It must be a difficult job selecting which song you wish to include in an anthology tour repertoire when you are paying tribute to one of the world's most influential bands.
The Beatlemaniacs must have had their work cut out deciding which songs from the Beatles made the grade for their anthology tour of New Zealand.
However, the Liverpool-based tribute band made that decision, and the audience in Dunedin's Regent Theatre lapped it up.
From the third song, the audience was dancing in the aisles.
The first half of the show focused on the early 1960s: mop tops and stovepipe pants teamed with shiny black jackets.
The fact that the vocal range of the group never matched their idols did not seem to matter to the audience, as the fans clapped, sang along and laughed at the banter slung their way by "John" and "Paul".
There was just enough edginess and rawness to the simple and short songs, such as All My Loving, to get the blood pumping.
The expected first-half finale of Twist and Shout got the audience screaming for more.
The second half featured songs from the Abbey Road, White Album and Sgt Pepper's era, and it was at that stage that "John" came into his own.
His voice matched the late John Lennon's well, and the timing of his vocals was superb.
Strawberry Fields was magic.
A personal favourite of Blackbird, sung by "Paul" alone on the stage, was well received.
But the standout for the evening was, surprisingly, "Ringo".
Not only could he drum in time (something with which tribute band drummers often struggle), but he could sing.
When he got his chance with Act Naturally, he won us all over.
It was a great night of entertainment.
