The Weeklings "BeatlesBash" feat. the 10 piece Horns & Strings Orchestra!
Schedule
Sat, 08 Feb, 2025 at 08:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center | Carteret, NJ
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Doors: 7pm - Show: 8pmTHE WEEKLINGS “BEATLESBASH” starring Glen Burtnik, Bob Burger, John Merjave and Joe Bellia, is a Joyously Rockin' Journey of the Timeless Music of The Beatles featuring the incredible Horns & Strings Orchestra! The 2-hour show highlights selections from The Beatle's “Ed Sullivan'' years in the first half and after a brief intermission, takes you on a trip through the psychedelically tinged, musically sophisticated, with the addition of orchestral arrangements, music from their later recordings including Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album, the seminal Abbey Road and Let It Be. And since this is, of course, The Weeklings, a sprinkling of Weeklings’ fan-fave original songs, placed perfectly within the sets, will be included!
What makes this show particular show even more special is that we’ll be celebrating the anniversay of The Beatles coming to America, appearing on The Ed Sullivan show in front of 71 million viewers, America falling in love with them and remembering what we all felt and experienced this very weekend 61 years ago!
* THE WEEKLINGS are comprised of Glen Burtnik aka "Lefty Weekling" (bass and vocals), Bob Burger aka "Zeek Weekling" (rhythm guitar and vocals), John Merjave aka "Rocky Weekling" (lead guitar and vocals) and Joe Bellia aka “Smokestack Weekling" (drums and vocals).
• Glen Burtnik - singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work with Styx, Electric Light Orchestra, the Broadway production of Beatlemania as Paul McCartney, The Summer of Love Concert and “The Fest for Beatles Fans house-band Liverpool. He has composed songs for the likes of Don Henley and Patty Smyth, the Hot 100 #2 mega-hit “Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Good Enough”, John Waite, Randy Travis, the #2 Hot Country hit, “Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man”, Styx including the bands last Top 40 hit “Love at First Sight” and their last Gold album, Edge of The Century and many others.
• Bob Burger - singer, guitarist and gold record songwriter whose credits include Styx, Donnie Iris, HBO pictures, Kasim Sulton and others. He’s long performed Beatle and other tribute shows with Glen Burtnik and Bobby Bandiera of Bon Jovi and Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes. Burger has also appeared with the likes of Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Billy Joel.
• John Merjave - long standing member of “The Fest for Beatles Fans” house band Liverpool and other national shows having performed with Billy Preston, Donovan, Denny Laine among others.
• Joe Bellia - master of the “Ringo” drumming style and is a highly sought studio/live drummer having performed, recorded and toured with such greats as Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi and Dave Mason.
*The Horns and Strings Orchestra is made up of the Barefoot Strings and the Maximum Horns.
*Our BeatlesBash keyboardist is Michael “Einstein” Mancini.
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Where is it happening?
Carteret Performing Arts & Events Center, 52 Washington Ave, Carteret, NJ 07008-2621, United States,Carteret, New JerseyEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
