Beatles or Stones? How about both on the same Tucson stage

Imagine if the Rolling Stones and the Beatles were on the same marquee.

The two greatest rock bands of all time on the same stage for one night only.

OK, it’s never going to happen for obvious reasons, but what about the top Rolling Stones and Beatles tribute bands bringing that show to life?

That’s the idea behind “Beatles vs. Stones — A Musical Showdown” with the Los Angeles-based Abbey Road Beatles tribute band and Dallas-based Stones tribute band Satisfaction that’s coming to Fox Tucson Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 4.

The show features the tribute bands performing hits from all phases of the Stones and Beatles’ careers, from their 1960s beginnings in England to their American debuts and international stardom.

With costume and wig changes, we see the Beatles from their Liverpool boy band beginnings to their Sgt. Pepper days and their final album, “Abbey Road.”

We get the Stones from those early days in the 1960s when their gritty rock became the standard bearer for hard rock to the 1970s and ‘80s when they infused more dance rhythms and pop before their split-up and reunion in the late 1980s-early ‘90s.

“Put both together in a couple-hours show and you’re going through these timelines, it’s pretty fascinating to see how it all progressed,” said Chris LeGrand, a dead ringer for Mick Jagger who started Satisfaction 23 years ago. “We’re bringing something that nobody got to see.”

Axel “Ringo Starr” Clarke admits showdown is probably a bit of a misnomer for the “Beatles vs. Stones” show, which they have been touring since 2015. It makes it sound like the bands are going to duke it out to find out which is the best.

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“You get the entire spectrum of the bands,” he said before pulling out the company line that the only winner at the end of the night is “the audience.”

“At the end of the day they are really damn good (bands),” said Clarke, whose band has been around since 2009. “Sometimes it’s as simple as that. People like ice cream because it’s really good and it doesn’t disappoint. The Beatles are real good and the music doesn’t disappoint.”

Expect to hear the greatest of the greatest hits from both bands. Abbey Road’s set list includes the Beatles hits “Get Back,” “Twist and Shout,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “Abbey Road,” “Day in the Life,” “Penny Lane,” “Let it Be,” “Eleanor Rigby” and more.

Satisfaction will perform Rolling Stones hits, including “Heart of Stone,” “She’s A Rainbow,” “Sympathy for the Devil,” “The Last Time,” “Angie,” “Miss You,” “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” and “Brown Sugar.”

“It’s really about the music,” LeGrand said. “I think the nostalgia of seeing this band, we’re doing an era of the Stones that most people didn’t get to see unless they were around in 1964, 1965.”

“They are all just great songs. It’s two hours of fantastic songs,” he added. “It’s all killer and no filler. There’s no down moments in the show.”

“Beatles vs. Stones” has played to sold-out venues nationwide, including in Tucson. Saturday’s concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at Fox Tucson, 17 W. Congress St. Tickets are $20-$67.50 through foxtucson.com.