BeatlesNews.com: Beatles News Blog - Beatles news, info and rumors http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/ en-us Beatles News (rss@beatlesnews.com) Copyright © 2001-2012 David Haber. All rights reserved. 2012-02-06T19:42:45-08:00 http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201202061608/liverpool-loses-another-beatles-landmark.html The building located on Whitechapel that housed Brian Epstein's NEMS is being torn down and will be demolished in phases over the next few weeks. According to a local source familiar with the demolition project, the building was in need of major repairs, and the office/store layout was poorly designed and unrentable for commercial tenants. Beatles News Blog 2012-02-06T16:08:00-08:00 http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201201300856/james-mccartney-makes-us-tv-debut-on-letterman-tonight.html James McCartney is set to make his US national television debut on Late Show with David Letterman tonight. He'll also be playing at NYC's Rockwood Music Hall February 1st. McCartney's appearances celebrate the recent release of "The Complete EP Collection", which combines McCartney's two previous EP's with five never-heard bonus tracks. Beatles News Blog 2012-01-30T08:56:00-08:00 http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201201280746/ringo-shows-up-to-enjoy-james-mccartney-in-hollywood.html We had the pleasure to attend James McCartney's live performance at the Viper Club in Hollywood last night. Waiting outside for James to arrive, fans were surprised to see him get out of the car with Ringo Starr! The crowd's favorites were when James played his cover of Neil Young's "Old Man" and his hit single from the Available Light EP, "Angel". Beatles News Blog 2012-01-28T07:46:00-08:00 http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201201021741/beatles-holiday-gets-new-name-and-date-for-2012.html It has been announced that International Beatles Freak Day has been given a new name and a new date. The new name is International Beatles Fan Day, which will now be celebrated worldwide on June 6. "Some fans have expressed their dislike of being referred to as 'freaks'", says Jennifer of I-BFD. Beatles News Blog 2012-01-02T17:41:00-08:00 http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201112291612/bbc4-looks-at-the-beatles-and-christmas-tomorrow.html Alexei Sayle hosts a radio special about the Beatles at Christmas this weekend on BBC Radio 4.
 Sayle takes on a musical journey through some of the Fab Four's special Christmas appearances. He meets with former Beatles publicist Tony Barrow and hears from film editor Roy Benson about the making of Magical Mystery Tour. Beatles News Blog 2011-12-29T16:12:00-08:00 http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201112261407/new-beatles-quiz-app-now-on-itunes.html Brooke Halpin's recent quiz book, Do You Really Know The Beatles?, is now an app entitled Fabfouria! The book, which contains 540 questions and answers, has been converted into an app with multiple choice answers. The Fabfouria! app is now available for the iPhone at the App Store on iTunes. Beatles News Blog 2011-12-26T14:07:00-08:00 http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201112131530/crossing-abbey-road-digitally.html Remember the last time you synced all of your Beatles collection from iTunes to your iPod, or backed it up? Took a while for all 280 or so tracks, didn't it? Well, researchers at Cal Tech and the University of Victoria say they can now download all the tracks of the entire Beatles catalog in one tenth of a second. Beatles News Blog 2011-12-13T15:30:00-08:00 http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201112071544/madame-tussauds-unveils-beatles-wax-figures-in-hollywood.html Fans are invited to place flowers at the feet of a lifelike John Lennon wax figure, complete with his trademark circular glasses and shoulder-length hair, at the unveiling of all four Beatles' wax figures on Thursday, December 8th at 9 a.m. at the Madame Tussauds in Hollywood. The traveling exhibit will be in town through February, 2012. Beatles News Blog 2011-12-07T15:44:00-08:00 http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201112011720/liverpool-remembers-john-lennon-with-vigil-at-peace-monument.html Beatles and Lennon fans from all over the world will make their way to Liverpool next Thursday to mark the anniversary of John Lennon's death with a candlelit vigil taking place at the city's European Peace Monument dedicated to John. This will be the second year that the city has marked the occasion at the Peace Monument. Beatles News Blog 2011-12-01T17:20:00-08:00 http://www.beatlesnews.com/blog/the-beatles/201111301647/john-lennon-annual-candlelight-memorial-in-hollywood.html Fans of John Lennon and the Beatles will place candles and flowers around Lennon's Hollywood Walk of Fame star next week, on Thursday, December 8, 2011. The free-to-the-public gathering will take place from 6:00PM until 8:00PM in front of the Capitol Records Tower Building where Lennon's star is located. Beatles News Blog 2011-11-30T16:47:00-08:00