UK and Ireland Tour of SOMETHING ABOUT GEORGE - The George Harrison Story Opens on Merseyside Next Month
The tour will open with two shows at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton on Sat 3 February and ends at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway, Ireland on Fri 29 March.
By: Stephi Wild Jan. 11, 2024
An acclaimed show highlighting the incredible talent of the late Beatle George Harrison embarks on a UK and Ireland next month, it follows a successful run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and sell out shows in 2023.
Something About George – The George Harrison Story, pays tribute to the man dubbed the “quiet Beatle” it will visit 31 venues across England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland, its biggest tour to date. It will open with two shows at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton on Sat 3 February and ends at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway, Ireland on Fri 29 March.
West End performer and musician Daniel Taylor, fresh from his recent TV and media appearance with partner Shirley Ballas (head judge from Strictly Come Dancing), front's the band of five and tells the fascinating story of George and performs his biggest hits. The band are Joe Smithson (MD, Guitar and Vocals), Callum Macmillan (Percussion/Drums), Tom Kinton (Base Guitar and Vocals) and James Breckon (Keyboard and Vocals).
Featuring beautiful songs like My Sweet Lord, Something, Got My Mind Set On You, and My Guitar Gently Weeps, Something About George showcases Harrison's incredible solo material and music from rock ‘n' roll's greatest supergroup The Traveling Wilburys, which was made up of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom Petty… and, of course any show celebrating one of the Fab Four just must include a few classics from The Beatles.
From heartbreak to hedonism and song writing to success, Something About George celebrates a life that was anything but quiet.
Daniel Taylor trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London and is an award-winning actor, producer, and director. He has previously played John Lennon in the award-winning Lennon Through A Glass Onion, he is also known from his many years in Blood Brothers, The Very Best Of Tommy Cooper, Twopence To Cross The Mersey and most recently in By The Waters Of Liverpool.
Daniel said: “I'm really looking forward to taking Something About George back out on the road in February and March for a much larger tour, performing it again for UK audiences and also premiering in Ireland. We had such a great reception when we performed the show last year and I can guarantee people a fantastic journey through George's life and his amazing music.”
Something About George – The George Harrison Story is written by Jon Fellowes, who co-produces show alongside Liverpool-born singer songwriter Gary Edward Jones and theatre producer and publicist Bill Elms. Collectively, the trio are Something About Productions, the creative team behind the hugely successful Something About Simon – The Paul Simon Story.
Co-producer Bill Elms said: “It may be 20 years since the world lost George Harrison, but he lives on through his incomparable music, and this show created in Liverpool, highlights the legacy he left the world. To have played the famous Liverpool Philharmonic Hall to a sell-out audience on his 80th birthday last year was a very special moment indeed. There's been nothing but praise for this wonderful show which will now visit 28 venues across the UK and heads across the water to Ireland for 3 special dates. The show is going from strength to strength and is a wonderful and moving tribute to one of Liverpool's favourite sons.”
Something About George is not a tribute show as we know it. It's one musician authentically telling the story and honouring the music of another. For around ninety minutes, allow Daniel Taylor to take you back and tell you Something About George.
Tour Dates
FLORAL PAVILION - NEW BRIGHTON
SAT 3 FEBRUARY
THEATRE SEVERN - SHREWSBURY
SUN 4 FEBRUARY
WEBSTER MEMORIAL THEATRE - ARBROATH
WED 7 FEBRUARY
EDEN COURT - INVERNESS
THU 8 FEBRUARY
GARDYNE THEATRE - DUNDEE
FRI 9 FEBRUARY
PLAYHOUSE - ALNWICK
SAT 10 FEBRUARY
QUEENS HALL ARTS CENTRE - HEXHAM
SUN 11 FEBRUARY
CITY VARIETIES MUSIC HALL - LEEDS
WED 14 FEBRUARY
CASTLE THEATRE - WELLINGBOROUGH
THU 15 FEBRUARY
HAZLITT THEATRE - MAIDSTONE
FRI 16 FEBRUARY
TOWN HALL - CHELTENHAM
THU 22 FEBRUARY
THE CAPITOL - HORSHAM
FRI 23 FEBRUARY
PAVILION THEATRE - CROMER
SAT 24 FEBRUARY
THEATRE ROYAL - LINCOLN
SUN 25 FEBRUARY
www.newtheatreroyallincoln.co.uk
PAVILION - RHYL
THU 29 FEBRUARY
THE PLAZA - STOCKPORT
FRI 1 MARCH
EMPIRE THEATRE - BLACKBURN
SAT 2 MARCH
GRAND THEATRE - BLACKPOOL
SUN 3 MARCH
GATEHOUSE THEATRE - STAFFORD
WED 6 MARCH
THE PRINCESS ROYAL THEATRE - PORT TALBOT
THU 7 MARCH
ALBANY THEATRE - COVENTRY
FRI 8 MARCH
THEATRE ROYAL - WAKEFIELD
SAT 9 MARCH
www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk
THE GRAND - WOLVERHAMPTON
SUN 10 MARCH
TRUCK THEATRE - HULL
WED 13 MARCH
THEATRE ROYAL - ST HELENS
THU 14 MARCH
WILLIAM ASTON HALL - WREXHAM
SAT 16 MARCH
OCTAGON THEATRE - BOLTON
SUN 17 MARCH
SPA PAVILION - FELIXSTOWE
SAT 23 MARCH
CIVIC THEATRE – TALLAGHT – IRELAND
WED 27 MARCH
OPERA HOUSE – CORK – IRELAND
THU 28 MARCH
TOWN HALL THEATRE – GALWAY – IRELAND
FRI 29 MARCH
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