♫ MUSIC Tour: From Soho To Abbey Road With Music & Post Drinks
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If you love music, fun, and knowledge infused cultural walks with purpose then this will be right up your street! Led by a life long passionate music fan, part-time radio & club DJ, Journalist and Musicologist (me!)- we will walk historic hidden streets to uncover A Day in the Life of the Beatles in London!
Yep those four guys from Liverpool who wrote and recorded some of the greatest songs ever conjured. During this epic Revolutionary 7 mile British musical adventure through the heart of London - we''ll discover "memories longer than the roads that stretches out ahead" themselves, visit key monumental landmarks encapsulating their time in London including that world famous iconic zebra crossing! Of course I share interesting stories as we relive and hear some of those 227 Magical Mystery songs (get your track requests in!) as we take that trip down musical memory lane.
Ironically the tour will commence at the site of their last ever official live performance. We'll then take The Long And Winding Road down to John's residence, the gallery where he met Yoko, the church where Paul married Linda, the recording studio where Hey Jude was recorded, pass Ringo's townhouse where Jimi Hendrix lived and Eleanor Rigby was composed and glimpise George Harrison's favourite Indian restaurant in Soho.
Later - with a Little Help From Our Friend Gerry Rafferty - we'll pass Baker Street - home to the original Apple records and glance nearby landmarks where films like Hard Day's Night were shot. Then we''ll swiftly take a relaxing walk passing Lord's cricket ground to those world famous Abbey Road studios where their last few albums were recorded including the ground breaking experimental White LP.
On to Paul's house - we'll pass the Helter Skelter cafe, and see lots lots more! And for fellow dedicated followers of fashion (yeah I know it's a song from a rival l band!) - we'll pop into Stella McCartney's fashion boutique to see if she has any Sgt Peppers Lonely Heart Clubs uniforms in stock
To maximise interactive engagement, fun and music love, I'll dish out random trivia questions (e.g which Beatles song was transmitted by NASA to star system Polaris to initiate alien contact?), jokes and take song requests on the way play a few From Me To You at key monuments!
Lastly we'll learn the history, meaning and inspiration behind those 227 puzzling Rock and Roll Music songs. And if you want to know what a particular song/lyrics was about/meaning - just ask!
Don't worry - no paid Ticket To Ride needed to aboard this musical escapade - like all our events - attendance is 100% free - as long as you are genuinely passionate about music (preferably like Beatles music!)
Medium to Fast Paced Walk / Fitness Test
Accept for stops at key monuments, this will be a non stop continuous 7 mile "hike" at a medium to fast pace so it's advisable to wear trainers/something comfortable or an Old Brown Shoe. Unfortunately, given the large distance that will be covered in a relatively short time frame - if you are a slow walker/impaired or not very fit- this event might not be appropriate for you. A quick basic fitness test would be - can you easily run 10 meters at speed without any issues?
Lastly - I Don't Want To Spoil The Party but the no go decision is obviously weather dependent so let's hope it turns out to be a Good Day Sunshine. If any significant or prolonged Rain is forecast then we will postpone to a future date.
The Fool On The Hill Lucas
