FINANCE worker Grant Coffer reels off a long list of places where he has appeared as John Lennon.

Bracknell, Banbury, Borehamwood... and Beirut.

For it is not just people in this country who still turn out in their droves to see the closest thing to the Fab Four.

The band, formed in 2001, have toured the world and have even performed in between countries – regularly entertaining ferry passengers on the Hull to Amsterdam ferry.

Grant, 41, who lives in Milton Keynes, said: “We really try and emulate their personalities.

“We have a bit of banter on the stage. Me and Paul McCartney have arguments off the cuff like they used to. We do the voices and the accents.”

An audience can expect to hear many of The Beatles’ greatest hits, including some of the more obscure hits off Sergeant Pepper.

Dad-of-two Grant said: “I really enjoy doing A Day in the Life. It’s a very big, orchestral tune and we do a really good job on it.

“I think I naturally gravitated to being John because I learned the guitar.

“I think my voice is most similar to his and I know all the bits of the guitar he would do. I think he’s the coolest one as well!”

With around 60 Beatles tribute acts in this country alone, it’s a competitive market, Grant said.

“But we’re all friendly with each other, as bands we always help each other out when we’ve got someone who can’t make a gig.

“Then we can just draft another Ringo in.

“It’s funny because I’ve met a lot of other Ringos, Georges and Pauls, but never another John!”

Since they started, the band has performed in front of a number of celebrities, including an appearance on BBC1’s The One Show in front of an audience of four million.

Grant said: “I think my favourite famous person who we’ve entertained is Anna Friel.

“She took to the stage when we were singing and was doing some very sexy dancing. She was a lot of fun.”

When he’s not busy ‘being John’, Grant performs as Jim Morrison in a Doors tribute band.

He said: “It’s nice to do something different because I get to wear a very different costume and jump around the stage – it’s a bit madder and it frees me up.”

The future for the band is promising, Grant says.

“We are all getting a bit older, The Beatles were much younger than us, they were 27 or 28 when they split up but right now we are all enjoying ourselves and we’ll keep on going.”

The Ultimate Beatles Tribute Show is at Weymouth Pavilion on Saturday, January 17 from 7.30pm.