Phill Marshall is an internationally acclaimed Lennon impersonator and is also an accomplished musician and songwriter in his own right.

Phill has toured the Americas with top Brazilian based Theatre show "Beatles 4ever", and the members of the group remain friends to this day. Phill has also worked with The Counterfeit Beatles extensively around Britain, Europe, the Middle East and as far as Japan where they played 5 shows at the Fuji Rock Festival in 2003. Here, his Lennon performance was once more highlighted and revered by the Japanese audience and media. “It was a bit weird signing autographs and being treated like a big star, almost like they forgot I’m just an musician/actor.”

Phill has studied Lennon’s singing and guitar style in great detail, and also plays the piano, bass and harmonica. “I always loved Lennon’s style and his guitar playing is full of intricacies that I only saw praised by an issue of total guitar a few years ago. Most people think it simple rhythm guitar - but it’s anything but”.

Always interested in acting as well as music, Phill has read many books on Lennon and has sat through endless hours of video footage to perfect his idol’s accent, mannerisms and stage performance. “You have to know everything about the person and really get into the character to do this believably”. Phill was short-listed in a film to play John Lennon by NBC in 2005.

Phill has a small but respectable collection of Lennon vintage guitars and the famous VOX AC30 to replicate the Beatle sound. He also has all the costumes from the original Beatle’s designs to match the right era. “When you’re wearing the right gear and playing the right instruments you can feel the character you’re portraying and it helps you to give a accurate performance”.

Phill has always been very fussy about “the gear”!