BOOTLEG BEATLES
‘5’: In Concert 2026
Featuring new ‘Paul McCartney’
and songs from The Beatles’ 5 best selling albums
17th April 2026
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
‘5’: In Concert 2026
Featuring new ‘Paul McCartney’
and songs from The Beatles’ 5 best selling albums
17th April 2026
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend on Sea
INTERVIEW with Paul Canning who plays JOHN LENNON with The Bootleg Beatles
Paul Canning, who grew up in Brentwood, Essex, joined the legendary and world-famous Bootleg Beatles as ‘John Lennon’ in 2024. The role should come naturally to Paul as he previously played Lennon in the smash hit Beatles musical Let It Be in the West End. He loves playing John saying, “We always try to get as close to our respective Beatle as we can. We’ve got the greatest back catalogue ever behind us.”
Paul as John Lennon
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We asked die-hard Beatles' fans, Dave and Fiona Dulake who front up Southend's Tuppenny Bunters band (and who incidentally will be playing The Cavern Club, Liverpool later this year!), if they would be up for interviewing Paul for Southend Theatre Scene. To our delight, they jumped at the opportunity - check out their fantastic chat below!
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Photo Credit: Penelope Barritt
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Dave/Fiona: Your first gig was in 1995 at the Pink Toothbrush - who was that with?
Paul: I was with a band, we did like one gig and it was awful and I can't even remember the name of the band! I was 15, I probably shouldn't have been in there! We had a few original songs, we did a gig, there was about four people there and then we split up.
You're a singer/songwriter in your own right - has performing as John Lennon affected your own songwriting in any particular way, and do you get inspired to write songs for yourself while you're on the road with the Bootleg Beatles?
Yeah I do, when I've got a bit of time, and sometimes, you know, if there's a piano nearby in the dressing room, or I’m noodling about during soundcheck. A lot of decent musicians and bands take inspiration from the Beatles, and when studying their music, because you have to learn how to play it and play it well, you sort of end up thinking something specific was clever and end up using it or nicking it.
Yeah it sort of filters through, doesn't it, it’s automatic. Once you know the chords and the structure without realizing it, your music starts to get influenced.
Yes, it's what sits nicely on your ear. I like all the classic bands, you know like Queen and The Police; artists like Elton John and Billy Joel - I like all that, and they've all sort of been inspired by The Beatles, but they’ve had success with it, whereas I'm just pretty low level; but you know, I've done all right with my solo stuff. I supported 10CC on a few tours.
Yes, what was that experience like, because didn't you sing for them as well?
Yes, my friend is in 10CC, and a few years ago when he was off doing stuff with ELO when they were touring, I would jump in and be in the band, so I did a few tours with them, and also when I wasn't in the band I was supporting them - I did half an hour on my own just opening for them and we did the Cliffs (Pavilion) a couple of times. Actually the last time I played for them or opened for them was at the Cliffs. I did the 10CC tour for a month in March 2024 - we did The Royal Albert Hall which was amazing, and the next night - the last gig of the tour, was the Cliffs Pavilion.
Wow, fantastic.
Yes, I got a standing ovation at the Albert Hall – mainly because I asked for it. I said “can I have a standing ovation please”! I was lucky enough to play at the Albert Hall twice for them and then we played the Albert Hall with The Bootlegs last October. I pinch myself!
It’s wonderful you get some exposure for your own material
Yeah, and you know, there's this song on one of my albums that I wrote - Graham Gouldman from 10CC sang on it and played bass so that was great; he's a lovely guy. We (Bootleg Beatles) played at his grandson's birthday party last year and he got up and did a couple of songs with us: Things We Do For Love and Dreadlock Holiday.
Oh wow, that's cool.
Yeah it was really good fun, it was just a little private event in London last year but was really cool - he loves the Bootleg Beatles, because he’s a huge Beatles fan.
Yeah you can tell in their songwriting - they were like the Beatles of the 70s really weren't they?
I’d love to know, in a live situation, how do you get to sound so close to the original Beatles sound? You couldn’t sound more like The Beatles if you tried, but specifically how, in the 21st century do you replicate the early 60s style songs, where obviously nothing was close mic'd and everything was really raw?
Well, we have effects pedals and we sit listening to the record for ages and try and get the sound as close to the record as possible. We're lucky, we have a front of house guy called Lee Hunt and he's brilliant. He uses all the vocal effects that the Beatles used, especially on the later records. The Beatles had tons of reverb on their vocal in the early recordings, and we just sort of emulate as best we can. When you're singing, getting your vocal to sound identical is a little tricky, because you're basically doing an impersonation and trying to get it as close as you can, which takes time.
Sure. I was going to ask you if, when you're performing as John, I'm assuming that you're doing a fair bit of channelling of John himself. How does that feel for the band? And when you look over at the band, do you see, you know, Paul and George next to you, or do you see your band mates?
It's a bit of both because we all get on well and we have a laugh off the stage and you carry that onto the stage with you, and that's what it was like for people watching The Beatles. They were always mucking about, they were quite funny, making people laugh. Lennon and McCartney were like good cop, bad cop and I like that because you can just muck about and get away with it because that's kind of what they did, they made each other laugh and that sort of thing. Sometimes I look at the other members and think, bloody hell you really look like them. I channel John as much as I can, I copy all the little movements and things he did and try to embody his character really. I mean I don't walk around thinking “yeah I'm John Lennon” but you know, when you get up on the stage it’s kind of like an acting job. There are certain situations where you take theatrical license slightly, because you know, when The Beatles played live, they had hundreds of screaming fans - we have people that are sitting and listening, so if you want to create a bit of energy, you have to maybe do what he wouldn't have done and get the audience clapping and that sort of thing. It's a slight bit of theatrical license but generally you sort of stay within the parameters of what John would have done or what you think he would have done.
Yes of course and you're doing so many of The Beatles songs that they wouldn't have done live aren't you, so you've got half of the set with this crowd work that probably would never have happened
Yeah, I mean they didn’t perform When I'm 64, but when we do it, we sort of conduct the audience. The Beatles never performed any of the Pepper stuff live so we’re just kind of imagining what they might have done, and just try and act as they would have acted.
Do you use any backing tapes?
No it's all live. We have an orchestra, and we have a guy called Steve who plays keys, organ, percussion and all the studio stuff – he's a multi-instrumentalist and really good. So no, it's not just four instruments, and when the orchestra comes in, it's great – so wonderful to play with them.
For the four of you, which is the most challenging song to pull off as a band? Like, what's the hardest song groove-wise to lock in together?
That's a good question, because there's a certain feel. A lot of drummers idolize Ringo because he was and is great. He wasn't just a drummer - the musicality of his playing was fantastic, so you take that into consideration. Together, the four of us will listen to the tempos and really try and feel it, and sometimes you feel that you've got it bang on, and you're in the moment. One of the hardest songs to play together I'd say is probably A Day In The Life - that's hard because it goes all over the place. The time signatures move and there's a lot going on. There’s another song - She's Leaving Home which has a lot of strings, and you've got to sort of move with the string players and keep it in time because there's no drums in it or anything so it's just very free, so you've all got to sort of breathe together.
What about Drive My Car - did you already know how to count that one in or was it a band secret that you were let in on when you joined?
Well, I've done it before with other bands, it's got a really weird opening hasn’t it. It starts on like the one two three four [sings guitar riff] - it's weird, but once you get it, it's all right. There's another one I have to play - Dear Prudence and the finger picking pattern on that is really hard, but once it's in there it just becomes like driving a car, yeah you just sort of do it without thinking about it, so yeah.
Mistakes in songs - I know you guys like to put the little quirks and bits and bobs in don’t you?
Yeah you can put them in, there are a couple in Revolution, someone gets the lyrics wrong, McCartney drops an F-bomb in Hey Jude, yeah we do try and put them in, because in the early stuff as well they recorded it pretty much live in the studio and there are a couple of moments where one will sing one lyric and the other one will sing another lyric but they just left it in, so yeah if you get it right ironically it's wrong.
Paul: I was with a band, we did like one gig and it was awful and I can't even remember the name of the band! I was 15, I probably shouldn't have been in there! We had a few original songs, we did a gig, there was about four people there and then we split up.
You're a singer/songwriter in your own right - has performing as John Lennon affected your own songwriting in any particular way, and do you get inspired to write songs for yourself while you're on the road with the Bootleg Beatles?
Yeah I do, when I've got a bit of time, and sometimes, you know, if there's a piano nearby in the dressing room, or I’m noodling about during soundcheck. A lot of decent musicians and bands take inspiration from the Beatles, and when studying their music, because you have to learn how to play it and play it well, you sort of end up thinking something specific was clever and end up using it or nicking it.
Yeah it sort of filters through, doesn't it, it’s automatic. Once you know the chords and the structure without realizing it, your music starts to get influenced.
Yes, it's what sits nicely on your ear. I like all the classic bands, you know like Queen and The Police; artists like Elton John and Billy Joel - I like all that, and they've all sort of been inspired by The Beatles, but they’ve had success with it, whereas I'm just pretty low level; but you know, I've done all right with my solo stuff. I supported 10CC on a few tours.
Yes, what was that experience like, because didn't you sing for them as well?
Yes, my friend is in 10CC, and a few years ago when he was off doing stuff with ELO when they were touring, I would jump in and be in the band, so I did a few tours with them, and also when I wasn't in the band I was supporting them - I did half an hour on my own just opening for them and we did the Cliffs (Pavilion) a couple of times. Actually the last time I played for them or opened for them was at the Cliffs. I did the 10CC tour for a month in March 2024 - we did The Royal Albert Hall which was amazing, and the next night - the last gig of the tour, was the Cliffs Pavilion.
Wow, fantastic.
Yes, I got a standing ovation at the Albert Hall – mainly because I asked for it. I said “can I have a standing ovation please”! I was lucky enough to play at the Albert Hall twice for them and then we played the Albert Hall with The Bootlegs last October. I pinch myself!
It’s wonderful you get some exposure for your own material
Yeah, and you know, there's this song on one of my albums that I wrote - Graham Gouldman from 10CC sang on it and played bass so that was great; he's a lovely guy. We (Bootleg Beatles) played at his grandson's birthday party last year and he got up and did a couple of songs with us: Things We Do For Love and Dreadlock Holiday.
Oh wow, that's cool.
Yeah it was really good fun, it was just a little private event in London last year but was really cool - he loves the Bootleg Beatles, because he’s a huge Beatles fan.
Yeah you can tell in their songwriting - they were like the Beatles of the 70s really weren't they?
I’d love to know, in a live situation, how do you get to sound so close to the original Beatles sound? You couldn’t sound more like The Beatles if you tried, but specifically how, in the 21st century do you replicate the early 60s style songs, where obviously nothing was close mic'd and everything was really raw?
Well, we have effects pedals and we sit listening to the record for ages and try and get the sound as close to the record as possible. We're lucky, we have a front of house guy called Lee Hunt and he's brilliant. He uses all the vocal effects that the Beatles used, especially on the later records. The Beatles had tons of reverb on their vocal in the early recordings, and we just sort of emulate as best we can. When you're singing, getting your vocal to sound identical is a little tricky, because you're basically doing an impersonation and trying to get it as close as you can, which takes time.
Sure. I was going to ask you if, when you're performing as John, I'm assuming that you're doing a fair bit of channelling of John himself. How does that feel for the band? And when you look over at the band, do you see, you know, Paul and George next to you, or do you see your band mates?
It's a bit of both because we all get on well and we have a laugh off the stage and you carry that onto the stage with you, and that's what it was like for people watching The Beatles. They were always mucking about, they were quite funny, making people laugh. Lennon and McCartney were like good cop, bad cop and I like that because you can just muck about and get away with it because that's kind of what they did, they made each other laugh and that sort of thing. Sometimes I look at the other members and think, bloody hell you really look like them. I channel John as much as I can, I copy all the little movements and things he did and try to embody his character really. I mean I don't walk around thinking “yeah I'm John Lennon” but you know, when you get up on the stage it’s kind of like an acting job. There are certain situations where you take theatrical license slightly, because you know, when The Beatles played live, they had hundreds of screaming fans - we have people that are sitting and listening, so if you want to create a bit of energy, you have to maybe do what he wouldn't have done and get the audience clapping and that sort of thing. It's a slight bit of theatrical license but generally you sort of stay within the parameters of what John would have done or what you think he would have done.
Yes of course and you're doing so many of The Beatles songs that they wouldn't have done live aren't you, so you've got half of the set with this crowd work that probably would never have happened
Yeah, I mean they didn’t perform When I'm 64, but when we do it, we sort of conduct the audience. The Beatles never performed any of the Pepper stuff live so we’re just kind of imagining what they might have done, and just try and act as they would have acted.
Do you use any backing tapes?
No it's all live. We have an orchestra, and we have a guy called Steve who plays keys, organ, percussion and all the studio stuff – he's a multi-instrumentalist and really good. So no, it's not just four instruments, and when the orchestra comes in, it's great – so wonderful to play with them.
For the four of you, which is the most challenging song to pull off as a band? Like, what's the hardest song groove-wise to lock in together?
That's a good question, because there's a certain feel. A lot of drummers idolize Ringo because he was and is great. He wasn't just a drummer - the musicality of his playing was fantastic, so you take that into consideration. Together, the four of us will listen to the tempos and really try and feel it, and sometimes you feel that you've got it bang on, and you're in the moment. One of the hardest songs to play together I'd say is probably A Day In The Life - that's hard because it goes all over the place. The time signatures move and there's a lot going on. There’s another song - She's Leaving Home which has a lot of strings, and you've got to sort of move with the string players and keep it in time because there's no drums in it or anything so it's just very free, so you've all got to sort of breathe together.
What about Drive My Car - did you already know how to count that one in or was it a band secret that you were let in on when you joined?
Well, I've done it before with other bands, it's got a really weird opening hasn’t it. It starts on like the one two three four [sings guitar riff] - it's weird, but once you get it, it's all right. There's another one I have to play - Dear Prudence and the finger picking pattern on that is really hard, but once it's in there it just becomes like driving a car, yeah you just sort of do it without thinking about it, so yeah.
Mistakes in songs - I know you guys like to put the little quirks and bits and bobs in don’t you?
Yeah you can put them in, there are a couple in Revolution, someone gets the lyrics wrong, McCartney drops an F-bomb in Hey Jude, yeah we do try and put them in, because in the early stuff as well they recorded it pretty much live in the studio and there are a couple of moments where one will sing one lyric and the other one will sing another lyric but they just left it in, so yeah if you get it right ironically it's wrong.
Are there any Beatles songs that you'd like to get in the set that may be a little bit obscure, a bit too weird for a mainstream audience - Revolution 9 or You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)?
When we did the film show last year we were putting in Hey Bulldog, that's like a really cool song and I don't know why it's not bigger than it is because it's a brilliant song – a throwaway to them... you can always blast through all the hits but we try to cater for everybody and you get a lot of comments from people saying “Oh I'm really pleased you played that one because we never hear that one live”.
Does the set change much depending on where you are? I know you did the film tunes for the last tour...
So the film show was last year, we've tried to have a theme for every year - this year it's the top five Beatles-selling albums: Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, The White Album and Abbey Road and then next year it will be the seven iconic live performances that they did; so The Cavern Club, Shea Stadium, the first satellite thing for All You Need is Love - seven iconic famous performances that they did. We try to give a theme for every show. We're trying to think of different things every year so there's a bit of variety for everyone.
The Star Club album, I think there's talk of maybe Peter Jackson getting hold of it and getting the sound quality up because that's obviously the only record of them playing that Hamburg set isn't it.
Yeah I mean I'd love to play all that early stuff but again you've got to kind of cater [for everyone], you know, if we did the whole early set - loads of Star Club songs - people would be like “I don't know any of these” so you’ve got to do I Saw Her Standing There for example or Please Please Me, but some of those early Star Club ones would be great, you know, deep cuts and a little bit more obscure, that would be fun.
A bit more niche I suppose?
It would be, and a lot of them were covers as well, but there would be a few people that would appreciate it but maybe not enough. Maybe if the album was to resurface and it became a thing and everyone's like “God, have you heard this new Beatles album, they've done it all up” and they would be in the mainstream, then we’d think - well okay so people are really into this at the moment so maybe we'll chuck a few of them in...
They just seem to get more and more popular as time goes by, the Get Back film is massive -
Yeah, it's funny because we were talking to the Daily Mirror and the Express and we were talking about how the further away you get from The Beatles, the bigger they become, I guess how people look at Beethoven, in 200 years they'll look at The Beatles and be like “crikey that must have been... “
The guy who manages the Bootlegs, Neil Harrison, you know he met McCartney in the 60s. He was basically carol singing outside of his dad's house in 1968 on Christmas Eve up in Liverpool. They knocked on the door and a lady came and answered and gave him some money and then they just stayed for a bit and started playing Beatles songs and then McCartney came out with a big beard - it was about two weeks before they filmed Get Back - and then he came out with the guitar and started playing with them and then said “it's freezing why don't you come in” so he invited them in and they sat in the hallway having a few beers with him and they were saying “now do Blackbird, do Mother Nature’s Son” and he showed them a new song that he'd written, it's called I've Got a Feeling which ended up on Let It Be.
Fantastic stuff! That's all our questions wrapped up, thanks so much for speaking to us Paul and good luck with the rest of the tour
Oh, no problem at all, it's lovely to talk to people from Essex!
Interview: Dave and Fiona Dulake
When we did the film show last year we were putting in Hey Bulldog, that's like a really cool song and I don't know why it's not bigger than it is because it's a brilliant song – a throwaway to them... you can always blast through all the hits but we try to cater for everybody and you get a lot of comments from people saying “Oh I'm really pleased you played that one because we never hear that one live”.
Does the set change much depending on where you are? I know you did the film tunes for the last tour...
So the film show was last year, we've tried to have a theme for every year - this year it's the top five Beatles-selling albums: Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, The White Album and Abbey Road and then next year it will be the seven iconic live performances that they did; so The Cavern Club, Shea Stadium, the first satellite thing for All You Need is Love - seven iconic famous performances that they did. We try to give a theme for every show. We're trying to think of different things every year so there's a bit of variety for everyone.
The Star Club album, I think there's talk of maybe Peter Jackson getting hold of it and getting the sound quality up because that's obviously the only record of them playing that Hamburg set isn't it.
Yeah I mean I'd love to play all that early stuff but again you've got to kind of cater [for everyone], you know, if we did the whole early set - loads of Star Club songs - people would be like “I don't know any of these” so you’ve got to do I Saw Her Standing There for example or Please Please Me, but some of those early Star Club ones would be great, you know, deep cuts and a little bit more obscure, that would be fun.
A bit more niche I suppose?
It would be, and a lot of them were covers as well, but there would be a few people that would appreciate it but maybe not enough. Maybe if the album was to resurface and it became a thing and everyone's like “God, have you heard this new Beatles album, they've done it all up” and they would be in the mainstream, then we’d think - well okay so people are really into this at the moment so maybe we'll chuck a few of them in...
They just seem to get more and more popular as time goes by, the Get Back film is massive -
Yeah, it's funny because we were talking to the Daily Mirror and the Express and we were talking about how the further away you get from The Beatles, the bigger they become, I guess how people look at Beethoven, in 200 years they'll look at The Beatles and be like “crikey that must have been... “
The guy who manages the Bootlegs, Neil Harrison, you know he met McCartney in the 60s. He was basically carol singing outside of his dad's house in 1968 on Christmas Eve up in Liverpool. They knocked on the door and a lady came and answered and gave him some money and then they just stayed for a bit and started playing Beatles songs and then McCartney came out with a big beard - it was about two weeks before they filmed Get Back - and then he came out with the guitar and started playing with them and then said “it's freezing why don't you come in” so he invited them in and they sat in the hallway having a few beers with him and they were saying “now do Blackbird, do Mother Nature’s Son” and he showed them a new song that he'd written, it's called I've Got a Feeling which ended up on Let It Be.
Fantastic stuff! That's all our questions wrapped up, thanks so much for speaking to us Paul and good luck with the rest of the tour
Oh, no problem at all, it's lovely to talk to people from Essex!
Interview: Dave and Fiona Dulake
The ‘5’: In Concert 2026 tour will see The Bootleg Beatles perform across the UK as part of a huge international tour. Tickets for shows in April and October are on sale now. After some Australian dates, the ‘5’ tour then resumes in the UK with a further 13 Christmas shows added to close out the year. All dates are on sale now from https://bootlegbeatles.com/gigs/]. All dates below.
Following the triumph of their last concert celebrating the songs of the Beatles’ iconic five films, The Bootleg Beatles return this year with their focus on another Famous Five. This time, it’s The Beatles’ top five selling albums - the Dylan influenced Rubber Soul, the experimental Revolver, Sgt Pepper heralding the Summer of Love and psychedelia, The ‘White Album’ with its glorious eclectic mish mash of styles, and their grand finale , the musically sophisticated Abbey Road. Each LP as groundbreaking as its predecessor, each LP uniquely diverse, and each now brought to life on stage in one very special concert by The Bootleg Beatles and their merry band of gifted backing musicians.
The band’s new ‘Paul McCartney’ has been revealed as Miles Frizzell. Hailing from Music City, Nashville, Tennessee, he made his debut in December 2025 on the first leg of this ‘5’ UK run.
‘The musicianship was nothing short of stunning’ - Liverpool Echo
‘Just incredible – you are in the room with The Beatles’ – Jeremy Vine on 5
‘The magic of perfect Illusion’ – Rolling Stone.
This multi-media show is an absolute must-see for Beatle fans of all ages. It’s not the Beatles but you simply won’t believe it. For Beatle enthusiasts of all ages, not to be missed on any account.
The Bootleg Beatles ‘5’: In Concert 2026
April 2026
Wednesday 4th – Forum BATH
Thursday 9th – Anvil BASINGSTOKE
Friday 10th – Central Theatre CHATHAM
Saturday 11th – Pavilion BOURNEMOUTH
Sunday 12th – Victoria Hall STOKE
Tuesday 14th – Corn Exchange CAMPBRIDGE
Wednesday 15th – GLIVE GUILDFORD
Friday 17th – Cliffs Pavilion SOUTHEND
Saturday 18th – Victoria Theatre HALIFAX
Sunday 19th - Valliant Live DERBY
Tuesday 21st – Opera House BUXTON
Wednesday 22nd – Regent IPSWICH
Thursday 23rd – New Theatre MALVERN
Friday 24th – New Theatre MALVERN
OCTOBER 2026
Thursday 1st – Swansea Grand Theatre SWANSEA
Friday 2nd – Kings Theatre PORTSMOUTH
Saturday 3rd – Royal Hall HARROGATE
Sunday 4th – Venue Cymru LLANDUDNO
Tuesday 6th – Alban Arena ST. ALBANS
Thursday 8th – The Hexagon READING
Friday 9th – Hall For Cornwall TRURO
Saturday 10th – St George’s Hall BRADFORD
Sunday 11th – The London Palladium LONDON
Tuesday 13th – Assembly Hall TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Wednesday 14th – Civic Halls WOLVERHAMPTON
Thursday 15th – Hull City Hall HULL
DECEMBER 2026
Saturday 5th – De Montfort Hall LEICESTER
Sunday 6th – Philharmonic Hall LIVERPOOL
Tuesday 8th – Usher Hall EDINBURGH
Wednesday 9th – Royal Concert Hall GLASGOW
Thursday 10th – Bridgewater Hall MANCHESTER
Friday 11th – City Hall NEWCASTLE
Saturday 12th – Royal Concert Hall NOTTINGHAM
Monday 14th – Barbican YORK
Tuesday 15th – Symphony Hall BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 16th – City Hall SHEFFIELD
Friday 18th – Utilita Arena CARDIFF
Saturday 19th – Brighton Centre BRIGHTON
Sunday 20th – Bristol Beacon BRISTOL
Following the triumph of their last concert celebrating the songs of the Beatles’ iconic five films, The Bootleg Beatles return this year with their focus on another Famous Five. This time, it’s The Beatles’ top five selling albums - the Dylan influenced Rubber Soul, the experimental Revolver, Sgt Pepper heralding the Summer of Love and psychedelia, The ‘White Album’ with its glorious eclectic mish mash of styles, and their grand finale , the musically sophisticated Abbey Road. Each LP as groundbreaking as its predecessor, each LP uniquely diverse, and each now brought to life on stage in one very special concert by The Bootleg Beatles and their merry band of gifted backing musicians.
The band’s new ‘Paul McCartney’ has been revealed as Miles Frizzell. Hailing from Music City, Nashville, Tennessee, he made his debut in December 2025 on the first leg of this ‘5’ UK run.
‘The musicianship was nothing short of stunning’ - Liverpool Echo
‘Just incredible – you are in the room with The Beatles’ – Jeremy Vine on 5
‘The magic of perfect Illusion’ – Rolling Stone.
This multi-media show is an absolute must-see for Beatle fans of all ages. It’s not the Beatles but you simply won’t believe it. For Beatle enthusiasts of all ages, not to be missed on any account.
The Bootleg Beatles ‘5’: In Concert 2026
April 2026
Wednesday 4th – Forum BATH
Thursday 9th – Anvil BASINGSTOKE
Friday 10th – Central Theatre CHATHAM
Saturday 11th – Pavilion BOURNEMOUTH
Sunday 12th – Victoria Hall STOKE
Tuesday 14th – Corn Exchange CAMPBRIDGE
Wednesday 15th – GLIVE GUILDFORD
Friday 17th – Cliffs Pavilion SOUTHEND
Saturday 18th – Victoria Theatre HALIFAX
Sunday 19th - Valliant Live DERBY
Tuesday 21st – Opera House BUXTON
Wednesday 22nd – Regent IPSWICH
Thursday 23rd – New Theatre MALVERN
Friday 24th – New Theatre MALVERN
OCTOBER 2026
Thursday 1st – Swansea Grand Theatre SWANSEA
Friday 2nd – Kings Theatre PORTSMOUTH
Saturday 3rd – Royal Hall HARROGATE
Sunday 4th – Venue Cymru LLANDUDNO
Tuesday 6th – Alban Arena ST. ALBANS
Thursday 8th – The Hexagon READING
Friday 9th – Hall For Cornwall TRURO
Saturday 10th – St George’s Hall BRADFORD
Sunday 11th – The London Palladium LONDON
Tuesday 13th – Assembly Hall TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Wednesday 14th – Civic Halls WOLVERHAMPTON
Thursday 15th – Hull City Hall HULL
DECEMBER 2026
Saturday 5th – De Montfort Hall LEICESTER
Sunday 6th – Philharmonic Hall LIVERPOOL
Tuesday 8th – Usher Hall EDINBURGH
Wednesday 9th – Royal Concert Hall GLASGOW
Thursday 10th – Bridgewater Hall MANCHESTER
Friday 11th – City Hall NEWCASTLE
Saturday 12th – Royal Concert Hall NOTTINGHAM
Monday 14th – Barbican YORK
Tuesday 15th – Symphony Hall BIRMINGHAM
Wednesday 16th – City Hall SHEFFIELD
Friday 18th – Utilita Arena CARDIFF
Saturday 19th – Brighton Centre BRIGHTON
Sunday 20th – Bristol Beacon BRISTOL