A TRIBUTE show honouring a Beatles legend will be coming to Romsey’s Plaza Theatre.

The George Harrison Project is a live celebration of songs written and performed by the lead guitarist who found fame with The Beatles.

The five-piece tribute act will be taking to Romsey’s Plaza Theatre stage on Saturday, September 3 and offering two free tickets to a competition winner. (See bottom of page)

Alongside John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Harrison helped the band become the best-selling music act of all time with 600 million units shifted worldwide.

Allan Gifford, drummer of The George Harrison Project, said: “We are so looking forward to bringing this show to The Plaza for the first time. We know how much love and care the staff and volunteers put into this Art Deco venue which has bucket loads of character.

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“Some of us in the George Harrison Project us have performed at the Plaza before in other shows, and we know how much the audience love their live music. Venues like the Plaza play such an important role in their local communities. Its variety of productions including theatre, music, comedy, pantomime, drama and dance, means it offers something for everyone.”

After the Liverpudlian four-piece called time on Beatlemania, the songwriter became part of the Traveling Wilburys, a supergroup featuring Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty.

Harrison, who died in 2001, also enjoyed a successful solo career, releasing 12 studio albums, including the classic triple album All Things Must Pass, Living In The Material World, Cloud Nine and Brainwashed.

During the show, some of his most best-known tracks will be performed, including My Sweet Lord, Something, While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Here Comes The Sun.

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Allan, 55, added: “In our show we perform a variety of George’s songs from the Beatles, his solo career, and the Traveling Wilburys. We include many of the favourites of course, but also some that are less often performed live.

“Naturally we’ve attracted the interest of many Beatles fans. But we’ve also found many people who are fans of George’s solo career. And of course, being the super-group that it is, the Traveling Wilburys brings in lots of fans too. But also interesting is that we have people of all ages come to our show. 

“We’re not a look-a-like tribute act. Our show is a live music celebration of George’s music. We love what he wrote and performed, and we use our show to put various pieces of his music together in one place for the George fans. But we think we’ve formed a movement, because the feedback we get is that people love hearing his music all in one place, and we get people return to see the show multiple times.”

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The group believe George’s song writing was often over-shadowed by fellow Beatles members John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Earlier this year, the owners of Harrison’s childhood home in Liverpool invited The George Harrison Project to visit the house and record some acoustic songs there.

For more information or to purchase tickets go to ticketsource.co.uk/plazatheatre/george-harrison-tribute.

Competiton for two free tickets: “George Harrison was the first Beatle to have a solo number one hit.  What was it?”  Send your answer to info@thegeorgeharrisonproject.com.  The winner will be drawn randomly from the correct entries at 8pm Sunday, August 21 and notified within 24 hours of the draw.