'Living in the Material World' exhibit opens at the Grammy Museum - bellinghamherald.com

Along with lyrics for other songs, including "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Here Comes the Sun" and "All Things Must Pass," the exhibit, which continues through Feb. 12, boasts a handful of his guitars, such as the black Grestch Duo-Jet electric that was his first decent instrument, for which he paid 75 British pounds. read more - bellinghamherald.com

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John Lennon memorial moves to Liverpool’s ECHO Arena - Liverpool Echo

THE John Lennon Peace Memorial has moved to a new home. It was relocated from Liverpool One to outside the ECHO arena, where it can be enjoyed and admired by music fans going to gigs at the arena. Bob Prattey, chief executive of the arena, said: “We are very proud to have such a culturally important piece of art here. Read More - Liverpool Echo

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Yoko Ono Set To Pay Tribute To Steve Jobs At MTV O Music Awards - Gigwise

Yoko Ono is expected to say: ''Like John Lennon, the man I love deeply, Steve Jobs was a dreamer who changed the world. But of course when we lose a genius of that caliber, they are never really gone. They live on all around us, through our memories, their words, and their work. Their spirit grows in us forever to the end of the days." Read More - Gigwise



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Paul McCartney organises Motown piano restoration

McCartney, 69, wanted to show off his musical skills on the 1877 Steinway grand piano during a visit to the Motown Historical Museum in Michigan after finding out it had been played by the likes of Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder, Daily Star reported. read more

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Sign from 1969 'Bed-In' could fetch big bucks

But various artifacts created during Lennon and Ono's historic stay in Canada continue to fetch stunning prices at auctions around the world, and the latest relic from the couple's Montreal "Bed-In For Peace" — a simple placard with the words "BED" and "PEACE" scribbled by Lennon in black marker — is expected to fetch up to $160,000 at a Christie's sale of pop culture memorabilia next month in Britain. Read more


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Imagine there's no Lennon .....

On Saturday evening I was privileged to attend Rockhampton Grammar School's Music Festival at the Pilbeam Theatre. For three and three quarter hours I sat stunned and mesmerised by the sheer brilliance of teenage players, singers and dancers. Read More - Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

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John Lennon The Comic Book Coming This December - AllAccess.com

In the pantheon of musical legends, JOHN LENNON is at the top of the mountain, if not the king of the mountain. From his time with THE BEATLES and his solo projects, he asked the world to ignore borders and divisions, and instead he encouraged the average person to embrace what brings people together. And when his life ended viciously from an assassin's bullet in 1980, the music industry, and the world, lost an advocate for peace, love and true musicality. Read More - AllAccess.com



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Win A Gretsch George Harrison Signature Duo Jet Guitar - The TMR Zoo

Gretsch announces the George Harrison Signature Duo Jet Giveaway. As part of the contest, one lucky winner will receive a G6128T-GH George Harrison Signature Duo Jet guitar, along with a copy of George Harrison: Living in the Material World, the companion book to the documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese. Read More - The TMR Zoo



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Paul McCartney posts letter to fans to clear up inaccuracies about wedding - Examiner.com

Paul McCartney wants to clear up a few inaccuracies about his and Nancy Shevell's wedding and reception that were reported in various news outlets. Wanting to give credit where credit is due, he wrote this letter on his website today: Continue reading on Examiner.com Paul McCartney posts letter to fans to clear up inaccuracies about wedding. Click For More





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Liam Gallagher will "probably" star in Beatles comedy - The National

Liam Gallagher may be recognised almost universally as a man not averse to acting like a petulant schoolboy. But so far these acting displays have been confined to his areas of expertise: the concert stage, the press conference, the paparazzi scrum and - more recently - the Twitter account. But a project he is spearheading could well see such talents soon displayed on the silver screen for the first time. Read More - The National



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GOOD OL' FREDA - A Film Made For Beatles Fans....By Beatles Fans

GOOD OL' FREDA is a documentary film about the untold story of Freda Kelly, The Beatles' trusted secretary and friend throughout their rise to fame. The movie's title comes from the line The Beatles shouted out to her on their legendary 1963 Christmas record to their fans. The filmmakers are currently trying to raise the funds to finish the film on Kickstarter, a website where you can make a donation to a film and get a reward in return (signed DVDs, photos of Freda with the Beatles, even lunch or a personal tour of Liverpool w/ Freda!) They are trying to raise $50,000 by 11-11-11.

Kickstarter is an all-or-nothing website, so if they don't raise the full $50,000 they get nothing! Please check out http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1215635909/good-ol-freda. to read more about it and consider backing this very worthwhile film. There's a great video you can watch of Freda explaining what the film will be about. It's been 50 years (!) since Freda began her work for the Fab Four and this movie will be the first time she's sharing her memories, so please help us make this Kickstarter campaign go viral and help the filmmakers get it completed and preserve Freda's stories forever!

Beatles fans can also help Freda and the filmmakers by sending an email to their mailing lists as well, and also to Facebook/Twitter friends encouraging them to donate quickly before this golden opportunity to preserve Freda's stories is lost. They can use the above title, kickstarter link, and blurb language to make it easy to forward. The key is to 'Make a Donation Now!' so the filmmakers make their goal by 11-11-11.

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Former Beatles manager: I still lose sleep over my decision to sell the band for £9 - The Daily Record

In the late 50s, Williams was the owner of two Liverpool clubs, the Blue Angel and the Jacaranda. The Beatles were frequent customers at the Jacaranda and began playing there. In May 1960, Williams secured the tour of Scotland as a backing band to singer Johnny Gentle and then the gigs in Hamburg. He continued to get them bookings until he fell out with them in 1961 over the £9. Epstein took over in January 1962 and by the end of the year they were the biggest band in the country. Read More - The Daily Record

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The Beatles nostalgia: Remembering when Paul McCartney returned to Mathew Street and rocked The Cavern- Liverpool Echo

IT wasn’t just the hottest ticket in town, it was the hottest in the world. Just 150 tickets were available to the public – via a ballot – for Sir Paul McCartney’s gig at the Cavern on Tuesday December 14, 1999 – with 70 others going to the world’s press, while the venue also needed to accommodate a production crew of 40. Read More - Liverpool Echo

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The Beatles 'Let It Be' and 'Magical Mystery Tour' may be headed to Blu-ray and DVD - masslive.com

More than 40 years after their release, The Beatles' "Let It Be" and the "Magical Mystery Tour" films may finally be coming to Blu-ray and DVD. "Let It Be" director Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who has making the rounds to promote his autobiography "Luck and Circumstance," spoke about The Beatles in an interview with radio station WNYC-FM. Read More - masslive.com



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The Beatles, Byrds, Black Keys Ready Record Store Day Black Friday Releases - Billboard.com

The initiative, aimed at supporting independent record stores, will offer releases including a vinyl singles box set from the Beatles, four-LP box set from Janis Joplin, the first volume of the Who's Pete Townshend's "Quadrophenia" demos and a pair of 7" singles from the Byrds. Releases by more current artists will include live EPs by Soundgarden and Iron & Wine and singles from the Black Keys, Dr. Dog and Ryan Adams, among others. Read More - Billboard.com



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Barry Feinstein, Photographer of Defining Rock Portraits, Dies at 80 - NYTimes.com

Besides his work with Mr. Dylan, Mr. Feinstein established his reputation as one of rock’s semiofficial official chroniclers with two 1970 photographs: one of Janis Joplin, taken the day before she died, which appeared on the cover of her final album, “Pearl,” and one of George Harrison, sitting in the middle of a pile of toppled, gnomic lawn statuary, which became the cover of “All Things Must Pass,” his first album after the breakup of the Beatles. Read More - NYTimes.com



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INTERVIEW: Shirelles member had special reason to love Beatles' 'Baby It's You' - Examiner.com

Beverly Lee, a founding member of the Shirelles who are in the middle of an engagement at the Rrazz Room in San Francisco, says that the group was floored that the Beatles' recorded their song "Baby, It's You." Read More - #Beatles Examiner.com

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Statue planned to remember John Lennon - Bermuda Island Life

Thirty-one years ago a British musician was touring the Botanical Gardens when he came upon a particularly beautiful freesia. He was so inspired by the beauty of the flower he named an album after it. The album was called ‘Double Fantasy’, and the songwriter was the legendary John Lennon of The Beatles fame. Read More - Bermuda Island Life



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Brian Wilson revisits Smile album - BBC

Smile was the album that broke Beach Boy Brian Wilson, one of the greatest songwriters of the 1960s. Now, 45 years on, the dozens and dozens of recordings made in the now almost legendary Smile Sessions are being released. In 1966, the Beach Boys released Pet Sounds and set a new benchmark for innovative pop music. The Beatles took notice. Read More - BBC News



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EMI's fall the outcome of Citigroup's need - guardian.co.uk

It is a sign of everything that has gone wrong with advanced capitalism that Citigroup owns a record company (press play on clip above for appropriate background music). So trivial is EMI to Citigroup's business that the vast, meaningless New York corporation does not report the results of its music division separately, because commercially the recordings of the Beatles and Pink Floyd are trivial compared to the latest set of lending fees of FX trades. Citigroup, of course, is hardly a logical owner of EMI, but it is depressing to consider that the future of such an important of the music business, or indeed British culture is in the hands of a bank. Read More - guardian.co.uk



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John Lennon's tooth expected to make £10,000 at auction

One of John Lennon's teeth is expected to make £10,000 when it is auctioned next month. The tooth was given to the former Beatles' house keeper Dot Jarlett when she worked for him at Kenwood mansion in Surrey in the late 1960s. He told her to give it her daughter "as a souvenir" after he had pulled it out in the kitchen of the Weybridge property. Read More - BBC News



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New book on John Lennon clarifies myths, inaccuracies - The Daily Republican

He has an enormous P.R. machine around him now. He dies at age 40 – he is killed. (Mark David Chapman fatally Lennon on shot Dec. 8, 1980.) Our culture is incredibly screwed up around death – a lot of people tend to elevate him, he has been elevated as a martyr. A lot of his persona has been airbrushed. In his life he was a controversial person, in death. We choose not to remember that. We want to elevate him as a peacenik – like he was this holy guy. So we have that whole problem, and banging up against Yoko’s P.R. machine. She is very protective of him. It is far more sophisticated than when he was alive. Read More - The Daily Republican

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Local Beatles expert Bruce Spizer's latest book chronicles the band's British output - NOLA.com

And so Spizer and record collector/researcher Frank Daniels assembled the new “Beatles for Sale on Parlophone Records.” Over 444 glossy pages containing more than 700 images, the hefty, self-published narrative and pictorial discography chronicles, in exhausting detail, how every single, album and EP (“extended play”) slab of vinyl bearing the Beatles name was written, recorded and marketed in the United Kingdom between 1962 and 1970. Read More - NOLA.com



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Beatles' Sgt. Pepper in Danger Danger ::Andy Timmons News ::antiMusic.com

One of the most beloved cultural milestones of the '60s generation and every generation since, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles gets creatively interpreted and re-imagined in this all-instrumental rendition by a guitarist whose lifelong love of this material has resulted in an album that transcends all musical boundaries and genres. Two years in the making, guitar fans, Beatle fans and everyone in-between will come together when Favored Nations Entertainment releases Andy Timmons Band Plays Sgt. Pepper on October 24. Read More ::antiMusic.com

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John Lennon - Mind Games (Album Review)

When he began working on Mind Games, John Lennon had no idea that the completed project would serve as the starting point for a storyline that eventually would span three albums. At the time, he really wasn’t focused on anything. On the eve of recording the endeavor, Yoko Ono sent Lennon packing with the hope that he would sort through his demons and return a better man. Lennon documented his loneliness on Walls and Bridges, and he highlighted his reconciliation with Ono on Double Fantasy. Although both endeavors are more cohesive than Mind Games, the latter set truly is where his lengthy narrative began. Read More - Mind Games (Album Review) (c) Music Box

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Beatles legend Paul McCartney and new wife fly into secluded island for honeymoon - The Daily Record

PAUL McCARTNEY has whisked his new bride Nancy to the world's most private island for their honeymoon. The couple jetted to the West Indies paradise of Mustique, where the rich and famous have holidayed in total seclusion since the 1960s. Read More - The Daily Record



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Found: Letter from Paul McCartney inviting drummer to Beatles audition - Mail Online

When it comes to missed opportunities, this must rank as one of the biggest of all time. A letter has been uncovered that invited a drummer to audition for The Beatles – just before a tour to Hamburg that would help propel them to world-wide fame. It was hand-written by Paul McCartney when he was just 18 in response to an anonymous drummer advertising his services in August 1960. Tragically for him, and for reasons unknown, he never got the job. Read More - Mail Online


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How George Harrison changed the way we believe - thetowntalk.com

Harrison discovered Eastern religion through his love for Eastern music, which was sparked when The Byrds' David Crosby and Roger McGuinn introduced him to the work of Ravi Shankar, the renowned sitar musician who would become a lifelong friend and mentor. Harrison added sitar lines to the Beatles' 1965 hit "Norwegian Wood." When he traveled to Bombay the next year to study with Shankar, he was moved by the Indian people's spirituality. Read More - thetowntalk.com



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John Lennon, global warming skeptic? - Don Surber

Now most conservatives could not care less what John Lennon would think. But his skepticism on overpopulation — and he disagreed with Yoko Ono publicly on that point as the video clip showed — leads me to suspect that John Lennon might have doubts about Whatever They Call Global Warming These Days. And of course, the Yale-educated Dick Cavett proved to be 100% wrong. Read More - Don Surber



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Producer of new Beatles film says Johnny Depp isn’t right for the role - Telegraph

There has been much speculation over whether Johnny Depp will star in Liam Gallagher’s new film about the Beatles, but this week the film's producer Andrew Eaton has suggested that the casting is unlikely. In May this year, the film’s co-producer and former Oasis frontman Gallagher expressed his desire for Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp to be cast as Derek Taylor, the Beatles’ publicist. Read More - Telegraph



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Yoko Ono Creates This Year’s Love Globe - Iceland Review Online

Ono has a strong connection with Iceland and has visited the country annually since her outdoor artwork, Imagine Peace Tower, was established on Videy island off Reykjavík in 2007. According to a press release, she was honored when asked whether she would design the Love Globe this year. Read More - Iceland Review Online



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My Three Minutes With Julian Lennon - Speakeasy

Fittingly, the “rock stars” in attendance at the Cutting Room in Manhattan were actually many noted rock’n'roll photographers, including the likes of Henry Diltz (who shot the cover for the first Crosby Stills and Nash album), Ken Regan (Bob Dylan’s favorite photographer for about three decades) and Bob Gruen (who took iconic pictures of John Lennon during his New York City years). Read More - WSJ



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Oh Yoko! Is John Lennon's Widow Duping Gullible Collectors With Sham Drawings? - ARTINFO.com

"Gimme Some Truth: The Artwork of John Lennon," may have been the title of last weekend's Lennon exhibition in New York, but fans and collectors who paid thousands of dollars for prints of the late Beatle's work may have purchased something that is not the truth at all. Read More - ARTINFO.com



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Touring George Harrison's 'Material World' at the Grammy Museum - latimes.com

The exhibition opened Wednesday with a press preview during the day, followed in the evening by an invitation-only VIP event hosted by Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison. Guests included Ringo Starr and wife Barbara Bach, Harrison’s Traveling Wilburys cohort Jeff Lynne, Doors drummer John Densmore, actor Edward James Olmos, veteran studio and touring drummer Jim Keltner (who played on most of Harrison’s solo projects), Recording Academy President Neil Portnow and longtime Grammy Awards telecast executive producer Ken Ehrlich, according to museum Executive Director Robert Santelli. Read More - latimes.com



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Paul McCartney told to let it be quiet - Musicrooms.net

Two members of the local council were called to the former Beatles legend's north London mansion on Sunday evening (09.10.11) as he celebrated his nuptials with new wife Nancy Shevell and around 100 guests following the ceremony at Marylebone Register Office earlier in the day. Read More - Musicrooms.net


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Tribute to John Lennon: Art Exhibit “Gimme Some Truth” -- NTDTV.com

Strawberry Fields Upper West Side New York City - across from the late John Lennon’s residence - music, prayers and flowers are laid to mark the birth of one of the most prolific songwriters in music history. Lennon would’ve been 71 years old on October 10th. He’s known for his worldwide contribution to music and his humanitarian efforts. Days before his actual birthday, many Lennon fans, young and old, gathered to offer their gratitude. Read More -- NTDTV.com

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Yoko Ono campaign to raise hunger awareness- sacbee.com

Yoko Ono is launching a global campaign to raise money and awareness to help fight childhood hunger and poverty. The 78-year-old widow of John Lennon is asking that on Nov. 1, at 1 p.m. EDT, people "take a moment to imagine a nourished and abundant world, where 'the world will live as one.'" Reads More - sacbee.com


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John Lennon's Birthday: A Look at the Lennon Legacy [PHOTOS & VIDEOS]

As the Beatles began to break apart in 1969, Lennon and his new wife, Yoko Ono, spent their honeymoon holding two week-long Bed-Ins for Peace in Amsterdam and Montreal. It was their way of protesting war and promoting contemplation and love. The press largely ridiculed the effort, and the lyrics for "The Ballad of John and Yoko" express Lennon's frustration. When asked afterward if the event had been successful, however, Lennon insisted that the failure of the press to take the couple seriously was part of what he and Yoko wanted. "It's part of our policy not to be taken seriously," he said. "Our opposition, whoever they may be, in all manifest forms, don't know how to handle humor. And we are humorous." See More/Videos

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'Welcome You to Crackerbox Palace' -Seven Rarities Penned by George Harrison!

Don`t Bother Me is the Quiet Beatle`s first original composition. It`s been given a bad rap as showing George`s anti-social side and hostility towards others. Actually, he`d been sick and penned a tune to pass the time as he recovered. If you listen to the lyrics you`ll see he`s talking to another bird, who he`s not particularly interested in, but rather fancies this other bird, who`s off on holiday or something. A subtle love song. Read More



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Paul McCartney Weds in Nostalgia-Filled Ceremony - ABC News

The 69-year-old former Beatle appeared proud, content and eager to share his joy with the crowd, raising his bride's hand in triumph as he walked down the steps after they became man and wife in a simple civil ceremony attended by close family and friends, including drummer Ringo Starr and Barbara Walters, a second cousin of the bride. Read More/Videos - ABC News

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Growing up with George Harrison: My time in Crackerbox Palace with the quiet, gardening Beatle - CultureMap Houston

My father, Denis O'Brien, met Harrison through another client, Peter Sellers. In 1973 he became Harrison’s business manager, initially tasked with sorting out Harrison’s tax issues, post-Beatles break-up. Later, he ran their joint production company, Handmade Films. Read More - CultureMap Houston



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John Lennon turns 71 as Imagine peace tower lights up - Music-News.com

Yoko Ono will be in Reykjavik, Iceland today to mark the 71st birthday of her husband John Lennon by turning the Imagine Peace Tower back on. The Imagine Peace Tower is a beam of light shooting 4000 metres into the air. It is located on Vioey Island in Kollafjorour Bay bear Reykjavik, Iceland. Read More - Music-News.com


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John Lennon Birthday: Remembering The Legend With Songs From His Solo Days (AUDIO)

John Lennon would have been 71 if he were alive today. He requires no introduction, but it does bear repeating that he made more beautiful music than we can even remember, a lot of which came during his solo years. This sampling of Lennon's work -- mainly from during his post-Beatles days -- is a mix of his lesser known work and the songs that have come to define Lennon, and an era. Listen on, and let us know your favorite Lennon song in the comments. ...MORE...

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Paul McCartney Marries for Third Time, on John Lennon’s 71st Birthday - Showbiz411

Maybe it’s a good omen. Paul McCartney got married today for the third time, and it was also John Lennon’s 71st birthday. The always Beatle had Ringo Starr and his wife Barbara Bach in attendance for his marriage to Nancy Shevell. George Harrison’s devoted widow, Olivia, is there with son Dhani according to sources. But Yoko Ono is not. She is in Iceland at a ceremony remembering Lennon. (For some reason, Ono likes to go to Reykjavik on Lennon’s birthday, it seems, almost every year.) Read More - Showbiz411



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Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell wave to the crowds as they prepare to wed - Mail Online

Miss Shevell, who is understood to be wearing a dress designed by Sir Paul's daughter Stella, made a brief appearance with two female friends to check the progress of preparations before being whisked off in a sleek black Mercedes. Not everyone in the street was sharing in the couple's excitement though. One neighbour said: 'This has caused nothing but disruption for us for three days. Even our rubbish hasn't been collected because their vans are in the way.' The 69-year-old rock star is to wed American industrial heiress Nancy at The Old Marylebone Town Hall in central London in front of less than 30 close family – including his five children - and friends. Read More - Mail Online


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Celebrating John Lennon’s 71st Birthday With Seven Underrated Songs - PopMatters

Not only as a member of one of the most well-loved bands in music history, but also as a solo artist, John Lennon managed to release a lot of great of music during his tragically short career. Though we instantly identify him with such hits as “Help!”, “I Am the Walrus”, “Imagine”, “Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)”, and more, let’s look at seven of his lesser-known songs. Despite their lack of fame, these songs give us a window into the world of a truly talented man, who would have turned 71 years old this Sunday. Read More - PopMatters



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'George Harrison: Living in the Material World': Martin Scorsese on a Beatle's 'Quest For Meaning' - Speakeasy

Because Martin Scorsese’s achievements in feature film are so towering, it’s tempting to view his documentaries as side projects–“The Last Waltz” as a palate cleanser between “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull.” But the director himself views his non-fiction films as “counterparts” to his features, cinematic siblings that “deal with similar themes.” Read More - Speakeasy - WSJ



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Paul McCartney wedding to Nancy Shevell to take place on Sunday - Mail Online

On Friday, a marquee was being erected at the music legend’s home, which is just a mile from the Register Office. The marquee will be dismantled on Monday. Events planners and interior designers were adding the finishing touches to the luxurious marquee reception in the grounds of McCartney's home yesterday. Bouquets of pale yellow roses, bags of ice, sound equipment and even clothes for the wedding party were delivered to the door as workmen ferried in boxes shipped from Miami, Florida and rolls of carpet. Read More - Mail Online


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Philip Goldberg: George Harrison: Quiet Beatle, Vocal Guru

In the 200 years that Eastern spiritual traditions have been filtering into American life, the propagators have included great artists as well as gurus, scholars and scientists. We have absorbed the principles of Hinduism, Buddhism and other Asian religions through the poems of T.S. Eliot and W.B. Yeats; the novels of Herman Hesse, Somerset Maugham and J.D. Salinger; the films of Satyajit Ray and Merchant-Ivory (not to mention "Gandhi"); the music of John Coltrane and Philip Glass; and through various forms of dance, painting and sculpture. But no artist has ever done more for this cross-cultural pollination than George Harrison. Read More

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Julian Lennon's tried to lose traits from Beatle dad John - mirror.co.uk

When he was just five years old, Julian Lennon and his mum Cynthia were abandoned by his Beatle dad John when he disappeared for a new life with Yoko Ono. Subsequently, Julian was understandably hurt when his father said he was an unplanned birth, conceived after too many drinks. When it came to parenting, John Lennon, who’d been abandoned by his own father, was far from ideal. His anger often left his young son hurt and confused. Now 48, Julian is bright, considerate and engaging company as he talks in a West End members’ club. The high forehead suggests where his father’s hairline may have receded to, had he not been murdered in 1980. Read More - mirror.co.uk



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Resting in strawberry fields

Born on October 9, 1940 the long-haired and wispy-eyed singer from Liverpool went on to win a million hearts and souls. John Lennon's trademark was making surreal music with poignant lyrics held by a strong melody evident with songs like Rain, Strawberry fields forever and Across the universe. Read More - The Hindu



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Memorial Concert To Honor George Harrison

A sign that reads, "Still pissed at Yoko" is a one of the many nostalgic Beatles memorabilia that adorns the office of Steven Schenkel, music professor at Webster University. Schenkel was a diehard Beatles fan long before he became an expert at performing or teaching jazz guitar. Read More

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New Bill Wyman Box Set To Include Eric Clapton And George Harrison

Ex-Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman will release a new box set Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings' Collector's Edition Box Set, through Proper American records on October 25. The new set will include appearances by the likes of Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton and George Harrison among others. Read More - RTT



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Song of the Day: 'What Is Life,' George Harrison - NJ.com

I'm sure that the two-part Martin Scorsese-directed George Harrison documentary, "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" -- which started on HBO last night, and concludes tonight -- has sent lots of people to their CD collections, to play various Harrison and Beatles favorites. One of Harrison's solo-career hits that I never tire of hearing is "What Is Life," a track from his stunning 1970 triple album, "All Things Must Pass," and a Top 10 hit for him in 1971. Read More - NJ.com



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EarthCam Webcasts Exclusive Views of John Lennon Imagine Peace Tower

EarthCam, the world's premiere webcam network since 1996, announced that, starting October 9th, it will be webcasting unmatched views of the Imagine Peace Tower in Reykjavik, Iceland. This tower was commissioned to commemorate the life of John Lennon, who would have celebrated his 71st birthday on October 9th. read more



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Wikicollecting.org’s Top 10 most expensive Beatles records - Wikicollecting

10. Please Please Me signed single - £9,060 A copy of the UK release of the Beatles’ second single, Please Please Me, signed twice on both sides by all four members of the band, was sold at auction for £9,060 in August 2011. The sale took place as part of the annual Beatles Convention, and was held in the Paul McCartney Auditorium at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. The rare single was sold by a local woman from Liverpool, who had acquired the signatures after seeing the band perform at the Cavern Club in the city. Read More/See The #1 Record - Wikicollecting

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Deconstructing the Beatles’ White Album at Tufts Oct. 24 - Boston.com

The Tufts University Department of Music is pleased to welcome award-winning composer and producer Scott Freiman, who will present a lecture titled Looking Through A Glass Onion: Deconstructing The Beatles’ White Album on Monday, October 24, 2011 at 7 p.m. The lecture will take place in the Distler Performance Hall at the Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, located on the Medford-Somerville campus of Tufts University. Mr. Freiman will discuss the studio techniques used by the Beatles in the production of their bestselling album The Beatles and trace the creation of some of their most memorable songs, such as “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and “Revolution”. The lecture will also feature many examples of rare audio and video of the Beatles in action. Read More - Boston.com

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Yoko attends BMI London awards

Yoko Ono made a surprise appearance at BMI’s annual London awards and dinner last night as John Lennon’s Woman was honoured with 4 million US radio plays. Ono received a standing ovation at the event at The Dorchester Hotel on London’s Park Lane as she picked up the award for her husband’s track from their 1980 album Double Fantasy. Four Beatles songs also received multi-play awards: Let It Be (6 million), Michelle (6 million), Eleanor Rigby (4 million) and We Can Work It (4 million). Read More - Music Week



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Henry McCullough: Songwriter Interviews

An elegant and versatile Irish guitarist, Henry McCullough was an early member of Wings, joining Paul McCartney for his first post-Beatles tour, and playing that gliding solo on "My Love." He backed up Joe Cocker for a while, playing with him at Woodstock (the only Irish musician to do so), and was a member of Roy Harper's band Chips. Henry was a top session man in the '70s, playing on tracks by Donovan, Marianne Faithfull, Ronnie Lane, Eric Burdon and many others. He also did the guitar arrangements and played on the original Jesus Christ Superstar, and made a famous cameo in Pink Floyd's "Money," where he says, prophetically, "I don't know, I was really drunk at the time." Read More - Songwriter Interviews




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'Hold Me Tight': Signed Beatles album auctions in Knoxville for $75,400 - Knoxville News Sentinel

A copy of the "Meet the Beatles!" album, signed by all four Beatles at the time of their American debut on the "Ed Sullivan Show," sold for $75,400 last weekend in Knoxville. Case Antiques Inc. Auctions & Appraisals, an auction company with a gallery in Knoxville and an office in Nashville, gaveled the album as part of its fall auction in Knoxville. Read More - Knoxville News Sentinel



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Beach Boy talks of making music for a half century - greatfallstribune.com

Mike Love was a bright-eyed teenager when he teamed up with his cousins to start a band. Fifty years later, that band has produced a U.S. record 36 top 40 hits and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Now 70, Love is still going strong as the only original member of the Beach Boys. Today, he spearheads the seven-musician group with his son Christian and longtime member Bruce Johnston. read more - greatfallstribune.com


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Jeanne Ball: How He Transformed The Beatles

The exclusive screening -- held Sunday evening in Fairfield, Iowa -- was a gift supporting the David Lynch Foundation's initiatives to teach Transcendental Meditation to veterans, inner-city school kids, homeless people, prisoners, Native Americans and other at-risk populations. read more

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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr pay tribute to bandmate at premiere of George Harrison film - NME.COM

The remaining members of The Beatles reunited for the London premiere of new the film George Harrison: Living In A Material World last night (October 2). Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were joined by Harrison's widow Olivia and son Dhani, along with friends, family and high-profile admirers including the director Martin Scorsese, plus Yoko Ono, Sir George Martin, Noel Gallagher, Sir Ben Kingsley, Billy Connolly, Terry Gilliam, Ronnie Wood and Harrison’s first wife Pattie Boyd. Read More - NME.COM

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Sir Paul McCartney: I wish the Beatles had gone on for ever

SIR Paul McCartney said the Beatles would have reunited had they all still been alive. The 69-year-old believes he and ­Ringo Starr would have got back ­together with John Lennon and George Harrison if they had survived. He said he and Lennon even planned to make a high-profile comeback seven years after they split in 1969. McCartney said he was the one who had tried to keep the band together and wanted them to perform “for ever”. Read More - Express.co.uk


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SHANNON MacDonald – Keeping it Beatle from Cover to Cover!

This past August, SHANNON MacDonald was in Liverpool to celebrate Beatles Week and unveil a painting commissioned by The Cavern Club. While she was on one side of the Atlantic Ocean, her cover version of the hit single ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ by The Beatles was rapidly climbing the charts on ReverbNation.com back in her home state of New Jersey. read more

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George Harrison's son finds Beatles biopic hard to watch

AS fans eagerly prepare for the release of a major new biopic on the life of The Beatles legend George Harrison, his son Dhani admits he has found the film difficult to watch. The 33-year-old, who is pursuing his own songwriting career, says that having to watch his dad’s life story, including the harrowing occasion he endured a knife attack from an intruder in his Henley home, proved tough viewing. Express.co.uk



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