Black Bird Band

Paul McCartney played his 3000th gig this year in St Petersburg, as part of another highly successful tour, but back in 1990 the Brazilian fans really showed their appreciation for Macca setting a new world record for the largest stadium audience when 184,000 people filled the Maracana Stadium in Rio De Janeiro.

The Black Bird Band are from Rio, where, since their formation in 1997 they have been voted Best Beatles cover band in Brazil by Radio Emperor FM, at the Liverpool Night's contest in São Paolo and by the British community at the Queen's birthday celebrations in 2000.

Alan Marques, Thiago Henrique and Kico Ferreira are the groups lead singers and guitarists, Ivan Barros plays the bass, Flávio Armony plays the keyboard and Xande Maio plays the drums and also sings. Black Bird Band's repertoire consists of both Beatles and solo compositions including It Don't Come Easy, My Love, Imagine and My Sweet Lord.

Black Bird Band has played over 600 shows and has a hugely popular fan club with over 5500 members. They are now preparing to record their first album to be entitled "Beatles Brazil Black Bird Number One".