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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Interview: James McCartney in Hudson NY In a new interview, James McCartney, currently on tour, talks about his dad, former Beatle Paul McCartney, 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

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

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. Related Articles  More Info: Pictures  Source: Naples News

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

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

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

Friday, May 17, 2013

London's Beatlemania continues Beatles musical Let It Be has extended its run on London's West End until January 18, 2014. The theatrical concert, a chronological trip through the Beatles' story, from Cavern Club to Beatlemania and the studio masterpieces, also becomes the latest show with lower priced tickets, starting June 3 it will have tickets available from just £15. Source: Official London Theatre

Yellow submarine appearing at Philly area art show Animator Ron Campbell, best known for directing "The Beatles" cartoon series and for working on "The Yellow Submarine" movie, will be appearing and creating original Beatles artwork at the 102.9 WMGK Classic Rock Art Show at the Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia, this Friday through Sunday. Source: Philly Burbs

Beatles-themed training expert gets back to encore course Management expert John MacCarfrae is encoring his unique Beatles-themed training course to deliver team building projects. MacCarfrae uses five stages in the Beatles' career to highlight the benefits and pitfalls on the way to creating the right conditions for a successful workforce and uses Beatles music during the course. Source: Liverpool Daily Post

John Stamos added to Cincinnati Beach Boys concert Actor/producer/musician John Stamos will join The Beach Boys when they play a postgame concert Sunday, May 26 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. He will join band members Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Christian Love, Randell Kirsch, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill and Scott Totten onstage after the Reds vs. Chicago Cubs game. Source: Cincinnati Reds

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Streets in Tulsa temporarily renamed to honor Paul McCartney Circling the BOK Center in Tulsa, four downtown streets will temporarily have new names that should sound familiar to Paul McCartney fans, including "Abbey Road," "Penny Lane," "Blackbird Boulevard" and "All Together Crossing." McCartney will perform May 29 and 30 as part of the BOK's fifth anniversary celebration. Source: Tulsa World

Paul McCartney attends VIP premiere screening of Rockshow On Wednesday night, Paul McCartney attended the VIP premiere of the Wings film "Rockshow" at BAFTA in London with wife Nancy and his brother Michael. The film, originally released in 1980, has been fully restored and is being shown in select cinemas around the world. Before the screening began Paul gave an short speech. Source: PaulMcCartney.com

Beatles friends attend launch of Joe Flannery's Fab Four memoir Friends and family of the Fab Four came out Tuesday for the official launch of Joe Flannery's new book, "Standing in the Wings – The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Me." VIPs included Lord Mayor Sharon Sullivan, Freda Kelly, Beryl Marsden, biographer Philip Norman, Roag Best, brother of Pete Best and Colin Hanton of The Quarrymen. Source: Beatles Examiner

Interview: George Harrison tribute almost sounds like unreleased song Mike Geraghty says his tribute to George Harrison, "Still With You," which is amazingly close to something George himself might have done, while not a George Harrison song, reflects as much of him as he could put in it. "A little while after George Harrison's passing I wanted to compose a tribute to him and his music," he said. Source: Beatles Examiner

Former Merseyside Plaza where Beatles played to become new cafe The Plaza, a former nightspot where the Beatles famously once played, could be resurrected as a new cafe bar. After falling into disrepair about eight years ago, there were fears the venue with significant historical links to the Merseyside area could be lost. The Beatles played the first of five gigs at the Plaza on June 25, 1962. Source: St. Helens Star, UK

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Beatles 1965 feature film Help! is on its way on Blu-ray The Beatles' second feature film, 1965's Help!, is on its way to Blu-ray, it was announced this morning by Apple Corps LTD. The film will be released on Blu-ray on June 24 in the UK and June 25 in North America. The single-disc package will include the digitally restored film, 5.1 soundtrack, and an hour of extra features. Source: John Lennon Examiner

Sean Lennon to tour with Yoko Ono Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon, will tour the UK playing a live version of the couple's last album, "Double Fantasy," part of a project meant to promote creativity among young people who have limited access to artistic tools, that will culminate in a live concert at London's Southbank center as part of her Meltdown Festival in June. Source: The Examiner

Pictures: Hard Rock exhibit includes rare John Lennon artifacts A special display of John Lennon artifacts has arrived at Seattle's Hard Rock Café in a limited traveling exhibit that will be on site for public viewing from today through May 19. The display includes his hand-written lyrics to the song "Help" and John Lennon's personal gold record for his 1974 album "Walls and Bridges." Source: John Lennon Examiner

Paul McCartney plants a tree at Brazil resort Paul McCartney chose Txai Resort to rest after his shows in Brazil. During his stay, the ex-Beatle got to know the resort's philanthropic projects, and was invited by the President of Txai Resorts to plant a seedling of the Juerana tree, used by the Pataxo Indians for the making of crafts. Source: Travel Video News

Paul McCartney calls for worldwide ban Paul McCartney has joined a campaign to end testing around the world after the practice was banned in Europe. Source: Orange News, UK

Art award dedicated to memory of Liverpool-born artist Joe Bampton Organizers are honored to announce that the 2013 Liverpool Art Prize "People's Choice Award" will be presented in fond memory of the Liverpool born artist, Joe Bampton. The Award, whose winner is announced at 6pm on Wednesday 29th May is presented alongside the main award for Liverpool Art Prize 2013. Source: Beatles News

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

John Lennon movie attracts award-winning cast Dan Fogelman's long-in-the-works directorial debut "Imagine" has added several tremendously talented, award-winning actors to its cast list, it was announced yesterday, including 4 time Oscar winner Annette Bening, 2 time Oscar winner Sir Michael Caine, Golden Globe winner Jennifer Garner and Oscar winner Al Pacino. Source: The Examiner

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