GRAND FORKS – Tickets for the “Yesterday – Las Vegas Beatles Tribute” event to be held at the Northwood Performing Arts Center on Friday, November 15 at 7:30 pm are available online.

The Las Vegas Beatles tribute band, personally backed by Sir Paul McCartney, tours throughout the US and internationally, including Japan, Canada, the Philippines, Hong Kong, the Bahamas, as well as touring US military bases around the world.

The group has been featured in Rolling Stone and Showbiz Magazine and on television programs on NBC, CBS and ABC. As the resident Beatles show band for the world’s premier and longest-running tribute show, “Legends in Concert,” the band performs in Las Vegas and Branson, Missouri.

The tribute performances span all eras of Beatles music, from the Hamburg days to the Shea Stadium performance to pop history’s magical Sgt. Pepper album and beyond.

“Yesterday – The Beatles Tribute” was voted the #1 Tribute Act by the Fremont Street Experience, an entertainment and gaming venue in Las Vegas. It was also the longest-running show at the Tropicana Hotel Casino Resort in Atlantic City, running for three years, according to the band’s website.

The group’s founder, Don Bellezzo, said the show on November 15 will last about two hours with intermission. Rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist John Lennon

Bellezzo As a devoted musician who, according to his website, “creates an undeniably striking stage presence enhanced by his tuneful expertise and pitch-perfect vocals, perfect mannerisms, presence and striking visual appearance… (which evokes cherished memories of the incomparable John Lennon)” is defined.

At the Northwood event, he will be joined on stage by Rich Fazzi as Paul McCartney; Danny Leavitt as George Harrison; and Tony Felicetta as Ringo Starr.

Audiences can expect “a live re-creation of The Beatles in concert,” Bellezzo said in a phone interview. He hopes “over 99% of the audience has probably never seen The Beatles.”

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In the nearly 25 years since the group’s founding, artists have perfected the Fab Four’s “sound, look and attitude,” he said.

To accurately reflect Lennon and McCartney’s high-pitched male voices, “All the songs were done in the original key, never lowered.”

A natural left-handed bass player, Fazzi is a multi-talented California native whose portrayal of McCartney transports audiences to a more carefree era.

As lead guitarist and vocalist, Leavitt portrays Harrison with striking presence and stage moves.

According to the website, Felicetta portrays the fun-filled, cheerful Ringo Starr with “an astounding style (and) a sparkling personality that shines with all the right drum patterns and fills.”

Bellezzo, who hails from Chicago, said he got his start as a singer and acoustic guitarist while attending Loyola University, performing at the student union cafe, including music by Neil Young and the Eagles.

“Every time I did Beatles songs, people went crazy,” he said. They said he looked like McCartney. So he started wearing black turtleneck sweaters and took on the role; The group grew from there.

Tickets for the November 15th event at Northwood may be available at the door, but are not guaranteed.

Proceeds from the event will support future programs at the Performing Arts Center. Northwood Performing Arts Council is a non-profit community organization. It is located at 420 Trojan Road in Northwood.

Tickets are $50.