Banned on the Run

Hands up if you saw Macca on tour since the last Beatleweek? We did! In fact, he even came and played in our front room… well just about anyway! As you'll have seen in the introduction, we were honoured to be asked by Paul McCartney's offices to close the Cavern Club for one Friday night, in order that Paul and his fabulous band and crew could celebrate the end of the European Tour in true style. European fans had waited ten years for this tour, and many conventioneers will have been among the hundreds of thousands who attended the shows. One such fan was Bob Bartey, who saw the UK leg of the tour kick off at Sheffield and conclude in Liverpool. A lifelong Macca fan, Bob has been coming to Liverpool with various bands since the early 80's, and always puts on neat, quality shows. He's not a Paulie impersonator, per se, but he does sound a lot like the man, and he has a real passion for the music he plays. No doubt Macca's recent shows will have inspired Bob to delve through his record collection again, and he and the semi-legendary Banned on the Run will have a few surprises ready to impress as usual!

As well as usual band mates Marcus Mowforth, Kev and Sean Fitzpatrick, Bob will be joined on Friday by a number of people who have played with Paul over the years. The Royal Court Theatre is the venue for Macca Over Merseyside, an event celebrating the plentiful greatest hits of the Paul McCartney's post-Beatles projects, which will feature five musicians who have worked with Paul from 1971 right through to 1999.

Bob will be performing a solo acoustic set in the American Bar late on Saturday night (sounds like one of the traditional Beatleweek sing-a-long's to me!) and then again at the Cavern Club on Sunday afternoon. You can catch him with Banned on the Run again at the Mathew Street Festival too on Sunday at Chavasse Park, and Monday on the Beatles Stage.

Don't be late… we're going to a Rockshow!!