BEATLES BUSK-A-THON

Beatles Busk-a-thon

I'm performing EVERY BEATLES SONG on the guitar to raise money for Dementia Revolution.

It's my contribution to Mark Watson's 26.2 hour Comedy Marathon at the Pleasance Theatre, London on Tuesday 27th Feb 2019.

No chord books, no lyric sheets, just me and my memory and my guitar.

I've done some maths, and the total number of songs recorded by the Beatles (not including covers or bootlegs or stuff from the Anthology) is 186. That's just over 9 hours, not including toilet and vocalzone breaks.

Will you sponsor me? If you do, you get to sponsor your favourite Beatles song! Hurry up! All the good ones will get taken, and you'll have to have your name next to Don't Pass Me By.

Actually, genuinely, please do sponsor me. First of all, Dementia is a cause very close to my heart. My grandpa lived with Alzheimer’s for the last years of his life. His slow decline was extremely hard for my whole family - especially my grandma. And second of all, my voice is going to really hurt and my fingers are going to literally bleed.

So, go on. Won't you please please help me? With a little help from my friends across the universe, there'll be a revolution! Don't let me down! Now give me money - that’s what I want! If you never give me your money, then I'm a loser. Hot diggetty Beatles!

Check below to see which songs are still available, put the title of your chosen song in the donation message, and I'll add you to this page!

Virgin Money - Sponsor Me

Videos

With a Little Help

Hey Jude

I Me Mine

Love Me Do

P.S. I Love You

Lucy In The Sky

John Lennon song

Sponsors

Song Sponsor
A Day In The Life Gordon Mackenzie
A Hard Day's Night Vincent
Across The Universe Benjamin Chan
All I've Got To Do Mats Nydesjo
All My Loving Andrew W
All Together Now Judy/mum/nanny
All You Need Is Love James Finegan
And I Love Her Terry - NeelyFanForever
And Your Bird Can Sing BeatleTodd
Another Girl Matthew Haddow
Any Time At All Martin B
Ask Me Why AVAILABLE
Baby You're A Rich Man Nicola Scarlet and James
Baby's In Black AVAILABLE
Back In The USSR Dan Woods
Because Joe Moed
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite Ryan Blank
Birthday Sam
Blackbird Tim Boxall
Blue Jay Way Pete Burgess
Can't Buy Me Love Vlad and Yulya
Carry That Weight Ben Malaihollo-Sheppard
Come Together Tim H
Cry Baby Cry David S
Day Tripper Ben Bawden
Dear Prudence Alistair
Dig A Pony Jenny
Dig It Ashley Lawrence
Do You Want To Know A Secret Scott Tyler and Bees
Doctor Robert lukenluken
Don't Bother Me Heather Newton/Kirsty's Sister
Don't Let Me Down Gabriel Nordstrom
Don't Pass Me By Daniel Growcott and the Worst Foot lot
Drive My Car Ryan J Murphy
Eight Days a Week Daniel Swift & Laura Shaw
Eleanor Rigby S Rock
Every Little Thing Gareth Burgess
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey Darren
Fixing A Hole Rohan
Flying David Reidy
For No One Polished
For You Blue AVAILABLE
From Me To You Geofftech
Get Back DjAvren
Getting Better Louis Bradburn
Girl Stuart Mc
Glass Onion Mike & Snood
Golden Slumbers Grayson Healy and Richard Woolham
Good Day Sunshine Evelyn
Good Morning Good Morning Cathryn
Good Night Chris Dye
Got To Get You Into My Life FLUNG ABOOT
Happiness Is A Warm Gun Ian C
Hello Goodbye Marcel madjo de Jong
Help! Kraken DWaggin
Helter Skelter Tom C
Her Majesty Jamie Silk
Here Comes The Sun Cat and Guy
Here, There And Everywhere Alan Cameron and Helen Thornton
Hey Bulldog James M
Hey Jude foxhill_matt
Hold Me Tight AVAILABLE
Honey Pie Damien Corti and John
I Am The Walrus Peter Booth
I Call Your Name AVAILABLE
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party AVAILABLE
I Feel Fine Adam Hughes
I Me Mine AVAILABLE
I Need You AVAILABLE
I Saw Her Standing There David Gould
I Should Have Known Better AVAILABLE
I Wanna Be Your Man AVAILABLE
I Want To Hold Your Hand Michael
I Want To Tell You Bob
I Want You (She's So Heavy) John B
I Will P Eyles
I'll Be Back Mark T (for AICSA)
I'll Cry Instead AVAILABLE
I'll Follow The Sun Jack D
I'll Get You AVAILABLE
I'm A Loser AVAILABLE
I'm Down Peter
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You Katt - For Sally, Annie, Mary & Daisie
I'm Looking Through You Jenna
I'm Only Sleeping Matthew (for mummy) and Jamie Boden Johnson
I'm So Tired Anonymous
I've Got A Feeling Matthew Turner
I've Just Seen A Face Robbie
If I Fell Bernadette and Nigel
If I Needed Someone Dave Hepple
In My Life Simon Gibson
It Won't Be Long Mike Cooper
It's All Too Much Mark Gillies
It's Only Love Jamie and Claire Haxell
Julia Jooliargh
Lady Madonna Rebecca Breeze
Let It Be Barnaby Frowen
Little Child AVAILABLE
Long Long Long AVAILABLE
Love Me Do Caroline for Nicky
Love You To AVAILABLE
Lovely Rita Jamie Shoesmith
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Fergus Drake
Magical Mystery Tour Kim and the Severn Bronies
Martha My Dear Mattophobia
Maxwell's Silver Hammer Ben Southwood
Mean Mr Mustard Kai Krueger
Michelle Don - AndromedaNerd
Misery Jean-Enrick Audet
Mother Nature's Son Iain Ron Saunders
No Reply AVAILABLE
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Conor
Not A Second Time AVAILABLE
Nowhere Man Mathias&Anna Moser
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da Monory
Octopus's Garden Jon Ball - Tidmouthmilk12
Oh! Darling Ben Van der Velde
Old Brown Shoe Stuart Ashen
Only A Northern Song Dan Grenier
P.S. I Love You Nicky Rowe
Paperback Writer Nick Buckley
Penny Lane Damian Tichborne
Piggies Alex Pounds
Please Please Me Bradley Gill
Polythene Pam AVAILABLE
Rain Stanlycam
Revolution Kieran Jones
Revolution 1 AVAILABLE
Revolution 9 Iain Lee, Katherine Boyle and The Late Night Alternative listeners
Rocky Raccoon Tony Bennett
Run For Your Life AVAILABLE
Savoy Truffle Teresa Bowman
Sexy Sadie AVAILABLE
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Jordan Chew
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise Katy Lawson and Matt Coll
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window Phil R
She Loves You James
She Said She Said John Mc
She's A Woman AVAILABLE
She's Leaving Home James Crabtree
Something Rowan
Strawberry Fields Forever The Ranty Highwayman
Sun King Sara Nicholls
Taxman Selwyn Foreman
Tell Me What You See AVAILABLE
Tell Me Why AVAILABLE
Thank You Girl AVAILABLE
The Ballad Of John And Yoko Anna Lowman
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill Matthew Turner
The End Mike Greene
The Fool On The Hill Andrew Slash Frank
The Inner Light DaveDogFacedBoy
The Long And Winding Road P Eyles
The Night Before Cliff Excellent
The One After 909 AVAILABLE
The Word AVAILABLE
There's a Place AVAILABLE
Things We Said Today AVAILABLE
Think For Yourself AVAILABLE
This Boy AVAILABLE
Ticket To Ride John Son
Tomorrow Never Knows Andy Elms
Two Of Us Sarah and John Elton
Wait AVAILABLE
We Can Work It Out James March
What Goes On AVAILABLE
What You're Doing AVAILABLE
When I Get Home Alan H
When I'm 64 Dan and Nadia
While My Guitar Gently Weeps Samuel Boshier and Daniel Woodrow
Why Don't We Do It In The Road Laura
Wild Honey Pie AVAILABLE
With A Little Help From My Friends Daniel Burling
Within You Without You Stuart
Yellow Submarine Seamus
Yer Blues AVAILABLE
Yes It Is AVAILABLE
Yesterday Cathy
You Can't Do That Jeanette Muff
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) Red Jam Spear
You Like Me Too Much AVAILABLE
You Never Give Me Your Money Matt
You Won't See Me Matt and Karen
You're Going To Lose That Girl Tab
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away Steph Weeks
Your Mother Should Know Hilary T