What if The Beatles had just let it be?  |
40 years ago this summer, The Beatles officially called it quits. The world was spared any number of ugly scenarios: the Beatles becoming a pathetic oldies band; The Beatles embracing country-rock, glam, prog rock, disco, punk or rock opera; The Beatles becoming a pale, sorry shadow of their former selves.
Source: The Toronto Star |
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| 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.
Source: Beatles News |
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| Wednesday, September 1, 2010 |
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| 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.
Source: Beatles News |
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| John Lennon 70th birthday album reissue details revealed |
The details of the forthcoming John Lennon album reissues have been revealed. Eight of John's albums are being reissued on October 9 digitally and on CD, with the project being overseen by Yoko Ono. The date would have been Lennon's 70th birthday. A new "stripped" version of his and Ono's 1980 Double Fantasy album, will be released.
Source: NME, UK |
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| How The Beatles became Victor Spinetti fans |
Victor Spinetti was in 1964's A Hard Day's Night, Help! in 1965, and Magical Mystery Tour in 1967 after the Fab Four insisted he appear in the films. The Beatles even joined his fan club, put together by the band's fans after they saw him perform in New York. Spinetti celebrates his 81st birthday tomorrow.
Source: Wales Online, UK |
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| Liverpool artists recorded five of the top 20 singles |
Liverpool artists recorded five of the top 20 best-selling singles of all time in a list compiled for a BBC Radio 2 show broadcast yesterday. Paul McCartney's Wings hit Mull Of Kintyre is at number four. It outstripped his chart successes with The Beatles, who only took two places in the top 20.
Source: Liverpool Echo |
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| Lady Gaga to join Yoko Ono on stage in Los Angeles |
Today, Yoko Ono announced on her website that Lady Gaga would be one of the special guests to join her and the Plastic Ono Band for one of two special performances in Los Angeles. Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band will be performing at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles on October 1 and 2. Lady Gaga will appear on October 2nd only.
Source: Anaheim Pop Culture Examiner |
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| Tuesday, August 31, 2010 |
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| Hamburg plans Beatles tribute |
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first performance in Germany, and John Lennon's 70th birthday, the Filmfest Hamburg is honoring the Fab Four this year with the special section, titled Strawberry Fields. As part of the showcase, Nowhere Boy will make its German premiere at the fest.
Source: Variety |
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| Pete Best in the Philippines |
Original Beatles drummer Pete Best will appear at the Beatlesfest 2010 held at the Aliw Theater in the Philippines on Sept. 11. Beatlesfest 2010 will also feature big names in the local band arena like Ely Buendia, McCoy Fundales, Rene Garcia and Ramon Jacinto with The Hotsteps Dancers and the Glass Onion Band.
Source: The Philippine Star |
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| Q & A with Gerry Marsden |
Every lead singer in a band had his own vocal sound. John Lennon didn't sound like Paul McCartney, George didn't sound like John, I didn't sound like John, George or Paul. I think that was the beauty, but, although we didn't sound the same, we still sounded the same, if you know what I mean. The sound was different than we'd heard before, the Liverpool twang.
Source: The Montreal Gazette |
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| 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.
Source: Beatles News |
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| Monday, August 30, 2010 |
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| 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.
Source: Beatles News |
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| Mathew Street Festival draws record numbers |
Liverpool's Mathew Street Festival drew record breaking numbers to Liverpool City Centre yesterday. The celebration of Liverpool music, which is Europe's biggest free music festival, attracted 150,000 revellers, a figure up 20,000 on last year. And council bosses are expecting the same kind of turn out today.
Source: Click Liverpool |
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| This Day in Music Spotlight: The Beatles at Candlestick |
Of the 25,000 people at The Beatles' 1966 concert at San Francisco's Candlestick Park, only six knew that this would be the band's final show. As far as everyone else was concerned, this was just another stop for the rollercoaster that was Beatlemania. But the mania had proved too manic for the Fab Four in the months leading up to the gig.
Source: Gibson |
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| Apple Jam in residency at Seattle's Last Supper Club |
The world-renowned Beatles tribute group, Apple Jam, has been given a Beatles Night residency at Seattle's Last Supper Club every Tuesday in September. Apple Jam performed at Liverpool's Beatle Week in 2009, with Alan White, drummer for Yes, John Lennon, and George Harrison.
Source: John Lennon Examiner |
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| Saturday, August 28, 2010 |
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| Fans in Cleveland to celebrate release of new John Lennon book |
It has been announced that the release party for Jude Southerland Kessler's new book "Shivering Inside" will be in Cleveland on Friday, October 8. Special guest appearances will be made by Jon Polk, creator of the Lennon Box of Vision and Richard Langham, 2nd engineer at Abbey Road on the Please Please Me LP and the From Me to You single.
Source: John Lennon Examiner |
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| Lennon's sells for $14,740 at UK auction |
A that belonged to John Lennon fetched 9,500 pounds ($14,740) at auction on Saturday, around 10 times its estimate, the sale organizers said. Anne-Marie Trace, who works at the Beatles Shop in Liverpool which organized the sale, said, "I think it's the most unusual item we've ever had in our auction."
Source: Reuters, UK |
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| Astrid Kirchherr is reunited with Arrow And The Archers |
The time rolled back to 1964 for Arrow And The Archers yesterday when they were reunited with Astrid Kirchherr, the photographer who captured them on camera at the height of Beatlemania, at the Victoria Gallery & Museum, where images of the then-teenagers were among 70 photographs in a retrospective exhibition of her work.
Source: Liverpool Echo |
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| Chart Watch Extra: Was it John or Paul? |
Was Paul McCartney or John Lennon the real driving force behind the Beatles? Rolling Stone's The Beatles' 100 Greatest Songs list doesn't answer the question (nothing ever will), but it sheds some light on it. Of the 100 songs, 40 were written by Lennon, 35 by McCartney and 17 by the two men working together.
Source: Yahoo! Music |
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| The Beatles top the bill at movie poster memorabilia sale |
The star lot from bidding so far at Heritage's movie poster memorabilia sale is a poster from the 1964 classic A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles first foray into the world of cinema. Measuring 27" x 41" this poster features bright and vivid colouration and is described as being in "very fine" condition. The price is already up to £707 ($1,100).
Source: Paul Fraser Collectables |
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| Ringo's Liverpool birthplace in world spotlight |
Renowned Italian musicians Rolando Gianbelli and the Marco Zappa band played an impromptu acoustic gig at Madryn Steeet on Saturday morning. Rolando said, "People who love The Beatles all over the world cannot understand how Liverpool cannot understand how it makes any sense to knock-down the house where Ringo was born."
Related Articles Source: Click Liverpool |
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| Friday, August 27, 2010 |
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| Mathew Street Festival comes of age this weekend |
Visitors to this year's Mathew Street Festival, taking place in Liverpool this Sunday and Monday, will find six stages filled with 95 bands from all over the world. The free two-day event is marking its 18th birthday this year with more than 80 hours of live music and a fringe festival in venues across the city centre.
Source: Liverpool Daily Post |
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| Dhani Harrison's new group plays first live gig in West Seattle |
Fistful of Mercy, featuring Dhani Harrison, Ben Harper and Joseph Arthur, performed their first live gig last night in West Seattle at Easy Street Records. The small, intimate venue was announced just the night before, but word traveled like wildfire and the little record shop was packed to the gills with fans by 7:00.
Related Articles Source: John Lennon Examiner |
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| Beatles fans flock to see Love show costumes in Liverpool |
Beatles fans are flocking to Liverpool's Hard Day's Night Hotel to get snaps of the illustrious Cirque du Soleil Love show costumes. Sandra Fox, head of wardrobe for Love, said, "Cirque du Soleil has the biggest costume workshop in the world so the scope for creating characters and outfits for the Love show was phenomenal."
Source: Click Liverpool |
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| Yoko Ono plans Iceland event to celebrate John's birthday |
Yoko Ono is set to host a special event on Iceland to celebrate what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday. Travelling to the Scandinavian island Yoko Ono will host several special events on October 9th to honour John Lennon's life. Attempting to promote peace, the events will contain some spectacular ceremonies.
Source: Clash Music |
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| Harry Nilsson documentary to debut in New York |
The documentary about Harry Nilsson entitled Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him)? is finally getting a New York debut and about to be released on DVD, according to May Pang. The film debuts in NY at the Village Cinema on Sept. 10th and then on DVD on October 26th.
Source: John Lennon Examiner |
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| 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."
Source: Beatles News |
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| Thursday, August 26, 2010 |
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| 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.
Source: Beatles News |
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| Russian monks in Beatles tribute at Liverpool cathedral |
Beatles hits sung by Russian monks in Antarctica will echo round Liverpool's Anglican cathedral as part of a festival dedicated to peace. It has taken months to track down singers from every continent willing to take part in the concert on Saturday. The concert organiser says, "We have singers from every continent now."
Source: BBC News |
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| Special Beatles cocktails to be featured in Liverpool |
A bar in Liverpool has created limited edition Beatles-inspired cocktails exclusively for the Mathew Street Festival. Mixologist Nick Skillicorn says, "We decided to create these cocktails to link in with the line-up of Beatles tribute acts playing at the restaurant and bar over the weekend, and are looking forward to seeing how they are received."
Source: Click Liverpool |
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