From today's Guardian. Please tell me someone has taped this!...
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Cherie sings the Beatles - again
Julian Glover
Tuesday September 28, 2004
The Guardian
With her mop hair, smart suit and Scouse accent, Cherie Blair has always had the trappings of a Beatle and yesterday she proved it by jumping on stage with a Beatles tribute band and giving an impromptu performance of Twist and Shout.
Rattling a tambourine above her head and gyrating to one of the group's earliest hits, the prime minister's wife surprised conference delegates - and the Liverpool group The Mersey Beatles - with her performance.
It brought back memories of last year's singalong in Beijing, when Cherie warbled through a karaoke performance of When I'm 64 in front of a group of students and the world's TV cameras. Yesterday she tried to choose the same song again, only to be dissuaded by the group, who called it "a bit rubbish".
Instead they talked her into joining in the pacier number, and although she was heard to sing she put most of her effort into the tambourine. "She has a perfect sense of rhythm," said Brian Ambrose, who plays Ringo Starr in the tribute band.
Employed to promote Liverpool's forthcoming role as European city of culture, the band had no idea that Cherie was about to join them on stage. She was making her annual tour of the exhibition stands when she decided to perform. "She just got up and started," said a stunned Mr Ambrose.
The Mersey Beatles' next booking is at the Conservative conference in Bournemouth. Sandra Howard had better watch out.
Cherie sings the Beatles - again
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