BALLOONS HAVE ARRIVED. WINE/BEER AND SNACKS TO BE SERVED
9PM - BEATLES FLAVOURED KARAOKE
10.30PM - BEATLES DUO ("RUBBER SOUL") WILL PLAY TWO 45min SETS IN-STORE STARTING AT 10.30 AND THE KARAOKE WILL FILL IN ANY GAPS
1AM - CLOSE
THERE WILL BE A COMPETITION HANDED OUT AND COMPLETED IN-STORE. THE PRIZE
WILL BE FOUR BEATLES DOLL'S (YET TO REACH THE SHOPS!) COMPARABLE TO THOSE ON
SALE NOW BASED ON ' THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR" BUT THEY'RE BASED ON 'SERGEANT
PEPPER'
FANCY DRESS'
Aberdeen, 236 Union Street
The shop will be opening at 8 on Thursday morning. Beatles music will be playing in the store throughout the day and the staff will be dressed up in Sixties clothes. A press release will be given to the local media
For further details please contact Michael Craig on 01224 571655
Bedford, 11-13 Silver Street
There will be dressing up and Beatles music will be played at lunchtime For further details please contact Tim Card on 01234 272432
Belfast, 8 Royal Avenue
A Beatles busker will be appearing at this branch and there will also be Beatles music playing and staff wearing Beatles costumes. There is also a competition to win a copy of ‘Anthology’. For further details please contact Paula Fleming on 028 9024 7355
Cambridge, 22 Sidney Street
On the book’s publication day the store will have Beatles music playing. Prior to this date there will be a large instore display and associated Beatles titles will be backed up by window from 30th September. For further details please contact Tim Watson on 01223 351688
Cambridge, 390 Bridge Street
A competition will be held and the prize will be a copy of the ‘Anthology’ and there will also be a window display. For further details please contact Emma White on 01223 300123
Coventry, 22 Cathedral Lanes, Broadgate
A themed window is planned and there will be Beatles music playing all day. For further details please contact Philip Rush on 02476 227151
Croydon, Whitgift Centre
A Beatles quiz will be held and there will be Beatles music playing all day. A window display is also planned. For further details please contact Gavin Pilgrim on 020 8686 7032
Edinburgh, 13-14 Princes Street
On the 4th October a Launch Party for the book will be held 9pm – 12.30am. This will include a Beatles karaoke with a prize for the best sound and look-alike, staff dressed in Beatles costume, limited edition carrier bags and a free glass of champagne for everyone. Guaranteed first edition copies will be on sale. At 11am on that day there is to be a photocall outside the branch. For further details please contact Inga McVicar on 0131 556 3034
Glasgow, 153-157 Sauchiehall Street
On the 4th October at 9pm the Yellow Submarine will be screened. After a performance by the Beatles Tribute Band at 10.30 the results of the best 60’s costume will be announced. At midnight the first editions of the book go on sale. For more information please contact Karin Anderson on 0141 332 9105
Hanley, Potteries Centre
On the 5th October a member of staff will be dressed up in Beatles costumes singing Beatles songs. For further details please contact San Mei Chan on 01782 219 550
Hanley, Tontines Centre
This store is searching for the Oldest Swinger in Town. Did you see the Beatles in the Stoke area in the heady early days? Anyone that comes down to the shop on the 5th October will receive a free poster and a free copy of the new Beatles book to the person with the best story. For further details please contact Kate Thomson on 01782 204582
Inverness, 50 – 52 High Street
The Inverness branch are planning to get their local radio station to run a quiz with ‘fab four’ prizes (still to be confirmed). Alternatively there will be music played in store and a prize draw. For further details please contact John Feetenby on 01463 717474
Kings Lynn, 76 – 77 High Street
Beatles music will be playing all day and the staff will be dressed in 60’s clothes. The store will also be promoting books that have Beatles song titles in their own. For more information please contact Simon Thompson 01553 769934
Lancaster, 2-8 King Street
Beatles music will be playing all day and the staff will be wearing Beatles t shirts. For further information please contact Maggie Dooley on01524 61477
Leeds, 93/97 Albion St
People wearing Walrus and Eggman costumes will be distributing leaflets around the city centre. A Bootleg Beatles competition will be held with the Anthology as the prize. There will also be a window display. For further details please contact Claire Graved on 0113 2444588
Leicester, 26 Market St
There will be a competition to guess the lyrics. Four winners will receive a copy of the book each. Beatles music will be played all day and there will also be a window display For further details please contact Lisa Capell or Tracie Durham on 0116 254 5858
Liverpool, 14 – 16 Bold Street
The store will open at midnight and there will be various competitions. Beatles music will be played all day and a Beatles bay of books is to be set up. For further details please contact Su Jackson on 0151 708 6861
London, 82 Gower Street
A Beatles quiz is to be held with the winner receiving £50 in Waterstone’s vouchers. For further details please contact Paul Coulam on 020 7636 1577
London, Nottinghill Gate
A Beatles window display will be set up. For further details please ring 020 7229 9444
London, Finchley, 782 High Street, N12
At the Finchley branch Beatles music will be playing all day and there will be a poster competition. For further details, please contact Stephen Waters on 020 8446 9669
Macclesfield, 47 Mill Street
5th October will be a ‘Beatles day’ with Beatles music playing and staff dressed in 60’s outfits. The main activity is ‘Challenge a Bookseller’ in which customers can ask andy bookseller, to recite the lyrics to a Beatles song, if they can’t the bookseller must pay £1 to the Samaritans (who are coming for the day), and if they can the customer has to pay £1. For more details please contact Mandy Hook on 01625 424 212
Nottingham, Bridlesmith Gate
October at this store will be ‘Sixties month’, during this time there will be a special offer of 3 sixties cult fiction books for 2. On the 4th two booksellers will be dressed as John and Yoko in a bed and there will be a Beatles cover band evening from 7.30pm to 11.00pm. From 8pm a sixties quiz will be held and contestants are invited to come in fancy dress. The book will be sold from midnight and on the next day there will be a furniture display in window and in-store for the rest of the month. For further details please contact Mel Harris on 0115 9484499
Renfrew, 47 Braehead Shopping Centre
On the 5th Beatles music will be played in store and there will also be a Beatles quiz with a copy of the Anthology as the prize. A full bay display of the book and a window feature with banner will be set up. For further details please contact Douglas Wilson on 0141 885 9333
Sheffield, Orchard Square
From Friday 39th there will be a full window display which will include Beatles memorabilia supplied by the Centre for Popular Music and a local collector. The collection include original poster and artwork, plus toys and authentic merchandise from the sixties. The music will be provided by HMV for the Great Beatles Election. Voting forms will be available for people to vote for their favourite Beatles track. The winner will be receiving a Beatles Collection CD and the local newspapers will be covering the event and the results. For further details please contact Mo Ward on 0114 272 8921
Southport, 367 Lord Street
Beatles music will be played and reservations for the Anthology will be taken. For further details please contact Paul Marsh on 01704 501088
Stirling, Thistle Marches
A Beatles window is planned. For further details please contact Sarah Woodcock on 01786 478756
Telford, 219 – 223 Dean Street
Beatles music instore all day and a competition in the local paper on Thursday 5th October. The staff will be dressed up 60’s clothes. For more details please contact Janice Hume 01952 210022
Wrexham, 9/11 Regent Street
The store will be playing Beatles music all day and there is also a Beatles Best expert of Wrexham Competition to be held. The winner will receive a copy of the Anthology. For further details please contact Tim White on 01978 357444
York, 28-29 High Ousegate
In this store there will be Beatles displays in the window and inside. For further details please contact Dave Potter on 01904 610044