Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band

About Me

An amusing, accurate and entertaining tribute to The Beatles."A stunning show- The Beatles may be long gone, but their tunes live on- and with nights like this, will continue to do so for many years to come."Bridgwater Mercury.Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band have been touring their Beatles tribute to venues throughout the UK and Europe, and now the US, for over ten years. Their hilarious early life on the road can be read in the biography "Being John Lennon" by Martin Dimery and published by SAF- London. Extracts published in The Guardian and The Stage newspapers.Venues include: The Cavern, Liverpool; The Glastonbury Festival; The Alabama Shakespeare Festival; The Boardwalk Sheffield; Kyp's Poole; Bush Hall, London; The Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; St. John's (concert hall) Smith Square, London; The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil; The Ferry, Glasgow; The Thameside Hippodrome, Manchester; The Cheese and Grain Hall, Frome; The Prom Bristol; The Pavilion, Felixstowe; The Beck Theatre, Hayes; The Karlovy Lazne Club, Prague; the Lubudubu Club, Krakow; The Arts Centre, Ceske Budejovice (Czech Rep), The Sports Arena, Trhovy Sviny, (CR); concert venues in Poprad, Slovakia; Olomouc and Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic; Spangenburg Castle, Germany; Homberg Town Square, Germany. Festivals: Glastonbury; Ashton Court, Bristol, main stage; Wicksteed Park, Kettering; Dyrham Park, Gloucester (National Trust); Montacute House, Somerset (NT); Poole Park; Longleat- etc.

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Member Since: 6/23/2006
Band Website: sgtpeppertribute.co.uk
Band Members: John Legend (Martin Dimery); Paul McCoatoff (John Freeman); George Hare Singh- Song (Colin Holley); Ringo Stalin (Marc Bendell) and Sgt. Pepper himself (Rob Waller).
Influences: The Beatles
Sounds Like: The Beatles
Record Label: Well- what do you think?
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Corporal Pepper

Corporal Pepper received his promotion at Mr. Kyp's Club in Poole, last Friday. Chris Anderson earned his Sergeant stripes with a confident and amazingly accurate display in front of an audience of cl...
Posted by Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band on Wed, 07 May 2008 11:26:00 PST

Nashville

I don't appear to have finished my travel journal dating back to Sgt. Pepper's visit to the US in November. I can't say that the demand for completion has been overwhelming, so I'll keep it brief...
Posted by Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 06:55:00 PST

New Sgt. Pepper Unmasked!

Finally, after a lengthy trawl of the entire Parish of Dilton Marsh and beyond; Sgt. Pepper’s Only Dart Board Band has uncovered a keyboard player of note in the far flung settlement of Upton Sc...
Posted by Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:46:00 PST

Who’s Tommy? A Life in Rock Opera- Chapter 10

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Posted by Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:55:00 PST

Another Testimonial

I suppose it is a sign of insecurity and self absorption, but I cannot help wondering, from time to time, what kind of impact our humble little troup of mock rockers has made in our particular show bi...
Posted by Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:44:00 PST

Round Elviss Place

Continuing memoirs from Sgt. Pepper's recent trip to the US. The road through northern Alabama into Mississippi and Tennessee is not what I expected. Too many episodes of "The Dukes of Hazz...
Posted by Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:02:00 PST

Sgt. Pepper’s New Year Message

Happy New Year to all our visitors. Sgt. Pepper's retirement party went off rather well, and the dear old chap is now quietly residing in a care home in Somerset, where it is quite likely he will be s...
Posted by Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:03:00 PST

Alabama, Elvis and the Grand Ol’ Opry -Part 1

It is two weeks now since we arrived back to a windy and wet welcome at Heathrow, following a rearraged flight schedule that brought us home from Atlanta, via Chicago. This was not a route best suited...
Posted by Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:08:00 PST

Victor Spinetti

So, there I was, foolishly trying to condense the Dart Board Band's set into an acoustic, unplugged, unwigged, pale shadow of a solo performance; when, just as I'm bluffing my way through the solo of&...
Posted by Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:07:00 PST

Justin Currie: Can He Do You Good?

Taking time out- from the "Who's Tommy?" soap opera.to review the new album by Justin Currie: Justin Currie: Can He Do You Good? It must have been 1990, I suppose. I walked into my local "Quickie ...
Posted by Sgt. Pepper's Only Dart Board Band on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:07:00 PST