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RAIN covers the Fab Four from their very first Ed Sullivan Show appearance through the Abbey Road album, through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience...a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s lights up video screens and live cameras zoom in for close-ups.

For the four longtime band members – Joey Curatolo (Paul McCartney), Joe Bithorn (George Harrison), Ralph Castelli (Ringo Starr) and Steve Landes (John Lennon), with a little help from their friend Mark Lewis (keyboards, percussion) – the music is first and foremost. For more than two decades, RAIN has distinguished itself by focusing on details, always being faithful to The Beatles with the ultimate goal of delivering a perfect note-for-note performance. All the music is performed live, with no pre-recorded tapes or sequences.

“On their feet, with arms raised high above their heads, all in the audience were swaying and singing along in blissed-out, nostalgia-powered unison!
-- Chicago Sun-Times

“The enraptured audience relives the soundtrack of its life!”
-- Chicago Tribune

“RAIN creates musical nirvana…makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up! A thrilling bit of time-warping nostalgia...Boomer Heaven!”
-- Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“Uncanny! RAIN are a quartet of fine musicians in their own right…as The Beatles, they triumph!”
-- The Boston Herald

“An adoring Valentine to The Beatles!”
-- The Washington Post

“RAIN is a spectacular extravaganza…did the audience love it? Yeah, yeah, yeah!”
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Appropriateness Rating: "Suitable for all ages. Family friendly show."*

Run Time: 2 hours 10 minutes, 1 intermission

www.raintribute.com

*DSM requested "appropriateness" ratings from each show. The rating shown has been provided by the touring company's publicist.

 

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Required amount of people to qualify for a
group is 15 for all shows except:

WICKED (20+)

Group leaders, those seeking information
please email a group sales manager.

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First Set - 1964 Ed Sullivan Show
The first set is an astonishing recreation of the Beatles stage set from the 1964 Ed Sullivan show, with the band dressed in the authentic Saville Row custom tailored suits, Beatle boots, and donning hair styles to match the likenesses of John, Paul, George and Ringo. The set, combined with black and white camera work instantly takes you back in time to that historic first night that the Beatles appeared on American television.

Second Set - Shea Stadium
After a brief interlude of songs from their movie era featuring selections from "A Hard Days Night", the band is suddenly transported to Shea Stadium via helicopter where nearly 56,000 fans witness the group's highest attended concert to date. Live video technology provides views of the band through close- ups and different angles, as members of the audience are projected onto the main screens for a completely interactive experience.

Third Set - Sgt. Pepper Era
The third set features the music and colorful costumes of the "Sgt. Pepper" era. Behind the band, a huge backdrop of the Sgt. Pepper album cover is shown. Or so it seems. Upon closer inspection, you'll see that the band has cleverly interspersed their own photos to completely re-create the famous album cover. With the use of sophisticated sound and lighting, audiences will experience the music, energy and excitement of seeing the Beatles live in concert - something that the Beatles themselves never did during this period.

In fact, the Beatles stopped touring after 1966 and never performed the music of Sgt. Pepper live.

Fourth Set - Flower Power
After a quick intermission, the fourth set opens to the strains of Indian music where a brief description of the "Summer of Love" and the group's new-found interest in meditation transports us back to that memorable time. The curtain opens to reveal the band attired in costumes reminiscent of the flower power era, as they perform the music of the years 1967-68. Of special note here is the performance of an acoustic set, revealing to the audience what the Beatles' actual song writing processes may have been like.

Fifth Set - Abbey Road
The Abbey Road period brings the show to its fifth set. A re-creation of the famous "Abbey Road" album cover provides the backdrop, while stage props such as the doorway to EMI studios add to the visual effects that accurately reflect this period. The transformation to this era is complete with yet another costume change, reflecting the style of the Beatles during 1969-70. The visual effect is such that you think the band has stepped out of the album cover. The music within this set includes selections from the "Golden Slumbers" medley through "The End" -- the Beatles' swan song of their short but magnificent career.

 

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Steve Landes
(Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Piano, Harmonica)

With a singing voice dead-on to the young John Lennon's, Steve was the perfect replacement in Rain for Jim Riddle, the Lennon portrayer who succumbed tragically to a brain tumor in 1997. The precocious Steve taught himself guitar at 10 listening to Beatles records and by 13 was fronting a Top 40 cover band in his native Philadelphia area. At 17 he joined Beatlemania and further developed his musicianship, including as a Beatlemania roommate and close friend of Riddle. Steve later honed acting skills in a Los Angeles play, The Fab Four. After passing the audition with Rain, his career was set. On one of his travels to England , he found himself at Liverpool's Casbah Club, owned by pre-Ringo Beatles drummer Pete Best. Encouraged to get on stage, Steve belted the rocker Slow Down, on which Lennon sang lead on a 1965 Beatles record. Best cited the performance at a Beatles convention, saying it helped make for one of the best nights ever at the Casbah.

Visit Steve's Website http://www.steve-landes.com

Joey Curatolo
(Vocals, Bass, Piano, Guitar)

Unquestionably the greatest artist to portray Paul McCartney on stage, Joey grew up in a Brooklyn household where classical music and opera formed the soundtrack. A natural musician and singer, he was infatuated with the Beatles when they hit America, taught himself guitar at 10, played piano by ear and at 16 was moonlighting in a traveling Top 40 cover band. At 17, Joey was entered by friends into a McCartney sound-alike contest at a Beatle festival. Without preparation, he won and caught the eye of a producer for the Broadway production of Beatlemania. Joey ended up in the West Coast version. He joined Rain in 1983 - helping propel the band into a class by itself. Today, his vocals and bass, piano and guitar playing remain as powerful as ever.

Joe Bithorn
(Vocals, Lead Guitar)

George Harrison portrayer Joe grew up on the same Manhattan block where jazz genius Thelonious Monk resided. Steeped in classical music and jazz, young Joe nevertheless dabbled in many genres when teaching himself acoustic guitar. Smitten by the Beatles, at 9 he switched to electric guitar and by 13 was famous in his neighborhood. By 16 he was a studio session musician. He joined a national tour of Beatlemania, mastering Harrison's scouse accent on the job. Joe passed Rain's audition by playing both lead guitar parts simultaneously of And Your Bird Can Sing, which Harrison and McCartney played in the studio. Joe managed the feat by employing double-stop bends on the strings, playing an open E string while bending the B string on the seventh fret. In Rain he manages all sorts of fret-board wizardry - including replicating studio sounds with a guitar synthesizer.

Ralph Castelli
(Drums, Percussion, Vocals)

The son of Italian immigrants, Ralph Castelli was raised in a talented musical family where the accordion, guitar and drums surrounded him throughout his life. In the Castelli home in Alhambra, California, a variety of musical styles from opera to Frank Sinatra, were always on the turntable. By age six, Ralph secretly pounded away on his older brother's drum set and his Mom's pots and pans. Music was in his blood!

On that momentous night in February, 1964 when The Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, Ralph sat in front of the TV and knew that playing drums was what he was born to do. So captivated by Ringo Starr and The Beatles that night, his excitement continued to grow and little did he know at the time exactly how his dream would become a reality.

After performing and touring in numerous bands, Ralph was spotted and received the opportunity to portray Ringo in the Broadway production of "Beatlemania." His drum technique, style, humor, appearance and all his hard work had paid off. He was also lucky enough to play Starr in the film version of "Beatlemania."

Ralph joined RAIN in 1986 and is currently touring the world in "Rain - The Beatles Experience."

Mark Lewis
(Keyboards, Percussion)
The managerial and creative mind that transformed Rain from a 1970s southern California bar band doing Beatles covers into an ultra-professional act with the best musicians in the world, offstage keyboardist Mark traces his love of the Fab Four to the Sunday night of Feb. 9, 1964, when his generation was smitten by the Beatles appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. An accomplished pianist at 13, having studied since age 5, Mark was soon playing the Farfisa organ in teenage rock bands around his native Los Angeles. After college he met two talented musicians who did Beatles covers in a bar band called Reign. Over the next five years the band gained regional fame, changed its spelling to Rain, cut the soundtrack to the made-for-TV movie Birth of the Beatles, but nearly unraveled numerous times trying to do its own songs and win a record contract. Only Mark stuck it out, took over the managerial reins and recruited the committed quartet of proficient musicians and stage performers who would gel into Rain's longstanding lineup. Mark ensures the Beatles' studio sound is replicated in full during Rain shows, playing piano and organ and inserting necessary sounds of the Beatles background instrumentation he's painstakingly recorded.

A MESSAGE FROM RAIN

In order to maintain the musical integrity of our show, and continue to perform the music of The Beatles to as many of our fans as possible, it has become necessary for us to bring in some new band members who will alternate performing with us on tour. These musicians are exceptionally talented individuals and this will insure that our shows will continue to be of the highest caliber. We thank you for your continued support and look forward to seeing you soon.

 

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