| Inside day one of Abbey Road on the River 2013 |
Fans are gathering in Louisville this weekend for Abbey Road on the River, which started Friday and goes through the weekend. It is an incredible place for hearing Beatle tributes from all over the world, with bands from the U.S., the UK, Scotland, Canada, Italy, France, Puerto Rico, Holland, Norway, Brazil, Sweden and Argentina.
Source: Beatles Examiner |
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| Book Review: John Lennon and son's double-fantasy trip |
Lennon Bermuda, by Scott Neil, tells the largely untold story of John Lennon setting sail on a 43-foot yacht from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda for his last summer holiday with his young son Sean. Bermuda was the place that inspired John to write 30 new songs, the first in five years, including "Woman".
Source: The Independent, UK |
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| Penn State to host international Beatles celebration |
Organized by Pennsylvania State University, an international Beatles celebration will be held in Altoona in February 2014, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Tentative speakers include noted Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn and popular Beatles author Jude Southerland Kessler.
Source: Gant Daily |
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| Eric Clapton says John Lennon does not need any definition |
Eric Clapton talks about his musical influences, his memories of John Lennon, and working with Paul McCartney in a candid chat now online. "Working with Paul was a pleasure. It's always fun to work with people who are so into music and know what they are doing. You learn so much. I like the song Paul has done for this album, it's got a different touch to it."
Source: Times of India |
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| Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
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| Website slashes prices on Paul McCartney tickets |
Ticket website Cheap Concert Tickets has slashed prices across the board on Paul McCartney concert tickets. Jan, the owner of Cheap Concert Tickets, says they are doing this to help McCartney fans see Sir Paul live in concert, and that she is also a huge McCartney fan and plans to see him live this summer.
Source: Digital Journal |
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| 9th annual Abbey Road on the River in Louisville this weekend |
A popular Beatles tribute festival takes place again this weekend in Louisville, KY. Abbey Road on the River is scheduled for Thursday through Monday at areas along the Ohio River in downtown Louisville. More than 65 bands from around the world are on the list to perform not only Beatles music, but all sorts of music from the '60s.
Source: The Republic, Columbus, Indiana |
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| Pictures: John Lennon's gypsy caravan rediscovered in Ascot house |
A key piece of Beatles memorabilia has been discovered in a garage in Ascot, east of London. John Lennon's 1967 Sgt Pepper's Gypsy Caravan has been hidden from public view for more than 40 years, but its remains have been acquired by Alan Carr, who hopes to restore the caravan to its former glory.
Source: Bracknell News, UK |
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| Paul Mccartney to award Austin Mayor with honor |
Sir Paul Mccartney has declared Austin, Texas is America's most friendly city. The rocker will present Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell and city officials before his second concert backstage at the Frank Erwin Center tonight.
Source: Contact Music |
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| Paul McCartney plays Austin for first time |
Paul McCartney's sold-out concert in Austin on Wednesday, the first of a two-night stand and the only Texas stop on his "Out There" tour, was as nostalgic, playful and human as it was historic, as Paul flubbed the opening chords to "Maybe I'm Amazed." He said, "Shoot! What's the chords? I tell you what. It proves that we're live."
Source: MySA, San Antonio |
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| Students' appeal for help on Beatles history project |
It was the location of one of the most significant encounters in popular music history, now a team of eight history students from the University of Chester in the UK has been asked to do research for a guide for St Peter's Church in Woolton, Liverpool, one of the essential stops for Beatles tourists, where John Lennon met Paul McCartney.
Source: The Chester Standard, UK |
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| Maria Alyokhina denied |
A Russian has denied to a member of band who has begun a strike. Internationally famous musicians including Paul McCartney had been among those calling for them to be freed.
Related Articles Source: BBC News |
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| Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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| Paul McCartney's LIPA to open new Liverpool free school |
Sir Paul McCartney's fame academy Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts hopes to use the arts to inspire young children after confirming it will open a new Liverpool-based "free school". LIPA is set to open the new city-base for primary school children as early as September next year after winning initial government approval.
Source: Liverpool Echo |
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| James McCartney plays for sold-out crowd in New Haven |
Singer-songwriter James McCartney took the stage at a sold-out Cafe Nine Tuesday night in his first-ever appearance in New Haven, on the very day that his first full-length album of all-new material was released, for the start of his his first-ever 47-date, 27-state tour. He looks kind of like his father's son, but doesn't really sound like him. Nor does he need to.
Source: New Haven Register |
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| Biographer donates Beatles scribblings to British Library |
A collection of tattered scraps of paper, some picked up half a century ago from the floor of the Abbey Road recording studios before they were thrown away as rubbish, now valued at just under £1m, have been presented to the nation by the Beatles biographer Hunter Davies. They include heavily crossed-out and rewritten early versions of classic Beatles tracks.
Source: The Guardian, UK |
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| Students take Magical Mystery Tour to Cavern Club |
Music students from South Tyneside College in North East England have followed The Beatles with their own tour of the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool. To mark the special occasion, they performed Helter Skelter in one of four shows played during a week-long mini-tour as a requirement of their two-year foundation music degree.
Source: The Shields Gazette, UK |
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| Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
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| James McCartney releases debut LP worldwide today |
James McCartney has released his first full-length album, Me, out May 21st on ECR Music Group. "For my first album I wanted to make a record that would be intimate, deeply personal, and honest," says McCartney. "An album that would say, 'This is who I am...both musically and personally. This is me.'"
Source: Beatles News Blog |
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| Win a Paul McCartney Wings Over America deluxe box set |
Ultimate Classic Rock and the Concord Music Group are giving fans a chance to win a deluxe box set version of the remastered Paul McCartney and Wings live album Wings Over America which hits stores May 28. The four-disc deluxe box set has been lovingly remastered and tricked out with an unbelievable amount of bonus materials.
Source: Ultimate Classic Rock |
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| Review: Paul McCartney Archive collection rocks on with Wings Over America |
The tour souvenir Wings Over America, originally released as a triple LP, stands as a pretty special album in Paul McCartney's catalog. It's all the proof needed to demonstrate that, once upon a time, McCartney could perform a two-hour set that mostly ignored his Beatles past while still thoroughly thrilling audiences.
Source: The Morton Report |
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| Video: Florida woman remembers the day she met the Beatles |
First Coast News recently aired footage of the Beatles' visit to Jacksonville in 1964. The highlight of the footage is a young reporter from Tampa interviewing the Fab Four. Jean Morris had never seen that footage of her with the Beatles, so imagine her surprise last week when, 49 years later, she's watching First Coast News at home and sees it.
Source: First Coast News |
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| Audio-Technica sponsors Lennon Bus Europe |
Professional audio equipment company Audio-Technica is now a sponsor of the Lennon Bus Educational Tour Bus Europe, which was recently launched by Yoko Ono in Liverpool. Audio-Technica has long provided the John Lennon Bus with microphones and headphones, and the European bus' current complement of mics includes a wide array of Audio-Technica products.
Source: Musical Instrument Pro |
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| Very special John Lennon tribute returns to Los Angeles |
John Lennon returns for one last concert, and you are there! Tim Piper's very special John Lennon tribute show, "Just Imagine," returns to Los Angeles at the Hayworth Theatre starting in June. "Just Imagine" transports you to another place and time, putting you "one on one" with the musical legend who shook the world.
Source: Beatles News Blog |
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| Beach Boys new 50th Anniversary Concert Collection out today |
The founding members of The Beach Boys reunited in 2012. Their new album, Live - The 50th Anniversary Tour, a 2CD and digital collection of 41 songs from the acclaimed tour, is now available. The sold-out tour took America's Band to more than 70 cities around the world, including their first concert at the Hollywood Bowl since 1965.
Source: Broadway World Music |
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| Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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| Rare Beatles Vox guitar sells for $408,000 |
A rare Vox guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison, estimated to sell for $200,000 to $300,000, sold for $408,000 on Saturday in New York City. The guitar was built by Mike Bennett with electronics by Dickey Denney of Vox in 1966 and presented to the group the following year while they were at work on Magical Mystery Tour.
Related Articles Source: Guitar World |
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| Interview: James McCartney in Hudson NY |
In a new interview, James McCartney, currently on tour, talks about his dad, on suggesting the title of his new CD release, simply called "Me." "Dad thought it would be a good title. So, I kind of went with that, but 'Me'...you can read whatever you want into it." James also said his father was a "master teacher times infinity."
Source: YNN, Hudson Valley, NY |
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| George Harrison's sister honor his first U.S. visit 50 years ago |
Louise Harrison says she plans to document the 50th anniversary of George Harrison's visit to the U.S. the year before Beatlemania hit. "We're thinking about making a DVD telling the story about 1963, when I first came to the United States and started trying to move heaven and earth trying to get the Beatles records played in this country," she said.
Source: Beatles Examiner |
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| McCartney kicks off North American tour in Orlando |
Paul McCartney rocked the Amway Center in Orlando on Sunday evening for the second straight night. The 70-year-old McCartney showed no signs of fatigue, playing for nearly three hours on the second night of the North America leg of his "Out There" tour, concluding with a seven-minute version of "Hey Jude" and then a double encore.
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| Ringo Starr causes a stir at Chelsea Flower Show |
Celebrities flocked to the world's most famous flower show today. Ringo Starr posed wearing a garland of flowers "I'd like to congratulate Chelsea, 100 years and I've been here from the first year," he joked.
Source: Coventry Telegraph, UK |
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| Fans mob Stella McCartney as she visits her Tokyo boutique |
When fashion designer Stella McCartney stopped by her Tokyo boutique during her Asian tour this morning, her thrilled customers couldn't resist whipping out their cameras to capture the moment they met a legend. McCartney was soon mobbed by a crowd of excited fans crowding round her to get the perfect photo and asking her to sign mementos.
Source: The Telegraph, UK |
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| Beatles autograph collection to go under the hammer |
An impressive collection of autographs by The Beatles is going under the hammer, amassed by late Richard "Richie" Astall. Six black and white publicity photographs, all signed, are estimated to be worth £1,800-2,500. A further eight, also all signed, are estimated at £1,500-2,000.
Source: Daily Post, UK |
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