A HAMPSHIRE Beatles band, voted the Fab Four's second best imitators in the world, takes to the stage at a club on Sunday.

The Silver Beatles, from Waterlooville, are topping the bill at an open air concert at the Marriott Meon Valley Hotel and Country Club, Shedfield, near Fareham, to celebrate Inter-national Beatles Week.

The band has been voted the second most popular Beatles tribute band in the world by Mojo magazine and have played for Madonna, Robbie Williams, All Saints and Cynthia Lennon - John Lennon's first wife.

They will be supported by the Bog Rolling Stones.

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