If there’s one thing the UAE’s live music fans are hungry for, it’s tribute bands.
In recent months Dubai’s Music Room has been packed out for UK-based guest acts copping the sounds, stylings and wardrobes of everyone from Led Zeppelin and Guns n’Roses to The Beatles and the late, great, Amy Winehouse.
This week the top rock venue is ramping it up with a double bill celebrating two of Britpop’s best known acts.
On Wednesday (October 8) two tribute bands go head-to-head, with Oasish (get it?), reportedly the UK’s ‘most sought after Oasis tribute band’) headlining after a set from the Stereotonics (yep, that’s the ‘official’ tribute to Wales’ finest, Stereophonics).
Get your best Gallagher swagger on now.
• Oasish and Stereotonics perform at The Music Room, Majestic Hotel Tower, Bur Dubai on October 8 from 9pm, tickets Dhs100 on the door
Beatlemania to come to the capital
Meanwhile over in the capital, Abu Dhabi is preparing to host its very own dose of retrospective Beatlemania.
Now 45 years since John, Paul, George and Ringo last shared a stage together, tribute shows celebrating the Fab Four are regarded more as marks of respect than hackneyed impersonators.
Arriving in Abu Dhabi on Thursday (October 9), Get Back: The Story of The Beatles promises to guide us through the highlights of the Fab Four’s totemic seven-year career, all those hits brought to life by Irish quintet The Classic Beatles, who once worked with Sir George Martin – and also performed to Her Majesty at The Ritz London in 2004. High praise indeed.
• Get Back: The Story of The Beatles takes places tonight (October 9) from 8pm (doors 6.30pm) at Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, Saadiyat Island, tickets from Dhs80