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Ringo Starr celebrates 40 years of marriage to wife Barbara Bach
By Amy Johnson, Yahoo News Australia
27 April, 2021
Sir Ringo Starr is celebrating 40 years of marriage to Barbara Bach.
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The lost Robert Zemeckis remake of Yellow Submarine
By Mark Harrison, Film Stories
27 April, 2021
Disney and Robert Zemeckis were once set to remake The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine as a 3D CG-animated movie for a 2012 release – here’s the story.
Also: CreateOn® Announces Licensing Partnership With The Beatles, Expands To Serve Grown-ups, Fans And Collectors ; Abbey Road to open its doors to the public this summer: your chance to take a tour of the legendary studios
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Paul McCartney and St. Vincent Talk One-Man and One-Woman Bands — and Beatles — on Instagram
By Chris Willman, Variety
15 April, 2021
The two musicians talked about her remix of a recording he'd made for his "McCartney III" album.
Also: Paul McCartney Talks Songwriting, The Beatles, and Sleeping with John Lennon on Eve of ‘Reimagined’ Release ; Wings on 50th anniversary: Yes, we should be in the R&R Hall of Fame, but we won’t perform without Linda McCartney ; Sir Paul McCartney 'shocked in a pleasant way' by McCartney III Imagined remixes ; Paul McCartney and Kate Bush among stars calling for change to streaming laws ; Paul McCartney and Victoria Beckham hail the ‘incredible’ planet on Earth Day ; Paul McCartney shows his support for fashion designer daughter Stella as he proudly models one of her blue charity jumpers
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John Lennon listening party featuring Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono announced
By George Simpson, Express.co.uk
23 April, 2021
It was over 50 years that The Beatles broke up and John Lennon released his iconic debut solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.
Also: Klaus Voormann on Making the Classic Album and Why a New Boxed Set is Essential ; Ringo Starr remembers John Lennon 'My brave, beautiful friend' in incredible tribute today ; How intense psychotherapy and a Bel-Air love nest led to John Lennon’s classic debut album ; Sean Ono Lennon Directs Animations For ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ Reissue On Spotify
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Rare 70s photographs of John Lennon & Yoko Ono at home
By Frankie Dunn, i-D
8 April, 2021
In January 1970, John Lennon and Yoko Ono returned from a trip to Denmark with short hair, a symbolic gesture of a new phase in their lives.
Also: What Yoko Ono really thought about John Lennon leaving The Beatles for Plastic Ono Band ; John Lennon Estate Releases Early Demo Video of ‘Give Peace a Chance’ ; ‘Working Class Hero’: John Lennon and Yoko Ono On The Classic Song ; The Making of John Lennon’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’: New ‘Ultimate Collection’ Set (Out 4/23) Puts You In the Room ; Check out the new, Easter egg-filled video for John Lennon’s ‘Isolation’
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Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Celeb Pals, Will Screen Peter Jackson’s “Let it Be” Documentary Tonight in L.A.
By Roger Friedman, Showbiz411
15 April, 2021
Paul McCartney just finished basically interviewing himself on Instagram Live with singer St. Vincent aka Annie Clark.
Also: Meeting The Beatles in India ; When The Beatles Came To Michigan: 1964, 1966 ; Paul McCartney on ‘the ceiling moving down’ as he recalls The Beatles’ first time getting stoned with Bob Dylan ; Appraisal: Signed Beatles Program, ca. 1963 ; Igloo Launches The Beatles Yellow Submarine-Inspired Collection of Coolers ; The Beatles at Trentham in 1963 caused ‘teenage hysteria’
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Listen to Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien remix Paul McCartney’s ‘Slidin”
By Sam Moore, NME
7 April, 2021
Paul McCartney has shared Ed O’Brien‘s remix of his song ‘Slidin” – you can hear the Radiohead guitarist’s reworking of the track below.
Also: Mark Ronson’s Apple TV+ Series ‘Watch The Sound’ Will Feature Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, And More |
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Ringo Starr Made a Pandemic Record—with a Little Help from His Friends
By Matt Hurwitz, LA Magazine
7 April, 2021
The Beatles legend talks Zoom, recording at home, and how Transcendental Meditation helps him get by
Also: Sir Tom Jones and The Beatles’ Sir Ringo Starr share photos with Prince Philip in tribute ; Ringo Starr, Flea, Slash, the Edge Talk Van Touring in Dave Grohl-Directed ‘What Drives Us’
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Unearthed John Lennon, Yoko Ono Footage Highlights New ‘Look at Me’ Video
By Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone
1 April, 2021
Never-before-seen 8mm films feature in latest visual from upcoming John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band-The Ultimate Collection reissue
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Love Me Do? ‘Quite good’, wrote John in revealing cache of Beatles letters
By Richard Brooks, The Observer
4 April, 2021
Memorabilia from the band’s Hamburg years, sent to photographer Astrid Kirchherr, will be auctioned in May
Also: Rare signed Beatles photograph up for auction in Staffordshire ; Screaming fans, uncontrollable crowds and overflowing streets: When The Beatles came to Lewisham ; A rare copy of The Beatles ‘White Album’ is about to go for $1 million at an upcoming auction
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