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In a city rife with celebrity impersonation shows, it’s easy to become immune to the charms of such a show. The Fab Four Live offers such an uncanny presentation of the Beatles music and images, it’s hard to remind yourself that indeed it’s just an impersonation. The Fab Four Live look so much like the Beatles, it’s easy to determine which member is John, which is Paul, which is George, and which is Ringo. Aside from the physical appearance of the group, aided by costumes, the musical quality of the show is reminiscent of the real Beatles as well. The Fab Four Live actually uses the same brand of instruments used by the lads from Liverpool. They perform without backtracks (pre-taped music played alongside the live music), giving their sound a realistic dimension. They wouldn’t be able to do this successfully unless they possessed true musical talent above and beyond the talent needed to impersonate the Beatles. The show starts in a way that is reminiscent of the way the Beatles’ career actually started—with an Ed Sullivan impersonator introducing the band. The group appears as an early version of the Beatles with the floppy hair and suits that defined their early style. They break into the Beatles mega-hit “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” followed by “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Eight Days a Week,” and “I Saw Her Standing There.” Reaction from several audience members is also similar to the reaction of the Beatles’ audiences when they hit American shores. As the group prepares backstage for the second part of the show, “Ed Sullivan” takes the stage to prepare the audience for the evolution of the band and the country that took place between the early and late 1960s. The Fab Four Live takes to the stage a second time, this time in unmistakable Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band costumes. They also sing some of their other songs from the psychedelic era including “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, “Magical Mystery Tour,” and “Yellow Submarine.” The group takes a moment out of this Las Vegas show to explain to ticket holders that the music of the Beatles has had a profound effect on all their lives. They express to the audience that although they go to great lengths to look and sound like the Beatles, they are not trying to take the place of or be the Beatles. They impersonate the Beatles as a tribute to the iconic British group. The show shifts even further into the Beatles introspective era, with the John Lennon impersonator taking to the piano to sing “Imagine.” They also sing “Let it Be” and “Give Peace a Chance.” They finish the show with one of the most poignant phrases ever uttered in the 20th century—“…and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” Whether or not you were swept up in Beatlemania the first time around, it’s nearly impossible not to get caught up in the excitement of the audience and the enthusiasm that the Fab Four Live has for the music of one of the greatest rock bands of all times.