World Tour Photos

Liquid Blue headlined the Beatles Forever Festival in Logoisk, Belarus The attendance was 16,000, the most ever for the annual festival The Grovler with two of the promoters Scott and The Grovler near the start of the show while natural light still shines Liquid Blue hit the stage at 9:00 The festival started in the early afternoon at 2:00. There were six acts ahead of Liquid Blue Logoisk is a tiny village just outside the Belarus capitial city of Minsk The locals called it a "mini Woodstock" Despite the many opening acts, the crowd was highly charged in anticipation for Liquid Blue Of the seven acts, 3 were from Moscow, one from St. Petersburg, one from Minsk, one from England Liquid Blue played an hour set of Beatles music The band begin the set with a five minute Sitar jam featuring Rama and Angelo My Sweet Lord by George Harrison was the opening song Norwegian Wood and Across the Universe featured Rama on Sitar "A Day in the Life" was a crowd favorite The crowd was pumped for the entire one-hour set This shot is taken from the sound booth, about halfway into the crowd The band performed with five members; without the BlueGirls The perfect day turns to night during the bands set Gina was the only female band member for this trip Her version of Imagine brought the house down Gina had only been with the band for five months and had already been to five continents! Fans cheers after Gina completes the John Lennon anthem, Imagine Nowhere is Beatles fever more alive than in Eastern Europe The Beatles represent freedom & peace to the many new, former Soviet block countries We were treated warmly by the crowd but it was obvious they were not fans of our current administration Angelo was solid on the drums and was visiting his 20 country with the band The band pulled out Paul McCartney's song "Juniors Farm" and the crowd sang along 16,000 was the bands largest crowd in Europe. 65,000 is the largest ever but happened in Asia Security was tight but fans managed to get close Hey Jude brought the house down as the crowd sang along For the encore, the other performers joined Liquid Blue onstage for "All You Need Is Love" All You Need Is Love! Rama on Erhu Rama on Sitar Autograph seekers after the show The after party! Still feeling the Absinthe Still feeling the local beer Some earlier crowd shots It was a picture perfect day in Belarus Beatles fever brought out the British flags The festival site was at a local mountain ski resort Belarusian star "Gera" (third from left) who recorded a song with Liquid Blue Scott being interviewed by a Minsk TV station Obama in Belarus! The atmosphere was very "60's" To say it was a 60's hippie fest is an understatement Shiny happy people Right at home with the hippies Pre-show fun in the afternoon Peace and love prevailed With Victor, the shows longtime sponsor and architect Food for the performers A goodbye shot of all the bands and promoters