The “It Was 50 Years Ago Today: A Tribute to the Beatles’ White Album” tour features Todd Rundgren (who was recently announced as a nominee for the next class of the Rock and Roll of Fame), Monkees legend Micky Dolenz and Soft Rock hitmaker Christopher Cross, as well as Jason Scheff of Chicago and Joey Molland of Badfinger.
As the title suggests, the all-star group is celebrating The Beatles’ 1968 self-titled album — better known as “The White Album.” Reviews from the tour say the musicians switch off on vocals for the “White Album” material — Rundgren fronts the group on “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” for example, while Cross handles songs like the mellower “Martha My Dear” and “Blackbird” and Dolenz takes center stage for “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road” and “I’m So Tired.”
The musicians also play some of their individual greatest hits, like The Monkees’ “Pleasant Valley Sunday” and “I’m A Believer,” Rundgren’s “I Saw the Light” and “Hello It’s Me” and Cross’ “Sailing,” as well as Badfinger’s “No Matter What” and Chicago’s “25 or 6 to 4.”
7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1. $39-$119. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org.
