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All-Liverpool-born Beatles tribute band to perform in Cincinnati

The Mersey Beatles to appear at the Aronoff Center’s Jarson-Kaplan Theater on October 22, 2015

(Cincinnati, OH) – The Mersey Beatles, the world’s only all-Liverpool-born Beatles tribute band and the house band for ten years at the world famous Cavern Club will perform at the Aronoff Center’s intimate Jarson-Kaplan Theater on Thursday, October 22, at 7:30 p.m. 

Tickets are $71.75, $51.75, and $41.75, and go on sale Friday, July 31 at 10 a.m. at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office. 

John Lennon’s sister Julia Baird will also be in attendance. She says, “There are a lot of Beatles tribute bands from all over the world and I have seen them all, but The Mersey Beatles are the best I’ve heard.” 

Baird will be signing copies of her book “Imagine This: Growing Up with My Brother John Lennon.” 

Since 1999, The Mersey Beatles have played sell-out shows in more than 20 countries, recreating The Beatles’ most popular hits. Their show spans the Fab Four’s catalogue and recreates The Beatles’ sound and image with amazing accuracy. 

The Mersey Beatles are no ordinary cover band. From 2002 to 2012, they were the resident tribute band at The Cavern Club, the nightclub in Liverpool, England, where The Beatles perfected their act before launching a global rock music revolution in the 1960s. They also are the official Beatles tribute band representing the City of Liverpool and have sold out shows worldwide.

FOLLOWING CRITICALLY-LAUDED SPRING TOUR, SUFJAN STEVENS CONFIRMS U.S. FALL DATES

CARRIE & LOWELL CONTINUES TO RECEIVE UNIVERSAL CRITICAL ACCLAIM

Following a critically-lauded, national tour this spring, Sufjan Stevens is set to embark on a tour of the U.S. this fall, playing dates in Santa Barbara, Nashville, Atlanta, Miami, Cincinnati, and more.

The tour will make a stop at Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center on Friday, November 13 at 8:00 PM.

Tickets go on sale Friday, July 24 at 10am at www.CincinnatiArts.org, (513) 621-ARTS [2787], and the Aronoff Center Ticket Office.

Stevens continues to celebrate the success of Carrie & Lowell, named to best of 2015 lists byRolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The A.V. Club, Billboard, SPIN, Paste, Complex and ranked #1 on Stereogum’s “50 Best Albums of 2015 So Far.” 

Carrie & Lowell continues to receive universal acclaim:

“I think it’s safe to say that Sufjan Stevens is one of the most prolific and absolutely gifted American songwriters of the 21st century.” “…a life-changing performance—one we’ll all remember for many years.” -NPR

• “Sufjan Stevens’ new album, Carrie & Lowell, is his best…it feels like his most classic and pure effort…a masterpiece” – Ptichfork, 9.3, Best New Music
• “…his most gorgeous effort to date—a dauntlessly intimate song cycle that wrestles with the specters of abandonment and disconnection, all inside transcendent electro-meets-acoustic pop arrangements” -The New York Times
• “Stevens remains at the height of his powers—capable of work as individual, compassionate and powerful as any American composer working today.” -The Washington Post
• Best Albums of 2015 So Far,  “…impossibly pretty…Even when Stevens goes all happy memories and gentle melodies on the title track and “Eugene,” you’ll be holding back tears.” -Rolling Stone
• Essential albums of 2015, “…a breathtaking work…” -Los Angeles Times
• #1 Best Album of 2015 So Far, “The best is not behind Sufjan Stevens. He has never been better than this…” -Stereogum
• Best Albums of 2015—So Far, “…a fall-down gorgeous and emotionally devastating masterpiece…It features some of the most beautiful music ever made about loss, and some of the most direct explorations of death ever recorded. It is a brutal, extremely sad, relentlessly wrenching record that, because it’s so exquisitely crafted, you might keep on a loop for days.”—Dave Eggers -The Guardian
• 10 Best Albums of 2015 (So Far), “Stevens doing what he does best” -Billboard
• 50 Best Albums of 2015 So Far, “Easily his best and most powerful album…” -Spin
• Best Albums of 2015 so far, “Near-perfect…” -AV Club
• Best Albums of 2015 (So Far), -“Spoiler Alert: Sufjan Stevens made the best album of 2015” -Paste
• Best Albums of 2015 So Far, “Stevens’ most personal album ever” – Flavorwire
• Best Albums of 2015 (So Far), “One of the year’s most coherent, albeit heartbreaking, efforts…” -Pigeons and Planes
• “…as always, Stevens deals with the complicated subject matter with literary aplomb and musical finesse.” – The Wall Street Journal
• “Stevens gave us a fearless, open-handed new look at the impossible soul guiding one of the greatest songwriters of our time.” – KEXP

Carrie & Lowell was recorded by Stevens alongside Casey Foubert, Laura Veirs, Nedelle Torrisi, Sean Carey, Ben Lester and Thomas Bartlett. Named for Stevens’ mother and stepfather, the 11 songs address life and death, love and loss, and the artist’s struggle to make sense of the beauty and ugliness of love. The album debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200, selling 50,538 albums in its first week and marking Stevens’ highest chart debut to date.

A singer-songwriter currently living in Brooklyn, NY, Stevens’ preoccupation with epic concepts has motivated two state records (Michigan & Illinois), a collection of sacred and biblical songs (Seven Swans), an electronic album for the animals of the Chinese zodiac (Enjoy Your Rabbit), two Christmas box sets (Songs for Christmas, vol. 1-5 and Silver & Gold, vol. 6-10),  a BAM-commissioned programmatic tone poem for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (The BQE), two collaborations with New York City Ballet choreographer and dancer Justin Peck, and an instrumental accompaniment to slow-motion rodeo footage—a second BAM-commission. In 2010 Stevens released an expansive EP (All Delighted People) and the full length The Age of Adz.

SUFJAN STEVENS LIVE – Tour dates/locations

• July 25                            Newport, RI                           Newport Folk Festival
• August 14                       Lyons, CO                              Rocky Mountain Folks Festival
• October 24                      Santa Barbara, CA                  The Arlington Theatre
• October 25                      Phoenix, AZ                           Orpheum Theatre
• October 26                      Albuquerque, NM                  Popejoy Hall
• October 28                      Omaha, NE                            Orpheum Theatre
• October 30                      Buffalo, NY                           University of Buffalo Center for the Arts
• October 31                      Jersey City, NJ                       Loews Jersey Theatre
• November 1                    Baltimore, MD                       Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
• November 3                    Pittsburgh, PA                        Heinz Hall
• November 4                    Charlotte, NC                         Ovens Auditorium
• November 5                    Atlanta, GA                            Cobb Energy Center
• November 6                    Orlando, FL                            Walt Disney Theater at Dr. Philipps Center
• November 7                    Miami, FL                              Olympia Theater Miami
• November 9                    Charleston, SC                       NCPAC
• November 10                  Birmingham, AL                    Alabama Theatre
• November 11                  Nashville, TN                         Ryman Auditorium
• November 12                  Louisville, KY                        Whitney Hall
• November 13                  Cincinnati, OH                       Aronoff Center – Procter & Gamble Hall