DID Beatlemania ever disappear? Not judging by the steady flow of the Fab Four's greatest hits album out of record shops in Worcester.

And last week's 20th anniversary of John Lennon's murder proved the enduring fascination of pop's founding fathers.

Now Worcester's ever-popular tribute band The Beatless are capturing the legacy of their heroes with Come Together a musical tour of the band from their Hamburg days right through to Lennon's and Sir Paul McCartney's solo work.

The gig will give fans a taste of an education project the band are due to begin early next year.

Using a mixture of music, narration and video footage, they will take the history of The Beatles and the band's massive impact on popular culture into schools around Worcestershire.

The band are also earmarked to play at next year's Beatles convention in Los Angeles and intend to return to the Middle East following a successful tour in the summer.

There is so much interest in The Beatles over there, said band manager Tony Gibbon.

This is the first time they've really had European television produced on their own, so everybody stops what they're doing to watch these Western shows.

We found a lot of fans thought Ringo Starr was called Roy, so it was bit weird for our drummer to keep getting called Roy.

Come Together starts at 8pm next Friday at Huntingdon Hall. Call the box office for details.