Friday, May 17, 2013

London's Beatlemania continues Beatles musical Let It Be has extended its run on London's West End until January 18, 2014. The theatrical concert, a chronological trip through the Beatles' story, from Cavern Club to Beatlemania and the studio masterpieces, also becomes the latest show with lower priced tickets, starting June 3 it will have tickets available from just £15. Source: Official London Theatre

Yellow submarine appearing at Philly area art show Animator Ron Campbell, best known for directing "The Beatles" cartoon series and for working on "The Yellow Submarine" movie, will be appearing and creating original Beatles artwork at the 102.9 WMGK Classic Rock Art Show at the Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia, this Friday through Sunday. Source: Philly Burbs

Beatles-themed training expert gets back to encore course Management expert John MacCarfrae is encoring his unique Beatles-themed training course to deliver team building projects. MacCarfrae uses five stages in the Beatles' career to highlight the benefits and pitfalls on the way to creating the right conditions for a successful workforce and uses Beatles music during the course. Source: Liverpool Daily Post

John Stamos added to Cincinnati Beach Boys concert Actor/producer/musician John Stamos will join The Beach Boys when they play a postgame concert Sunday, May 26 at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. He will join band members Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Christian Love, Randell Kirsch, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill and Scott Totten onstage after the Reds vs. Chicago Cubs game. Source: Cincinnati Reds

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Streets in Tulsa temporarily renamed to honor Paul McCartney Circling the BOK Center in Tulsa, four downtown streets will temporarily have new names that should sound familiar to Paul McCartney fans, including "Abbey Road," "Penny Lane," "Blackbird Boulevard" and "All Together Crossing." McCartney will perform May 29 and 30 as part of the BOK's fifth anniversary celebration. Source: Tulsa World

Paul McCartney attends VIP premiere screening of Rockshow On Wednesday night, Paul McCartney attended the VIP premiere of the Wings film "Rockshow" at BAFTA in London with wife Nancy and his brother Michael. The film, originally released in 1980, has been fully restored and is being shown in select cinemas around the world. Before the screening began Paul gave an short speech. Source: PaulMcCartney.com

Beatles friends attend launch of Joe Flannery's Fab Four memoir Friends and family of the Fab Four came out Tuesday for the official launch of Joe Flannery's new book, "Standing in the Wings – The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Me." VIPs included Lord Mayor Sharon Sullivan, Freda Kelly, Beryl Marsden, biographer Philip Norman, Roag Best, brother of Pete Best and Colin Hanton of The Quarrymen. Source: Beatles Examiner

Interview: George Harrison tribute almost sounds like unreleased song Mike Geraghty says his tribute to George Harrison, "Still With You," which is amazingly close to something George himself might have done, while not a George Harrison song, reflects as much of him as he could put in it. "A little while after George Harrison's passing I wanted to compose a tribute to him and his music," he said. Source: Beatles Examiner

Former Merseyside Plaza where Beatles played to become new cafe The Plaza, a former nightspot where the Beatles famously once played, could be resurrected as a new cafe bar. After falling into disrepair about eight years ago, there were fears the venue with significant historical links to the Merseyside area could be lost. The Beatles played the first of five gigs at the Plaza on June 25, 1962. Source: St. Helens Star, UK

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Beatles 1965 feature film Help! is on its way on Blu-ray The Beatles' second feature film, 1965's Help!, is on its way to Blu-ray, it was announced this morning by Apple Corps LTD. The film will be released on Blu-ray on June 24 in the UK and June 25 in North America. The single-disc package will include the digitally restored film, 5.1 soundtrack, and an hour of extra features. Source: John Lennon Examiner

Sean Lennon to tour with Yoko Ono Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon, will tour the UK playing a live version of the couple's last album, "Double Fantasy," part of a project meant to promote creativity among young people who have limited access to artistic tools, that will culminate in a live concert at London's Southbank center as part of her Meltdown Festival in June. Source: The Examiner

Pictures: Hard Rock exhibit includes rare John Lennon artifacts A special display of John Lennon artifacts has arrived at Seattle's Hard Rock Café in a limited traveling exhibit that will be on site for public viewing from today through May 19. The display includes his hand-written lyrics to the song "Help" and John Lennon's personal gold record for his 1974 album "Walls and Bridges." Source: John Lennon Examiner

Paul McCartney plants a tree at Brazil resort Paul McCartney chose Txai Resort to rest after his shows in Brazil. During his stay, the ex-Beatle got to know the resort's philanthropic projects, and was invited by the President of Txai Resorts to plant a seedling of the Juerana tree, used by the Pataxo Indians for the making of crafts. Source: Travel Video News

Paul McCartney calls for worldwide ban Paul McCartney has joined a campaign to end testing around the world after the practice was banned in Europe. Source: Orange News, UK

Art award dedicated to memory of Liverpool-born artist Joe Bampton Organizers are honored to announce that the 2013 Liverpool Art Prize "People's Choice Award" will be presented in fond memory of the Liverpool born artist, Joe Bampton. The Award, whose winner is announced at 6pm on Wednesday 29th May is presented alongside the main award for Liverpool Art Prize 2013. Source: Beatles News

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

John Lennon movie attracts award-winning cast Dan Fogelman's long-in-the-works directorial debut "Imagine" has added several tremendously talented, award-winning actors to its cast list, it was announced yesterday, including 4 time Oscar winner Annette Bening, 2 time Oscar winner Sir Michael Caine, Golden Globe winner Jennifer Garner and Oscar winner Al Pacino. Source: The Examiner

Video: Man proposes on stage at Paul McCartney concert An audience member at McCartney's concert in Brazil last week was holding a sign that said, "Paul, I want to propose to my love onstage. Would you bless us?" The couple came onstage and, after a little prompting from McCartney, the groom-to-be got on one knee, pulled out a ring, and popped the question. She said yes. Source: Huffington Post

Listen: Wings Over America preview Formed by Paul and Linda McCartney, Wings swiftly became one of the biggest rock bands of the 70s. Their 1976 tour has gone down in history, captured for posterity on the Wings Over America live album, it remains one of the band's best loved LPs. It is set to be re-issued later this summer, and you can listen to an exclusive preview online now. Source: Clash Magazine

Ex-McCartney band members join in special tribute to Wings Two ex-members of Paul McCartney's Wings will join Jeff Slate's Birds of Paradox for a special tribute to McCartney's band at 10 p.m. May 29 at the Cutting Room in New York City, it was announced Monday. The show will also celebrate the re-releases of the "Wings Over America" album and the concert film "Rockshow." Source: The Examiner

Yoko: Being a Beatle wife harder than married to a politician In a BBC radio interview, Yoko Ono says life as the wife of a Beatle "never ends." But even though she will always be known as Lennon, she has refused to be defined by that and is arguably performing more now, with her son, Sean Lennon and the Plastic Ono band, and putting on a greater number of art shows, than ever before. Source: The Telegraph, UK

ELO's Jeff Lynne remembers special moments with the Beatles For a confirmed Beatlemaniac like Jeff Lynne, working with members of the Beatles had always been a dream. In the late 1980s, every one of them came true, when Lynne produced George Harrison's comeback album Cloud 9, which led to the formation of the Traveling Wilburys. Lynne later produced solo albums for Ringo and McCartney's terrific Flaming Pie. Source: Something Else Reviews

John and Paul appear on Tonight Show 45 years ago today In May 1968, John Lennon and Paul McCartney flew to New York to promote Apple Corps. On May 14, they appeared on NBC's Tonight Show. The program that night wasn't hosted by Johnny Carson, but by former baseball great Joe Garagiola. NBC erased the videotape at some point, so no complete document of the show survives. Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

Monday, May 13, 2013

Fans lobby Paul McCartney to buy Everton Football Club Founded in 1878, Everton FC has enjoyed a fairly illustrious history including nine league championships, but is currently suffering a financial rough patch and is currently seeking a new buyer. One group of fans has started a petition "to appeal to Beatles legend and Liverpool native son Paul McCartney to purchase our illustrious football club." Source: Ultimate Classic Rock

Photographer Mary McCartney goes behind the scenes Mary McCartney, daughter of Paul McCartney and his photographer wife, Linda Eastman, followed in her mother's footsteps. Her work, now showing at a gallery in Toronto, includes her shots of models such as Kate Moss, as well as famous subjects, from Madonna to Elvis Costello. McCartney credits both her mother and father as influences on her photos. Source: CBC, Canada

Rare Pictures: Beatles on holiday before they were world famous 50 years ago today, three of the Fab Four were chilling by the pool in Tenerife. Only weeks later Beatlemania was in full swing and Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were well on their way to becoming famous worldwide, but in May 1963, no one on the Spanish island gave the Beatles a second glance. Source: The Mirror, UK

Interview: Vivek Tiwary talks about the Beatles In a new interview, Vivek Tiwary, writer and producer the film and graphic novel "The Fifth Beatle" about Brian Epstein and the Beatles, talks about what drew him to the story, how he decided where to start the story and the differences and challenges with writing it as a screenplay versus writing it as a comic book. Source: Bleeding Cool

New book reveals John Lennon regretted political campaigning According to Beatles friend and associate Joe Flannery, John Lennon regretted his political activism and was planning to return to his native U.K.. Lennon was an outspoken critic of Richard Nixon in the 1970s, but he later confessed to Flannery that he had gone overboard with his political statements. Source: Star Pulse

New Beatles insider book launches in Liverpool tomorrow Joe Flannery's new book on The Beatles, Standing in The Wings - The Beatles, Brian Epstein And Me, launches tomorrow with a star-studded event at Liverpool's Beatles Story. Joe Flannery has been described as the "Secret Beatle", an integral part of The Beatles" management team during their rise to fame in the early 1960s. Source: Beatles News

Friday, May 10, 2013

New Hard Rock collection in Tampa includes Lennon's glasses The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tampa has announced Friday that a new, traveling exhibit titled "Treasures of the Hard Rock" will be on display there June 14-22. The exhibit will feature many unique pieces pulled from Hard Rock International's more than 77,000-piece main collection, including glasses worn by John Lennon. Source: The Tampa Tribune

Video Interview: Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono In the course of an interview that first aired May 13, 2012 and is now available online, Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon tell many interesting stories. They speak intimately about the music, and reminisce about the events that inspired the compositions. Sean reacts to a John Lennon recording he's hearing for the first time. Source: WNYC Radio, New York

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