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Ringo Starr said Backbeat got the sound of The Beatles exactly right. Writer and director Iain Softley says, "What I wanted was to recreate the impact these guys had on the people that saw them. We just picked musicians who had a similar attitude, Dave Grohl from Nirvana, Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth and Mike Mills from REM."
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| Paul McCartney to lead stars at Feb. 19 premiere of Viva Elvis |
Paul McCartney and members of The Beatles Love family at The Mirage are expected to attend the premiere of Viva Elvis in Las Vegas on February 19. Cirque officials also are hoping for Ringo Starr with Barbara Bach, Yoko Ono with Sean Lennon and George Harrison's widow Olivia, as all of them are fans of Elvis' music.
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| Paul McCartney on the Beatles: 'We were a great f-ing band' |
Paul McCartney watched the rehearsals for the Beatles' "Love" show from Cirque du Soleil and this is one thing he had to say: "We were a great f-ing band." This moment is captured in the documentary "All Together Now." I watched it over the weekend, and it's wonderful. Beatles fans will just eat this up.
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| Sundance Movie Review: Nowhere Boy |
Nowhere Boy is probably one of the best biopic you will ever see. It follows the life of John Lennon as he grows up in Liverpool in 1955 being raised by his aunt Mimi. Aaron Johnson is so unbelievably good as a young John Lennon. This is a must-see movie and I'll go as far as saying that this is probably one of the best movies that you will see this year.
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| George Martin supports Brit Class Act awards |
Sir George Martin has expressed his support for the 'Brit Class Act' award. The new prize will be given after a talent competition also backed by Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan. Martin said, "I wish we had thought of doing this year's ago!" Students have until September to submit their best track to the contest.
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| Zak Starkey on drums for The Who at Super Bowl half-time |
One of The Who sidemen that stood out for many football fans watching the Super Bowl halftime on Sunday was drummer Zak Starkey, who kept the beat on a medley of the band's most beloved hits. Though a relative youngster compared to Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, Starkey is actually a nearly 15-year veteran of the touring version of the Who.
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| Saturday, February 6, 2010 |
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| Historic 'Ferry across the Mersey' is sinking |
The Royal Iris, which was used to cross the River Mersey for 42 years, is disappearing under water. The Royal Iris was taken out of service and left the banks of the Mersey in 1991 and was towed down to Cardiff, to be revamped into a floating nightclub, but is now just floating on the River Thames.
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| Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band ready to hit the road |
Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band will kick off their upcoming tour in June with a two-night stand in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Starr and his band will play 17 more dates in a little over a month, stopping at theaters across the country, before wrapping up with an August 7 performance in Los Angeles.
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| The Beatles Books...A Long and Winding Road of literature |
Beatles Books: From Genesis to Revolution, is a jaw-dropping bibliography on 1400 of the published titles, by musician W. Fraser Sandercombe, also author of The Beatles: The Press Reports 1960 – 1970 and Beatlemania Forever: The Beatles Encyclopedia. I put all three of these books on my A List for Beatles collectors.
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| Thursday, February 4, 2010 |
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| Lennon Museum in Tokyo to close |
The world's only authorised John Lennon Museum, on the outskirts of Tokyo, will close its doors in September, the operator said on Thursday. "After 10 years here, John's spirit is now moving on, looking onward to the next journey," said Yoko Ono. "Thanks to your love for the museum, what we'd thought would be five years became 10."
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| Aboard the Yellow Submarine with Ron Campbell |
At 71, Ron Campbell still vividly remembers the Beatles' arrival in the US. The director and animator of the 1960s TV cartoon series "The Beatles," who worked on the psychedelic feature film "Yellow Submarine," was one of the best-known names in the animation business at the time. Now retired from TV and film, he creates paintings based on the cartoons he animated.
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| To win a Grammy, all you need is LOVE |
Last weekend, Montreal film director Adrian Wills, 37, won a Grammy award for best long-form music video, for The Beatles LOVE - All Together Now. When he got the nomination, Wills said, "I thought it was a joke." LOVE's third Grammy, Giles and George Martin won a pair of Grammy awards two years ago for their work on the LOVE album.
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| John said he was ashamed of 'racist Britain' |
John Lennon felt "ashamed" of his native U.K., according to a newly discovered essay by the late Beatle. Lennon and Yoko Ono met in London and wed in 1969 before moving to New York City two years later, and Lennon admits he struggled to settle with his new partner in his homeland because of the racial abuse aimed at his Japanese wife.
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| Hard Day's Night Hotel holds Beatles-themed cocktail competition |
The Hard Day's Night Hotel in Liverpool is celebrating its second birthday with a Beatles themed cocktail competition. The competition will be judged on originality, taste, creativity and technique. The winner will get a night at the 4 star Beatles-inspired hotel including dinner, bed and breakfast and a place on the cocktail menu at the hotel.
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| Wednesday, February 3, 2010 |
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| James McCartney announces his first tour |
Paul McCartney's son James is keeping the family trade alive by going on his first ever tour, with songs partly inspired by The Beatles. The 32-year-old multi-instrumentalist played a handful of concerts in October last year under the pseudonym Light in a bid to distance himself from his world-renowned father. The tour kicks off in Liverpool on February 25.
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| Ringo Starr to get his star in Hollywood next Monday |
Ringo Starr will get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, next Monday. Starr is scheduled to speak at the honors ceremony. His star will be located in front of the Capitol Record building not far from stars of his late bandmates John Lennon and George Harrison.
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| Ringo Starr reveals he has become |
Ringo Starr has revealed after decades of searching, he has become a believer. Ringo told how he had been looking for enlightenment since he was riding high in the charts more than 40 years ago. And in an interview with the Los Angeles Times he said his spiritual side was "more prominent" on his new album Y Not.
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| Roberta Flack focusing on Beatles tribute album |
Backstage at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards, soul icon Roberta Flack revealed that she is turning her attention now to the biggest-selling band of all time. "I'm doing a Beatles album for Sony, which will be out on the 21st of April," she said. Flack used to live in the same building as John Lennon and Yoko Ono and says she has a long history with these songs.
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| Rare photos included in Lennon/Ono retrospective exhibition |
A new exhibition in Scotland will feature several unseen photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. 'From Dundee To Abbey Road' will take place at Discovery Point and shows the work of the neglected photographer Iain MacMillan, who also designed the cover to the classic festive single Happy XMas (War Is Over).
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| Tuesday, February 2, 2010 |
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| Short story by John about Yoko rediscovered |
A short story written by John Lennon has been re-discovered casting new light on his relationship with Yoko Ono. In it, John Lennon reveals his teenage longing for Brigitte Bardot. Later, The Beatles voyage to India in 1968 left a lasting impression on the singer, with Lennon revealing that he became fixated with asian women.
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| Debate: Was John Lennon really a revolutionary? |
Maurice Hindle's previously unpublished interview with John Lennon, which appeared in the Christmas issue of the New Statesman, attracted a good deal of media attention. Maev Kennedy concentrated on Lennon's remarks about a letter critical of him, and Tariq Ali concedes that Lennon's views did shift somewhat in the following years.
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| Ringo Starr to appear on NPR on Friday |
The World Cafe program on NPR will be broadcasting a session with former Beatle Ringo Starr on Friday, February 5, 2010. National Public Radio's World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on over 200 stations nationwide. Late in the day of broadcast, the audio might be available on the National Public Radio website.
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| Monday, February 1, 2010 |
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| Ringo wears Minnesota record store t-shirt to Grammys |
A Minnesota record store got a free ad at the Grammys Sunday when Ringo Starr hit the red carpet wearing a T-shirt. The record store said that they had no idea how the former Beatle had their shirt, but they were thrilled he was wearing it. But, Starr's nephew lives in Minnesota and gave Ringo the T-shirt for Christmas.
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| Zemeckis is a Blue Meanie for Beatles fans |
Will the Beatles legacy be cheapened by the new movie? In the absence of new music, The Beatles are a commodity, something to be infinitely repackaged and sold to a nostalgic audience. But any fan with half a brain can distinguish The White Album from Kidz Bop Sings The Beatles. Make no mistake: This new Yellow Submarine is a money grab.
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| Early Beatles album fetches over $2,000 |
An early pressing of the first Beatles LP Please Please Me has been donated to a charity shop on Merseyside and sold to a collector in Hampshire for £1,300 ($2,069). The album was found in a bag of items donated.
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| Thursday, January 28, 2010 |
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| Sean Lennon added to Noise Pop lineup |
Sean Lennon will join his mom onstage at the Noise Pop Festival with Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, but it's just been announced that he'll also play with Charlotte Kemp Muhl as The Ghost of a Saber Toothed Tiger, Wednesday, February 25, at the Independent. The Plastic Ono Band performs at the Fox Theater the night before.
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| TCM names Hard Day's Night among Most Influential Soundtracks |
In honor of the upcoming Grammys, Turner Classic Movies has made a list of the 15 most ground-breaking and influential film soundtracks. Among the rock and roll soundtracks included on the list is the 1964 Beatles film, A Hard Days Night. Others listed include The Graduate, American Graffiti and Saturday Night Fever.
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| UK music mogul says Paul McCartney should retire |
Paul McCartney should hang up his electric guitar for good, according to music mogul Alan McGee. Speaking to the Daily Record, the former Creation record label chief, who helped groups like Oasis become famous, said music was a young person's game. "Music should be like football. You don't have 66-year-old football players. There's a reason for that."
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