Record

Performance TitleIt Was 50 Years Ago Today - A Celebration of Sgt. Pepper and the Summer of Love
Performance Date1 June 2017
Performance DayThursday
Performance Time19:36
Secondary PerformersMax Langley - keyboard,
Sandyman - tabla
Orchestra or BandThe Bootleg Beatles (Adam Hastings, Steve White, Stephen Hill, Gordon Elsmore)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
ConductorsRichard Balcombe
Set List'Birth of the Beatles Symphony',
'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band',
'With a Little Help from My Friend',
'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds',
'Getting Better',
'Fixing a Hole',
'She's Leaving Home',
'Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite'
INTERVAL
'Within You Without You',
'When I'm Sixty-Four',
'Lovely Rita',
'Good Morning Good Morning',
'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise',
'A Day in the Life',
Roger McGough,
'Strarwberry Fields',
'Penny Lane',
'Baby You're a Rich Man',
'Eleanor Rigby',
'I Am the Walrus',
'Fool on the Hill',
'Hello Goodbye'
ENCORE
Roger McGough,
'All You Need is Love'
Performance NotesAs Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band reaches its half century, the award-winning Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the nation’s premier Beatle group The Bootleg Beatles team up to perform this iconic album live in its entirety fifty years to the day of its original release.

With music arranged by Nigel Osborne and hosted by the legendary Liverpool poet Roger McGough, this special concert is a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience what Rolling Stone magazine proclaimed ‘the number one greatest album of all time’, complete with full-blown symphonic backing.

Incorporating many other hits from the heady days of 1967 including Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane and All You Need Is Love don’t miss this highlight of our summer concert season. As the Fab Four themselves famously assured us – “A splendid time is guaranteed for all”.


Box hospitality tickets were available for £239 (Loggia Box) and £229 (Second Tier Box) per person, which included exclusive box hire, dedicated waiter, champagne and beverages, canapes and a souvenir programme.
Fine Dining Package tickets were available for £199 per person, which included champagne, a meal in the Coda restaurant, beverages, premium Stalls seat and a souvenir programme.

The event ended with a confetti drop.

The event was filmed by the promoter.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2017/36)
Ticket Prices£25-£60
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/wy5wcA7w-hLFV
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2017/36It Was 50 Years Ago Today - A Celebration of Sgt. Pepper and the Summer of Love1 June 2017
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work10913It Was 50 Years Ago Today - A Celebration of Sgt. Pepper and the Summer of Love1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1275Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; 1840-; English orchestra
DS/UK/12172McGough; Roger (9 November 1937); CBE FRSL; English poet, poet, broadcaster and playwright
DS/UK/2907Bootleg Beatles (1980)
DS/UK/3489Balcombe; Richard (8 September 1955); British conductor
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