George Harrison concert tribute on U.K. tour

Photo: David Munn Photography

A U.K. tour celebrating the 80th birthday of George Harrison opens this month. TV and stage star Daniel Taylor fronts the biopic tribute show which visits 12 venues across the UK including Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall. The show has been on the road before, but is revived for what would have been George’s 80th.

Something About George – The George Harrison Story, pays tribute to the late George Harrison. The show will visit twelve UK venues including a very special performance at Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall on 25th February, which would have been George’s 80th Birthday.

West End performer and musician Daniel Taylor, fresh from his TV appearance in BBC’s “Unbreakable”, where he made the final with his partner Shirley Ballas (head judge from “Strictly Come Dancing”), fronts the band of five and tells the fascinating story of George and performing his biggest hits. The band are MD Max O’Hara, Callum Macmillan, Tom Kinton and Joe Smithson.

The St. Helens Theatre Royal and Liverpool Philharmonic Hall shows will also feature a string quartet and guest Merseybeat singer Beryl Marsden who knew and worked with George.

The tour opens in Banbury on 23rd February, before heading to St Helens on 24 February, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on 25 February (special birthday concert), Bolton on 26 February, Norwich on 2 March, Hastings on 3 March, Newbury on 4 March, Barnstaple on 5 March, Mold on 8-9 March, Ipswich on 10 March, Salisbury on 11 March and Sale on 12 March.

Danny at the entrance of The Beatles Story museum in Liverpool. Photo credit: The Beatles Story.

Featuring beautiful songs like “My Sweet Lord”, “Something”, “Got My Mind Set On You”, and “Handle With Care”, “Something About George” showcases Harrison’s incredible solo material and music from rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest supergroup The Traveling Wilburys, as well as The Beatles.

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”, Sammy in “Blood Brothers”, and appeared at the very first Liverpool Theatre Festival in his show, “The Very Best Of Tommy Cooper”.

Daniel said: “I’m really looking forward to taking Something About George back on the road in February and March, performing it again for UK audiences, especially as it coincides with George’s 80th birthday. We had a great reception when we performed the show earlier this year across the UK including a well-received run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, I can guarantee people a fantastic journey through George’s life and amazing music.”

Photo: David Munn Photography

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 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 play the famous Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on his 80th birthday will be a very special concert indeed. He may have been the ‘Quiet Beatle’ but he still speaks loudly through his wonderful songs. It’s going to be a night to remember.”