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'Fifth Beatle': Court Battle Today

By Roger Friedman, Fox News

31 March, 2006

Billy Preston was always considered the real ‘fifth

Beatle.’

Rice's Beatle break from diplomacy

By Elise Labott, CNN

31 March, 2006

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is breaking from

diplomatic troubleshooting during a visit this week to

the home of both the Beatles and her British

counterpart, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

Apple Corps Tightly Guards Beatles' Legacy

By Jennifer Quinn, Associated Press

31 March, 2006

Apple Corps Ltd., is like a doting parent when it

comes to The Beatles, looking after their interests

and promoting their recordings, but it also makes

sure no one tries to mess with the band's legacy.

Apple vs. That Other Apple

By Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek

29 March, 2006

Once again, Apple the computer company is

battling with Apple the record company.

McCartney: Love me shoe

By Victoria Newton, The Sun

29 March, 2006

Sir Paul McCartney’s left shoe has gone on sale

on internet auction website eBay.

The 39-year-old sergeant

By Ajitpaul Mangat, The Manitoban

29 March, 2006

The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club

Band: A retrospective

Execs Erase Beatle Smoking Evidence

For Album Re-release

By Andrea Moore, All Headline News

28 March, 2006

Record bosses are erasing any evidence of The

Beatles penchant for smoking from the cover of

an album re-release.

You Say It’s My Birthday?

By Anthony DeCurtis, AARP (thanks, Carol)

What could Paul McCartney possibly have known

about being 60 when, as a teenager, he wrote one

of his most famous songs, "When I'm Sixty-Four"?

Apple versus Apple reaches the UK High

Court

By Simon Aughton, PC Pro

27 March, 2006

The latest round in the intermittent but long-running

trademark tussle between Apple Computer and The

Beatles' company, Apple Corps, reaches the UK

High Court this week.

Also: Beatles take rival Apple to court over core

business; Beatles "bigger than Steve Jobs"

On the road: The White Album and Master

Class

By Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph

27 March, 2006

My critic's notepad gently weeps at the memory of

Michael Pinchbeck's abysmal theatrical homage - Lord

knows what to call it - to the Beatles's White Album.

From Beatles to Zeppelin -- Rare Guitar Signed

By All Four Beatles Added to April 1st Auction

News-antique.com

27 March, 2006

A Rare Beatles autographed guitar will be added to

auction and a top forensic expert to attend the live

auction to further authenticate autographs for bidders.

Lennon's £100,000 book

This is London

27 March, 2006

A school exercise book belonging to former Beatle

John Lennon is expected to fetch more than

£100,000 when it goes on sale next month.

Also: How Lennon sailed yacht safely home and

found his muse; Lennon school book goes under

hammer; Lennon's schoolbook art up for sale

Beatles festival returns

By Al Sullivan, The Hudson Reporter

26 March, 2006

After a 35 year hiatus, Peter & Gordon - once called

the "Everly Brothers of the British Invasion" - will

perform in Secaucus at the annual Festival for Beatles

Fans over the weekend of March 31 through April 2.

A record of the Beatles

By Bradley Bambarger, The Star-Ledger

26 March. 2006

Seemingly anyone who had anything to do with the

Beatles has written a book about the experience.

McCartney sacked pal over drug addiction

Contactmusic

26 March, 2006

Sir Paul McCartney's former right-hand man has

revealed he was sacked by the legendary musician

because of his drug addiction.

Also: Exclusive: Macca sacked me for Cocaine binges

Talking with Paul McCartney

By Corey Maiale, Melissa Lee and Kristyn Lawson

(Newsday) Kidsday

26 March, 2006

We spoke with former Beatle Paul McCartney before a

performance at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan

recently.

How you can stop this slaughter..

The Sunday Mirror

26 March, 2006

Sir Paul McCartney and wife Heather last night issued

this plea through the Sunday Mirror

Also: McCartneys make last-ditch plea to stop seal hunt;

McCartneys make renewed appeal to end East Coast seal

slaughter

Beatle's cast lends a hand to Bek's cause

The Advertiser

23 March, 2006

The Beatles may have wanted to hold your hand, but now

you can hold one of the Beatles' hands.

The Game Table: Imagine there's no boardwalk:

The Beatles were boardgamers

By Ward Batty, Molokai Island Times

22 March, 2006

Imagine There's No Boardwalk

Mills McCartney Supports Landmine Charity

Auction

Contactmusic

22 March, 2006

Sir Paul McCartney's campaigning wife Heather Mills

McCartney has helped launch a celebrity shoe auction

to raise money for a landmine charity.

Ringo's 9th Annual All Starr Tour

Earvolution

22 March, 2006

If this were the 20th annual tour, there would be a nice

little parody that could be written, but instead fans will

have to settle for "Iteration 9."

Also: Ringo Readies Ninth All Starr Tour

Here, There And Everywhere: My Life Recording

The Music Of The Beatles

By Nathan Rabin, A.V. Club

21 March, 2006

As Geoff Emerick memorably documents in his engaging

memoir Here, There And Everywhere, one of his first jobs

as The Beatles' recording engineer was fulfilling John

Lennon's desire to sound like "The Dalai Lama chanting

from a mountaintop" for "Tomorrow Never Knows."

Lennon friend attacks TV seance to reach

ex-Beatle

By Sue Zeidler, Reuters

21 March, 2006

Yoko Ono's longtime friend and spokesman on Tuesday

said an upcoming TV seance to contact her late husband,

ex-Beatle John Lennon, was tacky, exploitative and far

removed from the icon's way of life.

Ringo and pals Talkin' About Harry Nilsson

By Michael Rechtshaffen, Reuters

21 March, 2006

Harry Nilsson, the ridiculously talented singer-songwriter

singled out by the Beatles as their favourite "group," is

the deserving subject of an appropriately lively

documentary.

Capital to release second Beatles box set

United Press International

20 March, 2006

Capitol Records is poised for the release of its second

boxed set of Beatles music, it was reported Monday.

Also: Beatles reissue 1965 releases in boxed set

Born To Boogie DVD

antiMUSIC

20 March, 2006

Sanctuary Visual Entertainment’s successful mid-line

DVD range, will receive a significant boost on the 15th

May 2006, when ‘Born To Boogie’ – The Motion

Picture; No.1 music DVD from the summer of 2005, is

released as a single disc DVD.

Nonfiction: Here comes the Sun: The Spiritual

and Musical Journey of George Harrison &

McCartney

By Doug Childers, Richmond Times-Dispatch

19 March, 2006

Hundreds of books have been written about the Beatles,

including last year's exhaustive "The Beatles: The

Biography" and the smaller but engaging "John" by

Cynthia Lennon, John's first wife.

Condi goes on magical Beatles mystery tour

By Sarah Baxter, The Sunday Times

19 March, 2006

The long and sometimes winding road from Birmingham,

Alabama, where Condoleezza Rice bought her first

Beatles record, to her friend Jack Straw’s door in

Blackburn, Lancashire, covers 4,200 miles.

Book Review: Book plumbs the human side of

legendary Beatles

By Hector Saldaña, San Antonio Express-News

19 March, 2006

Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the

Music of The Beatles

Also: A fly on the wall on Abbey Road

Brown: Beatles fans kept waiting on remasters

By Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain News

18 March, 2006

The Beatles catalog is the biggest-selling and most

valuable in the history of music.

Makers defend Lennon TV 'seance'

BBC

17 March, 2006

A television "seance" to contact the spirit of late

Beatle John Lennon has been defended by its

producer.

Also: Could you get some new Buddy Holly songs while

you're at it?; A Seance to Contact John Lennon

Stuart Sutcliffe: The Lost Beatle

By Betty Clarke, The Guardian

17 March, 2006

After the glossy treatment it was given in the 1994 biopic

Backbeat, the life and loss of fifth Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe

is finally pulled from beneath the shadow of his famous

friends.

Lennon 'autograph' in thrift shop

BBC

15 March, 2006

A rare John Lennon autograph that was left in a bag of

bric-a-brac outside a Swansea charity shop could be

worth thousands of pounds.

Hamburg magic

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

15 March, 2006

A plaque commemorating the involvement of Liverpool

bands in the Hamburg music scene is planned for the

German city.

For Ringo, It Don't Come Easy

By Paul Collins, icliverpool.co.uk

14 March, 2006

Recently, I watched Ringo Starr make a guest

appearance on one of the late night TV talk shows.

Ringo unveils All-Starr lineup

By Jane Stevenson, Toronto Sun

13 March, 2006

He loves us, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Livermore Lab scientist concocts Beatles book

By Simon Read, Inside Bay Area

13 March, 2006

What if the man millions of fans worldwide knew as Paul

McCartney was not really McCartney, but an impostor

hired by The Beatles years earlier to conceal a tragic

accident?

Strange trip through a Beatles classic

By Jasper Rees, Telegraph

13 March, 2006

The Beatles' 1968 'White Album' is the inspiration for

an intriguing new play.

From Beatles to Zeppelin - Rare Rock Autograph

Auction

News-antique.com

12 March, 2006

Rare rock memorabilia to be auctioned April 1 to benefit

pediatric cancer center in Phoenix.

Battle of the Beatles

The Sunday Mail

12 March, 2006

On September 13, 1971, Linda McCartney gave birth to

the couple's second daughter and her own third, Stella.

1969: Paul McCartney weds Linda Eastman

(inc. video)

BBC

Paul McCartney has married Linda Eastman in a civil

ceremony in London.

Give Seals a Chance: An Interview with Paul

McCartney

By Tanya Mulford, HSUS (thanks, Carol)

In the halls of their hotel, walking from the taping of an

interview on the Canadian seal hunt for the Larry King

Live show to the taping of their next interview, Heather

and Paul McCartney broke into song. "All we are saying

is give seals a chance," they sang to the reporters intent

on capturing their every move during a recent visit to

Prince Edward Island.

Imagine: a Lennon museum

By Mike Dejong, The Dallas Morning News

10 March, 2006

Site near Tokyo is world's first official shrine to the

musician

B-Sides: Beatle George Harrison’s sister makes

impression on students

By Mark Bennett, Terre Haute Tribune Star

10 March, 2006

The first time I saw The Beatles in an elementary school

history book, I thought it was cool.

The trials of saint John

John McCallum, The Australian

10 March, 2006

I have to confess two things before I write this review.

Lennon's Beatle lyrics fail to sell

The Press Association

9 March, 2006

John Lennon's hand-written lyrics for the Beatles classic

A Day In The Life have failed to sell, an auction house

said.

Lee's Pow! Has Big Plans

By Marc Shapiro, Sci Fi Wire

9 March, 2006

Comic-book creator Stan Lee told SCI FI Wire that his

newest company, Pow! Entertainment, is developing TV

and film projects featuring an entirely new slate of comic

characters in 2006.

Sabbath Beatle

antiMUSIC.com

9 March, 2006

"TEE-M's UNsigned Music Show, Thanks The Beatles"

Black Sabbath's Bill Ward and 13 other UNsigned Artists

pay their homage to the Beatles.

Beatles on tourist map - but where's the Cavern?

By Sam Lister, Liverpool Daily Post

8 March, 2006

The legendary club doesn't get a mention.

Ex-Beatle urges Napolitano to block biotech firm

Edythe Jensen, The Arizona Republic

8 March, 2006

Sir Paul wrote to Governor Janet.

The Art and Artifacts of Stuart Sutcliffe, the Fifth

Beatle and Best Friend of John Lennon, Can Now

be Viewed and Acquired at StuartSutcliffeArt.com.

PR Web

8 March, 2006

The legend and spirit of Stuart Sutcliffe lives on through his

work.

Cult poet Ivor Cutler dies at 83

BBC

7 March, 2006

Poet and musician Ivor Cutler, who counted John Peel and

The Beatles among his fans, has died at the age of 83.

Also: John Junkin

Lennon lyrics up for grabs

ITV

7 March, 2006

Some of John Lennon's hand written song lyrics are to be

sold in New York later.

Floe tunes

The Globe and Mail

6 March, 2006

It was only a matter of time before Paul McCartney's protest

against Canada's seal hunt erupted into Beatles references.

Also: Bardot praises McCartney over seal stance

Unseen Lennon snaps that could save my girl

By Pete Samson, The Mirror

6 March, 2006

A boatman who had a secret friendship with John Lennon is

selling his treasured photos of their time together to help his

sick daughter.

Notes on a Strange World

By Massimo Polidoro, Skeptical Inquirer

Did you know that Paul McCartney, the ex-Beatle, never

actually left the band because . . . he died in 1966 and was

then replaced by a lookalike?

McCartney calls seal hunt a 'stain' on Canada

(inc. videos)

CTV

3 March, 2006

One of the world's most recognizable rock stars and his wife

staged a high profile protest against Canada's seal hunt on

an ice floe in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Thursday.

Also: pics - 1, 2; Thin ice might hamper McCartney

seal protest (inc. video); McCartney and Canada clash

over seal hunt; More pics; Ex-Beatle's seal hunt protest

threatened; CNN Larry King Live - Interview With Paul

McCartney, Heather Mills McCartney; Pup-loving former

Beatle wants seal hunt ban; Heather and Paul McCartney

Bring Hope, and a Media Spotlight, to Canada's Seals

(inc. videos); Paul McCartney protests seal hunt (inc. video);

N.L. premier takes on ex-Beatle over seal hunt; Seal hunt

supporters worry Beatle star power will have impact;

Ex-Beatle has 'long and winding road' to stop seal hunt:

minister (inc. video); McCartney calls for seal cull ban (inc.

video); Premier faces off against ex-Beatle; Macca & Mills:

The seal pup tour; McCartneys won't be charged

Paul McCartney has no 'Sir' Ben Kingsley problems!

New Kerala

3 March, 2006

Fans of former Beatles band member Sir Paul McCartney

need not worry about having to address him by his official t

itle, for the singer would never follow in Sir Ben Kingsley's

footsteps and insist he be called 'Sir' when spoken to.

Second Round of American Beatle Albums Being

Readied for CD Release

By Michael Fremer, MusicAngle.com (thanks, Carlos)

3 March, 2006

While at Sterling Sound interviewing George Marino for

my turntable set-up DVD, I heard some familiar music

coming from Ted Jensen's room.

Beatles' Secrets Revealed In Book

Ultimate-Guitar.Com

2 March, 2006

One of the Beatles most beloved songs contains the

words "F**king hell!"

Yoko Ono savoured being sent to Coventry

By Barbara Goulden, icCoventry

2 March, 2006

Yoko Ono was so pleased by the reception she received

during her visit to Coventry last year that she has asked

for information about the city to be included in the John

Lennon Museum near Tokyo.

Ex-Beatle still owes £20 on guitar he bought in

1961

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

1 March, 2006

It might just be the most lyrical IOU ever penned.

Mike McCartney tells the Globe: My days of

darkness are coming to an end

By Justin Dunn, Wirral Globe

1 March, 2006

It is perhaps one of the most simple of tasks: Popping to

the local supermarket to stock up on groceries, pick up a

couple of bottles of wine or buy a newspaper or a magazine.

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