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The Nashville Film Festival has always had an eye, and ear, for music-related flicks, and they'll be starting this year's festivities with a doozy, a film about one of the greatest popular musicians of all time. Nowhere Boy, the buzzed-about biopic depicting John Lennon's teenage years, will kick off the 41st annual fest on April 15.
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| U.S. release date Nowhere Boy still uncertain |
Beatle fans anticipating the release of "Nowhere Boy" in the U.S. will have to sit tight. It's coming, a spokeswoman for Weinstein Co., who will distribute the film in America, told us today, but right now they can't say when it will happen. "We actually don't have a date at this point," she said in a phone interview.
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| Ringo returns to Fallsview in June |
Ringo Starr returns to Fallsview Casino with his All-Starr Band for two shows in June. Returning as All-Starr Band members are Edgar Winter, keyboardist Gary Wright, and drummer Gregg Bissonette, while newcomers include Rick Derringer, former bassist of Mr. Mister, Richard Page and former Romantics guitarist Wally Palmar.
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| Annie Leibovitz agrees to loan deal to save her photos |
Celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz has arranged a deal with a private equity firm to sort out her debts, and allow Leibovitz to hold onto the rights of more than 100,000 photographs. Leibovitz is perhaps best known for a portrait of John Lennon and Yoko Ono taken on the same day the former Beatle.
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| Pink Floyd battles EMI over royalties |
Pink Floyd has launched legal action against EMI over royalty payments and how music is sold in the digital age. The group, which signed with EMI over 40 years ago and whose back catalog has been outsold only by the Beatles, is disputing how online royalty payments and the marketing of their music are calculated.
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| Monday, March 8, 2010 |
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| Kids recreate the Abbey Road cover |
Fans of the Disney TV show I'm In The Band, which debuted in the U.S. last year, have recreated some famous rock and roll album covers in celebrate the coming of the show to TV in the U.K. Among the album covers recreated by the kids aged between 10 and 12, is the iconic Beatles album Abbey Road.
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| Paul McCartney shows support at Stella's show in Paris |
Sir Paul McCartney, the proud father, with his girlfriend, Nancy Shevell, by his side, beamed, as his daughter's collection came down the catwalk at Stella McCartney's autumn/winter 2010/2011 show, at the Paris prêt-à-porter season on Monday morning. Also attending was Maria Shriver, the First Lady of California.
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| Nowhere Boy coming out on DVD, but only in the UK |
John Lennon early years biopic Nowhere Boy will be released on DVD and Blu-ray DVD in the UK May 10, it was announced today. No release, either in theaters or on DVD, has been announced for the U.S. Bonus features on the DVD and Blu-ray releases will include director's audio commentary and deleted scenes.
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| Friday, March 5, 2010 |
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| Macca date ticket mania |
A mad scramble for tickets to see former Beatle Paul McCartney play his first Scottish gig for 20 years this summer is under way. Pre-sale tickets via Sir Paul's website have almost sold out, with the best spots for the Hamden Park gig already snapped up. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Monday.
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| Ozzy Osbourne to visit Liverpool for John Lennon's 70th birthday |
Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are planning to go to Liverpool to mark former Beatle John Lennon's 70th birthday. The Black Sabbath frontman is a massive Beatles fan and received an invitation from Liverpool's Lord Mayor. Sharon said, "He will want to see all the sights and maybe stay in the John Lennon suite at the Hard Days Night Hotel."
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| Anniversary of Please Please Me in America |
Forty seven years ago this month, Please Please Me became the first Beatles single released in the U.S. and also became the title track to the Beatles first LP in the UK. Written solely by John Lennon, John recalled in the 1980 Playboy interview that "it was my attempt at writing a Roy Orbison song, would you believe it?"
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| Thursday, March 4, 2010 |
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| Meet the Beatles fan: Pat Matthews of Beatles-A-Rama |
As with many people of a certain generation, it all started with I Want To Hold Your Hand. Despite a poster of John Lennon in New York right above his desk, Pat Matthews, host of Beatles-A-Rama, says Paul, who wrote the lyrics to Hey Jude, remains his favorite Beatle. Matthews even likes Wings, but don't ask me why.
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| Interview: May Pang setting the record straight |
May Pang, about her first book Loving John, says, "The reason I agreed to write the book was simply to set the record straight. I understood the need for John to diplomatically refer to our time together as a 'lost weekend' and to imply it wasn't a good time for him. People who were not even around us would say things that were so out there. That was hurtful."
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| Beatles Story's campaign to bring Indian tourists to Liverpool |
Beatles Story managers have just returned from India where they are working with VisitBritain to develop the next stage of a campaign to promote Liverpool as a top destination for Indian tourists. They visited the south Indian city of Bangalore, and are looking at ways their staff can lend their support and help India's poor.
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| Sean Lennon defends Yoko on Twitter |
Sean Lennon said his mom Yoko Ono did not allow the images of Lennon to appear in the car ad in the U.K. for money reasons. He tweeted, "She did not do it for money. Has to do w hoping to keep dad in public consciousness. It's just hard to find new ways to keep dad in the new world. Not many things as effective as TV."
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| John Lennon U.K. car commercial reignites rock in ads debate |
Whenever rock & roll appears in ads, some fans protest. The debate rages every time Dr. Dre teases Detox for Dr. Pepper, or Bob Dylan promotes Pepsi. But in truth, rock stars have appeared in dozens of Super Bowl commercials. Now new car commercial featuring archival footage of John Lennon is currently causing a bit of an uproar in the U.K.
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| John's Nutopian Embassy for sale |
1 White Street in New York City is for sale. In 1973, John Lennon and Yoko Ono claimed this was the address of their Nutopian Embassy in their bid with the U.N. to avoid deportation from the U.S. Its current owner still receive letters of sympathy intended for Yoko Ono, and the house is occasionally photographed by John Lennon fans.
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| Wednesday, March 3, 2010 |
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| Liverpool's International Beatle Week programme announced |
To mark the 25th anniversary of the first Beatle Week, Billy J. Kramer will be playing his first UK concert in seven years and Denny Laine will performing Wings and Moody Blues classics. The event will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pete Best joining the Beatles with a garden party at the legendary Casbah Club.
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| Paul McCartney tribute performer forms his own Macca Band |
Over the last five years, Neil Tudor has made a name for himself as one of Europe's top Paul McCartney tribute acts. Now he's taken his performance a step further by forming a band to recreate the sound of Sir Paul's recent gigs. Tudor said, "It's something I've been thinking about for a long time."
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| Review: Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion |
Ever hear an idea that sounds so moronic that you feel like you've no choice but to check it out? That is the response when one hears the book title Paul is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion, which postulates that the Beatles were, well, zombies. "This was not about the music, it's about the men" said author Andrew Goldsher.
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| Tuesday, March 2, 2010 |
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| Seattle's Hard Rock Cafe has a piece of John Lennon history |
The Pacific Northwest, birthplace of legends like Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Heart, Queensryche and Pearl Jam, finally has its own Hard Rock Cafe. Besides their focus on Seattle heroes, there is a Beatles section upstairs which includes a fascinating piece of John Lennon history from his "lost weekend" in L.A with May Pang in 1974.
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| A Beatle at the Ballet |
Sir Paul McCartney and girlfriend Nancy Shevell snuck unnoticed into the School of American Ballet's Winter Ball, held Monday night at Lincoln Center, and blended into the crowd of uptown socialites for about three seconds. McCartney and Shevell scooted out shortly thereafter to catch a flight to London.
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| Paul McCartney confirms UK performance dates |
Paul McCartney today announces five special massive UK and Ireland shows as part of his 2010 Up and Coming tour, confirming the speculation that he's bringing his all new tour home. Paul said, "It's always brilliant to play for the home crowd and these dates are ones that me and the band are really excited about."
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| Monday, March 1, 2010 |
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| Sir Paul prepares for first British stadium tour |
Paul McCartney is to play his first ever British stadium tour, including the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Hampden Park in Glasgow and the RDS Staduum in Dublin, and there is speculation he will announce a further date at Wembley Stadium in the coming weeks. Paul will will also play at the Isle of Wight festival and at Hyde Park.
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| Paul McCartney set to play Glasgow for first time in 20 years |
Paul McCartney is heading back to Glasgow for the first time in 20 years. According to the Scotland Daily Record, details won't be unveiled for another 48 hours, but Sir Paul will headline Hampden Park on June 20. Rumors are also saying this is Paul's "huge farewell tour, performing in venues where he has not previously appeared".
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| Beatles' Abbey Road safe, but EMI sells 'home of the Stones' |
EMI has sold its prestigious Olympic Sound Studios. The studio, where the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin recorded some of their most famous tracks, and where the Beatles recorded two songs in 1967, has been sold for around £3.5m to a businessman who is considering a number of options for the site including opening a cinema.
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| Peter Donegan looks back at his father's legacy |
It can't be easy being the son of a legend. Peter Donegan, son of legendary skiffle man Lonnie Donegan, is embracing his father's legacy, not trying to out run it, by marrying old skiffle classics with his own modern rock'n'roll numbers. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," Peter Donegan says, when it comes to playing his dad's music.
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| Friday, February 26, 2010 |
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| ELO stars give Beatles hits a new twist |
Classic Beatles numbers are set for a twist when former members of the Electric Light Orchestra take to the stage in Lichfield, England. In the show, "Beatles, Blues and Blue Violin," Phil Bates, Mik Kaminski and the Eleanor Rigby Experience's Tina McBain explore new arrangements of Fab Four hits and classic blues songs.
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