The University of Navarra will pay tribute to the British group The Beatles on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first performance of the Liverpool quartet in Spain, which took place in Madrid in July 1965. It will do so with a concert on Saturday, October 24, at 8 p.m., in which the band "La Pamplonesa" will perform. "La PamplonesaThe Beat-less quartet and the Choir of the University of Navarra.

This is the first time that these three musical groups will play in unison. They will use a repertoire of well-known songs by the British group such as: Penny Lane, Got to get you into my life, Eleanor Rugby, The long and winding road, Ob-la-do Ob-la-da, Sgt. Peppers Lonely hearts club band, All you need is love or Kansas City.

Tickets are already on sale. The price of the ordinary ticket is 19 euros and 15 euros for students of the academic center. They can be purchased at the ticket office of the Museo Universidad de Navarra or online: http://www.unav.edu/actividades-culturales

Virtual platinum record

The music band La Pamplonesa, founded in 1919, already played with the band The Beat-less in a concert in which all the tickets were sold out. For its part, the Choir of the University of Navarra, directed by Ekhi Ocaña for more than ten years, is formed by about thirty university students, and has a varied repertoire that covers historical periods and very diverse musical genres.           

The Beat-less, which began in 2004 with the intention of paying tribute to the British quartet The Beatles, is formed by Luis Teruel, David Martínez and the two former students of the University of Navarra Josep Agustí de Ciurana and Iñaki Lakunza. The quartet from Pamplona was awarded a virtual platinum record in 2006 for achieving more than 70,000 downloads on the Internet with their album "The Beat-less".