THE Fab Four will grace the stage of a stately home during its annual summer concert.

This year's concert at the National Trust property, Ormesby Hall, near Middlesbrough, features the famous Bootleg Beatles, as well as the tribute bands Magic and Platinum Blondie.

Members of the Liverpool group visited the hall to promote the fundraising event.

Organiser Ian Brockbank said: "I was really pleased to be able to welcome the Fab Four and Magic 1170am presenter Peter Grant to the hall.

"Tickets for last year's concert sold out a couple of weeks before the event, so this year we have increased capacity to 9,000 so as not to disappoint anybody, and we still have a couple of thousand to go."

The outdoor concert, Thirty Years of Rock and Pop, will include the music of Queen and Freddie Mercury, as performed by Magic, and Platinum Blondie's version of Blondie's well-known hits.

To book tickets, priced at £18, ring (01642) 316060.