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December
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The Fest for Beatles Fans to Celebrate 50th Anniversary in 2024
New Jersey Stage
24 December, 2023
For 50 years, The Fest For Beatles Fans has been the ultimate annual celebration of those four lads from Liverpool.
Also: Where The Fab Four Wrote 48 Songs: Rishikesh’s Iconic Beatles Ashram To Shine Anew ; It Was 60 Years Ago Today: The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” Was Released in the US and Changed Everything ; How To Play Beatles Songs On Electric Guitar |
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‘Give Peace A Chance: The Art of John Lennon’ Exhibition
Folio Weekly
29 December, 2023
Experience a compelling journey through the artistic legacy of John Lennon at the not-to-be-missed exhibition, “Give Peace a Chance – The Art of John Lennon.”
Also: John Lennon display coming to gallery Jan. 12-22
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Rare comic strips and life of The Beatles captured in Romeo and Jackie magazines
By Graeme Strachan, The Courier
16 December, 2023
Magazines like Romeo and Jackie provided a treasure trove of words and pictures from The Beatles in the 1960s.
Also: Menu From Beatles’ Flight In 1965 Sold For Nearly $9K ; The Beatles created a painting together while on tour in Japan. Now it’s up for auction ; Beatles painting up for auction ; Beatles Roundup II: Releases from the latter half of 2023 ; Campaign Aims to Protect The Beatles’ Birthplaces in Liverpool ; The Beatles: Heritage campaigners bid to protect Fab Four birthplaces ; The Beatles have a secret home golf course (and I played it) ; Beatlemania is Alive and Well | All That Stuff |
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Paul McCartney wraps 2023 by answering 23 fan questions
ABC Audio
22 December, 2023
Paul McCartney had a busy year, and he’s wrapping up his 2023 by answering 23 questions from fans.
Also: Look: Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, and More Share Christmas Wishes With Fans ; Paul McCartney looks back at his 2023 in photos ; Paul McCartney photographs make U.S. debut in Norfolk |
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Culture Re-View: The only European gig the Plastic Ono Band played
By Jonny Walfisz, Euronews
15 December, 2023
After the Beatles broke up, the fab four all went their separate ways with their careers.
Also: May Pang on her 18-month love affair with John Lennon: ‘Yoko has erased me’ : Julian Lennon on John, Paul, "Hey Jude," Yoko...and Love ; Animated film inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Christmas classic makes Oscars shortlist ; Another member of Lennon and Ono's Montreal Bed-in For Peace has died: Tommy Smothers |
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George Harrison’s Garden: How the Beatle and his wife turned a ‘tangled jungle’ into a magnificent garden
By Charles Quest-Ritson, Country Life
16 December, 2023
When George Harrison first saw the famous Topiary Garden at Friar Park in Oxfordshire, it was a tangled jungle of overgrown yews.
Also: George Harrison—Unreleased Last Songs: Will We Ever Hear Them? ; Story Behind George Harrison's Rosewood Telecaster ; David Leland, ‘Wish You Were Here,’ ‘Band of Brothers’ and ‘Concert for George’ Filmmaker, Dies at 82
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When The Beatles played a gig in Bradford back in 1963
By Emma Clayton, Telegraph and Argus
9 December, 2023
The Beatles were bottom of the bill when their first UK package tour came to the Gaumont.
Also: This New Beatles Holiday Sweater Is Anything But Ugly ; John Lennon's Beatles Grammy Trustee Award Could Auction for Up to $500K ; How we made Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song short film ; Beatles poster at Harrogate’s Royal Hall fetches £3,000 at auction ; The Best Beatles Books and Merch to Gift the Fab Four Fan in Your Life ; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Beatles exhibit closing in January ; Abbey Road console used by Beatles fails to sell at auction ; Vintage concert program autographed by all four Beatles hits high note in auction |
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Paul McCarthy Announces ‘3×3’ Vinyl Edition Of ‘McCartney III’
By Will Schubeu, Discover Music
11 December, 2023
The limited vinyl run will be released on December 15.
Also: Paul McCartney's heartwarming tribute to Beatles icon John Lennon ; Paul McCartney stuns fans with Beatles shakeup at Brazil gig ; Paul McCartney unveils how he avoided Beatles songwriting battles with John Lennon ; Chart Scene: Paul McCartney Repeats At No. 1 On Live75 |
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John Lennon Was 'So Happy' in His Final Days, Says Friend — but Faced Unsettling Premonitions (Exclusive)
By Rachel DeSantis, People
6 December, 2023
John Lennon's collaborator Jack Douglas opens up to PEOPLE in this week's issue and in the new Apple TV+ docuseries 'John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial'
Also: The John Lennon They Knew ; John Lennon & Yoko Ono Signed Violin Heads To Auction; Expected To Sell For Over $40,000 (USD) ; 43rd anniversary of death: John Lennon - the first modern man ; On this day in history, December 8, 1980, Beatles founder and music icon John Lennon murdered in NYC ; John Lennon: How we first learned about his death 43 years ago today ; Touching Tribute to John Lennon on Anniversary of His Death ; John Lennon remembered 43 Years after his death with musical tribute in Central Park ; Doorman at John Lennon's Apartment Recalls the Terrifying Moment the Singer Realized He'd Been Shot (Exclusive) |
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Paul McCartney Gets Candid About His Past Tension With 'Jealous' Yoko Ono
By Devon Forward, Parade
6 December, 2023
The singer reflected on his history with the Beatles and everything surrounding their breakup.
Also: Disney+ Brazil's surprise Paul McCartney, 'Got Back' tour announcement ; Paul McCartney Reflects on 'Super Painful' Reconciliation With John Lennon Before His Death |
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That Time the Beatles Sued 'Sesame Street' (Kinda)
By Allison Rapp, Ultimate Classic Rock
2 December, 2023
Just because you're one of the world's most beloved children's TV programs, does not mean you are safe from lawsuits — not even one from another of the world's most beloved entertainers, the Beatles.
Also: ‘Maureen’: Did Bob Dylan write this Beatles song? ; The Beatles Lullaby John Lennon Gifted To Ringo Starr |
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Denny Laine, Wings and Moody Blues musician, dies age 79
By Mark Savage, BBC News
5 December, 2023
Denny Laine, lead singer of the Moody Blues and a guitarist with Paul McCartney's band Wings, has died at the age of 79.
Also: Denny Laine, Wings and The Moody Blues Co-Founder, Dies at 79 ; Denny Laine, Longtime Member of Paul McCartney’s Wings and Moody Blues Cofounder, Dies at 79 ; Denny Laine, British musician who co-founded The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney's Wings, dies at 79 |
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Inside John Lennon's Chilling Last Interview on the Day He Was Murdered (Exclusive)
By Paige Gawley, Entertainment Tonight
1 December, 2023
The Beatles singer said that he hoped it would be 'a long, long time' before he died, just hours before he was murdered.
Also: Photos of John Lennon on display this weekend ; Why John Lennon was disappointed with the outcome of 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)' ; Sean Ono Lennon and Peter Jackson Partner on Animated Film Inspired by John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” (Exclusive) |
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Paul McCartney talks to Pedro Bial
(translated from Portuguese by Google)
Rota Cult
1 December, 2023
Back in Brazil with the “Got Back” tour, Paul McCartney talks to Pedro Bial for 'Conversa com Bial' this Friday (1st).
Also: CONVERSA COM O BIAL ENTREVISTA PAUL MACCARTNEY HOJE (thanks Carlos) ; Paul McCartney to Release Expanded Edition of 'Band on the Run' ; Happy 50th Anniversary to “Band on the Run,” The Paul McCartney Album That Pushed the Ex Beatle into High Gear ; Paul McCartney's photos from 'Beatlemania' era shown in new Norfolk Chrylser Exhibit |
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