McCartney Times

The Magical History Tour (Austria)

MHT-Vienna

The Magical History Tour performs in Austria

Organized by McCartney Group GmbH, together with the original Cavern Club Beatles we played 4 shows in Austria.
Our tour stops were Vienna Austria Halle at Gasometer (2 shows, see photo above), Ternitz and Obertauern in the Austrian Alps.
The audiences were great at all venues, and we had a 3 1/2 hour show at each of those locations.

Here are some of the questions we are asked all the time by the press and fans in general:

ORF-Interview
Why is this not your average Beatles tribute show?
Said Martin Nethercutt, “Because it is a really unique concept. Paired with the live music aspect of the show are close up and personal memoirs from Angie and Ruth supported by a multimedia show with family photos and rare footage as a backdrop.

It’s called The Magical History Tour for a reason. As a Producer, I want to take the audience back in time, to memories of their childhood, the food they ate, the commercials they watched on TV, the first LP they played, the first romance they experienced while listening to the Beatles.
After all, the Fab Four are truly one of the greatest cultural phenomena of our time.”

SchneeTaxiIn Austria we had a lot of press, especially in Vienna and Obertauern in the alps.
Obertauern is known for its skiing as well as the Beatles filming the winter scenes of the movie HELP! So, there were fans coming from all over world to participate in a Beatles themed week for the 50th anniversary celebration. Our band, the Cavern Club Beatles actually walked around the town in the original costumes the Beatles wore 50 years ago, much to the surprise of the fans and the locals.
Ruth and Angie had knitted and crocheted a red and white scarf, a duplicate of the one the Beatles wore during the original filming of HELP!
We rounded up our trip with “Cooking with the McCartneys” at the Steinbock restaurant inside the Hotel Edelweiss, where a Beatles-themed menu was served.
Angie even took a snowmobile ride up the alm, and at 85, that’s quite an accomplishment by itself!”

We had such a great time in Austria, and due to all the press and TV we received for our show, I guess we are somewhat celebrities there! As they say in the alps: “We will be back for sure.”
Oh, and by the way, make sure you take a look at Angie’s famous Edelweissalm Schnee Taxi Ride!

Voka-PaulMcWe also visited with reknowned artist “Voka” in his art gallery near Ternitz.
In Angie’s and Ruth’s honor he painted Paul McCartney as a surprise!
Voka, born 1965, lives and works in the Lower Austrian town of Puchberg am Schneeberg. He coined the term “Spontaneous Realism” as a trademark for his art. Voka defines this style as a revival of the significance of contemporary art, a valued tradition in a new era, with a new interpretation reflecting today´s spirit of the time.
His distinctive style, emerging from the dynamic of the moment, enables him to strikingly capture immediate reality while the observer is able to palpably feel the imbedded movement. His ability to create one of his paintings in a short space of time and with great dynamic, he explained in a very simple way ´I have dealt with painting for a very, very long time in a very slowly and intensively way.`
The basis of his artistic creations is rooted in a decade-long altercation with the art of realism. As a youngster he was already dealing very intensely with oil-painting. Back then he would often work on a painting for several weeks. He researched the technique of the old masters and appropriated them into his own intensive self-study. It was his first contact with watercolour that made him realise that working quickly – which he was almost forced to do when working outside as the colours dry so quickly – could give his stroke more momentum and therefore enormous dynamic. With the discovery of acrylic he was able to allow his solid basic knowledge of, not only the meticulousness and `heavy`art of oil painting but also the `light`and rapid technique of watercolour painting, to flow together to discover and develop his own style of Spontaneous Realism.