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Happy 79th Birthday, George Harrison — Beatles’ SiriusXM Channel Rolls Out Birthday Weekend Programming
Rock Cellar Magazine
25 February, 2022
Today, February 25, would have been George Harrison‘s 79th birthday — and while it’s been more than two decades since the Beatles legend passed away in 2001, his spirit and music lives on to this day.
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The Liverpool and Beatles-themed hotel which now sits in a war zone
By Alan Weston, Liverpool Echo
27 February, 2022
The hotel shut down during earlier hostilities between Russia and the Ukraine
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Ringo Starr, Billy Joel, Paul Stanley and other stars pay tribute to late Procol Harum frontman Gary Brooker
By Matt Friedlander, ABC Audio
23 February, 2022
A variety of noteworthy musicians from the rock and pop world, including Ringo Starr, Billy Joel and KISS‘ Paul Stanley, have paid homage to Procol Harum lead singer and pianist Gary Brooker, who died Saturday at age 76 after a battle with cancer.
Also: Giant mural of Ringo Starr appears on Toxteth pub
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Yoko Ono tells Dutch drinks company to drop ‘John Lemon’ brand name
Dutch News
24 February, 2022
The widow of John Lennon is suing two Dutch entrepreneurs for using the name John Lemon for a jenever-based cocktail drink they have devised.
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Beatles manager Brian Epstein statue granted planning permission
BBC News
17 February, 2022
A statue of The Beatles' famous manager Brian Epstein in his home city of Liverpool has been granted planning permission.
Also: Iconic Madonna dress and pre-Beatles drum kit go up for auction in California ; The Beatles jelly bean caper: Havasu woman recalls interrupting a Fab Four concert with jelly beans ; Get paid for being a Beatles fan by working as a tour driver ; The Beatles signed autograph book sold by Dawsons Auctioneers ; A peek at the £1m Beatles notebook containing Paul McCartney’s handwritten lyrics for ‘Hey Jude’ |
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Paul McCartney is going back on tour in 2022, announces dates
By Samantha Ibrahim, New York Post
18 February, 2022
Paul McCartney is back in action.
Also: Paul McCartney takes fat loss on Fifth Ave co-op ; MAC’S BACK! Sir Paul McCartney will headline this year’s Glastonbury Festival just a week after his 80th birthday ; Sir Paul McCartney appears to confirm Glastonbury slot with mysterious Wordle tweet ; Sir Paul McCartney Aids Homeless in Powerful Video ; Paul McCartney adds second concert at Boston's Fenway Park in June ; Paul McCartney sells out in minutes during this banner day for Spokane ; Paul McCartney's daughter Mary admits there's two 'very different sides' to her dad
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Tragedy of roadie on £38-a-week who worshipped the Fab Four but died in a hail of police bullets
By Philip Norman, Daily Mail
13 February, 2022
Modern rock bands on tour can have technical and security teams running into hundreds. But the Beatles travelled around their crazy world with just two roadies – Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans.
Also: The Beatles: Rare hand-written Hey Jude lyrics to go on display ; Rare Beatles single set for £1,000 sale at Chippenham auction ; Fender brings back the George Harrison Rosewood Telecaster due to popular demand ; Previously unseen Beatles images on show in London |
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Ringo Starr talks about some of his favorite photos of The Beatles
By Michael Kaplan, New York Post
14 February, 2022
During the pandemic, endlessly youthful Ringo Starr spent time doing what a lot of us did: Cruising the Internet, looking at old photos, finding cool stuff, reevaluating life.
Also: The 'cathartic' Beatles pictures that helped Ringo Starr get through lockdown... ; Ringo Starr on 60 years in The Beatles ; Ringo Starr on Paul McCartney’s Genius, Writing Octopus’ Garden High & The Beatles Farting Habits ; Ringo Starr explains origins of Octopus's Garden while promoting new book Lifted on ABC talk show
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Paul McCartney drops Beatles bombshell – ‘Without that Fab Four would never have formed’
By George Simpson, Daily Express
7 February, 2022
Paul McCartney has shared that if a significant change in British history had not happened, then he and John Lennon would probably have never met and formed The Beatles.
Also: Posters from the ‘birth of Beatlemania’ go on display in Liverpool ; I ran away from home to chase the Beatles – and triggered a trans-Atlantic manhunt ; Rare recording of a legendary 1964 US Beatles show goes on sale for £14k ; The Beatles' first-ever Scottish gig in 1960 remembered |
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When ex-Beatle Paul McCartney arrived in Newcastle out of the blue and looking for work
By David Morton, Chronicle Live
9 February, 2022
It's 50 years since Paul McCartney with his new band, Wings, and family in tow turned up unexpectedly at Newcastle University asking to play a gig there
Also: Sir Paul McCartney feared 'girl fan' took his number - but it was Michael Jackson ; Paul McCartney plays bass on new song by The Umoza Music Project, a collective of African and UK artists ; A great big smacker from Macca for his daughter!...
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John Lennon and The Beatles memorabilia to be auctioned as NFTs
CNBC Television
1 February, 2022
Yellow Heart's Josh Katz on The Beatles' memorabilia sale, which intends to auction items as NFTs.
Also: Beatles ‘Get Back’ Documentary DVD, Blu-ray Release Delayed ; ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Blu-ray, DVD postponed ; Widower discovers 'gold-dust' Beatles photograph left by late wife ; Auction of Julian Lennon’s Beatles- and John Lennon-themed NFTs brings in over $150K |
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Ringo Starr And Friends To Play Worcester's Hanover Theatre
By Neal McNamara, Patch
1 February, 2022
Hot on the heals of "Get Back," Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band will hit the Hanover Theatre in June.
Also: Ringo Starr to play three Massachusetts venues on June tour ; Ringo Starr Announces Summer 2022 All-Starr Band Tour
; Billy Connolly inspired Ringo Starr to give up booze but only if he did it first
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