February 5, 2008
Contact: Van Ackerman, Director of Marketing & PR
(513) 977-4108 / vackerman@cincinnatiarts.org

CALENDAR INFORMATION

• WHAT: RAIN: The Beatles Experience
• WHEN: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 • 8:00 PM
• WHERE: Aronoff Center for the Arts - Procter & Gamble Hall
• PRICES: $45 • $40 • $30
• INFO:  EXPERIENCE WHAT BEATLEMANIA WAS ALL ABOUT! FROM ED SULLIVAN TO ABBEY ROAD! - They look like them and they sound just like them! "The next best thing to seeing The Beatles," raves the Denver Post. All the music and vocals are performed totally live! RAIN covers the Fab Four from the earliest beginnings through the psychedelic late 60s and their long-haired hippie, hard-rocking rooftop days. RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience, including a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s that lights up video screens and live cameras that zoom in for close-ups. "Uncanny! RAIN are a quartet of fine musicians in their own right…as The Beatles, they triumph!" cheers The Boston Herald. "An adoring Valentine to The Beatles," declares the Washington Post. Sing along with your family and friends to such Beatlemaniac favorites as "Let It Be," "Hey Jude," "My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Come Together" and "Can't Buy Me Love."

TICKET INFORMATION - on sale now!

• www.CincinnatiArts.ORG
• (513) 621-ARTS [2787]
• Aronoff Center Ticket Office
• Group sales (10 or more): (513) 977-4157

CINCINNATI, OH - The award-winning Beatles concert, RAIN - The Beatles Experience, makes its Cincinnati debut at the Aronoff Center's Procter & Gamble Hall for one show only on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 8:00 PM. In a show the Denver Post calls "the next best thing to seeing The Beatles," RAIN boasts a repertoire of nearly 200 Beatlemaniac favorites, ranging from such beloved songs as "Yesterday" and "Hey Jude" to classic hits including "Revolution" and "Come Together." Not only have new songs been added, but the concert now features surround sound giving audiences the ultimate Beatles sound experience!

RAIN - The Beatles Experience covers the Fab Four from their very first Ed Sullivan Show appearance through the Abbey Road album. RAIN is a multi-media, multi-dimensional experience, including a fusion of historical footage and hilarious television commercials from the 1960s that lights up video screens and live cameras that zoom in for close-ups.

For the four longtime band members - Joey Curatolo (Paul McCartney), Joe Bithorn (George Harrison), Ralph Castelli (Ringo Starr) and Steve Landes (John Lennon), with a little help from their friend Mark Lewis (keyboards, percussion) - the music is first and foremost. For more than two decades, RAIN has distinguished itself by focusing on details, always being faithful to The Beatles with the ultimate goal of delivering a perfect note-for-note performance. All the music is performed live, with no pre-recorded tapes or sequences.

Legendary impresario Sid Bernstein is undoubtedly one of the greatest music promoters of the 20^th century. The man who brought The Beatles to America for the first time with their inaugural 1964 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York is perhaps best known as "The Father of the British Invasion." It was Sid who brought over this subsequent influx of music stars from the United Kingdom in the 1960s, which included such super groups as The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Jerry and The Pacemakers, and numerous others.

Mr. Bernstein, who has certainly seen his share of great music acts, recently had the opportunity to attend a RAIN performance. "When I saw RAIN's first concert in New York at Town Hall, I knew I had to see them again. This new group got me so excited," he raves. "I thought immediately about Carnegie Hall…the buzz…the first excitement of The Beatles. The music was the same; the feeling was the same. I thought about other venues RAIN could play - Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden…and all the excitement I felt. Thoughts of Shea Stadium flooded my mind. They look like them; they sound like them. This show is totally live. This group could excite 55,000 people playing the music that now belongs to the world…music that so many of us live our lives by. For those who were lucky enough to see The Beatles live, this is a tremendous opportunity to relive that time. For those who haven't, welcome to RAIN!"

Like The Beatles, the four onstage members of RAIN are not only supreme musicians, but electrifying performers in their own right.

To learn more about RAIN - The Beatles Experience, visit www.rainthebeatlesexperience.com.

Cincinnati Arts Association Sponsors

2007-08 Season Sponsors: THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Founding Season Sponsor), CADILLAC (Official Vehicle), DUKE ENERGY, P&G FUND, LOCAL12 WKRC, FIFTH THIRD BANK (Lifetime Endowment Partner)

2007-08 PRESENTING SPONSORS: CityBeat, The Cincinnatian Hotel, Premier Pianos, Natorp's

2007-08 PROMOTIONAL SPONSOR: The Cincinnati Herald

RAIN presenting Sponsor: wells Fargo

RAIN Media Sponsor: WOFX-FM (92.5 THE FOX)

Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of the Tri-state's finest performing arts venues - the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall - and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Each year, CAA presents a diverse schedule of events; serves upwards of one million people in its venues; features the work of talented local, regional, and national artists in the Weston Art Gallery (located in the Aronoff Center); and supports the work of more than one dozen resident companies. Since the inception of its acclaimed arts education programs in 1995, CAA has reached nearly three-quarters of a million students.

CAA is proud to be a member of Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Greater Cincinnati Convention & Visitors Bureau, Greater Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky African American Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Over-the-Rhine Chamber of Commerce, and Performing Arts Center Consortium.

For more information, visit www.CincinnatiArts.ORG .