The Beatles artwork unveiled at Cavern by artist Shannon MacDonald - Liverpool Echo

A GIANT new artwork depicting each of The Beatles has gone on display at their spiritual home, the Cavern Club. It was created by American artist Shannon MacDonald whose work already adorns the Hard Days Night hotel and who has been hailed as “the world’s greatest Beatles artist” by a former Lord Mayor of Liverpool. Read More - Liverpool Echo




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Remembering when the Beatles came to Bangor

THE arrival of arguably the four most famous Scousers in the world would create headlines in Bangor in August 1967. The four Liverpudlians were of course The Beatles, and they were in Bangor to attend a 10 day programme of meditational seminars with Indian guru the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Read More - Mail Series


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“I Want To Tell You: A New Generation Remembers GEORGE HARRISON”

This fall, the world is rediscovering George Harrison. Observing the 10th anniversary of his death and the 40th anniversary of his historic Concert for Bangladesh, we're reminded that, indeed, all things must and do pass—but that doesn't mean they're forgotten. Through Martin Scorsese’s incomparable storytelling, we’ll see an intimate portrait of the self-proclaimed dark horse in George Harrison: Living in the Material World. Never-before-seen photographs taken by George, his son Dhani and his wife Olivia will fill the pages of the film’s companion book, offering glimpses of the mania and the minutia of the world as George saw it. Additionally, the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles will open its doors to the lyrics sheets and instruments that felt the unique touch of George’s masterful hands. Read More - FILTER Magazine



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Author uncovers John Lennon's letters

More than 250 letters and cards sent by John Lennon to his family and friends are to be published for the first time. Author Hunter Davies, who wrote the only official biography of The Beatles in the 1960s, is trying to track down every missive written by the singer. "I've found a lot of letters that nobody's ever seen," he said. Read More - BBC News



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Abbey Road: why it's in my blood - Stuff.co.nz

These days there is only one album by The Beatles that I can always listen to, and that's Abbey Road. That should come as no surprise to regular readers of Blog on the Tracks; I've mentioned it often. You see, I learned to play the drums to this album. I mean, all right, sure, I had a few lessons at school (intermediate). But my mum suggested that I just play along with records. Read More - Stuff.co.nz



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‘Lennon Bus’ music video posted - The Columbian

The music video created by seven Clark County teens when the John Lennon Education Bus Tour stopped Wednesday at Vancouver School of Arts and Academics has been posted online. “Eyes of Swift” is available at: http://www.youtube.com/johnlennonbus#p/u/1/Tbx4Ro7q7mw. Read More - The Columbian

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This Day in Music Spotlight: The Beatles at Candlestick

Of the 25,000 people in attendance at The Beatles’ 1966 concert at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, only six knew that this would be the band’s final show: John, Paul, George, Ringo, the band’s road manager, Neil Aspinall, and their assistant road manager, Mal Evans. As far as everyone else was concerned, this was just another stop for the rollercoaster that was Beatlemania. Read More - gibson.com



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Anniversary of Beatles last live performance inspires our ultimate list of lasts - cleveland.com

Monday we celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Beatles' last live performance, which took place on Aug. 29, 1966, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Some Beatles sticklers will tell you the band's final live performance, accompanied by Billy Preston, was filmed on the rooftop of the Apple Corps building in London on Jan. 30, 1969. We're talking about their last live performance for a paying audience. The rooftop concert was an unannounced and almost clandestine mini-gig put on for the cameras shooting the movie "Let It Be." read more - cleveland.com



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thenewno2 Announces Plans for Second EP - mxdwn.com News

Hot Records, LTD. will release EP002 September 27, but if you need a sneak preview you can head over to the LA Times blog to hear the RZA-guested track, “Mr. President.” Other collaborators on the album include Regina Spektor, Crisis and Sir Eyes. The group isn’t just collaborating will established artists musically—they’re also going that route in the visual sense, as well. Well-respected London street artist Ben Eine, who reached the public eye when he presented President Obama with one of his pieces for the president’s first official UK state visit, created the artwork for the EP. read more - mxdwn.com News




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“John and Yoko” join protest against closure of Sure Start centre at dead Beatle’s former Liverpool school - Liverpool Echo

JOHN and Yoko lookalikes led a march to protest against the closure of a Sure Start centre at the school Lennon attended. The £1m state-of-the-art centre at the Dovedale School is set to close as Liverpool council tries to save £91m in the face of government budget cuts. Since the threat of closure was revealed in February this year, parents have staged a number of protests and won the support of Yoko Ono. Read More - Liverpool Echo

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Signed Beatles single Please Please Me fetches £9,000

A copy of the Beatles hit single Please Please Me signed on both sides by all four members of the band has fetched £9,000 at auction in Liverpool. The 1963 record was sold by a Liverpool woman who asked the group to sign it after listening to them at the city's Cavern venue as a youngster. Read More - BBC News

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Beatles '1' coming in remastered version in September - Examiner.com

The Beatles "1" album is being re-released in a remastered version early in September in Germany using the 2009 remasters, according to EMI's German website. The site lists the album as being released there Sept. 2. Continue reading Read More - National Beatles Examiner.com



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Signed Beatles single for sale at auction - The West Australian

A copy of the Beatles hit single Please Please Me, signed on both sides by the Fab Four, is expected to fetch thousands of pounds at auction. The annual Beatles memorabilia auction taking place on Saturday also includes items which once belonged to John, Paul, George and Ringo, as well as their manager Brian Epstein. Read More - The West Australian



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The Beatles - a collective genius: Voice of Russia

It is fun to recollect how 50 years ago, the Decca Records company refused to work with The Beatles, claiming that guitars were going out of fashion and the group therefore had no prospects in show business. How can we trust experienced experts after this? The band has long ago broken up and only two of its members are still alive - Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr - but the world is still singing songs of The Beatles, setting up fan clubs and erecting monuments to the four musicians. Read More - Voice of Russia

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Paul McCartney Announces The Release Of Ocean's Kingdom

Marking his first foray into the world of dance, Paul McCartney has announced the general release of Ocean’s Kingdom, commissioned by the New York City Ballet. The recording will be released by Hear Music/Telarc and is conducted by John Wilson, produced by John Fraser and performed by The London Classical Orchestra.

Ocean’s Kingdom is the first time Paul has written an original orchestral score or any kind of music for dance and is the result of a collaboration between Paul and New York City Ballet’s Master in Chief Peter Martins, who have worked together to present the world premiere of a new ballet for the company’s 2011/2012 season this September.

Though the work is Paul’s first ballet, he approached the project in the same way he writes all other music, driven by his heart rather than his head and inspired by feeling rather than specific technical knowledge. While this may have been another new turn for his staggeringly varied career to take, Paul knew it had to be influenced by his own personal experience and that he needed to create a story the audience would find equally compelling and moving.

Paul’s first step was to visit the Royal Opera House to see Adolphe Adam’s Giselle, danced by the Royal Ballet. Afterwards, Paul met the dancers and discussed the work with them, realising as he did so that he was still without a central theme to his work. Keen to tell a story through his music, Paul decided to focus on the purity of the ocean and within just two months, the first draft had been completed. He then went through the music again thinking specifically of the ballet itself, thereby creating a world featuring distinctive characters and a vibrant underworld kingdom. Finally Paul spent many more weeks working alongside Peter Martins to refine the work, before Peter created the choreography with the NYCB dancers.

An hour long score featuring four stunning movements – “Ocean’s Kingdom,” “Hall of Dance,” “Imprisonment” and “Moonrise” – the ballet tells of a love story within the story of an underwater world whose people are threatened by the humans of Earth. A potently expressive and richly varied work, the score is Paul’s most challenging and emotionally complex yet. As he explains: “What was interesting was writing music that meant something expressively rather than just writing a song. Trying to write something that expressed an emotion – so you have fear, love, anger, sadness to play with and I found that exciting and challenging.”

The premere of the ballet Ocean’s Kingdom will take place at NYCB’s Fall Gala on Thursday 22nd September 2011 while the release of the orchestral score will follow on October 4th, available digitally, on CD and on vinyl. It was recorded in June in London .

The artwork that accompanies the release is equally striking and inventive. Though it seems to suggest a city skyline, it is actually a digital readout of the notes from the ballet score.

Although this is his first orchestral score for dance, Paul is already quite at home in the world of classical music. His back catalogue already carries four classical albums, the most recent of which was the Classical BRIT Award winning ‘Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart)’; a work for chorus and orchestra in four movements that was released in 2006.

TRACK LISTING

1. Movement 1 Ocean’s Kingdom (14:07)
2. Movement 2 Hall of Dance (16:19)
3. Movement 3 Imprisonment (13:36)
4. Movement 4 Moonrise (12:29)

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Signed Beatles single Please Please Me to be auctioned - BBC News

The seven-inch record, signed on both sides by John, Paul, George and Ringo, will be sold at the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts on Saturday. Other lots in the annual Beatles Convention sale include photographs of the Fab Four at the Sunderland Empire. A cap belonging to John Lennon is expected to fetch up to £4,000. More - BBC News




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John Lennon joke form expected to sell for £15,000 - Metro.co.uk

The singer made the prophetic entry on a Japanese landing card in 1980, the year he was shot dead in New York. The 40-year-old claimed his name was ‘blowjob’, his nationality ‘weird’ and his passport’s issuing authority was the ‘god of air’. The form, owned by a private collector, is expected to fetch £15,000 when it is sold online today by London-based auctioneer, the Fame Bureau. ‘Whether it was filled out on a trip to Japan or whether it was a document he and Yoko had knocking around following a previous visit is unclear,’ said auctioneer James Wilkinson. Read More - Metro.co.uk



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'George Harrison: Living In The Material World' Trailer Released; Martin Scorsese HBO Documentary On George Harrison

Before Britney, before Bieber, Beatles fans reigned supreme. In the upcoming documentary, Martin Scorsese explores the band's quietest member in "George Harrison: Living In The Material World." With an impressive slew of interviews from. Read More/Watch Trailer




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Yoko Ono's Imagine Peace Tower to be lit Sunday in tribute to Norway victims - National Beatles Examiner.com

The Imagine Peace Tower will be lit Aug. 21 to pay tribute to the victims of the July 22 attacks in Norway at Oslo and Utøya. Norway has designated Aug. 21 as an official day of mourning and remembrance for the victims of the shootings. Read More - National Beatles Examiner.com




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Beatles 'reunion' would have happened, according to Paul McCartney

It was 50 years ago this month, that the Beatles recorded their first published song in Hamburg, Germany, while performing as the backing band for “Tony Sheridan” on the single “My Bonnie,” that was first heard in August 1961. Flash forward to Aug. 20 and Paul McCartney is telling Access Hollywood in a TV interview that had his Beatles band mates, John Lennon and George Harrison lived; “there would have been a Beatles reunion.” Moreover, McCartney likes to tell a story these days about meeting with Lennon in New York to discuss a possible Beatles reunion just after the band broke up in 1970. Overall, the Beatles were responsible for the global explosion of pop music culture in the 60s, say music historians. [read more]

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Is Talking About The Beatles As A Wonderful 'Shared Experience' Really Wise In An Anti-Piracy PSA? - Techdirt

Of course, it's tough to watch this promo, which celebrates "sharing" music, without feeling a bit like you're being beaten over the head with an extremely heavy irony stick wielded by someone who has no idea how hard they're swinging it. For starters, Unnamed Protagonist states that he first heard the Beatles' music when it "floated through his window." As picturesque as this scenario may be, the end result will most likely be dismayed gasps from the BMIs and the ASCAPs of the world, who hate to see a public performance go unpunished. Read More/Watch - Techdirt

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Beatles painting for Cavern Club - 'they'll be drenched in sweat' artist says - Examiner.com

August 19, 2011 - The painting of the Beatles for the Cavern Club in Liverpool will be an accurate portrayal of them "drenched in sweat" says the artist doing the painting. SHANNON said today on the phone, "Fans will love it that there's sweat dripping down their faces, because that's the way it was for them performing and rocking out in the Cavern. It was hot as hell in there. Not many people look good sweating, but they look fantastic. Read More - Examiner.com

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John Lennon: Imagine - The Astrology Place

Imagine was released in 1971, it is ranked as the 3rd greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone. The natal chart of John Lennon speaks volumes about why this song was written and why he believed it was as good as anything else that was produced by the Beatles. Read More - The Astrology Place



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CA Supreme Court refuses to hear record producer Phil Spector’s appeal of murder conviction - The Washington Post

The California Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to consider legendary rock music producer Phil Spector’s appeal of his murder conviction. Spector’s attorneys have argued that during the trial, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler prejudiced the case by allowing prosecutors to use pictures of him in closing arguments as if he was a witness. Read More - The Washington Post




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The Beatles To Get Symphonic Treatment at Abbey Road Birthday Concert - Ultimate Classic Rock

A two-day concert celebrating Abbey Road studio's 80th birthday will feature orchestral interpretations of songs by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Oasis, and Radiohead. The Symphony in the Park concert takes place this weekend at West London's Chiswick House ...Read More - Ultimate Classic Rock



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Beatles back Music Matters campaign - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

The Beatles have backed a campaign to encourage people to appreciate the value of music and discourage illegal downloads. They have allowed their music to be used as the soundtrack for a new animated film for the Music Matters campaign aimed at showing the importance to everyday lives. Read More - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk



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Elvis Presley: The Day He Met The Beatles - Entertainment & Stars

The two greatest names in rock-and-roll history, Elvis Presley and The Beatles, never really developed any kind of friendship or relationship at all. There were many reasons for this, one of which might have been that as The Fab Four was soaring in popularity and influence over the youth generation, Elvis was already in steep decline. Read More - Entertainment & Stars

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McCartney & Turpentine? 10 Things You Might Not Know About Sir Paul

Few lives have been as thoroughly documented as the life of Paul McCartney. Biographies – both of The Beatles and Sir Paul – number in the hundreds, many filled with minute details about the public and private life of the former Beatle. Still, we managed to unearth a few interesting tidbits that may have eluded all but the most avid fans. Feel free to chime in, in the comments section, with interesting McCartney facts we might have missed. read more - gibson.com



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Watch: Yoko Ono Posts Bed In Documentary - Clash Music

Yoko Ono has posted a documentary about the 1969 'Bed In' protest to YouTube. More than forty years on, it remains an iconic pop moment. Tired of rushing around the world crusading for peace, John Lennon and Yoko Ono decided to simply make up a bed in Amsterdam Hilton. More - Clash Music




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This Weekend Only, Watch John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Bed Peace’ Online - Flavorwire

Just in case you need something to do today: Yoko Ono has posted Bed Peace, a 70-minute documentary about the famous 1969 Bed-Ins she staged with John Lennon to protest the Vietnam war, on YouTube for free viewing this weekend only. To be honest, we’re not sure why the time limit has been enforced, especially in an age when so much is available for free on the internet all the time, albeit perhaps via suspect channels. However, if you’ve got an extra hour on this rainy Sunday morning, we think this is a good opportunity to watch the film and maybe stay in bed just a little longer. Click through to read Yoko’s letter to her viewers and see the video, and be sure to let us know what you think of the film and of the stunt in general in the comments! ...MORE...



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Rishikesh, India: 'The yoga capital of the world' - Seattle Times

TUCKED INTO a town in India's Himalaya foothills sits a statue of Lord Shiva, one of Hinduism's most venerated deities. Shiva's legs are crossed as he peacefully meditates, unlike the eager yoga students who clamber up and around the bigger-than-life statue to drape him with garlands. Read More - Seattle Times



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Paul McCartney’s Phone Hacked By Ex-Wife, According to Piers Morgan - Ultimate Classic Rock

We previously reported that McCartney told the BBC he was hacked after his ex-wife Heather Mills accused a journalist of tapping into voicemails that McCartney left for her during their courtship. Mills actually accused Morgan, the former Daily Mirror editor, of knowing that reporters on his staff were hacking into the voicemails, a charge which Morgan vehemently denied. Read More- Ultimate Classic Rock

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Lennon, Elton and more stories that rock - recordonline.com

Dennis Elsas likes to say he has come back to his roots. But the truth is he never really left. For more than 25 years he was one of New York's most popular radio personalities, providing listeners of the legendary WNEW-FM with the sounds of influential progressive rock and insightful interviews from the greatest musicians of the era. What was once progressive is now classic. Today Elsas helps smooth the transition as the on-air voice every morning on Sirius/XM Classic Vinyl while discovering new music in the afternoon on WFUV (90.7 FM). read more - recordonline.com



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Former Beatle Pete Best Invites Paul McCartney to Drinks

History has forever tagged Pete Best as the unluckiest guy in rock, having been dumped by The Beatles just before they made it big. Nevertheless, the 69-year-old drummer has fond memories of the band. Best told Fox News Memphis that he remembers being impressed with the group the first time he heard them, performing in his mother’s coffee club, the Casbah, in 1960. “I stood there and watched their first performance, which was absolutely incredible,” he recalled. “And from that performance on, I got to know them.” [read more - gibson.com

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Beatles history to be spotlighted at exhibit and auction this month - National Beatles |Examiner.com

A piece of a stage where the Beatles performed is being auctioned next week to coincide with the opening of a new exhibit on how the Beatles developed as a band. Read More - Beatles Examiner.com

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Beatles historic date is wrong - Rock News

An original member of the band which went on to become the Beatles says the date of their first show at the iconic Cavern Club has been recorded wrongly in history books – and it's partly his fault. Banjo player Rod Davis, who was replaced by Paul McCartney soon after the Quarrymen started gigging, agreed with archivists who suggested the group first performed in the Liverpool venue on August 7, 1957. Read More

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Japanese Musician and Artist Yoko Ono Awarded the 8th Hiroshima Art Prize

In a creative avant-garde career spanning over half a century, Yoko Ono, born in Tokyo in 1933, has pushed the boundaries of art with her command of an abundance of media including visual arts, performance, music, film and poetry. Her works, which aim to stimulate the imagination and encourage viewers to take part in their actual production, have been highly acclaimed as pioneering examples of the conceptual art that has emerged as a current of contemporary art since the 1960s. Since then she has continued to create new forms of artistic expression unconfined to any specific genre. [read more]



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Original Beatle Pete Best Opens Elvis Week in Memphis -| Fox 13 News

Before The Beatles were known in every corner of the globe, this was The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best. "December 19th, 1960 and that was the start of Beatle Mania in Liverpool." At his hotel in downtown Memphis, Pete Best waits for his Tuesday evening show at the Levitt Shell, where he and his band will blur geographic lines between Liverpool and Memphis. read more - MyFox Memphis Fox 13 News

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Week in Rock History: Jerry Garcia Dies - Rolling Stone Music

This week in rock history, John Lennon apologized for "blasphemy," Janis Joplin performed live for the last time, Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran almost drowned, fans rioted after a disastrous Guns N'Roses/Metallica show and Jerry Garcia passed away. Read More - Rolling Stone Music



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Famous Beatles animator on guest list for rock art show in daytona Beach – Soundboard Music Blog

Ron Campbell, director of the iconic Saturday morning Beatles Cartoon series that aired on ABC from September 25, 1965 through April 20, 1969 and animator on the Fab Four’s Yellow Submarine film, will be a featured attraction at the “1059 SUNNY FM Rock Art Show” Aug. 26-28 in Daytona Beach. In his book, Up Periscope, Yellow Submarine producer Al Brodax gives Ron Campbell a great deal of credit for he successful completion of Yellow Submarine. Campbell will have works for sale and will offer a demonstration of his painting. Read More – Soundboard Music Blog – Orlando Sentinel

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Words of wisdom from Paul McCartney

A writer from Postmedia News had just asked the former Beatle -- an ardent, tireless supporter of charity benefit concerts and the most commercially successful songwriter in history, according to Guinness World Records -- about the transformative, healing power of music, and why music can heal on a global scale following moments of tragedy in a way that politicians' speeches and the late-night comedy shows can't. [read more]



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Yoko Ono Wants Lennon Killer to Stay in Jail - ThirdAge

Yoko Ono recently wrote to the parole board request the killer of former Beatle John Lennon not be granted parole. He will be considered for parole next month, 30 years after he shot and killed the famous musician, authorities said.A three-member parole board panel will interview Mark David Chapman, serving a 20-years-to-life sentence for killing Lennon in front of the Dakota apartment building in Manhattan in 1980, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday. Read More - ThirdAge



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John Lennon Bandmate Recalls Paul McCartney Joining Band

When Rod Davis joined The Quarrymen as a skiffle-crazed banjo player in 1957, he had no idea the group would evolve into the biggest band in rock and roll history, The Beatles. Speaking to BBC News on the occasion of the anniversary of the group’s first date at the legendary Cavern Club, Davis recalled leaving the group for a holiday in France that summer and returning to find his seat had been filled by a younger kid named Paul McCartney. Read More - Gibson.com


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McCartney's magical understanding of music

Documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, the filmmaker behind Gimme Shelter and Grey Gardens, has crafted a new cinema-verite film, The Love We Make, chronicling McCartney's poignant, cathartic pilgrimage through the streets of New York City in the hours and days following the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. [read more]

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Miami couple recalls their unforgettable time together with John Lennon - ksdk.com

Maria and Armando Ontiveiro are Cuban and Mexican immigrants who just so happened to live upstairs in the Santa Monica Beach house where for four months in 1974, John Lennon lived with then-girlfriend May Pang, Ringo Star and other famous friends. The Ontiveiros were hired as caretakers and witnessed wild parties and rare jam sessions with Paul McCartney, four years after The Beatles broke up. read more - ksdk.com

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Differening views of John Lennon's boast - Evansville Courier

It was bum public relations, in grotesquely poor taste and proved something I had long suspected about the Beatles — but despite all that, I believe it was correct. A reader in Oakland City, Ind., took issue with me, writing he was ashamed of me and that my column surely was written without any research in the field of religion, noting evangelists draw thousands upon thousands of people to their revivals. He reminded me that I had said I was "unaware" of any Christian rally that could "pack them in" and had referred to the "embarrassed disregard" many people seem to have for the faith of their fathers. Read More - Evansville Courier & Press

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Beatles influence Chuck Berry honored in his hometown - Examiner.com

"The statue was first suggested by Bill McClellan, who writes for the St. Louis Dispatch, and second by Charlie Brennan, who is a commentator on KMOX Radio in St. Louis," Harry Weber, the statue's sculpture, told us in a phone interview. "They felt he was a treasure of St. Louis and deserved some recognition in view of the fact that, without argument, represents the genesis of rock n' roll." Brennan had raised over $100,000 for the statue. Read More - Examiner.com



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Paul McCartney Recalls the 'Fear' of Witnessing the 9/11 Attacks - Spinner

Paul McCartney was sitting in a plane on the runway of JFK on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, watching as the Twin Towers went up in smoke. Those harrowing memories came flooding back while the former Beatle watched footage of 'The Love We Make,' the documentary that follows his experiences in the aftermath of the attacks leading up to the star-studded Concert for New York City. Read More - Spinner



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'My Friend Came to me with Sadness in his eyes' - it wasn't about Bangladesh or Somalia but Palestine - Salem-News.Com

Forty years ago, on the first day of August, George Harrison and Friends and fans got together for two shows at Madison Square Garden, New York City and blew the roof off at The Concert for Bangladesh. Everyone checked their egos at the door and in harmonious rocking solidarity with George, Ringo, Clapton, Dylan, Leon Russell, Ravi Shankar and more raised awareness and funds that were- and still are- being dispersed through UNICEF. Read More - Salem-News.Com



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John Lennon's Quarrymen Cavern debut date questioned - BBC

John Lennon's debut at the famous Cavern Club was earlier than that listed by Beatles' historians, a former bandmate has claimed. Rod Davis, who played banjo alongside Lennon in The Quarrymen, says the date of 7 August, 1957 is incorrect. Mr Davis performed in the skiffle group at the club with Lennon, but was on holiday in France in early August 1957. Read More - BBC News



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10 Things You May Not Know About The Beatles' Revolver - Rocks Off

First released in the UK on August 5, 1966, the Beatles' Revolver was born into tumultuous times for the band. The "Bigger Than Jesus" debacle was reaching its height in the United States, as some fans who took John Lennon's flippant remark about his band's popularity as heresy burned Beatles records at church rallies. As for the lads themselves, they were quickly growing out of the British Invasion and running headlong into garage-rock and psychedelia, pushing their songwriting forward faster than studio technology at the time could catch up. Read More - Rocks Off



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Remembering Elvis With Memories of Friendship, The Beatles, and LSD - The Atlantic

There isn’t a day that goes by that Jerry Schilling doesn’t think of Elvis Presley. After all, he wakes up in a house high above the Sunset Strip that Presley gave to him in 1974. Schilling, 69, says his memory is still vivid of the moment when Presley handed him a personal check to buy it. “It was right here on this balcony where Elvis turned to me and said, ‘Jerry, your mother died when you were a year old. You never had a home. I wanted to be the one to give it to you.’” Presley frequently presented friends and acquaintances with Cadillacs. But in the annals of the Presley largesse, a house was unique. Read More - The Atlantic



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Beatles Musical Coming Soon

A musical version of the 1994 movie Backbeat is set to open at London’s Duke of York Theater in October. The original movie tracked the birth of The Beatles from their early days in Liverpool to their formative gigs in Hamburg, Germany. It also detailed the romance between the band’s original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe and German photographer Astrid Kirchherr. [read more]



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John Lennon sculpture unclaimed after charity raffle at Alexandra Pub in Barnet

A BRONZE sculpture of John Lennon has gone unclaimed after a charity raffle organised by a man once told he would die of liver disease. John Somerville, 59, of Wood Street, Barnet, made the bust of the Beatles legend as a raffle prize to be given away as part of a four-day music marathon in aid of the Liver Transplant Trust. Read More - (From Times Series)

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Famous Beatles ‘Butcher’ Album Cover Sells For $2500 On Ebay - Ultimate Classic Rock

When we made our list of the 10 Most Shocking Album Covers recently, it was an automatic that the infamous Beatles ‘Butcher’ cover would make the cut (oops, possible intended pun there). The memorable album cover is a prized collector piece that pops up from time to time and one of them just sold recently for $2500 on eBay. Looking at the photo, which features the members of the Beatles posing with a whole bunch of meat and also, um, (fake) decapitated babies, it’s evident that shooting the pictures for the original cover for ‘Yesterday and Today’ was probably a really fun photo session. Read More - Ultimate Classic Rock




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Paul McCartney to open the 2012 Olympics - The Scoop

With the Olympics less than one year away, plans for the London 2012 opening ceremonies are coming together. The Telegraph reports that Sir Paul McCartney will kick off the celebration July 27, 2012. According to the report, the former Beatle told organizers that he's "up for" doing the show, but final details have yet to be arranged. Read More - The Scoop

Harrison once said, "As long as John Lennon remains dead, there will never be a Beatles reunion." And now George is dead too, so I wish the media would stop the hype of an impoosible Beatle reunion. ~ #9

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John Lennon hat and shades to fetch £12,000 at auction - mirror.co.uk

A COWBOY hat and sunglasses John Lennon gave to a Western-loving uncle are expected to fetch £12,000 at auction next week. The items were given to Charlie Lennon, who sold them to friend Larry Warren because they were too big. The black hat, worn by John during The Beatles’ 1965 tour of the US, is expected to fetch £8,000, with the Italian glasses estimated at £4,000. Read More - mirror.co.uk

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Beatles Can Lure $4 Billion for EMI Using Warner Deal: Real M&A - Businessweek

EMI, the London-based label of the Beatles and Katy Perry, said it would consider selling itself a month after Warner Music agreed to be acquired by billionaire Len Blavatnik for almost $3 billion, or 9.2 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Using the multiple paid for Warner Music and Ebitda estimates from Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., EMI may be valued at about $4 billion in a takeover, the data show. Read More - Businessweek

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A Revolution John Lennon Could Support - The Singing Revolution on PBS - Technorati TV

Imagine…a revolutionary war fought with musical notes instead of bullets and bombs. Can’t happen? It did—in Estonia. The Singing Revolution is the astounding story of Estonia—its people, its history, and its successful, nonviolent revolution. A brilliant documentary, it will be shown on Public Television in August and September, beginning August 1; check local listings for dates and times. Read More - Technorati TV



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Baby, You Can Drive My Car: George Harrison’s Ferrari Up For Sale

Ever wanted to own a true piece of Beatles memorabilia? If you're lucky enough, you can be driving a Ferrari 365 GTC once owned by legendary Beatles guitarist George Harrison.Talacrest, Ferraris vintage auction site, is placing the 365 GTC up for bids with a price tag of nothing less than $600,000.The current owner of the 365 GTC has all the proper documentation to prove that this vintage Ferrari once belonged to the late musician. [read more]


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Caversham pub is a Beatles shrine - Reading Post

Punters will soon be enjoying a hard day’s pint with plans to turn the poolroom at a Caversham pub into a shrine to The Beatles. John Lennon and Paul McCartney both played at the Fox and Hounds in Gosbrook Road as The Nerk Twins in April 1960, two years before hitting the big time. Read More - Reading Post

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This Day in Music, August 1: The Concert For Bangladesh - The Morton Report

On this day in 1971, the Concert For Bangladesh, organized by George Harrison to aid victims of famine and war in Bangladesh, took place at New York's Madison Square Garden. The two concerts, one afternoon and one evening, played to over 40,000 people and featured the all-star cast of Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Ravi Shankar, Klaus Voorman, and Badfinger. Read More - The Morton Report



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