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Sat 31st May
Rare Beatles Album Turns Up In Stirling Controversial Record Could Raise Thousands For Charity THE sale of a rare Beatles album will save the lives of some of the world's poorest children. It's the latest boost to the Record's appeal asking readers to hand in unwanted compact discs and vinyl records to their local Oxfam shops. Harry Goodwin, the uncrowned king of pop photography
Broad-shouldered, slim and as Mancunian as waiting for a tram in the rain, 83-year-old Harry Goodwin is the uncrowned king of pop photography in Britain. He was the official photographer on Top of the Pops from 1964 to 1973, his stills used as a backdrop when the hit-makers were away on tour and for the chart rundown, which meant no photos of moody lads on fire escapes – Goodwin’s are all classic portraits of icons. Ono looks forward to McCartney show Yoko Ono has said she was "looking forward" to watching a special show headlined by Sir Paul McCartney this weekend. John Lennon's widow, who is visiting Liverpool for the weekend, also said she would attend Stella McCartney's unveiling of her latest fashion range on Sunday. Speaking about the Liverpool Sound event at Liverpool FC's Anfield stadium where Sir Paul will perform, she said: "Of course I am going to be there. I'm looking forward to it." Is this the 50 greatest drummers of all time? Another day, another list – this time it’s Gigwise.com’s 50 greatest drummers of all time. Apart from being ‘great’, it’s unclear what the criteria are. It’s no real surprise to see Bonham and Moon take the top spots but with Ringo Starr only just scraping in at number 43, you have to wonder… Alexei Sayle's guide to Liverpool If you stand in the beating heart of Liverpool on the waterfront and look west you can almost see Dublin, and beyond that New York, hunkering just over the horizon. To me, Liverpudlians have broader horizons, and the characters in a city are formed by what the city does. In a place like Birmingham people have spent the past 300 years taking apart and putting together tiny little machines; if you stand in the centre and look west from Birmingham you can almost see Wolverhampton. | Yoko’s emotional visit to Lennon’s art exhibition YOKO ONO made an emotional visit to Liverpool yesterday to visit a collection of John Lennon’s artwork. Wearing her signature white trilby hat, Yoko said she was choked when she walked into the Daily Post and Echo building on Old Hall Street and saw a huge picture of John. Yoko visited The Art of John Lennon – the largest single collection of his drawings, prints and lithographs shown in the UK. She said: “This is incredible, it’s some building, so beautiful with the natural light. “It’s so great the exhibition is in Liverpool, it’s so prominent and it goes without saying it’s a great year for it to be here. This was his home town and he had an incredible love for it. Revealed: Line up for Beatles Day show
THE ECHO can reveal today the first acts to be confirmed for this year’s Beatles Day – Imagine The Concert, which will be held in Liverpool on July 10. First to join up alongside host, Ricky Tomlinson will be ‘house band’ for the evening, The Backbeat Beatles, the most famous Beatles’ tribute act in the world, including Chris O’Neill who starred in the cult Beatles film “Backbeat’. Lennon sketches for sale...with £5000 price tag SKETCHES given to a Leeds woman by former Beatle John Lennon could fetch up to £5,000 at auction. Betty Westwood, 58, of Colton, east Leeds, has entered a treasured piece of Beatles memorabilia in a London sale. Lot number 301 at Bonhams sale in Knightsbridge on June 18 is a publicity photograph signed by Lennon in 1964 and includes sketches of a record cover for the album Beatles For Sale. | Paul McCartney 'tempted' to produce The Wombats Paul McCartney has revealed he would like to produce The Wombats. The Beatles: Two days in the life When Honey magazine commissioned photojournalist Michael Ward to follow and photograph an up-and-coming music group called The Beatles in February 1963, he had never heard of the Liverpool-based rock band. And he was not impressed when he heard The Beatles play: "I thought, Oh my God. How awful. What terrible noise they¹re making. There¹s no syncopation. They're playing all on the beat," he says. Weekend with the 08 ‘wow’ factor LIVERPOOL will this weekend go into “overdrive” as the number of Capital of Culture events reaches a crescendo with Sir Paul McCartney’s Anfield concert tomorrow evening. With sunny weather expected to hit a 21C high today, tens of thousands of shoppers are also expected to flock to the city’s new Liverpool One development for its first weekend. Radio 2 celebrates Liverpool, European City of Culture Radio 2 begins two weeks of celebration of Liverpool's year as European City of Culture by attempting to confound all of our preconceptions of the jewel of the Mersey as a hub of pop music, and concentrating on it as a hub of pop music. Presumably the less groovy stuff will be covered in the second week, or perhaps farmed out to Radios 3 and 4. Still, it does make you wonder about the advisability of confounding stereotypes by pandering to them. John Lennon's Artwork On Display In Annapolis He was a world renowned composer and musician, and with song-writing partner Paul McCartney they wrote hundreds of hits. But did you know that John Lennon was also an accomplished artist? You've heard of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, but have you heard of Randolph Peter Best? More commonly referred to as Pete Best, he played with Lennon, McCartney and Harrison from 1960 to 1962 on the Beatles' first tour through Hamburg, Germany, before he was kicked out and replaced by Starr.
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Beatles gold-plated ukulele up for auction A ukulele formerly owned by The Beatles' George Harrison and 1950s star George Formby is being auctioned in London.
The gold-plated Dallas E Banjolele was bought by Harrison at auction and sold back to the Formby family well after the music hall star's death in 1961. See also George Formby's banjolele for sale Colton fan putting John Lennon Beatles memorabilia up for sale Dressing room scribblings by Beatle John Lennon will provide a nice pay day for a Colton woman. Betty Westwood, 58, has entered a treasured piece of memorabilia in a London auction. Lot no. 301 at Bonhams sale in Knightsbridge on June 18 is a publicity photograph signed by Lennon and includes sketches of a record cover for the album Beatles For Sale. Yoko Ono generously invites us along for the trip. In her show “Touch Me,” Ono revisits an earlier work, “Cut Piece,” a performance from 1965 where she asked people to cut away pieces of her clothing. A second version, performed in Paris in 2003, is played along with the first on four different monitors, each slightly out of synch with the next. The 1965 performance (in black and white) is shot from above, at a side angle, Ono’s head twisted towards the camera. It | Company Forced To Refund Tickets for Sir Paul McCartney Concert
The Liverpool Culture Company has said it will offer refunds to around 10% of ticket holders for Sir Paul McCartney’s homecoming show in Liverpool.
(Fab five: Macca meets some musical legends in Borehamwood) Back in the early Sixties I went to our now demolished cinema to see the same film four times. It was called A Hard Day's Night, and starred The Beatles. It had a modest budget but became a worldwide hit thanks to the Fab Four's natural style. They called it the Swinging Sixties, but in reality they say that it was about 800 people in London who formed the 'in-crowd'. | Loved-up Paul McCartney goes back to the psychedelic era with flower-power shirt
A day after going public with his new love for the first time Paul McCartney appeared to be heading back the Psychedelic era as he was pictured in London with a multi-coloured floral shirt. Concert review: Best, band give a musical tour of Beatles vibe Imagine the Beatles, recording their audition tape for Decca records. Flash forward 47 years to Awful Arthur’s, at Roanoke’s Towers Shopping Center.
The Beatles’ drummer from 1961, Pete Best, was sitting behind a drum kit at Awful’s, slapping out the beat of “Three Cool Cats,” pretty much the same as he had on that long-ago demo. His hair was longer, and gray. Now 66, his face is etched in lines. |
Thurs 29th May
Les Dennis dons wig for Beatles Day COMEDIAN Les Dennis went from Buttons to Beatles with his very own mop top wig. The television star, all set to play Buttons in Cinderella at the Empire this year, donned the hairpiece to show his support for Beatles Day on July 10. Former Beatle Pete Best in Roanoke In 1963 Pete Best’s history was shrouded just enough that he almost stumped the panel on the iconic television show, I’ve got a Secret. 45 years later he’s told the story many times of how he was fired by the Beatles’ manager. Yoko Ono asks us to 'Come Together Love her or hate her, Yoko Ono has survived lifetimes of controversies, including the latest over footage of the late John Lennon smoking pot, penning songs and discussing putting LSD in President Nixon’s tea. She is the one pivotal force continuing to nurture our connections to Lennon, missed yet still present in his songs and art. John Lennon in Tauranga - one show only It took 224 Rubik's Cubes and a month of twisting and turning for artist Keith Lewis to form the face of John Lennon using the iconic puzzle. "Towards the end I was getting better and faster at putting the colours in the right places," 37-year-old Papamoa resident Lewis said, standing in front of the newly-hung piece.
| Paul McCartney: Anfield Liverpool Sound gig will be great SIR PAUL McCartney is promising a “great evening” with some surprises when he takes to the stage at Anfield this weekend. The Beatle legend is headlining the Liverpool Sound concert as his gift to Capital of Culture year.
More than 35,000 people will descend on the Liverpool FC stadium on Sunday evening to watch Macca and his band along with city favourites The Zutons and Leeds indie rockers The Kaiser Chiefs. Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters is also due to appear. See also Sir Paul McCartney: I’ve got a few surprises up my sleeve for Sunday’s Anfield show Macca back to where he once belonged PAUL McCartney looks back to his care-free best – stepping out in public with love Nancy Shevell for the first time. Ex-Beatle Sir Paul, 65, was being fitted for a gown to collect an honorary doctorate from prestigious US university Yale. | Beatles mural bids a cultured welcome
Liverpool A new mural depicting the Beatles has been painted at a key gateway to Liverpool to mark the city's year as European Capital of Culture. A 14ft (4.2m) image of John Lennon has been created on a gable end in Litherland, with the whole group on a wall next to it — with images of Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe walking away. Beatle fan celebrates life at Paul's BEATLES fan John Halliday, live-in custodian of 20 Forthlin Road, Allerton - Paul McCartney's childhood home, is celebrating his own anniversary in his dream job. He's been there longer than his favourite ex-Beatle - an amazing 10 years this week. |
Weds 28th May
Ben & Jerry’s “Imagines Whirled Peace” by Holding Bed-In to Recognize Today’s Peace Movement Leaders John Lennon and Yoko Ono hosted a “Bed-in For Peace” using their celebrity-for-good to promote world harmony. This legendary event inspired an entire generation of people from around the world to think about peace during a critical time of war in 1969. Paying homage to these efforts during a time when the world is once again in conflict, Ben & Jerry’s announced a joint effort with The Lennon Estate and Peace One Day, a non-profit organization focused on raising global awareness of the UN day of global ceasefire and non-violence on September 21st annually. The partners will host a modern-day “Peace Bed-In” to recognize leaders in today’s movement. Winners of BMI's Lennon Scholarships Announced The winners of the BMI Foundation's 11th Annual John Lennon Scholarships, a program that recognizes the best and brightest young songwriters between the ages of 15 and 24, were announced today by Samantha Cox, Director of the competition. Travis Knapp, a 22-year-old recent graduate of Ithaca College, won first place and a $10,000 scholarship for his song, "Before You Go." | Paul Du Noyer @ Beatles Story Literary Festival Tonight
(Paul Du Noyer) Award winning music journalist, Paul Du Noyer reflects on his career in music journalism and offers advice on how to break into this most competitive of businesses. He will be joined by Jamie Bowman, Press Officer at the Beatles Story, who has written in the past for Uncut, Heat and currently writes with Paul at The Word. Check out Paul's website here | Beatles Experience coming to Vienna in September The Beatles are arguably the most important and influential - and probably simply the best - band of all times. Their music changed the lives of a whole generation and it still has a major impact on contemporary acts which would definitely sound different without listening to Beatles records - as children, teenagers or now. |
Tues 27th May
Macca guitar on sale for landmines charity A guitar amplifier signed by Sir Paul McCartney is to be auctioned to support a charity which combats the threat of landmines. Beatles break-up book to Bodley Head Will Sulkin at the Bodley Head has acquired UK & Commonwealth (excluding Canada) rights in Peter Doggett's You Never Give Me Your Money - Moguls, Monsters and Moptops: The Amazing 40-Year Battle to Own the Beatles. The deal was struck with Rupert Heath at the Rupert Heath Literary Agency, and the book is scheduled to be published in April 2010, the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' break-up. Dispatch from deepest Pepperland… My husband, the hoplessly besotted Beatlemaniac came home from work the other day to discover a gigantic UPS package on our front porch. “That must be my new Beatles book” he gleefully exclaimed. (I was Calls reverberate now and again for listeners to boycott major labels, but we haven't seen much of the flip-side: encouraging bands to purchase music from independent bands and labels. Independent label associations in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States plan to declare their independence from the major labels on July 4. | Paul McCartney becomes an honorary Doctor of Music
(Sir Paul McCartney exchanges a "high five" with a graduating senior as he walks in the academic procession to the Yale University Commencement ceremonies in New Haven, Conn., Monday, May 26, 2008.) The ex-Beatle on Monday was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree from Yale University. In granting the honorary degree to McCartney _ Sir Paul McCartney since he was knighted in 1996 _ the university said no one compares with the legendary songwriter. Seven days to revel in city’s Culture showcase IT’S going to be another historic week for Liverpool – as the city centre changes shape forever and some of the most eagerly-anticipated Capital of Culture year events take place. Tourism officials say that “no other destination anywhere” can offer the line-up of events coming up over the next seven days. | Sam Leach: My two-year roller-coaster ride through pop history... SAM Leach sits in the back room of the pub he shared with his four friends 45 years ago, regaling tourists with tales of days gone by. John, Paul, George and Ringo may no longer pop into The Grapes for a pint, but day after day Sam recalls their adventures in the Mathew Street pub for Beatles enthusiasts. Ulster agrees footage deal with ITN U.K. video clip agency ITN Source has signed a deal with Northern Irish broadcaster Ulster Television giving it rights to handle global sales for an archive featuring rare political and celebrity material. The archive includes film of the Ulster Troubles plus rarely seen interviews from the sixties with the Beatles and Rolling Stones, and TV recordings of Bing Crosby and auto inventor John DeLorean. Sir Paul McCartney has 'sexiest smile' Sir Paul McCartney has topped a new 'Sexiest Smile' poll in a Senior Celebrities category. YOKO ON BALTIMORE'S LITE FM MORNING SHOW Yoko is the guest of Greg & Diane on the Lite FM Morning show on Wed 28th May at 7.20am to promote 'Come Together' - The Artwork of John Lennon, an exhibition shown between 30 May - 1 June at the Maryland Inn, Annapolis, Maryland. |
Mon 26th May
Even rock royalty like the Rolling Stones and The Beatles have had dust-ups with their record companies over their choice of cover art. ... Louisville's annual Beatles fest all fun in the sun Flags and banners hanging from the Galt House windows included one proclaiming, "I love you Paul." It could mean only one thing -- on the Belvedere below, Louisville's Beatles tribute festival, Abbey Road on the River, was in full swing. Thousands converged See also Beatlemania at Belvedere Festival Park. Sir Paul McCartney has forgiven Piers Morgan for introducing him to Heather Mills. The Beatles legend was introduced to the former model at a charity event in 1999 by 'Britain's Got Talent' judge Piers, and the pair started dating and got married. | Sir Paul McCartney to receive honorary degree at Monday's Commencement ceremony
(Sir Paul McCartney attended a dinner at the Yale Center for British Art on Sunday with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, University President Richard Levin and other dignitaries.) Sir Paul McCartney is on campus and will receive an honorary degree at Commencement on Monday, according to two individuals involved with Commencement proceedings. The University has a longstanding policy of not identifying the recipients of honorary degrees before the Commencement ceremony itself. But the 65-year-old McCartney — of “Beatles” fame — was spotted in the Elm City on Sunday, and the sources said he will be honored at Commencement on Monday. | The hot ticket: A legend of the lens? The proof is in the pictures … FORTY-two years ago, a young unknown photographer left his hometown of Glasgow and boarded a plane to America. It was a trip that was to change his life forever and mark the beginning of an illustrious career spanning five decades. This summer at Kelvingrove Museum, Harry Benson, the now legendary photographer, celebrates an extraordinary lifetime in pictures. Cavern Club Sponsers Mojo Award
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Sun 25th May
Former enemies unite to create Beatles mural A BELFAST-style mural of the Beatles has been daubed on the side of a house at one of the main gateways to Liverpool’s as part of the city’s 2008 celebrations.
Artists from both sides of Northern Ireland’s political divide have completed the painting on Croxteth Avenue, Litherland. It completes a commission by the Riverside Group housing organisation for its 80th birthday Anyone who doesn't feel like trekking out to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland to see music memorabilia now has a closer destination in an unlikely place: a local car dealership. | Beatles’ original drummer wants to reunite with McCartney
(Paul & Pete) Beatles’ original drummer Pete Best, who hasn’t met his former band mate Paul McCartney for more than 40 years, has expressed the desire to revive their friendship saying he would like to see him one more time.
CD - Quote Unquote Vol.1: the Sixties Interviews | Yoko Ono makes good on promise to John Lennon Before Mark David Chapman murdered John Lennon in 1980, Yoko Ono pledged to her husband the world would know him as an artist.
Nearly 30 years later, even the staunchest Beatles fan must admit the often vilified Ono has kept her promise. For 20 years, Pete Best's drumsticks didn't get much action. The man best known for being fired from the Beatles had a family to raise. He stayed in his and the Beatles' hometown, Liverpool, to do it. Sure, there was a kit set up at his house for the occasional smacking, but for those two decades, they were low priority. Then came a one-off show in Liverpool with some good, old musical friends. Afterward, his mother and wife had a prophecy for him. |
Sat 24th May
The Beatles, China star at Silverdocs film fest A film about The Beatles' collaboration with Cirque du Soleil will kick off this year's Silverdocs documentary festival which features a greater number of movies about China. Organizers of the festival, sponsored by the Discovery Channel and American Film Institute, said they chose from about 2,000 films for the 108 selections at the June 16-23 festival. Traveling Wilbury's Go Double Platinum The Traveling Wilbury's have gone double platinum in Australia with their amazing reissue of their two albums 'Vol. 1' and 'Vol 3'. The package, which was released last year after around a decade of being out of print, saw a revival for the Wilbury's and introduced them to a whole new generation. Wilfrid Mellers, 94, musicologist and critic Wilfrid Mellers, an English musicologist, composer, critic and teacher who published more than 20 books on subjects ranging from 17th-century English and French composers to the music of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, died May 16 in Scrayingham, North Yorkshire. He was 94 and had homes in Scrayingham and the nearby city of York. His death was confirmed by Jonathan Wainwright, director of the music department at the University of York, where Mellers taught for many years. | ECHO Review: The Art of John Lennon, Liverpool ECHO atrium
PSYCHIATRISTS, as well as art dealers, should have a field day working their way through the first (so far) complete art folio of John Lennon to be seen in the UK. For evidenced here is a world of self-obsession, or, at its most charitable, self-absorption. The majority of the 140 works concern Lennon himself, Lennon and Yoko Ono, or how the world sees him/them. Beatles memorabilia to play a part in Coronation Street
There'll be a blast from the past soon when a rare piece of Beatles memorabilia turns up in Coronation Street. It's a pamphlet produced in 1963 when the Fab Four were booked to appear at the Urmston Show in the Manchester area. By the time they appeared at the show, the Beatles were on the verge of superstardom, and the pamphlet is now worth around £400. See also The Beatles on Coronation Street | Zutons to join Paul McCartney 08 gig Liverpool’s top bands are the latest star name to be added to the city’s biggest concert this year. Sir Paul McCartney is heading a star-studded list of performers at the Liverpool Sound spectacular, billed as one of the showpieces of Capital of Culture. And the ECHO can today reveal indie stars The Zutons as the latest top name on the bill for the Anfield gig. Also see Paul McCartney's website for news of the Liverpool Sound gig here Original Beatles drummer in town for Abbey Road on the River He’s best known as the orginal drummer of the Beatles and he’s here for this weekend’s Abbey Road on the River. Pete Best lived in Liverpool and his family became very popular when they started the Cashbah Coffee Club where the Beatles played some of their first concerts. Kevin Libin: John Lennon gets Expelled from anti-Darwin movie The debate has raged at least since Arthur Carlson faced off against that censorious moral majority leader back when WKRP was still everyone’s favourite Cincinnati rock station: Is John Lennon’s classic song “Imagine” a vision of peace and harmony or a recipe for moral decay? The Friday Morning Listen: The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour People who know me know a few things: that I'm insanely passionate about music, I don't like big cities, and that I hate to fly. It's true, I haven't flown since around 2001. It's really weird how my reactions to flight have changed over the years. The huge surge of acceleration, the beautiful views, the short-range time-travel aspects...all of these things I looked forward to. Now, my inner self boils over into a mass of nerves and adrenaline. It's terrible. |
FRI 23rd May
Footage of Lennon hitting the chronic may never see light of day In a Nixon-esque cover up, Yoko Ono is taking steps to make sure that no one ever sees film footage of John Lennon discussing putting LSD in President Richard Nixon's tea. Ono is in a legal battle with World Wide Video, a group of Beatles collectors based in New England, who have a black-and-white film entitled "3 Days in the Life." Music museum in Omemee now up and running Along with showcasing its namesake - Neil Young, who lived in the Omemee area for many years - the bulk of the showcase will centre around Mr. Hosier's favourite three decades; the 50s, 60s and 70s. Some of the items featured include items worn by John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Elton John, Cher, Rick Danko, Roy Orbison, Stevie Nicks, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis along with Bob Dylan's harmonica and Jerry Garcia's banjo. |
Ringo Starr's website has been updated with his additional dates for his summer tour & also a new video update... Japanese Beatles have Fab Four down pat People walking down Fourth Street during lunch hour today might have thought they heard the Beatles playing, even though the English group performed their last concert almost 40 years ago. |
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Thurs 22nd May
Best drummer the Beatles Ever Had
Imagine coming home from your civil service job in Liverpool, England, as you have every day for the past 20 years or so. Your wife of 40 years is waiting patiently inside with dinner on the table. You open the gate, but before you head up the walk, you grab the mail from the post box and casually thumb through it as you approach the front door. There’s one envelope of particular note and you curiously tear it open. It’s a check for millions and millions of pounds—severance pay from a short career early in life that’s now more than 30 years in the past—but which turned you into a household name just the same. The Complete Collection of Works by John Lennon in Liverpool Another report on the John Lennon exhibition Liverpool will celebrate being awarded European Capital of Culture this year with artwork by one of its most famous sons being shown in the capital. The exhibition will feature the Complete Collection of John Lennon’s artwork for the first time in their entirety in Liverpool. The exhibition runs at the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo building from 23 May until 2 June, before embarking on a museum tour of Germany. Md. inn to host prints by John Lennon Limited edition prints made from the late Beatles star's pen and ink drawings will be displayed and sold at The Maryland Inn at the end of the month. | DELAY IN SENDING OUT MACCA ANFIELD TICKETS There has been a slight delay in the dispatch of tickets, but we wanted to assure you that the tickets are currently being processed and should be with you by Tuesday 27th May.
(Getting closer) Beatles mural goes ahead with a little help from Riverside The housing and regeneration organisation is supporting the work of the Liverpool Mural Project by commissioning a Beatles themed artwork by Belfast Loyalist Mark Ervine and Republican Danny Devenny. The Belfast visitors will be working with Liverpool artists on the gable end of a Riverside property in Litherland. | The Cavern: a blow by blow account IF YOU nipped down to the Cavern Club at lunchtime on July 27, 1962, you would have seen Joe Brown and His Bruvvers; a few days later, on Tuesday, July 31, 1962, Gerry and the Pacemakers were doing the lunchtime show. Such minutiae is mother’s milk for thousands of music fans who love every cough and splutter of Liverpool’s music history. Details of these shows and much more are included in The Cavern, the latest book by Liverpool musicologist Spencer Leigh. Judge dismisses lawsuit over John Lennon footage A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Lawrence, Mass.-based company that wants to show rare, intimate footage of John Lennon despite objections raised by his widow. U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel accepted Yoko Ono's motion to throw out allegations filed by World Wide Video LLC that accused Ono of copyright infringement and conversion, or wrongfully interference with a right to use personal property, said Ono's Boston lawyer, Jonathan M. Albano. Tributes to the Beatles, Elvis will spice up Richland County Fair Elvis and The Beatles will make at least a ghost of an appearance at the 158th annual Richland County Fair as Mike Albert's "Ultimate Tribute" show and The Return play back-to-back shows Aug. 5. |
Weds 21st May
Stella McCartney to show in Liverpool Stella McCartney is taking her a/w 08 collection to Liverpool for a one-off catwalk show to mark Liverpool's year as Europe's Capital of Culture.
The show will take place on 1st June at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), her dad Sir Paul McCartney's school in Liverpool. Quick verdict promised on Ono suit A judge has promised a fast decision in a lawsuit brought by Yoko Ono to remove the song Imagine from a movie challenging the concept of Darwinian evolution. A lawyer for the film's distributors has warned the litigation could wreck the movie's political message. See also NY judge promises quick ruling in Yoko Ono suit Singers will belt out Beatles hits to help charity A GROUP of singers are joining forces with a local band to raise money for charity. The East Durham Singers are holding a concert at Shotton Hall, in Old Shotton, to raise money for Hartlepool Lifeboat Station. The singers will be belting out Beatles hits, while local band My Generation will be joining them for some '60s favourites. | Chelsea Flower Show - Beatles star
(George Martin, Olivia, Ringo & Barbara) Ringo Starr has been to see a special garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. The garden is dedicated to Ringo's bandmate George Harrison. His wife designed the garden in his memory with help from Yvonne Innes and the Material World Charitable Foundation. Music Rising Charity Auction to be Broadcast Worldwide The second annual "Icons of Music" | John Lennon the artist back home in his own write WHAT is thought to be the largest collection of art by John Lennon ever to be shown in the UK comes to Liverpool this week.
The Complete Collection comes to the atrium of the Daily Post and Echo building on Friday and will be on display until June 2 – the first time it has been seen in its entirety in the city. See also Liverpool To Showcase John Lennon Artwork TV MAN'S STAR-STUDDED BOOK IS UP FOR AUCTION An autograph collection featuring the signatures and comments of Paul McCartney, Margaret Thatcher and Brian Clough are to be sold at auction this weekend. 5000 fans head for Glastonbudget Thousands of people from all over the UK and Europe will be heading to Glastonbudget 2008 - Europe's largest tribute and new acts festival. With more than 100 acts, four performance stages/marquees and three days of entertainment, the festival has already come a long way from its relatively humble beginnings in 2005. |
Tues 20th May
V Club hosting Beatles' original drummer, Pete Best on Saturday There’s an insect invasion in Cabell County and not just those swarms of awakened cicadas. The V Club, corner of 8th Street and 6th Avenue, hosts a little Saturday night Beatles invasion with the first ever regional performance by Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles. ‘Stories of the NFL,’ '50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden’ Set For Debut The 50 Greatest Moments at Madison Square Garden provides an exclusive look into the most notable events that have taken place at the world’s most famous arena. Some highlights from the Garden’s rich tradition and history include such iconic occasions as the 1974 Elton John/John Lennon concert that proved to be Mr. Lennon’s last, the uplifting 9/11 benefit concert that touched the nation, the Ali-Frazier “Fight of the Century” and the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert that raised an unprecedented $8 million. LET IT BE: The Beatles songs of Lennon & McCartney Lennon. McCartney. Rescuers of rock 'n' roll. Leaders of a generation. No songwriting duo ever - or since - has made such an indelible imprint not only on people around the world but also across generations. This October, Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Rik Emmett, mesmerizing singer/songwriter Damhnait Doyle, Prairie Oyster's celebrated frontman Russell deCarle and renowned multi-instrumentalist Andrew Craig come together for Let it Be, a once-in-a-lifetime concert celebrating the legacy of Lennon and McCartney. | PAUL MCCARTNEY SIGNED VOX AMP TO BE AUCTIONED
A VOX amp signed by Paul McCartney is to be auctioned on trading website eBay from next month, to raise money for the No More Landmines charity. Kangaroo cull starts despite Paul McCartney protest Animal rights activists have failed to stop a controversial cull of hundreds of kangaroos on an Australian former military base, despite entreaties to Sir Paul McCartney to help pay for the marsupials’ relocation SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY - MCCARTNEY WANTS A LIGHT-HEARTED FUNERAL Former BEATLE SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY wants people to celebrate when he dies - because there is nothing worse than a "glum" funeral. | Chelsea Flower Show: Beatles, lilies and gardens fit for a Queen
The Queen visited a Chelsea Flower Show predicted to generate a record clutch of gold medals for its gardens last night, meeting George Harrison's widow, Olivia, at a garden designed in memory of the former Beatle. Even the Beatles liked Buck's work Country music giant Buck Owens was born in 1929 in Sherman, Texas, and came to Bakersfield in 1951. He lived in Bakersfield all but five years of his life until his passing in March 2006. "My dad's first big break, I suppose, was when he got a job playing at the Blackboard," said his son, Buddy Alan Owens. SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY - MCCARTNEY AND MORRISSEY IN THE RUNNING FOR SEXIEST VEGETARIAN TITLE Animal lovers SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY and MORRISSEY are competing to win the 2008 World's Sexiest Vegetarian Award. The Five Worst Films of the Year Thus Far Chapter 27 makes the top 5 worst films of the year thus far! |
Mon 19th May
Georgeharrison.com has been updated to include a report on the Chelsea Flower show and the Life To Life Garden Help: Activists ask McCartney for money ACTIVISTS say the controversial culling of about 400 kangaroos at an ACT defence site has begun. Music DVD Review: Classic Album Series: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon sure knew how make a statement. The Beatles had – mere months prior – officially and acrimoniously disbanded as the public held his wife, Yoko Ono, most responsible for their fate. His vociferous political views and social activism garnered as much derision as they did praise. | Beatlemania comes to Chelsea Flower Show with George Harrison-themed garden Beatlemania erupted at London's Chelsea Flower Show on Monday as Ringo Starr rolled up in a gaudily painted Mini to join George Harrison's widow for the opening of a garden inspired by the "quiet Beatle." Photographers swarmed around as Starr drove up in the Mini decorated with symbols of the Hindu faith that Harrison embraced. "Peace and love," Starr said as he kissed Olivia Harrison on each cheek. Lennon's artwork comes to city Imagine this: The artwork of John Lennon is coming to Annapolis. Limited edition prints made from the late Beatles star's pen and ink drawings will be displayed and sold at The Maryland Inn at the end of the month. "It's huge," said Joe Dantoni, general manager of Historic Inns of Annapolis, which runs the inn. "I think it's going to be great for the city." |
This Thursday the Ivor Novello awards will honour the greatest home-grown songwriters of the year. But who are the greatest of all time? Altogether now… compiled by Chris Harvey |
Sun 18th May
A DAY IN THE LIFE -- Fab John Lennon art show opens today in Del Mar
The art work of John Lennon is no stranger to these parts -- this weekend's free exhibit at Del Mar's Flower Hill Promenade marks at least the eighth time his work has been displayed in San Diego County since 1988. The former Beatle, who was shot to death in 1980, loved to draw and doodle. His widow, Yoko Ono, discusses her late husband's work in the cover story in this week's Night & Day, which you can read below. In a fit of what seemed to be adolescent pique, Melanie Coe, aged 17, ran away from home in 1967 - and became part of pop music legend. It was her story of sneaking out of her parents' comfortable North London home, which made front page news in those days, that inspired Paul McCartney and John Lennon to write one of their most beautiful ballads - She's Leaving Home... | MEMORY ALMOST FULL FREE TODAY! Just a reminder Memory Almost Full is free in the Mail On Sunday today
Cheers Paul! From Albuquerque to the Albert Dock: US TV show Jeopardy!'s Beatles quiz winner A BEATLES-MAD American got a ticket to ride to Liverpool after winning thousands with her knowledge of the Fab Four. Kristina Caffrey, a 21-year-old student, won $13,600 (£6,800) on American TV quiz show Jeopardy! | THE Fab Four’s last album was released on May 8, 1970 by the band's own Apple Records label, shortly after their break-up was announced. Most of Let It Be had been recorded in January 1969, before the recording and release of the album Abbey Road. Benefit auction features masks from famous people Other celebrities who have donated masks include Ellen Degeneres, John Elway, Robert Redford, George Clooney, Paula Abdul, Miley Cyrus, Yoko Ono, ... MERSEYBEAT STORY TODAY
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Sat 17th May
THE custodian of John Lennon’s childhood home has won a radio award. Colin Hall was a researcher and contributor for Radio 2 DJ Bob Harris’s programme The Day John Met Paul.
The programme about the meeting of Lennon and Paul McCartney at Woolton church fete was inspired by Harris’s visit to Mendips in 2006, and won silver in the Music Special Award category at the Sonys held in London. | The man who does not like Beatles At the risk of creating possible scandal, I would like to state that I am not particularly fond of the Beatles. Well, maybe Paul McCartney a little bit. But that’s because Paul looks like he knows it’s all a joke anyway. Welcome to Liverpool, the European City of Culture for 2008. The banners are everywhere and Liverpudlians are rejoicing in their new cultural status. Listen, they've always had culture, but there's culture and culture.
The Traveling Wilburys were a fluke. Endearing and spirited, they were nonetheless a spontaneous accident, a perplexing interruption in rock ‘n’ roll history. Together, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison, Jeff Lynne, and Bob Dylan wrote surprisingly guileless, unpretentious songs, but guilelessness and genius rarely go hand-in-hand. |
Fri 16th May
Expert says The Beatles’ full story still to be told THEIR impact was felt way beyond the musical world. For that reason alone, there has probably been more written about the Beatles than any other group.
(Mark Lewisohn) But renowned Beatles expert and professional historian Mark Lewisohn believes the full story of the four guys from Liverpool has still yet to be told. Crooning oh-so-close to John Lennon's lips For five days during the recording of the Parlour Steps' new album, Ambiguoso, frontman Caleb Stull held in his hands a little piece of music history. Stull and the Vancouver-based band had in their possession the same microphone that John Lennon sang into a week before his death. Ray Charles and Mick Jagger are also believed to have pressed their lips close to the metal mesh of that same Neumann U47 microphone. Paul's tribute gets a little help from new Irish friends A group of schoolboys yesterday spent the day rehearsing Paul McCartney tunes that you won't find on any Beatles album. The boys, ranging in age from seven to 14, are members of the John Dexter Harmony, based in south County Dublin. They will join the 120-strong Dublin County Choir later this month to perform four classical movements at the National Concert Hall by the legendary Beatles singer/songwriter. No, not this summer, anyway. With a season of outdoor concerts ready to open June 11 with a Down by the Riverside special featuring Eric Burdon and The Animals, music fans will have everything under the stars to choose from. Whether your taste runs to oldies, country, alternative rock, blues or the Beatles, there'll be at least one concert featuring a favorite sound | Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl to join Paul McCartney Liverpool Sound concert AMERICAN rock star Dave Grohl will perform at the Liverpool Sound concert. The Foo Fighters’ frontman is the latest name to be revealed for the June 1 spectacular headlined by Sir Paul McCartney. Talks are also understood to have been held with Liverpool bands The Zutons and The Wombats. The Anfield Stadium gig is being billed as one of the highlights of Capital of Culture year.
Post plans third live blog for Paul McCartney concert David Higgerson, assistant editor for both the Post and Echo, said plans were afoot to repeat the live blog for The Liverpool Sound concert in June which Paul McCartney is set to headline Crosby artist's poster charts heyday of the Beatles THE Beatles conquered the world with their music and a Crosby artist has charted how they did it in a poster released to celebrate Capital of Culture year. The ‘Fab Four’ are pictured in a variety of places, and poses, in the poster that follows their rise to global stardom with tours running from 1963 to 1966. Included in the poster are sketches of the band parachuting into Paris in 1964, making films in the USA in 1966 and even Paul as an angel playing the guitar sat on a cloud. Music DVD Review: Roxy Music - The Thrill of It All John Lennon related material on this dvd release. This is a two-disc set with 18 cuts on each disc, totaling out a little short of three hours. The cuts are in order by year, |
