The tribute circuit has its share of hired hands. All You Need Is John is not that: Prairie Prince — Journey’s original drummer, a veteran of The Tubes and Jefferson Starship who has played sessions with George Harrison, Tom Waits, and Brian Eno — is behind the kit. Jeff Pevar, who first picked up a guitar after watching The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show and went on to tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash and record with Ray Charles and James Taylor, handles guitar alongside Mark Rashotte. These are working musicians with long histories.
About the Show
Billed in full as All You Need Is John: A Celebration of the Music, Vision & Legacy of John Lennon, the show spans Lennon’s full arc: his years with The Beatles, through Imagine and Double Fantasy, and into his collaborations with David Bowie and Elton John. Venue materials describe the intent as exploring “the many sides of his artistry, from the psychedelic and deeply personal to the poignant social commentary.”
The project belongs to Andy Forgie and Mark Rashotte, a partnership dating to their shared time as 7th graders in 1968. They turned professional in 1974, recording for Quality Records and Capitol-Parlophone with the groups Creed and Photograph, and launched their Beatles celebration, All You Need Is Love, in 1999 as a one-off charity event for a women’s shelter. It ran internationally for more than two decades before this Lennon-specific iteration. Rashotte also serves as lead guitarist and manager for Jake Clemons of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Forgie worked in the studio with producer Daniel Lanois, whose credits include U2 and Bob Dylan. The Utica show arrives the day after the tour’s Bethel Woods stop, two New York State dates on consecutive days.
Berry Duane Oakley, son of Berry Oakley (founding bassist of The Allman Brothers Band) and currently a member of The Allman Betts Band, handles bass. Gil Assayas, an Israeli-American composer and keyboardist who toured with Todd Rundgren’s Utopia in 2018, rounds out the core ensemble. The tour runs February through March 2027.
Venue & Logistics
The Stanley Theatre, at 259 Genesee Street in Utica, holds 2,963. For a tribute project, that is not a small room. The February 21 performance is part of central New York’s winter concert calendar and begins at 3 p.m.
Tickets
Tickets go on sale Friday, October 9, 2026, through Ticketmaster. No ticket price was available from sources at the time of publication. Buy tickets