The Beatles LOVE cast and crew prepare for final bow

After nearly two decades on the Las Vegas Strip, the cast and crew from The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil are getting ready for their final bow.

The show's last public performance will be on July 6 and a final private performance is set for July 7, which is Ringo Starr's 84th birthday.

The show is closing due to The Mirage undergoing construction and renovations over the next three years as the property transforms into the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Guitar Hotel Las Vegas.

How did we get here?

The idea for the show actually came from former Beatle George Harrison, who became friends with Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Lalibertè. The two met because of their love of Formula 1 racing.

Serious discussions about a Cirque show featuring Beatles music began around 2000.

"I was really involved in the beginning because I nurtured and developed that project with George," Lalibertè said in All Together Now, a Cirque du Soleil documentary about the creation of the show, which was released in 2008. "For him, this project was not only doing a show. It was an opportunity to bring the Beatles members, who were alive, together to work on a creative project again."

Source: Jarah Wright/ktnv.com

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