{"id":40802227324,"date":"2018-10-15T14:07:28","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/?p=40802227324"},"modified":"2021-04-15T10:54:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:54:55","slug":"the-weeklings-bring-awesome-beatle-credentials-to-monmouth-u-for-special-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/mca\/the-weeklings-bring-awesome-beatle-credentials-to-monmouth-u-for-special-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeklings bring awesome Beatle credentials to Monmouth U for special concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Center for the Arts at Monmouth University<\/strong> has announced that tickets are now on sale for a November 8, 2018 concert appearance by The Weeklings<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scheduled for 8 p.m. inside the Pollak Theatre<\/strong>, the one-night engagement featuring selections from The Beatles legendary White Album performed with live horns and strings<\/em> as well as many of your Weeklings favorites. This concert serves as one of the highlights at The Beatles\u2019 The White Album: An International Symposium <\/em><\/strong><\/a>taking place from November 8 \u2013 11 on Monmouth University\u2019s campus. The symposium marks the fiftieth anniversary of the celebrated White Album with a selection of guest speakers, panel discussions, film screenings, and other public-welcome events that examine the lasting legacy of one of the most game-changing \u2014 and oft-analyzed \u2014 cultural artifacts of the turbulent 1960s.<\/p>\n

The Weeklings are America\u2019s most unique celebration of the music and muse of The Beatles, performing explosive renditions of Beatles classics, uniquely arranged Beatles nuggets such as Paperback Writer<\/em>, Baby You\u2019re a Rich Man<\/em>, and I Am the Walrus <\/em>plus brilliant Beatles-inspired power-pop originals, like their newest, In the Moment<\/em>. The Weeklings bring The Beatles to life through their extraordinary musicianship, exceptional vocals and charming stage presence. \u201cThey show their audiences both what The Beatles were, and what they might have been if they were performing today.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

So who are these Weeklings? At first glance, just a \u201cband of brothers\u201d named Lefty, Rocky, Smokestack, and Zeek. Look closer and you\u2019ll find that, in a manner not unlike the Traveling Wilburys, those playful handles mask some serious cred. \u201cLefty\u201d is better known as Glen Burtnik<\/strong> \u2014 Grammy nominated singer-songwriter (Don Henley and Patty Smyth\u2019s Sometimes Love Just Ain\u2019t Enough<\/em>; Randy Travis\u2019s Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man<\/em>; bandleader; benefit concert ringmaster; onetime member of Styx; globe-trotting member of The Orchestra, and the man who originated the part of Paul McCartney in the Broadway blockbuster Beatlemania<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Not to be outdone, brother Zeek (Bob Burger<\/strong>) is a veteran Jersey Shore-based solo singer and songwriter whose tributes to Fleetwood Mac and other acts are legendary in their own right \u2014 and who has shared the stage with Sir Paul himself, in addition to Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Jimmy Buffett, and Pink Floyd\u2019s Roger Waters. Bass man John<\/strong> \u201cRocky\u201d Merjave<\/strong> regularly joins Burger and Burtnik as one of the human pop-music encyclopedias of Max Weinberg\u2019s Jukebox, while he and drummer Joe<\/strong>\u201cSmokestack\u201d Bellia<\/strong> comprise an in-demand rhythm section that\u2019s previously powered Burtnik\u2019s Beatle Bash projects at New Brunswick\u2019s State Theatre.<\/p>\n

With that level of talent on board, a performance by The Weeklings is a thing that ranges from Fab Four faves to fantastic voyages into the deep-cut catalog, and even a set of razor-sharp originals composed and delivered in the spirit of The Beatles at their best. It\u2019s an added advantage that finds the core combo occupying a place as, in Burtnik\u2019s words, \u201cthe only Beatles-inspired original act who\u2019s busy playing and releasing records\u2026all serendipitously. Go figure!\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets for the November 8 performance by The Weeklings are priced at $25 and $35. You can also purchase a complete all-inclusive pass or a November 8 day-pass for the symposium that includes admission to the concert. Tickets can be reserved through the Monmouth University Box Office at 732-263-6889, or online at www.monmouth.edu\/MCA<\/a>. Tickets for other upcoming Performing Arts events \u2014 including A Doo Wop Project Holiday (November 29, 2018), and Stray Cat Lee Rocker (April 13, 2019)\u00a0 \u2014 are also on sale now. To schedule interviews, please contact Kelly Barratt at 732-263-5114<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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