Dean Torkington and Yvonne
Haylen are MEATLOAF
& CHER
The Greatest ever Tribute Acts!
Rocking Victoria Pier This Halloween Night
Friday 31st
October
2008
You won't believe your eyes or ears...
The real
Meatloaf has even been complaining that Dean is TOO good!
Watch this Granada TV news report from 6th May 2008:
And to see a bit more of
Dean and Yvonne as Meat & Cher,
watch this compilation of clips from some of this years performances:
To Hell
and Back:
Dean Torkington the ultimate Tribute to MEATLOAF
What those who should
know are saying:
Ellen Foley who sang
with Meat Loaf on the world famous duet "Paradise By the Dashboard
Light" "Dean I've been listening to your stuff. Really terrific!"
Bob Kulick Meat Loaf's guitarist for 10 years: "Great sound bytes Dean, you sound very much like Meat Loaf. It reminded me of his earlier days"
Rob Evan Currently performing with Jim Stienmans Dream Engine. "You sound Amazing, and certainly sing your ass off. Lets hook up when your here"
There's about 10
Meat Loaf tribute acts in the UK at the moment, so what makes TO HELL AND
BACK the best?
Established in 1994, with pro status for the last 12 years.
Dean is a Real Dead Ringer for Meat! He is the exact same height, and weighs in at 18 stone.
He portrays Meat Loaf at the height of his career, from the 1978 era and also 1992 era when Meat Loaf released Bat out of Hell 2
Dean is the only tribute to Meat Loaf that actually talks between songs with a very convincing Texan accent, so much so that people actually think he is an American.
Dean is also one of the very few that actually has his own long hair and doesn't wear a wig; it is also the exactly same colour as Meat Loaf's hair. Every detail has been faithfully copied.
Where TO HELL AND BACK really come into their own is the stage set, and sound and lighting show, using state-of-the-art 10-thousand watt TURBOSOUND PA system and 15-thousand watt lighting rig. They really do create a fantastic visual tribute! They even have two 23ft by 13ft backcloths depicting the album covers from Bat Out Of Hell 1 and 2; they also have an American low rider chopper bike on stage! - with a fantastic American stars-and-stripes paint job done on it.
Finally, there's the voice; it's been described by many as "AWESOME, JUST LIKE MEAT
LOAF"... indeed Dean is the ONLY tribute to have been invited
backstage by Meat Loaf himself - twice!!
Yvonne
Haylen - the ultimate tribute to CHER
Since
you saw her on ITV's 'Stars in their Eyes'. Yvonne has perfected her tribute to Cher both vocally and visually with costumes as
outrageous as the lady herself!!
Yvonne's show features all of Cher's hit classics like Turn Back Time, Shoop Shoop, Believe, Gypsies Tramps and Thieves to name but a few! And with the state of the art sound system, four costume changes and lighting effects it is most definitely a show not to be missed!
Recent venues in this country she has appeared at include - Grosvenor House (Park Lane), The Adelphi Hotel Liverpool, Butlins circuit, Park Lane Hilton London, Sheffield City Hall, Leeds and Norwich FC plus many corporate events, cabaret venues and hotels.
