World Tour Photos

See Logoisk for concert photos Evening before the festival pre-party There were seven acts at the Beatles Forever Festival, including the Beatlemaniacs, above Friday pre-party with the event sponsors The day after the festival the entertainers were taken on a city tour of Minsk Grovler gets a ride Near the city center Back at the Beatles Cafe or Back in the (former) USSR The festival featured bands from Russia, Belarus, United Kingdom and USA Oleg from the band Optimalnii Variant, based in Moscow The bus tour of majestic Minsk Liquid Blue with the Beatlemaniacs An impromptu folk dance at our hotel in Minsk Rama joined the accordion player At the recording studio with Gera, who sang in Russian on the new Liquid Blue song Dominate Dominate will be the first completed song for Liquid Blue's 2nd album Gera is a well known singer and TV personality in Belarus Party time with Gera, the Beatlemaniacs and Liquid Blue Gina and Gera Beautiful downtown Minsk Festival acts included "Pinkie", Artefact, Kvint-U, Beatlemaniacs, Optimalnii Variant (next caption) (continuing from last caption) Putting on the Beatles Style and Liquid Blue On 2nd trip to Minsk, this time with five band members Our first trip was as a duo, this trip we had five; maybe the next one will be all seven? One of the worlds most underrated cities This guy had attended the festival the day before. Freedom monument Rama leaps over the eternal flame. Would have been a great night shot Two days after the big festival, the band performed at the Beatles Cafe, unplugged It was a Two From Blue show with several guest performers Gina sang a few songs And delighted the crowd To Victor, the festival sponsors, the Beatles Cafe and the city of Minsk; we love you!

Minsk is the capital of Belarus and its largest city Victory Square in the city center Belarus was part of the former Soviet Union The restaurant atop our hotel We stayed at the Belarus hotel and got some snow! Our show was held at the Beatles Cafe With Victor Morozevitch, the owner of the Beatles Cafe Victor introducing Liquid Blue The Beatle Cafe in Minsk is one of three official Beatles Cafes, approved by the Beatles themselves The other two official Beatles Cafe's are in Hamberg, Germany and Rio de Janero, Brazil Many rock stars have visited the cafe, including Robert Plant, Ronnie James Dio, Whitesnake and more Every seat was filled Signing autographs after the show Beatles Cafe owner Victor Morozevitch also hosts a Beatles festival annually Selling CD's This was the first stop on a six-country tour of Eastern Europe It turned out to be one of our favorite shows of the tour Scott with a well-known local recording artist, Gera, who is also pictured at bottom of page We were invited to return in 2008 with the full band to perform at the Beatles Festival for 15,000 The cafe owner has met with Paul McCartney three times in the past five years We were asked to sign the wall Following the show The visa to enter Belarus was $180; the highest visa fee we've ever encountered The city is surrounded by forest We spent four days in this interesting city The Mariinsky Cathedral, 1700 Minsk was a great surprise City Hall Internet Cafe It snowed on our 2nd day but not enough to keep us off our skates A communist era statue Minsk is the only city in Belarus with an underground metro system Belarus has the worlds highest divorce rate at an astounding 67% The drink of choice in Belarus is Vodka Partying with a group of policemen A game of pool with some local friends Local recording artist & TV personality Gera Gera promo photo
Link to write up on our show: http://www.beatlescafe.by/en/news/?id=51