| Saturday, November 28, 2009 |
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| Fans call on Liverpool to give Ringo and George overdue awards |
Fans are calling for honors awarded to The Beatles in 1984 to finally be handed over. Paul McCartney received his in a ceremony in Liverpool and Yoko Ono later accepted John's award in the USA. Now the Liverpool Beatles Appreciation Society is calling on the city council to give Ringo Starr and George Harrison's family their awards.
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| BBC DJ forced to sell rare Beatles collection |
BBC Radio One DJ Mike Read is selling off his prized collection of 120,000 vinyls. The collection includes a Paul McCartney audio reel, a boxed promotional set of nine records by McCartney and a demo disc of John Lennon's Whatever Gets You Through The Night.
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| Friday, November 27, 2009 |
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| Macca on touring, The Beatles and Christmas |
Sir Paul McCartney has admitted how tough it is to bare his emotions on stage, when he remembers his pals John Lennon and George Harrison and wife Linda. Paul, who is back in London to promote his new live CD and DVD, said, "You are in contact with them again through the songs. In a way I'm revisiting them. It's sad and emotional."
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| New song about Lucy helped Julian Lennon forgive his father |
Julian Lennon's new song Lucy was partially inspired by his childhood friend, Lucy Vodden, the same woman his father John Lennon made famous in Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, and was a big step for Julian, who said, "I had to be very much at a certain point in my life to be able to accept this and feel it was right to do it now."
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| Paul McCartney confirms talks for X Factor appearance |
Paul McCartney has confirmed reports that he is in talks to appear on this year's finale of the X Factor in the UK. In a recent newspaper article in the UK, Paul said, "It's something we are talking about. We're seeing if we can make it work. I've been watching on and off with my family."
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| Tuesday, November 24, 2009 |
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| Carla Bruni and Harry Connick Jr to reprise Beatles song |
France's First Lady Carla Bruni and Harry Connick Jr. will team up on French television for a duet of the Beatles classic, And I Love Her. Bruni and Connick Jr. recently recorded a bossa nova cover version of the love song in Paris to accompany Connick Jr.'s European album release. He said, "She was really impressive."
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| Novice, die-hard Beatles fans will love new History documentary |
History's new documentary on the recording career of rock 'n' roll's most important band feels a bit like "Beatles for Dummies." That's a good thing, because no matter how much we assume the Fab Four are a permanent centerpiece of popular culture, the truth is that many young music fans today still need to meet the Beatles.
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| Stars turn out for premiere of John Lennon film in Liverpool |
Stars of a new movie about John Lennon's early life turned out last night for the film's charity premiere at the Odeon in Liverpool One. The end of the film was greeted with a round of applause from the audience. Nowhere Boy, which closed the London Film Festival last month, will go on general release in the UK on Boxing Day.
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| Monday, November 23, 2009 |
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| Does Paul McCartney understand the Internet? |
The Beatles have demanded that they be compensated for any online file-sharing if they offer their music for sale over the Internet, even as they release a USB drive packed with 24-bit FLAC versions of their complete discography. Does Paul McCartney not understand how the internet works, or is this their master plan to make more cash?
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| Rumors say Macca to appear on UK talent show |
Paul McCartney is to appear on the 2009 "X-Factor" final, when the contestants will perform Beatles songs, according to reports. The rock legend is understood to be in talks with the show's producers about the appearance. "It would be a sensational end for the series," explained a source.
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| Ringo Starr gives brother-in-law work on his next album |
Ringo Starr has given his brother-in-law some work, allowing him to play guitar on his next album. His brother-in-law is Joe Walsh from the Eagles. Ringo and Joe became related last December when Marjorie Bach, the sister of Ringo's wife Barbara Bach, married Joe in Los Angeles, a celebrity wedding no-one seemed to notice.
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| 20 Beatles buried treasures |
Let's face it: there's no such thing as a "buried treasure" in the Beatles catalogue. How could there be? The Beatles are the most picked-over band in the history of music. This is a list of 20 tracks, as chosen by PopMatters writers and freelance contributors, which you may not hear enough.
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| Friday, November 20, 2009 |
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| VH1 to air Beatles Rock Band documentary on Thanksgiving |
Beatles: Rock Band is apparently so awesome, it has spawned its own Behind the Music-type special. The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band will include never-before-seen footage of Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at Abbey Road Studios and other behind-the-scenes material and will premiere Friday, November 27, on VH1 Classic.
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| CD Review: Ringo Starr Declares 'Y Not'! |
For the first time, Ringo Starr has decided to take charge and produce himself. The result is perhaps the most personal and impressive album of this rock legend's entire solo career. How on earth did Starr finally locate the absolutely perfect producer to work with him? "Well, I looked in the mirror," Ringo says with a smile.
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| New PBS Ed Sullivan special to include Beatles and Stones |
"My Music Presents: Ed Sullivan - The Sixties" is a new all-archival-footage program which includes Ed's musical acts, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Herman's Hermits, The Doors and Petula Clark. The two-hour show will air as fund-raising specials on PBS in about 85 percent of the country.
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| Stella McCartney to play it again for GapKids |
Stella McCartney's collection for GapKids and BabyGap was such a chart-topper that McCartney has signed on to design a second kids collection for the San Francisco-based chain to fill store racks next March. Apparently, the customers had enough Beatles nostalgia for the $128 Sergeant Pepper-ish boys military jacket which was a sellout.
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| Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
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| Ringo Starr recruits Paul McCartney for new album |
Ringo Starr will be joined by Paul McCartney on a couple of tracks on his new album Y Not, due January 12th, including first single "Walk With Me," which finds Macca and Starr sharing vocals. Ringo said, "He went to the mike and he just invented that part where he follows on my vocal. That was all Paul McCartney, and there could be nothing better."
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| Liam Gallagher recording with Zak Starkey |
Zak Starkey will be playing drums on Liam Gallagher's debut solo album, it has been revealed. According to the ex-Oasis frontman, he is working with several former bandmates on the project, which he will start work on next year. Zak toured with Oasis between 2004 and 2008 and also plays with The Who in place of the late Keith Moon.
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| Portrait for Beatle's wife is star attraction |
When Ringo Starr saw one of the animal portraits by artist Ali Bannister on the wall of his neighbour's house in Sussex last year, he decided to commission her to paint a portrait of model wife Barbara Bach's horses as a surprise birthday present for her. The 31-year-old Penhow, South Wales, woman started drawing at the age of 18.
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| Liverpool artist searching for Mona Lennon |
The Liverpool artist behind the "Mona Lennon" is trying to solve the mystery of what happened to the 80ft image which graced the side of St George's Hall in 2003. The huge piece of art work, created during the campaign to earn Liverpool its European Capital of Culture title, features the Beatle legend's face superimposed on the Mona Lisa.
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| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
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| Disney to hold casting call for upcoming Beatles film at Beatles convention |
BEATexpo 2009, coming to Stamford, CT on November 28-29, will host a motion picture casting call for the upcoming Disney remake of Yellow Submarine. They are seeking four actors to play the leads who resemble or can imitate, or have the mannerisms and idiosyncrasies of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
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| Unused Beatles artwork sells for over $50,000 at auction |
"Untitled," a collection of five pieces of artwork by pop artist Jim Dine that was said to be intended for a previously unknown Capitol Records album project involving the Beatles, sold in Los Angeles for $51,850, the auction house Bonhams & Butterfields reported Wednesday. Information on the buyer was not available.
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| John Lennon biopic soundtrack Nowhere Boy release announced |
Sony Music has announced the CD and digital download release of the soundtrack album of "Nowhere Boy," the critically acclaimed film biopic about John Lennon's teenage years that led to his music career from the Quarrymen, to his early relationship with Paul McCartney and the Beatles' first trip to Hamburg.
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| Jason Lee to play John Lennon in new comedy |
Actor Jason Lee will be stepping behind the camera for a new time travel comedy called Get Back, written by rookie screenwriter Chris McCoy. In the story, a pair of Beatle-maniacs travel back to 1966 and one of them gets caught in a love triangle with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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| David Lynch to shoot film about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
Oscar nominated David Lynch will make a documentary film about the life, teachings and knowledge of former Beatles and Beach Boys guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, according to reports. Maharishi introduced the Transcendental Meditation technique worldwide, and wished to change the world with it.
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| Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
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| Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Rock Band trailer |
The Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is available in its entirety for purchase and playable as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store starting today, and the trailer for it is now online. Individual song downloads for Beatles: Rock Band on the Xbox 360 cost $1.99, the entire album download costs $13.49.
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| Book Review: Treasures of the Beatles |
Terry Burrows' Treasures of the Beatles compresses the whole story of the Beatles in a way that incorporates interesting history, such as a brief overview of the Liverpool Institute, with the usual trivia. It includes a track-by-track overview of every Beatles album, a nice feature that invites one to look at the band's musical progression.
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| Monday, November 16, 2009 |
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| Library of Congress awards Gershwin Prize to Sir Paul |
Monday, the Library of Congress will announce Paul McCartney as its third recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. McCartney is scheduled to return to Washington and accept the award in spring 2010. The library has promised an all-star tribute concert featuring the former Beatle, but the all-stars have not yet been named.
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