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Bell Theater at Bell Works presents The Weeklings BeatlesBash

originally published: 05/06/2024

Bell Theater at Bell Works presents The Weeklings BeatlesBash

(HOLMDEL, NJ) -- The Weeklings bring their BeatlesBash show featuring The Horns & Strings Orchestra to the newly opened Bell Theater at Bell Works on Sunday, May 19, 2024 with a matinee performance at 3:00pm. 

The Weeklings are Glen Burtnik, Bob Burger, John Merjave and Joe Bellia; together with the incredible 10-piece Horns & String Orchestra, they present a joyously rocking celebration of the timeless music of The Beatles.

Beginning with the Beatle’s Ed Sullivan years, the show takes you on a trip through the psychedelically tinged, musically sophisticated songs from their later albums 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.

Tickets range from $56-$68 and are available for purchase online. Bell Theater at Bell Works is located at 101 Crawfords Corner Road in Holmdel, New Jersey.

Bell Theater at Bell Works is a new cultural hub opening in spring 2024 at the historic Bell Works. Their mission is to provide exceptional cultural programming to the community in a state-of-the-art facility. They believe in the transformative power of the arts and are committed to making it accessible to all.



 
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The Weeklings (JEM recording artists) - America’s most unique celebration of the music and muse of The Beatles, have recently released their 4th album on JEM, the brilliant Raspberry Park and are in the midst of their “Raspberry Park Tour”. They’re four amazing musicians, Glen Burtnik, Bob Burger, John Merjave and Joe Bellia who have written, performed and toured with artists ranging from Beth Hart to Bowie, Springsteen to McCartney! The band performs and records explosive renditions of Beatles album and Top 40 classics, uniquely arranged nuggets such as "Paperback Writer", "Baby You're a Rich Man”, “I Am the Walrus”, “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and “She’s Leaving Home, 60’s classic remakes like The Easybeats 1966 garage rock hit “Friday On My Mind” plus brilliant Beatles-inspired power-pop originals, like “Little Elvis”, "In the Moment”, ”3” chosen the #1 Coolest Song in the World 2020 on Sirius/XM's Little Steven's Underground Garage. Their last “Coolest Song in the World”, a re-imagining of The Beatles “I’ve Just Seen a Face” as well as their most recent original single “Brian Jones” and their latest and 8th “Coolest Song”, “All The Cash in the World” are all on Raspberry Park. The Weeklings bring their music to life through their extraordinary energy and musicianship, soaring vocals, cheeky stage presence and most importantly, their ability to look backwards and forwards, to synthesize decades of rock into something new and exciting, relevant and refreshing!

You can hear The Weeklings on Sirius XM’s The Beatles Channel, The Loft and Little Steven’s Underground Garage, where they have scored 6 “Coolest Song in the World” designations including three Top Ten Coolest Songs of The Year in 2016, 2018 and the #1 "3" in 2020, over 70 Radio Indie Alliance stations around the world as well as terrestrial radio including 90.5 The Night, WBJBFM, 107.1 The Boss, the nationally syndicated Joe Johnson’s Beatles Brunch Club syndicated on 70 stations, Andre Gardner’s Breakfast with The Beatles (WMGK 102.9FM - Philadelphia), Rich Russo’s syndicated “anything, anything” show and Helen Leicht’s (WXPN 88.5FM - Philadelphia) Breakfast with The Beatles and many other terrestrial and Internet stations in America and around the world.

**The Weeklings are annually featured at premier Beatles festival events like Abbey Road on The River in Jefferson, IN and The Fest for Beatles Fans in Jersey City, NJ and Chicago, IL. They play numerous clubs and theaters including the legendary Stone Pony in Asbury Park, Pollak Theatre, Monmouth University, The Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, the New Hope Winery, The City Wineries in NYC, Washington DC, Boston and Philadelphia, the Maryland Theatre, Hagerstown, the Mauch Chunk Opera House, Jim Thorpe, Steel Stacks, Bethlehem, The Bull Run, Shirley, Mcloones Supper Club, Asbury Park, Hard Rock Cafe, Atlantic City, Outpost in the Burbs, Montclair, the Grunin Center, Toms River, The Sands, Bethlehem, Daryls House, Pauling, Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, Towne Crier, Beacon, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, The Space at Westbury, The Cutting Room, NYC, The State Theatre, New Brunswick, Penn Community Bank Amphitheater, Bensalem, Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown, The World Cafe, Philadelphia and many others.


 

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