The Beatles Tribute Band

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Name: The Silver Beats

Created in: 2002

Origin: Tokyo, Japan

Genre(s): Rock, Pop

U.S Manager: Geno McManus

Website: www.gmcmusic.com/beatles/tribute/beatles_band.html

Members:

Tadaaki Naganuma play the bass guitar (as Paul McCartney)

Hajime Kubo play the lead guitar (as George Harrison)

Yukinobu Kabe play the drums (as Ringo Starr)

Hidemasa Mabuchi play the rhythm guitar (as John Lennon)

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The Silver Beats are the most popular Beatles tribute band act from Tokyo, Japan, and since their 2002 Beatles tribute band debut at Tokyo’s world renowned Cavern Club, they have received national and international acclaim for their faithful tribute & reproduction of The Beatles music, and style. This acclaim includes endorsements from such music notablesas Denny Laine (Wings), Alan Parsons, Tower of Power, Brian May and Roger Taylor (Queen), KeithEmerson (ELP) andThe Killers. There was even a personal backstage meeting with Sir Paul McCartney of the original Beatles, where McCartney introduced the band’s “Paul” (Tadaaki Naganuma), as the “Japanese Paul”!

In addition to performing 5 nights a week at the Cavern Club, they have also performed numerous corporateand national events throughout Japan, have appeared on Japanese national television, as well as printmedia in Japan, USA, and Europe. In addition to Japan, the Silver Beats have also performed in the UK,and now in America. The best tribute band ever!

In America the “Beats” has been interviewed and/or noted in major print publications such as the MilwaukeeJournal, Mercury Sun, Spin Magazine Online, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, and most recently, aninterview for NPR’s “all Things Considered”(Jan. 2008).

In early 2007 multi platinum recording artists “The Killers” were in Tokyo filming a music video, and went tothe Cavern Club to see the “Beats”. They were so impressed that they asked them to open as direct supportfor their upcoming US tour, which would include sold out appearances at some of America’s most historicand important venues including The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and Madison Square Garden in NYC.The Silver Beats accepted and performed a total of 6 sold out shows to incredible crowd responseand rave reviews.