMIESON, JOSH PYKE & TIM ROGERS
The sold-out live rock phenomenon of 2009 is back: 30 of the Beatles’ most breathtaking songs performed with a 17-piece rock orchestra.
They said it wasn’t possible. Not even the Beatles, after all, attempted to perform their classic self-titled double album live on stage. But in the winter of 2009, to celebrate its 40th rock’n’roll showmen left a trail of standing ovations and ecstatic reviews when The White Album Concert sold out 11 theatres in five cities across Australia.
The Beatles’ most challenging and stylistically varied collection of songs was taken apart and reassembled track by track by four singers at the peak of their powers — Tim Rogers, Josh Pyke, Chris Cheney and Phil Jamieson.
Coming after India, but before the split, The White Album was the sound of John, Paul, George and Ringo throwing everything they’d learned into their musical blender. This major work bursts with variety, creativity, experimentation, and the genius of The Beatles during one of their most intense, fertile, periods. It is a timeless album, yet very much of its time.
Its 30 songs veer from the populist stomp of Back in the USSR and the mind-bending Happiness is a Warm Gun to the melodious sorrow of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, the ska pop fun of Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, and the hard rock prototype Helter Skelter.
Critics were united in superlatives for the four fiery lead performers, the orchestra’s daring execution of death defying arrangements and, as always, a catalogue of songs that time will never diminish.
“The standing ovation was deserved … this band did something miraculous.” The Age
“A parade of vocal brilliance that left the audience dazzled.” The Courier Mail
White Album July 2014 Tour Dates:
July 13 (3:00PM) – Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane (New show)
July 13 – Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane
July 15 – Arts Centre Melbourne – Hamer Hall, Melbourne
July 16 – Arts Centre Melbourne – Hamer Hall, Melbourne
July 17 – Arts Centre Melbourne – Hamer Hall, Melbourne
July 18 – Sydney Opera House – Concert Hall, Sydney
July 19 – Sydney Opera House – Concert Hall, Sydney
July 19 (4:00PM) – Sydney Opera House – Concert Hall, Sydney (New show)
July 20 – Sydney Opera House – Concert Hall, Sydney
July 22 – Canberra Theatre
July 23 – WIN Entertainment Centre
July 25 – Festival Theatre, Adelaide
July 26 – Riverside Theatre, PCEC, Perth