As a fitting prelude to the 9-9-9 worldwide release of all the original 13 remastered Beatles albums including lots of new goodies like mini-documentaries, videos and even a Beatles rockband software for Playstation, Nintendo Wii and Xbox, the L.A. cast of the movie and broadway musical Beatlemania recently performed live at the Heritage Grand Ballroom courtesy of Steve O’Neal Productions.

Beatlemania is composed of four seasoned musicians from Los Angeles who have emulated John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr for over 20 years in concerts, musicals, movies and television. Joe Stefanelli plays John (he portrayed John Lennon in the movie Forrest Gump and is reputed as the best Lennon impersonator in the world), Rick Pizana is George, James Caprio is Paul and Daniel Gerass emulates Ringo (he is the group leader, a Capitol recording artist and movie star).

The  Beatles tribute band played hits such as  I Saw Her Standing There, Twist and Shout, Till There Was You, If I Fell, And I Love Her, 8 Days a Week, Help, Yesterday, Drive My Car, Girl, In My Life, I’m Looking Through You, Here, There and Everywhere, Good Day Sunshine, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Penny Lane, All You Need is Love, The Long and Winding Road, I Will, Get Back, Something, Let It Be.  The group also brought authenticity to the fore with their multiple costume changes ranging from the early years in moptop hairdos to Sgt. Pepper costumes to the final days when Beatles sported long hair, denims and the hippie look.

Together with the concert, O’Neal displayed some of his treasured items like the Beatles Butcher Album whose estimated value if mint and stereo exceeds P5-M, John Lennon Artwork, Record Awards and Song Lyrics at Heritage Hotel Lobby.

MILLENNIUM & COPTHORNE –Corporate Profile

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc owns and operates more than 120 hotels in 19 countries, ranking it among the largest owned and managed hotel groups in the world.

Millennium Hotels and Resorts was established as a global brand by Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc to provide a common marketing and operating platform across its entire portfolio. It represents a worldwide community of hotels that provide consistent standards of excellence for business and leisure travellers alike. The brand represents a wide variety of hotel styles with high standards of service & facilities in every property.

Millennium Hotels and Resorts comprises of three distinct brands – Millennium Hotels, Copthorne Hotels and Kingsgate Hotels and Resorts.

In Asia, its subsidiary Millennium & Copthorne International Limited operates and manages hotel properties in key gateway cities in seven countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, China and Korea.

Hotels operating under the Millennium and the Copthorne brands, in Asia, include the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore, Orchard Hotel Singapore, M Hotel Singapore, Copthorne King’s Hotel Singapore, Copthorne Orchid Hotel Singapore, The Heritage Hotel Manila in the Philippines, Millennium Hotel Sirih Jakarta in Indonesia, Copthorne Orchid Hotel Penang and Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Millennium Seoul Hilton in Korea, Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Bangkok and Millennium Resort Patong Phuket in Thailand, Grand Millennium Beijing, Millennium Hongqiao Hotel Shanghai, Millennium Harbourview Hotel Xiamen and Copthorne Hotel Qingdao in China.

Millennium Chengdu and Millennium Wuxi will open for business in 2009.

The Millennium and Copthorne brands are the principal brands of this worldwide portfolio of four- and five-star hotels in the Millennium Hotels and Resorts chain.

The Millennium line of upscale hotels offers four– to five-star deluxe comfort in stylish settings in key city destinations, on four continents. A well-known brand in Europe, the four-star Copthorne hotels are located in major regional business centres around the world and havegarnered a string of major industry awards recognising their service quality, excellence and distinctive style. The Kingsgate hotels are known for their personal service and practical comfort.

The Grand Millennium product was recently added to the portfolio of brands in the Millennium Hotels and Resorts chain to tailor our hotel product offerings to meet different customer needs. The brand represents luxurious contemporary style designed for the well-heeled international traveller.

All the hotels in the Millennium Hotels and Resorts chain are targeted at its primary base of corporate guests and offer comprehensive business and meetings facilities and amenities for guests both at work and at play. Comprehensive facilities at these hotels for guests to relax and recharge; making the Millennium Hotels and Resorts chain ideal for leisure travellers as well.

Other chain-managed hotels, in Asia, owned by Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc include the Grand Hyatt Taipei in Taiwan, the Nikko Hotel and JW Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong.

For more information, please visit www.millenniumhotels.com