JOHN’S found his Yoko – he saw her standing there!

Well, almost.

When the call went out for a Yoko Ono lookalike to join Beatles tribute band leader Martin Dimery in an attempt to remake the Bed-In for Peace staged by John and Yoko in 1969, organisers never expected to find the answer right under their noses.

But that’s exactly what happened this week.

“I called the hotel and heard the accent of the receptionist who answered and just thought: ‘That’s it’,” says Martin, who plays John in Sgt Pepper’s Only Dart Board Band.

The bootleg Bed-In is being staged at Bournemouth’s Premier Inn in Westover Road on Saturday morning to publicise the Lennon at 70 concert at Mr Kyps, Poole, on October 10, the day after what would have been the Beatle’s 70th birthday.

“So I just asked her: ‘Would you be my Yoko?’ and she said yes!”

The phone had been answered by 23-year-old receptionist Cici Xie who, although slightly bewildered, accepted the invitation on the spot.

“I was a bit surprised, of course,” says Cici. “But I’ve done some stage work at college before so playing a part is not totally alien to me.

“I’m a Beatles fan, I know their music. I know who Yoko is, but I wasn’t familiar with the Bed-In. I’ve had to watch some videos to find out about that. It’ll be fun.”

Sgt Pepper’s Only Dart Board Band’s tongue-in-cheek tribute to The Beatles has been recognised by the band’s fan club which asked them to recreate the Abbey Road album cover last year, a stunt which attracted coverage on News At Ten.

Saturday’s Bed-In is also being filmed.

“We’re the only Beatles tribute band whose members are older than the originals,” says Martin. “There’s a little fat George on guitar, but he’s a fabulous guitar player even if he doesn’t look much like George. As for myself, I probably look more like John Lennon’s dad these days!”

Joining the Dart Board Band at Mr Kyps next weekend are reformed 90s hitmakers Dodgy, James Warren of ’70s rock legends Stackridge, whose The Man in the Bowler Hat album was recorded with Beatles producer George Martin; Quebec band Mosquito-B and The Oz, a band from St Petersburg who have released an album of punk covers of John Lennon’s more political songs.