My ticket says "The Rutles". But who knows

and watch this

http://pythonline.com/page/headline/rutlemania_discussion

your ticket says "The Rutles"

I watched that video

it says it is a tribute

I think it is a Beatles tribute band (The Fab Four) playing the songs of The Rutles, with appearances by a few of the band members, along with clips of the films and shit.

I got caught up in this mess. I think the commentors in the original post had it right. It was originally represented as the Rutles band from the movie; after people bought tickets they changed the description to Rutlemania. I was one of the disappointed folks who felt misled, and I pushed hard to get TicketMaster to refund my tickets, I just got stuck with the processing fee. Definitely a case of caveat emptor.

That explains why I heard some Rutles on WNYU last night. I'm no longer that confused.

forget The Fab Four, check out The Fab Faux. The best Beatles cover band you'll ever see.

http://www.thefabfaux.com/

The best you'll ever HEAR, you mean.

i went. it's pretty much just the movie semi-adapted for the stage (most of the dialogue is old footage projected onto a screen) with the tribute band playing songs. no actual rutles appear onstage, though eric idle was in the audience. i'm not entirely sure what the point of the whole thing is...