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Liverpool will celebrate the greatest ever band yet again on Beatles Day 2010. But this year, rather than just a city date, the event will draw in fans from around the globe. Events will simultaneously be held in Hamburg, New York, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo, Krakow, Rio De Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Moscow, with more cities set to sign up.
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| Unseen Lennon photos reveal how far popular music has fallen |
Photos showing John Lennon during his famous bed-in with Yoko Ono in Montreal in 1969 have been unearthed. They made me sad. The pictures show Lennon stroking a guitar as Yoko Ono chats to 16 year old Gail Reynard, who had scaled the fire escape and begged to stay and watch proceedings. Today, security would have had her arrested.
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| New photos of John Lennon appear after 40 years |
Candid pictures of John Lennon which have never been seen in public have been found after being kept hidden in a photographer's drawer for more than 40 years. The extraordinary photos were snapped by Life photographer Gerry Deiter, the only photojournalist allowed to witness and document the Montreal bed-in for the full eight days.
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| Phil Spector appeals |
Lawyers for pop music producer Phil Spector asked a court to throw out for reasons written up in a 148-page brief. The brief filed on Wednesday.
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| Liverpool sees positive image renaissance |
Liverpool has shaken off its negative social image since Capital of Culture year, according to a new study. The city has also received an economic boost thanks to tourism in 2008. Most visitors now think it is a welcoming place that has a lot going on creatively, without relying on stereotypical draws such as sport.
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| Thursday, March 11, 2010 |
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| James McCartney playing music inspired by the Beatles |
James McCartney, now touring Scotland, says, "I was in the womb when dad sang Mull of Kintyre, now I want musical career of my own." His solo album has been recorded with his dad's help and is expected to be released later this year. James added, "The music is inspired by The Beatles. It is basically rock n' roll, clean sounding, heartfelt and vocal."
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| McCartney friend to speak in Chicago area |
Barry Miles, a close friend and biographer of Paul McCartney, will discuss the Swinging London scene of the 1960s and its cultural impact at 7 p.m. tonight at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois. Miles penned McCartney's authorized biography "Many Years from Now" based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews over five years.
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| Pink Floyd stops EMI from cutting up albums online |
Fans of Pink Floyd could soon be unable to buy their songs individually on websites like iTunes after the rock band won a High Court ruling against EMI. Band members took the record label to court on Tuesday arguing it had broken a 1999 contract that "expressly prohibits the sale of albums in any configuration other than the original configuration".
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| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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| Michigan Beatle fans show off their artwork |
"The Beatles Show!" is an exhibit that contains 30 original Beatle-themed pieces created by local Michigan artists. Beatle memorabilia was also on display and included rare photos of John Lennon, rare concert posters and album cover art. The Beatles Show! will run until March 20 and is free to the public.
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| New Book: Definitive Illustrated Chronicle of The Beatles |
Coming up with fresh material and merchandise on the Beatles is something rather difficult at this point. However, John, Paul, George & Ringo: The Definitive Illustrated Chronicle of The Beatles is 448 hardbound pages of pictorial wonder for any Beatlemaniac, compiled from London's Daily Mail photo archives.
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| Paul McCartney turns up at son's club gig |
Rock icon Paul McCartney came out to support his son Monday night when James McCartney performed for a crowd of approximately 60 at the Audio Bar in Brighton, England. According to the Sun, Macca danced in the corner and sang along as his 32-year-old son played his set.
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| Local band to support James McCartney in Birmingham |
One of Shropshire, England's top bands is to support Paul McCartney' son in a major gig in Birmingham this month. The Kayas hope the concert with James McCartney will help them break out onto the national stage. Kayas manager Phil Beaumont said, "The Kayas really deserve this break and we hope it will give them the recognition they deserve."
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| Larry Kane's ride with the Beatles |
"Larry Kane's Ticket to Ride" is an entertaining and eye-opening program about his decades-long relationship with the Beatles, Fridays and Saturdays this month at the Franklin Institute. It is a multimedia program that offers the ultimate insider's account of life in the whirlwinds that were the Fab Four's 1964 and '65 North American tours.
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| Interview: Yoko Ono opens up the Ono family album |
She may not look it, but Yoko Ono is now 77 years old. For many of those years, she has been blamed, perhaps unfairly, for the break-up of the Beatles. Now, Yoko is back in Japan for a three-week trip and, for the first time, has agreed to a journalist accompanying her to write about this side of her multi-faceted life.
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| Memories of life on Liverpool docks |
A new publication, the Dockers bookazine, celebrates the Liverpool Docker as a very real, yet legendary figure, an insight into the lives of men who were the backbone of Liverpool. The docker remains a personification of Liverpool. The Beatles were inspired by the docks, it's where they picked up their famous thumbs-up salute.
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| Tuesday, March 9, 2010 |
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| Nowhere Boy kicking off Nashville Film Festival in April |
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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