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Thursday, September 2, 2010

He knew Beatles would be bigger than Elvis before Brian  Billy Kinsley was interviewed on Sunday as part of the Liverpool Beatles Convention. Billy told about the many times he got to see and work with the Fab Four in the sixties and said he "knew the Beatles were going to be bigger than Elvis even before Brian Epstein" when he saw them perform at the Cavern Club in January 1962.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Author talks about new Paul McCartney book in Liverpool Author Howard Sounes appeared as a guest speaker Sunday at the Adelphi Hotel as part of the Liverpool Beatles Convention to talk about his new book on Paul McCartney, "Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney", which was released last week in England and will be released in the US in October.

Billy J. Kramer at the Cavern Club for first time in 42 years Billy J. Kramer and his band "The New Dakotas" performed Tuesday night at the Cavern Club for the first time in more than 42 years, and his first performance in Liverpool in 13 years, as part of the closing night for the Liverpool Beatles Festival 2010. Billy received a huge response from the packed audience.

Earl Don't Wanna Spoil The Party Many families are stressed with what to do over Labor Day weekend now that Hurricane Earl is forcing many east coast beaches to close. Organizers of Abbey Road on the River are offering free admittance to all 21 and under guests with each regular ticket holder throughout the entire 5-day festival this weekend.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

John Lennon peace rally at Lincoln Memorial on Thursday Organizers of Abbey Road on the River today announced plans to host "Give Peace a Chance" on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 11:11pm. The moonlit sing-a-long of John Lennon's 1969 single will honor the legendary musician in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the steps of the Reflecting Pool.

Beatles tribute this weekend in Toronto This Friday, Michael Wrycraft presents Twist & Shout: A Tribute to the Beatles at Hugh's Room in Toronto, Canada. It promises to be an eclectic and astounding line-up of musicians to celebrate one of the greatest musical groups of our time. All in all, 38 great musicians in 8 acts performing around 20 Beatles songs.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Geoff Baker makes first appearance at Liverpool Beatles Convention Geoff Baker shared a few stories and insights on Sunday about what it was like to have worked for more than 14 years as Paul McCartney's former publicist. He spoke before a packed audience during an interview with author and BBC Radio Merseyside host Spencer Leigh as part of the Liverpool International Beatles Week 2010.

Tribute concert was once in a lifetime experience Beatles: Peace, Love, and Understanding, at the The Liverpool Anglican Cathedral was a once in a lifetime experience and for Beatles fans, this concert was the most memorable of this year's Beatles Week 2010 in Liverpool. The concert featured over 24 various performers and guest speakers from all over the world.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

The Overtures is best show of Beatles week 2010 so far One of the highlights of this year's Liverpool Beatles Festival was last night's Overtures concert which was jam packed with brilliant authentic renditions of sixties bands such as the Kinks, the Who, the Searchers, the Animals, the Turtles, the Birds, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and many, many more.

Liverpool's Casbah Club is hot this weekend, inside and out The Casbah Club had a tent outside the downstairs from the club yesterday for acoustic acts as part of this year's Liverpool Beatles Festival. The acoustic acts were great because you could also sit outside in the sunshine and enjoy the great weather in the large backyard of the former home of Pete Best.

Bill Heckle spreads Peace, Love and Understanding The Russian monks who are stationed up in Antartica sing "Let It Be" on the 6 minute video that was be presented at tonight's Beatles "Peace, Love and Understanding" Concert being held at the Anglican Cathedral, and it is very moving. Bill's efforts deserve a great deal of thanks in spending over a year to set this event up.

Friday, August 27, 2010

Beatles Tour shares hidden fab history of Los Angeles It's taken over forty years, but at last Los Angeles and the west coast of America has a Beatles tour of their own. It's called A Magical History Tour and is guided by Beatles expert Gillian Lomax, who researched and developed the tour. "The longer I was here in Los Angeles, the more I realized how many connections the are to the Beatles."

Thinking of Brian Today we remember Brian Epstein, who passed away 43 years ago on this day, August 27, 1967. He believed in the Beatles when no one else did and tamed them without changing who they were. It's a crime an accident took Brian from us at such a young age. He was only 32, but he lives on in the hearts of every Beatles fan forever.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Marcus Cahill and Los Escarabajos close the Mathew Street Festival Spain's foremost Beatle group, Los Escarabajos will be performing six times by themselves during Liverpool Beatle Week and two gigs where they will act as backing group for Australian singer and Lennon-specialist, Marcus Cahill. One of them will be the closing act for the Mathew Street Festival, before an estimated audience of 50,0000.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Tell Liverpool how you feel about Ringo's birthplace Fans are organizing to prevent the City of Liverpool from destroying the birthplace of Ringo Starr. It was first earmarked for demolition in 2005. Now official demolition notices have been posted in the street. You can tell the City of Liverpool how you feel about this controversy on their official web site.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Paul McCartney and friends pay tribute to Sid Bernstein Last weekend, I had the pleasure of traveling to Philadelphia from New York City to see Paul McCartney's concerts. Sunday was a special night, because it was the 45th Anniversary of The Beatles at Shea Stadium. Well, Sid Bernstein was in the audience, and Paul took a moment to pay tribute to Sid.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

All You Need Is Klaus this weekend on the Smithsonian Channel This August, Smithsonian Channel presents "All You Need Is Klaus", a journey into the incredible life of Klaus Voormann. Voormann is best known for his association with the most popular and most influential band in rock ‘n roll history, The Beatles and features Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Carly Simon.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Chicago Beatles Fest Day 3: Beatles art and Beatles music If you've never been to a Fest for Beatles Fans because you imagine that it's all lectures on "The Intricacies of Harmony on The White Album" or embarrassing Beatles look-alike contests, it's not. In fact, the Fest is not about the past at all. It's about now, about new Beatles releases and events, new Beatles-inspired music and art.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Chicago Beatles Fest Day 1: New releases from familiar faces For a girl from L.A. (Lower Alabama) it's thrilling to be in the big city and to be surrounded by Beatles Fans! Jon Polk is here with his new Lennon Box of Vision. Bruce Spizer is writing a new book, the one I've been begging for, The Beatles on Parlophone! And artist Eric Cash is showing his painting of that historic first meeting between John and Paul.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Singer has his family go veggie after Paul plays on his album In a new interview in the London Free Press, Travis lead singer Fran Healy says, "I wrote this song called As It Comes, and the refrain reminded me of The Beatles. I thought, 'Why don't I get in touch with him?' I know Paul. We met in 2000 on holiday. So I sent it to him last July and he did it.

Monday, July 26, 2010

John Lennon PBS documentary to include concert outtakes PBS today announced an episode of the PBS documentary series "American Masters" will look at the last decade of the life of John Lennon. Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, Elton John and photographer Bob Gruen take part in the profile, which will feature home movies and outtakes of Lennon in concert.

Friday, July 16, 2010

John Lennon celebrations in Hollywood A "John Lennon 70th Birthday Public Celebration" will be held Saturday, October 9 at John's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star to celebrate the life and music of the late legendary singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Event organizers are now looking for sidewalk chalk artists who are also John Lennon fans to lend their support to the event.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Large Beatles collection to be auctioned tomorrow An extensive collection of vintage and contemporary Beatles-related items will be auctioned in Toronto tomorrow, June 15. The items come from a very well known retail store, The Beatlemania Shoppe, which closed a couple years ago. Although none of the items will reach record prices, there is a great selection for the more modest buyer.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Paul McCartney announces more North American tour dates Paul McCartney has announced several new dates in North America to be to the added to his Up And Coming 2010 tour. The cities include Denver, Kansas City, Toronto, Montreal and Pittsburgh. Website ticket presale for these dates will be on June 9, tickets go on general public sale on June 14.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Free rooftop concert kicks off Beatles Festival tomorrow Abbey Road on the River kicks off this year's largest Beatles festival in the world with a free rooftop concert tomorrow at 11:45 a.m. on the roof of the Louisville Visitors Center. Beatles Hall of Fame inductee Hal Bruce, BritBeat and Drew Harrison, Lennon vocalist of the San Francisco Bay Area's The Sun Kings, will perform.

Amazing rock auction tomorrow in London The Fame Bureau Auction takes place live in London tomorrow. Beatles highlights include original production artwork and rare photos, Ringo Starr's first cymbal, two original drawings by John Lennon and a John Lennon original cartoon, The Beatles All You Need is Love acetate and original historical Brian Epstein letters.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Neil Innes suffered for his art, now it's LA's turn Neil Innes takes on Los Angeles with a special live performance at McCabe's in Santa Monica this Friday Night. Neil hasn't performed live in the Los Angeles area since 2008, when he celebrated the US premiere of the documentary "Neil Innes: The Seventh Python" in Hollywood.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Fans come together for new John Lennon film There is exciting news for American fans about "Nowhere Boy," the new movie about John's teenage years and early days of the Beatles. Beatles News can now confirm, it is official, the film is to be released in the USA on Friday October 8th, to coincide with the big celebrations that weekend of the 70th anniversary of John's birth.

Beatles pal teams up John Lennon bio author Beatles author Jude Kessler is excited to announce that she sealed a deal last night with Bill Harry to join her website. Bill Harry, who was with John Lennon and the Beatles in Liverpool from the very beginning, is going to be posting a book review on Jude's site once a month. His page is going to be called "Bill Harry's Bookshelf."

Thursday, April 22, 2010

£10 tickets available for Conversation with George Martin £10 last chance tickets are now available for Sir George Martin in conversation with Andrew Marr, which will take place at 7.30pm next Wednesday, April 28th, at Kings Place, London. This special event promises many fascinating insights into the Beatles' recording sessions with George Martin at the famous Abbey Road studios.

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Paul publicly stated "No one could possibly replace Brian", and that they would go on alone, without a manager, on this day in 1967.

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Victor Spinetti (TV Director, A Hard Day's Night, Prof. Foot, Help, Army Sgt., Magical Mystery Tour), who was born in Abergavenny, Wales on this day in 1933, is 77 years old today.

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