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Ringo Starr to Celebrate July Birthday with Peace and Love
WFJA Classic Hits and Oldies 105.5 FM
19 June, 2015
Ringo Starr will ring in his 75th birthday July 7, and the only gift he wants
is more peace and love.
Also: Ringo Starr Fast Facts
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Happy birthday Paul McCartney! Seven facts you might not know about the Beatles star
By Amy Browne, Liverpool Echo
18 June, 2015
Today Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney celebrates his 73rd birthday.
Also: Take a piece of Paul home - for a price ; Dave Grohl wanted Paul McCartney and Kanye West to join him on stage at Glastonbury ; They Say It's Paul's Birthday ; Paul McCartney Honors Charleston Shooting Victims in between Classics at Firefly ; Glen Campbell Documentary with McCartney, Springsteen, The Edge to Air This Weekend
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John Lennon’s ‘In His Own Write’ set for Edinburgh Fringe
By Peter Aspden, Financial Times
19 June, 2015
Peter Aspden meets the man behind the new adaptation of the Beatle’s book of absurdist rhymes
Also: John Lennon UFO link to North Wales's extraterrestrial Berwyn Mountains mystery ; John Lennon UFO sketch 'a fake' claims star's former girlfriend May Pang ; 50 Years Ago: John Lennon Publishes Second Book, ‘A Spaniard in the Works’ ; Yoko Ono on John Lennon's Art and the Importance of Giving ; Records raise John Lennon’s family ghosts
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Beatles memorabilia going on display at LBJ Library
(inc. video)
By Kris Kirs, KYTX
11 June, 2015
For two weeks starting June 13, visitors to the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library will be able to see John Lennon's guitar and hundreds of other Beatles memorabilia.
Also: 55 Years Ago: Tommy Moore Quits the (Silver) Beatles ; Beatles' 1960 Bathroom Tapes: The 5 Best Tracks ; “I Beatles dal vivo!” La mostra fotografica a 50 anni dal concerto a Milano (thanks Breno) ; 50 Years Ago: The Beatles Record ‘Yesterday’ |
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Beatles' Abbey Road recording sessions to hit the stage
AFP
16 June, 2015
The Beatles' recording sessions in London's Abbey Road Studios are being turned into a stage show at the city's Royal Albert Hall, the producers announced on Tuesday.
Also: Replica Beatles' guitars go on show at Beatles Story ; Simon Cowell’s Beatles movie gets major music backer
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A Conversation With: Yoko Ono
By Camilla Sterne, 5280 (The Denver Magazine)
4 June, 2015
The cultural icon and wife of the late John Lennon talks with us about his artwork.
Also: John Lennon's long lost Gibson guitar up for sale (inc. video) ; John Lennon's Guitar, Stolen 52 Years Ago, Turns Up in San Diego (inc. video) ; John Lennon loved rock 'n' roll thanks to my record collection ; French school race row over Lennon's Imagine |
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Tulip growers 'please please' Paul McCartney
By Martyn Fisher, Fresh Produce Journal
9 June, 2015
Ex member of The Beatles presented with his own tulip in colours associated with his native Liverpool before gig in the Netherlands
Also: Science Proves Bassists Are The Most Important Part Of A Band ; Paul McCartney fundraiser nets double estimated price ; En concert au Stade de France, Paul McCartney électrise 80.000 personnes (video - thanks Breno) ; Paul McCartney performs in France (video - thanks, again, Breno) ; McCartney on the long and winding road to vegetarianism |
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June 1, 1967: Beatles break new ground with release of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
By Chas Early, BT.com
1 June, 2015
The Beatles, already established as great ground-breakers in terms of their songwriting and recording, gave popular music another great push forward into the realms of rock with the release of their eighth studio album, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, on this day in 1967.
Also: 18 awesome facts on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released 48 years ago today ; Happiness Is A Warm Hammer? Rare Beatles records generate huge interest in Wimborne auction ; Beatles stamps the most popular special collection released by Royal Mail in last ten years
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Unique Beatles memorabilia including John Lennon suit for sale on eBay
By Mike Price, Liverpool Echo
2 June, 2015
Chance to buy some unique Beatles related items which had been on display at the Beatles Story on the auction website
Also: The Beatles in Belfast: New photos released from 1964 King's Hall concert ; Treasures ranging from the Ancient Egypt to the Beatles found hidden in people's trash ; Fab four: The night The Beatles rocked the King's Hall ; From the Video Vault: The Beatles Promoted Hooliganism at the Cincinnati Gardens (1964) ; All you need is cash for Fab Four auction in Aberdeen ; Candlestick Park is almost totally demolished as San Francisco fans mourn loss of the Giant's home turf
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