Ringo Starr to appear on NPR on Friday
[Posted by Julian McKenzie on Tuesday, 02/02/10 11:53 am] [Comments] [Permalink] [Tweet This]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. Click here to find your local station time. (US only).
Or, worldwide, fans can connect to the WXPN Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm EST.
Late in the day of broadcast, the audio might be available on the National Public Radio website.
(Info thanks to the official Ringo Starr site.)
Autographed Beatles tour program sells for $15,800
[Posted by Julian McKenzie on Wednesday, 01/27/10 1:28 pm] [Comments] [Permalink] [Tweet This] A multi-estate sale was held last weekend, January 22 through 24 by Philip Weiss Auctions.
At the sale, a page from the 1964 Beatles USA, Ltd. tour program, beautifully signed by all four Beatles and personally inscribed to the late pianist Liberace, soared to $15,800. In their light-hearted way, the Beatles signed the 12 inch by 12 inch page "to Liber-Archie" as a play on words. The photo on the page depicts the band wearing their winter coats, standing atop a wall.
Among other items at the sale, the original marriage certificate of Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley dated May 26, 1994, sold for $70,800.
The weekend extravaganza, at which around 1,300 lots changed hands from a variety of categories in a sale that grossed more than $700,000, was held in Philip Weiss Auctions' gallery facility located in Oceanside, New York. To learn more about Philip Weiss Auctions and its calendar of upcoming auctions, visit www.prwauctions.com.
Acclaimed John Lennon tribute moves to historic Beatles location
[Posted by Julian McKenzie on Monday, 01/25/10 6:35 pm] [Comments] [Permalink] [Tweet This] Following an unprecedented three month run of sold out performances at The NoHo Arts Center, Just Imagine, the smash hit show, opens this Thursday, January 28th at the elegant Platinum Live theater in Studio City.
Dating back to 1930, now completely renovated, Platinum Live is the exact location, then known as the Cinnamon Cinder, where the Beatles held an historic press conference in 1964, where they received five gold records and the key to California before performing at the Hollywood Bowl.
In Just Imagine, world-renowned Tim Piper and his electrifying band Working Class Hero take the audience on a magical history tour that reveals the riveting story of the rock legend who created the group that revolutionized pop music and forever changed the world.
 | | Tim Piper as John Lennon in "Just Imagine" |
One of L.A.'s oldest dinner theaters, Platinum Live is L.A.'s only true dinner theater and features plush seating, a full bar, state-of-the-art sound and lights, along with lavish dinner and brunch buffets. All ages welcome.
The Platinum Live theater is located at 11345 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604. Performances of Just Imagine are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 3:00 pm.
To reserve your seat for Just Imagine at Platinum Live in Studio City, visit www.JustImagineTheShow.com or call 866-811-4111. Beatles News readers can save $10 by using promo code JUST10.
Beatles: Rock Band bundle under $170 today only
[Posted by Julian McKenzie on Monday, 01/25/10 2:32 pm] [Comments] [Permalink] [Tweet This] The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundle from MTV Games is available today only, Monday, January 25, 2010, as the Amazon Deal of the Day, for only $169.99.
 
The Beatles: Rock Band, released in September, includes more than 40 tracks and online multiplayer functionality. The Amazon Deal of the Day offer, for The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Bundle PS3 and Xbox 360 for $169.99 each, is 32 percent off the $249.99 MSRP.
The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundle includes The Beatles Rock Band software, an exclusive Hofner bass guitar controller, The Beatles branded Rock Band drums, and a microphone and microphone stand, and additional special game content.
Click here for info on the Beatles: Rock Band Deal of the Day!
Nowhere Boy receives four Bafta nominations
[Posted by Julian McKenzie on Thursday, 01/21/10 12:23 pm] [Comments] [Permalink] [Tweet This] Nominations for The Baftas, which take place two weeks before the Academy Awards in Hollywood, and are often seen a prediction of possible Oscar winners, were announced today in London.
 | | Kristin Scott Thomas and Anne-Marie Duff |
Sam Taylor-Wood's directional debut film Nowhere Boy, about the early life of late Beatle John Lennon, has received four Bafta nominations, including Best Supporting Actress nominations for Kristin Scott Thomas, who played Aunt Mimi, and Anne-Marie Duff, who played John's mother Julia, Outstanding British Film, and Sam Taylor-Wood for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
Winners of the Baftas are chosen by members of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, apart from the Orange Rising Star category, which is open to the public. The winners will be announced at a star-studded ceremony at the Royal Opera House on February 21.
Beatlemania invades New York City this Sunday
[Posted by Julian McKenzie on Wednesday, 01/20/10 11:38 am] [Comments] [Permalink] [Tweet This] Beatlemania invades New York City on Sunday with a one-night-only encore performance of National Dance Institute's Imagine: A Celebration of John Lennon.
Follow Sgt. Pepper and 100 other National Dance Institute children as they perform high-spirited choreography set to your favorite Beatles music at a special encore performance of Imagine: A Celebration of John Lennon on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts Concert Hall in New York City at 6:30 p.m.
This show was first performed in June of 2009 to sold-out houses. Both exhilarating and profoundly moving, this theatrical event weaves together vignettes of Lennon's life with original, energetic choreography set to his masterful music. 100 young dancers from NDI's Advanced Teams, ages 9-15 present a stirring portrait of Lennon's enduring legacy, accompanied by the NDI Orchestra.
Tickets start at $100 for Preferred Seating and a Post-Performance Reception, and are available in advance only. To purchase tickets and for more information, call (212) 226-0083, email reservations@nationaldance.org or visit www.nationaldance.org. Proceeds benefit National Dance Institute's programs and LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts.
For more information about Imagine: A Celebration of John Lennon, watch this YouTube video or visit the show's web page.
Oxford University offers Beatles summer course
[Posted by Julian McKenzie on Tuesday, 01/19/10 1:32 pm] [Comments] [Permalink] [Tweet This] Oxford University has announced a one-week summer course on "The Beatles, Popular Music and Sixties Britain." The course is part of the Oxford Experience programme and takes place at Christ Church, one of Oxford's largest and most beautiful colleges from July 4 through 10, 2010.
Revered and reviled in equal measures, the Sixties continue to fascinate. This course is a journey through it from the British perspective, noting key events in politics, society and the arts. We will trace the development of the music of the Beatles and place their songs in context by discussing examples by other notable British groups of the period. However familiar you think this music is, prepare to hear more in it than before.
 | | Historic Christ Church |
The course will be conducted by Dr. Rikky Rooksby, a tutor for the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education, and author of many articles, reviews and books on English literature and popular music.
Course content includes 1960-63; the early Beatles, 1963-65; first Liverpool then the world, 1966-67; Sgt. Pepper and the Summer of Love, The Beatles in the studio, The sixties goes colour: the country-culture, psychedelia, encounters or delusions? The nature of consciousness and reality, 1968; the White Album – doll's house or glass union? Politics, barricades, and street-fighting men, and 1969-70; Let it Be and Abbey Road. Eight track recording, litigation and ‘funny paper'. The end of the dream or the beginning of the voyage?
Enrolments will be accepted up to June 1, 2010. Early enrollment is advised as many courses fill before February. For more information about the course and the "Oxford Experience" 2010 programme, please visit www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/details.php?id=O09I102JDR.
Little Steven defends listing Beatles on Coolest Garage Rock list
[Posted by Julian McKenzie on Monday, 01/18/10 2:34 pm] [Comments] [Permalink] [Tweet This] Steven Van Zandt recently counted down what he believes to be the coolest garage rock songs and albums of the decade on his Undergound Garage radio show. His coolest album of the last ten year's is 2009's stereo-free re-release of the Beatles back catalog. Is he being old-school-for-old-school's sake? "No!" says the guitarist, according to Entertainment Weekly.
"My last five conversations with Neil Aspinall, who we all love and miss, had to do with, ‘Please, Neil, I know you''re busy, but re-release the Beatles in the original configurations, in mono, the way God intended.' He was finally getting that done when he died and Jeff Jones, the new guy over there at Apple, thankfully got it done."
"People don't realize they'd spend all day on the mono mixes, and then usually George Martin would leave, and occasionally the first engineer would leave, and then the second engineer would throw up a quick stereo mix. They considered stereo a gimmick. Nobody took it seriously up until the last two albums or so. The mono mixes sound better, without question. They're quite different. there's overdubs missing, there's instruments missing. And that's all that was available all these years. This was the way George Martin and the Beatles intended them to be heard!"
You can read Little Steven's defense of his other list picks here on EW Music Mix.
Paul McCartney presents at the Golden Globes
[Posted by Julian McKenzie on Sunday, 01/17/10 5:34 pm] [Comments] [Permalink] [Tweet This] Paul McCartney presented the award for the Best Animated Feature at tonight's Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles on NBC TV tonight.
Paul was very funny. He opened his presentation by saying, "Hello, I'm Paul McCartney. Or as I'm now known, that guy from Rock Band."
 | | Photo courtesy of NBC TV |
He also he said he loves animation and mentioned Yellow Submarine, and he said, "But animation is not only for children. It is also for adults who are on drugs."
The award went to the animated feature Up. The show is still going on at this moment, and Paul is nominated for an award, for his song "(I Want To) Come Home" for the Robert DeNiro film "Everybody's Fine."
[Update: 5:46 pm]
Paul McCartney didn't win the Golden Globe for Best Song from a Motion Picture. It went to "The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)."
Vote for Paul McCartney at the Critics Choice Awards
[Posted Friday, 01/15/10 7:57 am] [Comments] [Permalink] [Tweet This] [from Paul McCartney.com.]
The Critics' Choice Awards are broadcast live on VH-1 in the USA this coming Friday night at 9pm EST – you can vote for Paul in the poll running on the VH-1 website and get full details of the broadcast.
Click here to vote in the poll for (I Want To) Come Home taken from the new Robert De Niro film Everybody's Fine.
Click here to watch the video.
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