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Music on the Rock presents ‘The Beatles’

Ryan Guerra will star in the Music on the Rock concert, ‘The Beatles,’ 8 p.m. Feb. 20-23 at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St.

By , Published: February 19, 2014

One of Music on the Rock's most popular concerts, "The Beatles," returns to the Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St., at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. The show features Music on the Rock regular Ryan Guerra in a celebration of the Fab Four's music.

The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was 50 years ago on Feb. 9, 1964. The English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era.
Starting in 1960, the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period. Manager Brian Epstein molded them into a professional act and producer George Martin enhanced their musical potential. They gained popularity in the United Kingdom after their first hit, "Love Me Do," in late 1962. They acquired the nickname the "Fab Four" as Beatlemania grew in Britain over the following year, and by early 1964 they had become international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market.
From 1965 on, the Beatles produced what many critics consider their finest material, including the innovative and widely influential albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966), Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The Beatles (White Album) (1968), and Abbey Road (1969). After their break-up in 1970, they each enjoyed successful musical careers. Lennon was shot and killed in December 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001. McCartney and Starr, the remaining members, are still musically active.
All tickets to the Music on the Rock performances are $24 and can be purchased by calling the Playhouse box office at 828-693-0731, toll-free at 866-732 8008 or online at www.flatrockplayhouse.org. Playhouse Downtown is located at 125 S. Main Street in Hendersonville NC.