John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

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Space.com
March 23, 2012
Space Rocks! Beatles Tribute Band Records Music Video for Station Astronauts

A new music video by a Beatles tribute band celebrates a huge cargo ship's arrival at the International Space Station today (March 28) and sends a musical greeting to the orbiting lab's six-astronaut crew.Dutch band Love & Mersey recorded the video, which is called "Back at the ISS" (a play on The Beatles' rollicking song "Back in the USSR"). It welcomes the European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3), which is slated to dock with the space station today at 6:32 p.m. EDT (2232 GMT).

http://www.space.com/15080-space-sta...o-tribute.html

Largo Patch
March 28, 2012
Beatles Tribute Band Returns Home to Largo

Three brothers in, Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience, return home to Largo this weekend when they play at the Largo Cultural Center March 30 at 8 p.m.From a military family, Largo was home base for Billy McGuigan, 37, and his brothers- Ryan McGuigan, 34 and Matthew McGuigan, 31. Their grandparents moved to Largo in 1979 and Largo became the common thread for the brothers' childhood as their father's military service took them around the globe.

http://largo.patch.com/articles/beatles-tribute

Examiner
March 28, 2012
Classic '68 Yellow Submarine model kit among new Beatles items on the way

New 3-D model kits inspired by the movie "Yellow Submarine," including a reissue of the Yellow Submarine model kit issued in 1968 by MPC, will be on retail shelves this year.*The new MPC "Yellow Submarine" model will be available in two versions, a standard edition and a deluxe packed in a collectible tin. The models will include decal sheets and cardboard stand-ups of the Beatles. *

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...ems-on-the-way

International Business Times
March 28 , 2012
Fiona Apple Tour 2012: Watch Her Sing The Beatles' 'Across The Universe' Live In New York [VIDEO]

Acclaimed and habitually reclusive performing artist Fiona Apple has been road testing songs from her upcoming June LP, titled "The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do," her first album in seven years. At least three months before the album's release, she's racking up in-depth analyses about her new station and what audience the maturing singer now speaks to. This is not to mention the 412k fans clamoring on the singer's Facebook page, begging Apple to tour their cities and gushing about the upcoming album. After premiering a few new cuts at a select couple of SXSW shows, Apple wrapped a short string of U.S. dates.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/3207...tles-cover.htm

Business Insider
March 26, 2012
More Startup Tips From The Beatles

I recently reviewed Richard Courtney and George Cassidy’s published business book, Come Together – The Business Wisdom of The Beatles in the first entry of this series. *Although the Beatles’ phenomenal career encompasses numerous startup lessons, many of the anecdotes cited in Come Together are trivial, while others are painfully obvious. However, despite the book’s shortcomings, it contains a number of insightful lessons emerging entrepreneurs can apply to their startup careers.

http://www.businessinsider.com/more-...beatles-2012-3

Los Angeles Times
March 28, 2012
Lost George Harrison 'Sun' guitar solo on 'Material World' film


Tucked in among about a dozen bonus audio and video features on the May 1 home video release of Martin Scorsese’s documentary “George Harrison: Living in the Material World” is a session that’s bound to generate excitement among Harrison and Beatles aficionados: a missing George Harrison guitar solo from one of his most celebrated songs, “Here Comes the Sun.”It surfaces during in-studio conversation between Harrison’s son, Dhani, longtime Beatles producer George Martin and his son, Giles Martin, who has overseen recordings used in the film and on an accompanying CD.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/musi...cumentary.html

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The Guardian
March 29, 2012
End of the road for Beatle wheelchair as EU judges rule in pop group's favour

Dutch company's attempt to trademark name for use on electric mobility aid vetoed by European court of justice.A bid to trademark the word beatle for use on electric wheelchairs has been blocked by EU judges.They ruled there was a risk of confusion with the pop group – even though the youth and vigour represented by the group contrasted with the reduced mobility of wheelchair customers.There was in fact a connection, the judges said on Thursday, because some original Beatles fans may now be wheelchair users.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012...fused-eu-court

http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/...ttle-1.1266715

Guitar World
March 29, 2012
Guitar Girl'd: 15 Fab Beatles Covers by Female Rockers

From sweet to rippin’, these ladies know how to make a song their own.Here are 15 takes on Beatles classics, plus a laughable hall of shame mention thrown in for good measure.From rockin’ to sublime, The Beatles are universally appealing, and these covers prove it. Got a favorite I missed? Lemme know!

http://www.guitarworld.com/guitar-gi...female-rockers

BC Video
March 29, 2012
DVD Review: Strange Fruit: The Beatles' Apple Records

In Chrome Dreams’ previous documentary on a specialty record company, From Straight to Bizarre, the filmmakers had several advantages. First, the story of Frank Zappa and Herb Cohen’s eccentric labels is known mainly among cult circles. Much of the music discussed is extremely rare, so most viewers would find this film an eye-opening history lesson in a rather obscure chapter of rock. Second, while there was useful commentary from music historians, the heart of the film were the interviews with many of the actual participants including members of the GTOs, Alice Cooper, and Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band.

http://blogcritics.org/video/article...t-the-beatles/

GetReadin.UK
March 29, 2012
Bootleg Beatles still have a ticket to ride

It was 32 years ago that The Bootleg Beatles began to play. And like Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, they’re guaranteed to raise a smile when they return to Reading on Saturday to celebrate 50 years of The Fab Four.It will be the final show of a 20-date UK tour and promises to be another treat for fans of the iconic 60s band whose music changed the world like no other group before or since.

http://www.getreading.co.uk/entertainment/music

Ed Journal
March
Beatles tribute enlists ESO

A popular Beatles tribute act will bring the Fab Four's tunes to life in Edmonton this spring with a little help from their friends, the Edmonton Sym-phony Orchestra.Classical Mystery Tour, which consists of creator Jim Owen (John Lennon), Tony Kishman (Paul McCartney), John Brosnan (George Harrison) and Chris Camilleri (Ringo Starr), performs at the Winspear Centre on June 5.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/enter...659/story.html

DailyMail.UK
March 28, 2012
Beatlemania takes a whole new Direction! Thousands gather in Montreal to catch a glimpse of the band

There may be 50 years between them - but the scenes are almost identical.Back in 1964 when Beatlemania took hold of North America they doubted the hysteria over a boy band would ever be repeated.Now, 48 years after the Fab Four melted the hearts of a generation of teenage women new group One Direction are having the same effect on their daughters, maybe even their granddaughters.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz....html?ITO=1490

WBfo.org
March 29, 2012
Paul McCartney Blows 'Kisses' To His Father's Era - listen to audio interview

When Paul McCartney was a little boy, he always looked forward to New Year's Eve — the biggest social event of the year in Liverpool."The family would all gather, my dad was the pianist, and ... drinks would appear and people would start singing," he tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "And apparently never stop until we all ran out for New Year's."

http://news.wbfo.org/post/paul-mccar...is-fathers-era

Richmondman Times -Dispatch
March 29, 2012
McCartney's half sister says digital media hold power

The real power of the digital revolution ultimately lies in its messages, the founder and chief executive officer of a prominent multimedia company said in Richmond on Wednesday."It really is about strategy," said Ruth McCartney, co-founder and CEO of McCartney Multimedia Inc., a creative agency that works with large companies and governments as well as actors and music stars on digital strategy and communications.

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/busine...a--ar-1802269/

SpikeSound
March 29, 2012
James McCartney takes on North America behind double-disc "EP Collection"

British singer/songwriter James McCartney will spend a month touring North America this spring behind "The Complete EP Collection."McCartney, the only son of former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney, will take on a trio of U.K. dates in early April before heading stateside for a headlining trek that kicks off May 11 in Amityville, NY. The 14-date, month-long outing pushes through a June 11 performance in Washington, D.C., and includes a couple of Canadian stops and festival appearances at Asbury Park, NJ's Bamboozle Festival (5/19) and Quincy, WA's Sasquatch! Festival (5/25).

http://www.soundspike.com/story/4143...ep-collection/

Music For Good
March 29, 2012
Michael Stipe, Yoko Ono & Sting auction off unique books to benefit Lunchbox Fund

Several renowned musicians, authors and celebrities including R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, Yoko Ono, Shepard Fairey, Salmon Rushdie, Tony Bennett, Philip Glass and Sting have created hand-crafted books and prints that they’re auctioning off to benefit the Lunchbox Fund.The Lunchbox Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing a daily meal for extremely poor and at-risk school children in South Africa, where more than 35% of the population is devastated by poverty and AIDS.

http://musicforgood.tv/2012/03/micha...lunchbox-fund/

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Guitar World
March 30, 2012
March 30, 1967: The Beatles Shoot 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' Album Cover Photo

It was 45 years ago today that photographer Michael Cooper shot the iconic cover photo of The Beatles' 1967 masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.And, like a lot of now-iconic images and ideas, it originally wasn't even supposed to happen.

http://www.guitarworld.com/march-30-...um-cover-photo

The Seattle TImes
March 30, 2012
Seattle Men's Chorus salutes the Beatles in weekend shows

"Come Together: Seattle Men's Chorus Performs Music of the Beatles" will take the stage at McCaw Hall March 31 and April 1.The long beloved, perennially durable songs of the Beatles have been reinterpreted by jazz combos and symphony orchestras, R&B singers and opera divas, harmonica players and Bollywood performers.Now, with a little help from their friends at the Seattle Men's Chorus, the Fab Four's songbook is getting the full choral treatment in the concert "Come Together." You can catch it Saturday and Sunday at McCaw Hall, with a later date in Langley.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...yndication=rss

Ultimate Classic Rock
March 30, 2012
The Beatles ‘Hey Jude’ Vinyl Rarity Sells Big At Auction

Sixteen Beatles collectors bid on a ‘Hey Jude’ album that went up for auction on eBay last week. Ten days after its initial posting, the record, which started out at $9.99, landed the seller a grand total of $1,914.99.This sealed copy was part of a record executive’s personal collection and allegedly it’s been tucked away safely in a cardboard box, never displayed or even seeing light, and quite obviously never played. The record also still had the original included bumper sticker in “exceptional condition,” which increased the value immensely

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-b...ig-at-auction/

BBC News
March 30, 2012
The Beatles show Let It Be to open in West End - video

A West End show, featuring several of The Beatles' hits, is to be staged to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the band's first single.Love Me Do was released in October 1962, reaching number 17 in the UK chart. It was a US number one in 1964.Let It Be will open for a limited period from September at London's Prince of Wales Theatre.It is the first time the theatrical rights to The Beatles' back catalogue have been granted for a West End show.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17559529

http://www.playbill.com/news/article...ince-of-Wales-

Live4ever
March 30, 2012
Paul McCartney joined onstage by Ronnie Wood & Paul Weller in London

Paul McCartney was joined by fellow rock royalty Paul Weller, Ronnie Wood and Roger Daltrey during his performance for the Teenage Cancer Trust at London’s Royal Albert Hall last night (March 29th).The trio took to the stage with Sir Paul for The Beatles‘ classic late single ‘Get Back‘, while Jimi Hendrix‘s ‘Foxy Lady‘ was also covered on the night.

http://www.live4ever.uk.com/2012/03/...ler-in-london/

The Telegraph
March 30, 3012
Sir Paul McCartney rocks the Royal Albert Hall - Video

The former Beatle performs a rousing set for Teenage Cancer Trust at the Royal Albert Hall.The 69-year-old musican was joined on stage at times by Jam's Paul Weller, The Who's Roger Daltrey and Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/c...bert-Hall.html

http://www.examiner.com/paul-mccartn...cancer-benefit

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Express.co.uk
April 1, 2012
JULIAN LENNON: STEPPING OUT OF THE SHADOWS

JULIAN wafts into the low-key private members’ club in London’s Soho. He is tanned, relaxed, looks far younger than his 48 years (he is 49 in a week's time) and has a lightness about him. His look is understated but still slightly rock and roll.I offer him the banquette to sit on. “So I see the seating plan was arranged in advance, was it?” he asks with mock seriousness and a raised eyebrow. He laughs. It is a flash of that Lennon wit.He has not always had an easy relationship with the press and he readily admits his preference would be to not give interviews at all. Despite this, he is a chatty, open, funny and seems completely at ease. Indeed the Welsh rarebit he orders is somewhat neglected as Lennon is quite a conversationalist.

http://www.express.co.uk/features/vi...of-the-shadows

The Hollywood Reporter
March 29, 2012
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's 'Ebony and Ivory': A History of the Hit 30 Years After Its Release

Recording sessions in the West Indies, a spliced-together music video, "Saturday Night Live's" hilarious spoof starring Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo -- THR looks at why the 1982 chart-topper was a pop culture milestone.One was a member of the most popular band of the 1960s; the other was arguably the most acclaimed singer-songwriter of the ’70s. And their pairing became one of the biggest hits of the ’80s.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...der-snl-305404

Mercury 24
March 29, 2012
Rare Paul McCartney photos at school exhibition

Classic pictures of Beatles star Paul McCartney will be on display at an arts festival celebrating the works of a school’s former photographic scholars.Sidcot Arts Centre in Oakridge Lane is showing off photos taken by former Sidcot School pupils – including some who have gone on to become top movie producers and documentary makers.Ex-pupil Homer Sykes took a series of pictures of McCartney during his Wings tour in 1975 and four of the images will be a key part of the exhibition.

http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/wh...tion_1_1334934

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BDA Sun
April 2, 2012
John Lennon tribute album well underway

FRIDAY, MARCH 30: Artists featured on the John Lennon tribute album being put together by local entertainer Tony Brannon are in the throes of mixing and recording tracks.Reggae star Maxi Priest posed for some publicity shots outside London’s Abbey Road Studios where he mixed his version of All My Loving.He features alongside a host of other well-known artists on the album.

http://bermudasun.bm/main.asp?Subsec...5&SectionID=24

Time NewsFeed
April 2,2012
Sgt Pepper Album Cover Updated for Peter Blake's 80th Birthday

It’s not often that NewsFeed advises you to “ask your parents.” But when it comes to British pop artist Sir Peter Blake and his famous creation from 1967, it’s arguably the safest course of action.When Blake was a younger man, he came up with the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. It was a mighty fine testament to those considered famous back then, featuring writers, musicians, film stars and a number of Indian gurus. (In case you’re wondering, that last one was a George Harrison request.)

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/02/...80th-birthday/

Guitar World
April 2, 2012
Song Facts: The Beatles — "Helter Skelter"

Paul McCartney was generally known for writing "silly love songs" like "Yesterday" or cheeky whimsy like "When I'm Sixty-Four," but occasionally he could rock every bit as hard as John Lennon.While The Beatles recorded numerous violent rockers, few were more fiery, savage and controversial than McCartney's "Helter Skelter."

http://www.guitarworld.com/song-fact...helter-skelter

Mail Online
April 2,2012
Where's Ringo? 45 years on same artist recreates iconic Sgt Pepper's cover with modern celebs but just one surviving Beatle

It was the design which changed the face of album covers for ever.Peter Blake’s artwork for Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band combined the Beatles with world figures from Karl Marx to Laurel and Hardy.Forty-five years on, only two of the Fab Four survive and vinyl records seem part of distant history for most young music fans with their downloads and iPods.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-birthday.html

Brandchannel
April 2, 2012
The Beatles Beat Latest Trademark Infringement

The Beatles may not have played together since their famous rooftop concert in January of 1969 for the Let It Be album but their legal team continues to battle on. Back in those crazy early days of Beatlemania, you could get pretty much anything Beatles: Beatles wigs, Beatles boots, Beatles toys, Beatles buttons, Beatles lunchboxes, Beatles Beatles Beatles!Nowadays, though, it’s pretty much impossible to find the name Beatles on anything that hasn’t been put through the machinery of the band’s legal team at Apple Corps, Ltd.

http://www.brandchannel.com/home/pos...it-040212.aspx

Geekologie
April 2, 2012
Robotic Band Covering The Beatles' 'Come Together'

This is a video of Drexel University's robotic band, The Hubos, performing the Beatles classic 'Come Together'. Obviously if I'd been there I would have filled the bass drum with dynamite. Then one of the robots would coyly stick the dynamite down the back of my pants while I was making my escape and I'd end up blowing myself up like Wile E. Coyote. I'll write ACME a very strongly worded complaint even though, deep down, I know there's nobody to blame but myself.

http://www.geekologie.com/2012/04/ro...les-come-t.php

Scotsman.com
April 2, 2012
Harry Benson: Getting by with a little help from his Fab Four friends

IT WAS his intimate pictures of the Beatles that turned Harry Benson into a world-famous photographer. Now Glasgow-born Benson has compiled a new set of photos of the Fab Four.The book, called Harry Benson – The Beatles, includes some familiar images, including the iconic photo of the Beatles enjoying a pillow fight in a hotel in Paris.
However, Benson says he has raided his archives for alternative shots of the band on their break-through tours of the US and Europe. His luminous black-and-white photographs show the Beatles composing, performing, encountering their fans, relaxing, and engaging with each other, while trying to cope with their increasingly isolating fame.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/harry-b...ends-1-2210320

Guitar World
April 2, 2012
Guide to The Beatles' White Album: the Recording Equipment, the Songs, the Conflicts

Having opened a Pandora's box with their critically acclaimed and commercially successful album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles faced serious competition from a variety of open-minded artists who were expanding rock music's barriers.

http://www.guitarworld.com/guide-bea...ongs-conflicts

Gibson Lifestyle
March 30, 2012
Paul McCartney Says Being Hailed as ‘The New Beatles’ is a ‘Kiss of Death’

Sir Paul McCartney says being hailed as the next Beatles is a “kiss of death” for a band. McCartney was asked about the stellar rise of U.K. boy band One Direction on U.K. TV show Daybreak. One Direction hit #1 on the Billboard album chart with their debut album – The Beatles did not achieve that.But McCartney said of any “new Beatles” tag: “That is the kiss of death. So many bands have been called the next Beatles. It puts an awful lot of pressure on them to be the next Beatles. Oasis were the next Beatles once if you remember, you know, and it’s a pressure and suddenly you have to live up to all the things we did. It was a different time, you know, so let’s just call them the next terrific band.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyl...tle-0330-2012/

Spoonfed
April 1st 2012
Noel, Liam, Paul and Ringo to play Olympics closing ceremony

In the ultimate band re-union, Paul McCartney and Ringo Star are to reform The Beatles this summer with Liam and Noel Gallagher stepping in to join them.The supergroup are to make a one-off appearance at the Olympic closing ceremony, performing songs from The Beatles' back catalogue in an hour-long show, including Oasis favourite Octopuses Garden. Sources close to Liam and Noel said “they're mad for it”.

http://www.spoonfed.co.uk/spooners/s...ceremony-6660/

ContactMusic.com
April 1, 2012
Sir Paul Mccartney - Mccartney's Wood Destroyed By Disease

A forest Sir Paul Mccartney planted in memory of his late wife Linda has been destroyed by disease.After his wife's death from cancer in 1998, the Beatles star planted numerous trees on the border of the estate he shared with Linda in Somerset, England.However, the woodland has been devastated by phytophthora ramorum, or sudden oak death, a disease which has infected many of the trees in Linda's Wood and forced caretakers to cut them down.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/mcc...isease_1313228

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti....html?ITO=1490

Examiner
April 1, 2012
Upcoming Imax film reunites Paul McCartney and Beatles fan Meryl Streep

A new 3D Imax feature film to be released in April,*"To the Arctic 3D," includes songs by Paul McCartney and narration by Meryl Streep, who herself is a longtime Beatle fan.*The movie, in theaters April 20, is a nature documentary that, according to an official description, "takes audiences on a journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home." The film shows the bear family's struggles to survive in the frigid environment. (You can see a trailer for the movie at left.)

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...ax-nature-film

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Geeks of Doom
April 2, 2012
Comic Review: Orbit: John Lennon

John Lennon, musician, legend, influence that stretches far and wide, messiah, pariah, master of wit, innovator, trailblazer… comic book character ? That’s exactly what Bluewater Productions tries to do with these adjectives and descriptions to bring to comic book life of one of the most enigmatic and forcefully creative individuals of the 20th Century (or arguably any century for that matter) with Orbit: John Lennon.

http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2012/04/0...EKS+OF+DOOM%29

Contact Music
April 3, 2012
James Mccartney - The Sons Of The Beatles To Form Band ?
The sons of The Beatles - James McCartney, Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison and Jason Starkey - are considering forming a band.The sons of The Beatles are considering forming a band.

James McCartney - son of Sir Paul, the legendary group's bassist - has discussed playing with the offspring of drummer Ringo Starr, singer and guitarist John Lennon and guitarist George Harrison in a band.When asked if they had considered such a move, James said: ''Yeah, a little bit.''He added: ''I'd be up for it. Sean [Lennon] seemed to be into it, Dhani [Harrison] seemed to be into it. I'd be happy to do it.''When it came to Ringo's eldest son, Zak Starkey - who has drummed for Oasis and The Who - James wasn't sure, but suggested his brother, Jason, who is also a drummer, could step in.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/the...m-band_1313568

Asian Correspondent
March 22, 2012
Opinion: My Hafu life – not half a life

“If, like me, you are Japanese and English, you will in Japan be considered white, and in America be considered Asian. This can be lonely at times.”Reverse racism is something that you come across a lot when you’re of mixed race. It’s never something that I’ve taken offense to, but questions about my unusual heritage of a Caucasian mother and Japanese father (ordinarily, it’s the other way around) can become tedious.So was being stopped on the streets of Tokyo as a child and having schoolgirls include me in their photos.Sean Lennon, the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono probably best summed up what being half Japanese, half Caucasian is like.

http://asiancorrespondent.com/78666/...t-half-a-life/

The Examiner
April 2, 2012
Abbey Road engineer who headed Beatles 2009 remaster project retires

Allan Rouse, special projects engineer at Abbey Road Studios, has retired after 40 years of work that included work on many Beatles projects including the 2009 remasters. Abbey Road Studios announced his retirement at the end of March.*Rouse joined EMI in 1971, often working with Norman (Hurricane) Smith, the Beatles' first recording engineer. He was among the team, along with Sir George and Giles Martin, Kevin Howlett and Mike Heatley, who assembled the radio performances that became two-CD set "The Beatles Live at the BBC," released in 1994. He also worked on the documentary "The Making of Sgt. Pepper," which was one of the earliest projects to features Beatles outtakes.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...roject-retires

The Examiner
April 2, 2012
The Week Ahead: The Beatles: April 2-7

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...tles-april-1-7

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Tecca.com
April 2, 2012
Rock out in a vintage 1969 yellow submarine with guitar signed by a Beatle
Any Beatles fan or seafaring music lover should appreciate this unusual auction item

If you're envious of the Titanic director James Cameron's recent dive to the ocean's deepest depths, perhaps scooping up this vintage literal yellow submarine in auction could quell a bit of that appetite for marine adventure. The sub went up for auction in tandem with a guitar signed by none of than Sir Paul McCartney himself, though it appears that a collector has already snatched it up to the tune of $58,000.*The Beatles lover's submarine may look like its cartoony counterpart, but it's actually a formerly fully working submersible. The modified 1969 Kittredge K350 1ATM submarine, which seats two and can travel to a depth of 350 feet, was put up for bidding by classic auto auction house Barrett-Jackson.

http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/04/02...aul-mccartney/

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The Examiner
April 4, 2012
Paul McCartney's son James says comment about 'new Beatles' was overblown

James McCartney, son of Paul McCartney, is trying to tone down a bit of the excitement in the wake of an interview this week with the BBC.In a Q&A with BBC entertainment reporter Ian Youngs, the younger McCartney was asked if he was interested in forming "The Beatles - The Next Generation" with Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison and Zak Starkey, son of Ringo Starr."I don't think it's something that Zak wants to do. Maybe Jason [another of Starr's sons and also drummer] would want to do it. I'd be up for it. Sean seemed to be into it, Dhani seemed to be into it. I'd be happy to do it," he answered.The comments were picked up furiously by gossip sites. But McCartney tried to tone down the reaction to the interview in a response on Twitter Tuesday.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...-was-overblown

The Examiner
April 4, 2012
Paul McCartney's son, James, followed in Dad's footsteps Tuesday and played the Cavern Club in Liverpool ( Pics, video)

His father's group, the Beatles, played there 292 times. Donna Jackson, who attended the younger McCartney's show, said, "James was clearly very nervous tonight, and never seemed to relax until the very last song. He mentioned the fact that his dad had played on the very same stage, and at the end he thanked Liverpool for making him so welcome. He also thanked the Beatles!

http://www.examiner.com/paul-mccartn...lub-pics-video

Ticket News
April 4, 2012
Beatles musical to mark group's 50 year anniversary

It has been 50 years since the Beatles released their debut single, "Love Me Do." In commemoration of this event, a new Beatles musical production is set to hit the stage in London's West End later in 2012.According to Playbill.com, "Let It Be" will open for a limited engagement on September 24, 2012 and will run through January 19, 2013, with previews beginning on September 14, 2012. The time frame coincides with the exact release date of "Love Me Do," which occurred on October 5, 1962.Hosting the production will be the Prince of Wales Theater, the site of the Beatles' famous Royal Variety Performance in November 1963, where they performed for the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret.

http://www.ticketnews.com/news/beatl...rsary041204582

The Examiner
April 4, 2012
Beatles tribute band gives royal command performance in Liverpool

Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, helped commemorate Beatles history, saw a live performance of Beatles music by the Mersey Beatles and a little of Liverpool's Beatles heritage today in a visit to the city's Beatles Story museum. The duchess was given a tour of the Beatles Story by the museum's Jerry Goldman. She also unveiled a plaque commemorating the Beatles' 50th anniversary.The Beatles Story visit was part of ongoing events in Liverpool celebrating the 50 years since Ringo Starr joined the Beatles.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...ance-liverpool

Delmarvanow.com
April 4, 2012
Dance under the stars at Benefit by the Bay

CAPE CHARLES -- Strawberry Street in Cape Charles will be transformed on June 2 for Arts Enter's 16th annual Benefit by the Bay, titled "Strawberry Fields Forever."The Beatles-themed party will feature dancing under the stars, with a live band playing Beatles music and other hits from the '60s and '70s. All of the proceeds support the Palace Theatre, the Stage Door Gallery and help keep the arts alive. Local food, complimentary beer and wine and a silent auction will also be available.

http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs...=2012204040326

Billboard.com
April 4, 212
April 4, 1964: The Beatles Make Hot 100 History

On the Billboard Hot 100 dated 48 years ago today - April 4, 1964 - the Beatles made history as the only act ever to monopolize the chart's top five positions. With a 27-1 second-week blast to the top for "Can't Buy Me Love," the Fab Four locked up the chart's entire top five:

http://www.billboard.com/column/char...05110532.story

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Blogcritics.org
April 3, 2012
A Portrait of the Bassist: An Examination of Stuart Sutcliffe’s Legacy with The Beatles 50 Years After His Death, Part 1

Otis Redding, Buddy Holly, James Dean, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, John Bonham, Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, Keith Moon, Kurt Cobain, and Sam Cooke are just many of the musical legends who died young and became instant cultural icons. We have a perverted fascination with those who create a special body of work, then pop their clogs before they get a chance to tarnish their reputation.Stuart Sutcliffe, the original bassist with The Beatles, joined this tragic and iconic club in April 1962.

http://blogcritics.org/music/article...e-bassist-an2/

The Examiner
April 4, 2012
New biography of Stuart Sutcliffe looks at work, thoughts of former Beatle

The 50th anniversary of the death of former Beatle Stu Sutcliffe, on April 10, will be the publication date for a new book, "In Conversation With Stuart Sutcliffe." The book, authorized by the Sutcliffe family, will go inside his life and work. Sutcliffe was with the Beatles from 1959 until 1961 when he left to pursue a career in art.*

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...-beatle-s-life

The Salt Lake Tribune
Burger with Relish: Music
April 5, 2012
Sorry, City Creek — Artwork by John Lennon to be shown at The Gateway in May

Want to know what the Gateway has that City Creek doesn't ? An exhibition of artwork by John Lennon will be held at The Gateway [70 South Rio Grande St. (across from Dick’s Sporting Goods)] on May 4 – 6. The exhibition will be open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. See, it's open on Sunday ! This is the largest touring exhibition of Lennon’s artwork in North America and features many rare artworks never before seen in Salt Lake City.The exhibit includes more than 120 serigraphs, signed lithographs and song lyrics by the legendary Beatle.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsbu...ennon.html.csp

Metro..co.uk
April 5, 2012
Julian Lennon: I don't regret following dad John into the music industry

Julian Lennon, son of John and Cynthia Lennon and pop star in his own right, talks to Metro about comparisons with his dad, his photography career and people's misconceptions of him.

http://www.metro.co.uk/music/895220-...music-industry

i-Newswire
April 5, 2012
Award Winning Short Film, “The Beatles At Their Best” Offered For Free

The critically acclaimed short film The Beatles at their Best, best documentary winner at the 2011 New England Underground Film Festival, will be offered free to the public via YouTube for 100 days beginning June 24th.

http://www.i-newswire.com/award-winn...beatles/167636

Uncut
April 2012
Beatles' Contract With Brian Epstein Up For Sale

The original version of The Beatles' first contract with manager Brian Epstein is among the items to be put up for auction at The Fame Bureau's 'It's More Than Rock and Roll' auction in London next month.The original paperwork contracted The Beatles to Epstein while he sourced their first record deal - and is signed by all band members, as well Lennon and McCartney's fathers, as John and Paul were under 21.The document, first drafted and signed by the band on January 24, 1962 was completed with Epstein's signature on October 1 the same year. The paperwork is now estimated to be worth in the region of £250, 000.

http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-beatles/b...-for-sale-news

The Examiner
April 4, 2012
Paul McCartney collector's item Beatles contribution to 2012 Record Store Day

A limited vinyl reissue of a Paul McCartney single will be among the long list of records to be offered for this year's Record Store Day releases on April 21."Another Day" b/w "Oh Woman, Oh Why," originally released as a single in 1971, will be reissued in a limited vinyl edition of 2,000. The two-sided single was the first 45 RPM (that's the old terminology for the phonograph speed) of his solo career, according to Billboard, where "Another Day" hit No. 5 on its singles chart.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...cord-store-day

[msLinds]

Everyone have a safe and great Easter and Passover holiday weekend.Take care.

Elements Magazine
April 6, 2012
The Lab Magazine #5: The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger - photographs

http://www.elements-magazine.com/201...ber-tooth.html

New York Fashion
April 4, 2012
Stella McCartney Used to Be ‘Quite xxxx You’

Stella McCartney talks to writer Tim Blanks in this month's issue of Interview about the difficulties of running an ethically minded business (it's just impossible to find good, organic, fair-trade Peruvian wool these days!),outfitting Team Great Britain for the Olympics, and the importance of family life — both growing up a child of the Beatles and raising her own kids with husband Alasdhair Willis. She reminisced about starting out as a designer.explaining how angry she was at first:

http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2012/...e-fck-you.html

The Examiner
April 6, 2012
Documentary on former Beatle Pete Best can be seen for free

A film about Pete Best's contributions to the Beatles as their drummer before Ringo Starr joined the band will be made available for free on the internet this summer, the filmmakers announced Thursday."The Beatles at Their Best," which won the award for best documentary at the 2011 New England Underground Film Festival, will be available on YouTube for 100 days beginning June 24.The film was made primarily from photos, video clips and interviews all found on the Internet, some only recently available, according to the filmmakers.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...lable-for-free

The Examiner
April 6, 2012
'Yellow Submarine' DVD bundles with extras to be sold by Beatles official site

The Beatles' official website will be selling exclusive bundles for the "Yellow Submarine" DVD when the film is re-released in May, sources tell Beatles Examiner.Items included in the DVD bundles, which will be available through the official store, will be different designs of t-shirts, plus lobby cards and reproductions of original tickets. (See pictures of some of the items in the slide show at left.) The t-shirts, with designs based on original sketches for the movie done by the film's animators, will be available for both men and women.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...eatles-website

Liverpool DailyPost
April 6, 2012
The Big Interview with LIPA’s Mark Featherstone-Witty: Everyone knows Paul McCartney, what place wouldn't want him?

Ben Turner finds out why MARK FEATHERSTONE- WITTY, who co-founded LIPA, the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, 16 years ago is just getting into his strideHAVING already saved Paul McCartney and George Harrison’s old grammar school – Mark Featherstone-Witty has just pulled off his latest coup, the £3.7m purchase of John Lennon’s old art college building next door.He’s just turned 65 and it’s been a long and winding road for the man who co-founded the world famous LIPA with Sir Paul in the Beatle’s old school 16 years ago.


http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...9623-30694870/

The Seattle Times
April 6, 2012
Plays about the Beatles, religion and politics hit Seattle theaters

"Help" at Seattle Children's Theatre tells the story of the early years of the Beatles; New Seattle shows on the boards ponder the early years of the Beatles, portray a fantasy court trial of Judas Iscariot and satirize the American political panorama. 'Help' George, John, Ringo and Paul met as teenagers and went on to form the world's greatest rock band.The internationally known, youth-oriented Dutch drama troupe Theatergroep Max devised this biographical show, focusing on the first chapter of four teen Liverpool lads coming together to make wonderful music.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...roundup06.html

[msLinds]

BBC 2 Radio - Graham Norton Show
April 7, 2012
BBC Breakfast's Bill Turnbull and Julian Lennon guest

And Graham's second guest was Julian Lennon who revealed his frustrations with the music industry, explained his fascination with photography and treated us to a rare Radio 2 outing for Massive Attack's 'Teardrop'.

Availability: 7 days left to listen

Starts 2:30:59 minutes into the show.First Julian's new single is played then the interview

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01fbfyv

[msLinds]

Everyone have a safe, positive and great upcoming week and take care.

Examiner
April 8, 2012
Surprise guest appears at James McCartney show in London (pictures)

When James McCartney appeared at the Borderline Club in London on Monday, a celebrity was in the audience.No, it wasn't his father Paul McCartney. It was Yoko Ono. Harold Montgomery, who saw the show, sent us an email (with pictures in the slideshow) Saturday after getting back into the States."Just got back from UK and I had the chance to see James McCartney in concert at a small venue, the Borderline, April 2. I enjoyed his show very much. Yoko Ono was there as well."

http://www.examiner.com/paul-mccartn...ondon-pictures

Examiner
April 8, 2012
Julian Lennon on his 49th birthday: Celebrating a milestone with a new single

Sunday, Julian Lennon celebrated his 49th birthday by lounging around his home in England. He described his own personal scene on Twitter, saying "Thanks to All for your Birthday wishes today! (Just at home in my jammies, working and rehearsing for upcoming live TV next week in the UK)."And then John and Cynthia's boy signed off with an x, a shorthand way to send a kiss to all his fans.The Lennons' kid, who also wrote on the microblogging site on his birthday that "there may be changes afoot," is just getting back into the music game after being away from this career for two decades. He recently dropped a new disc, called Everything Changes and hence why he probably said what he did in his most recent Tweet.

http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-he...h-a-new-single

The Examiner
April 6, 2012
Julian Lennon says he's happy with his life, not mad at Paul McCartney

n two new interviews, Julian Lennon, who has just released a new single in the UK, "Guess It Was Me," says he's glad the way his life is now and is doing music the way he wants to.*"I’m trying to do it my way. For me to be happy in the business means I have to do it myself," he told UK Metro. *"I’ve only released (the single) in Britain. For the rest of the world, I’m thinking of just marketing it online and and releasing when I want to."

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...paul-mccartney

Examiner
April 8, 2012
Time magazine plans Paul McCartney birthday issue, looks for advice on cover

TIME magazine is planning a special issue commemorating the 70th birthday of Paul McCartney.*The magazine has buoyantly touted the upcoming issue, which is to be published June 5 and available in hardcover, as "a backstage tour of the many chapters of McCartney's life."

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...dvice-on-cover

Examiner
April 6, 2012
Exhibition shows intimate photos of Linda and Paul McCartney during 1975 Wings tour

Behind-the-scenes photographs of Paul and Linda McCartney during their 1975 Wings tour feature in an exhibition of art by former pupils of a West Country school.Sidcot, a Quaker School at Winscombe, in North Somerset, has a long and envied reputation for helping students realise their artistic potential.

http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Exhi...ail/story.html

thesun.com
April 7, 2012
Analyzing Beatles’ “I am the Walrus” lyrics a tricky proposition

Just who is the egg man ? Amid the Easter madness, it is hard to overlook one of pop music’s best-known lyrics about eggs. Hard, that is, because the lyric appears to make no sense whatsoever.

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/...ky-proposition

The examiner
April 8, 2012
Beatles tour group in Los Angeles bumps into a real Beatle

When you take Gillian Lomax's Magical History Tour of Beatles sites in Los Angeles, what you*don't expect to see is a real Beatle. But Lomax told us that's exactly what happened when she was leading a tour in the city Thursday."I did a Beatles tour for a family from Indianapolis yesterday. We saw Ringo Starr sitting in a Mercedes Benz car on Santa Monica Boulevard making a left turn! Yahoo! *We reckon he was on his way home," she told us in an email.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...-a-real-beatle

Examiner
April 8, 2012
The Week Ahead: The Beatles: April 8-14

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...les-april-8-14

[msLinds]

MVTimes.com
April 9, 2012
An easy day's night with The Daytrippers of Martha's Vineyard

The word's out about The Daytrippers.The Vineyard musical group that authentically reproduces The Beatles' work in concert motivated upwards of 500 Island residents to scamper to the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School on a holiday weekend this past Saturday night, April 7. The six-member group is composed principally of Vineyard teachers and musicians who jammed together and had a "what if..." moment a year ago. The result is a well-researched and orchestrated performance on 60s era instruments covering the mopheads' total body of work, including some never-performed pieces. Players include: Brian Weiland, Shelagh Smilie, Doug Brush, Eric Johnson, Boaz Kirschenbaum, and Charlie Esposito. Island musicians Jeremy Berlin and Rob Myers cameo-ed at Saturday's performance.

http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-viney...e.php?id=10237

Examiner
April 9, 2012
Beatles Singles Show by Apple Jam at Seattle's Triple Door a huge success

April 9, 2012, Seattle, Washington – Beatles tribute band Apple Jam entertained Seattle fans for two nights of Beatles music at the Triple Door over the weekend. The musical double-hitter, called "Beatles*Singles" featured performances of the complete catalogue of Beatles 45 RPM records (A and B sides) released in the UK. 1962-1966*was performed the first night, and 1967-1970*on Friday April 6.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-...a-huge-success

Guitar Wprld
April 9, 2012
Song Facts: The Beatles — "Let It Be" (Both Versions)

Attentive Beatles fans who purchased Let It Be when it came out in May 1970 noticed something very different about the album version of the title track: The guitar solo was markedly changed from what they'd heard on the "Let It Be" single released two months earlier.The reason was down to the producers: the 45-rpm version was produced by George Martin; the album version was produced by Phil Spector. The track began life at Apple Studios on January 31, 1969, the last day of the Get Back sessions.

http://www.guitarworld.com/song-fact...-both-versions

HuffingtonPost
April 8, 2012
Hello Goodbye: Why the Great Mike Wallace Instantly Forgot His Beatles TV Exclusive

As we salute the memory of Mike Wallace -- it's a little known fact that among his many notable accomplishments, he was the first American to introduce the Beatles on U.S. TV.Before Ed Sullivan introduced them live on his CBS variety show on Sunday February 9th 1964.Before Jack Paar introduced a film clip about them on his weekly NBC entertainment show on Friday January 4th 1964...Before Walter Cronkite introduced a news story about them on his CBS evening newscast on Tuesday December 10th 1963...Mike Wallace actually beat them all to the Beatles punch.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martin...html?ref=media

Examiner
April 9, 2-2012
Change Begins Within' with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr to air on THIRTEEN

The historic 'Change Begins Within' benefit concert which features Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will finally air on television. It was announced today that the April 2009 concert which took place at Radio City Music Hall in New York will air on New York's THIRTEEN public television station this month.On April 4, 2009, a long list of musicians including Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Donovan, Eddie Vedder, Sheryl Crow and Ben Harper performed at the concert to raise money in support of the David Lynch Foundation which aims to teach 1 million at-risk youth to meditate.

http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-ev...ir-on-thirteen

Examiner
April 9, 2012
Paul McCartney reveals 'Ram' album was sigh of relief after Beatles breakup

The documentary on Paul McCartney's "Ram" album from the upcoming deluxe version reissue reveals the disc was a big change from the tense atmosphere surrounding the Beatles breakup.In an excerpt of "Ramming" released in advance of the May reissue, McCartney says the album came during a "horrendous" period. "It was like being in quicksand." he says in the video.But it also meant a change for him and wife Linda McCartney. "The lightbulb went off and we could just run away and go to Scotland (to their farm) where we knew we loved it and go and hang out." *

http://www.examiner.com/paul-mccartn...eatles-breakup

Examiner
April 9, 2012
Ringo Starr's 'It Don't Come Easy': the George Harrison connection

Ringo Starr's "It Don't Come Easy," released as a single on April 9, 1971, was his first solo hit. The song topped out at number 4 in 11 weeks on the Billboard charts. And it's been one of the most enduring songs of his solo career that he's performed live many times, including at the Concert for Bangladesh.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...son-connection

Prefix
April 9, 2012
Yoko Ono: "She Gets Down On Her Knees" (Penguin Prison Remix)

Ever wanted to dance to Yoko Ono's 1981 tune "She Gets Down On Her Knees," but felt the track just wasn't disco-y enough? Yeah, we thought so. Now you can groove your heart out thanks to Penguin Prison, who recently re-worked the track with a steady pulse and swift synths. It's a successful remix for a few reasons, but one is that the new appeal lies in its '80s sensibility

http://www.prefixmag.com/media/yoko-...n-remix/64190/

[msLinds]

Ultimate Classic Rock
April 10, 2012
The Beatles Called It Quits 42 Years Ago Today

All good things must come to an end, and this was never more true in the world of rock and roll than it was forty two years ago today (April 10, 1970) when it was announced that the the Beatles were no more.The tale of the breakup of the Beatles is a long and, well, winding road. The band had begun to implode for a while. When manager Brian Epstein passed away in 1967, the first cracks were showing. By the time of the recording of the 1968 double-record set ‘The Beatles’ (aka “The White Album”) things had gotten worse. The Beatles were working less and less like a band, with each member focusing on their own compositions in the studio.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-b...ars-ago-today/

USA Today
April 10, 2012
Graphic novel tells the tragic love story of 'fifth Beatle'

John Lennon was "the smart one," Paul McCartney was "the cute one," George Harrison was "the quiet one," but Stuart Sutcliffe was the one who fell in love in Germany during the fall of 1960.Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Sutcliffe, long described as "the fifth Beatle," and next month sees the American release of Baby's in Black (First Second Books), Arne Bellstorf's graphic novel about the romance between Sutcliffe and German photographer and artist Astrid Kirchherr and its tragic brevity.

http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/...Top+Stories%29

http://wzlx.radio.com/2012/04/10/roc...ses-away-1962/

Dailymail
April 10, 2012
Hey Nude! Naked album photos of John Lennon and Yoko Ono to be sold at auction after they are discovered in a loft

Two rare vintage photographs of John Lennon and Yoko Ono posing naked have emerged for sale.The images were used on the couple's 1968 album 'Unfinished Music No 1: Two Virgins', and were taken by them on a self-timer.The photos are wider than the one used on the LP cover and show more clutter around the couple's feet.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...=feeds-newsxml

Examiner
April 10, 2012
Does Paul McCartney still get the blame for the Beatles breakup 42 years ago?

April 10, 1970 is a day no Beatle fan will ever forget. It's the day we hoped would never come -- the day the Beatles breakup became official.We remember sitting in our family room. A radio announcer started his promo gleefully. Then came the dreaded words. "The Beatles are breaking up."

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...eatles-breakup

HULIQ
April 9, 2012
George Harrison died peacefully discloses widow, Olivia, and how to do it

What has become apparent in the decade since his death, writes George Harrison’s widow, Olivia, “is the uncanny symmetry of George’s life – a life lived to the fullest,” and how we can also accomplish the same in our own death.

http://www.huliq.com/10282/george-ha...-and-how-do-it

RTE ten
April 10, 2012
Ringo says he suffers from stage fright

The Beatles legend has explained that despite being a star for over fifty years, he still suffers from nerves and is scared about getting on stage.Speaking to Billboard magazine, the 71-year-old drummer and singer said: ''I have actually puked before I went on as all my nerves come to the fore. It is part of what I am and it happens before every show. There have been times that I just wanted to go back to bed as I just get so nervous.

http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0410/ringostarr.html

Gibson News Lifestyle
April 10, 2012
Sound and Vision: Photographer Rob Shanahan on Shooting Ringo and Other Rock Greats

Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, Eddie Van Halen, Tommy Lee and Ringo Starr – these are among the legendary artists whose images Rob Shanahan has captured in striking fashion during two decades as one of America’s most esteemed rock photographers. A musician himself – he plays drums in The Hollywood Stones, a Rolling Stones tribute band – Shanahan saw his photography career take off after he moved from Minnesota to Los Angeles in the late ’80s. Following an introduction by Sheila E. in 2005, he became Ringo Starr’s personal photographer, and he’s since worked closely with the former Beatle on a variety of projects

http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyl...0410-2012.aspx

[msLinds]

94.5 KOOL .FM
April 10, 2012
The Plot Of Magical Mystery Tour Told By John Lennon - audio

Having seen The Beatles movie Magical Mystery Tour several times and having no idea what it was about, I defer to John Lennon‘s explanation from a 1967 interview. It still doesn’t explain he plot (for me), but it’ interesting to hear him try and make some sense of it.

http://kool.radio.com/2012/04/10/joh...-mystery-tour/

KLAQ.com
April 11, 2012
John Lennon’s Mistress May Pang On The KLAQ Morning Show - Audio

Today on the KLAQ Morning show, May Pang who is best known as the former lover of ex-Beatle*John Lennon*was on to talk about what it was like to spend a year with Lennon and her thoughts about the sons of The Beatles forming their own group.

http://klaq.com/john-lennons-mistres...ng-show-audio/

CTPOST.com
April 10, 2012
The Nutopians plays John Lennon's music

The Nutopians was formed as a tribute to the music and memory of John Lennon, but the group is not a tribute band ... not exactly,*anyhow.Though the group plays Lennon's music -- from both his solo and Beatles days -- its members make no attempt to recreate Lennon's look or mimic his precise sound. Instead, they reimagine his works, putting a new twist on Lennon's beloved*tunes.

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/T...ic-3472610.php

Contact Music
April 11, 2012
Julian Lennon - Julian Lennon Worried About Repeating John's 'Mistakes'

Julian Lennon didn't want to have children young because he was worried he would make the same ''mistakes'' his father John Lennon did. Julian Lennon doesn't want to repeat the ''mistakes'' his father John Lennon did.The 49-year-old singer was the result of the late Beatles legend's first marriage to Cynthia Powell, and he admits he always delayed having children because he did not want to do the same things his parents did when they were young.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/jul...stakes_1316105

All about jazz
April 11, 2012
Interview: Mike McCartney (Part 1)

Most people are unaware that Paul McCartney has a younger brother. That's because since the early 1960s, Mike McCartney [pictured above] has done a noble job of avoiding any temptation to cash in on his brother's fame. Which is pretty classy, as celebrity siblings go. As I write in today's Wall Street Journal (go here or pick up a copy), Mike is an artist in his own right.

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=96285

The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah Symphony pops: The magical mystery of recreating Beatles’ songs
Music » Orchestra will play orchestral arrangements of pop songs to support the Beatles’ tribute band, Classical Mystery Tour.

The music of the Beatles is so pervasive, inventive and infectious that pretty much everyone can name a few favorites by the Fab Four.The appeal of the songs isn’t all about memorable tunes, though, said Utah Symphony Principal Pops conductor Jerry Steichen. Music man though he is, Steichen was first drawn to the Beatles’ lyrics. That’s one reason he’s looking forward to conducting this weekend’s Utah Symphony Pops concert featuring the Classical Mystery Tour, a tribute band.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/enterta...phony.html.csp