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The love CV

By Gemma Bowes, The Observer

30 April, 2006

Cynthia Lennon, author

How to survive year 12 — from Lennon to

yoghurt

By Deborah Gough, The Age

30 April, 2006

John Lennon's poor high school report and Albert

Einstein's low academic achievements and shyness

will become tools to help students cope with the

stresses and homework loads of year 12.

Fundraising via download: Sweet music to

nonprofits

By Antony Bruno, reuters

28 April, 2006

When Amnesty International wanted to raise

awareness about violence against women in Mexico,

it turned to Jaguares, one of the country's most

popular rock bands.

Yoko: John's art helps people come together

By Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel

27 April, 2006

Ask Yoko Ono what she likes best about the exhibit

of her late husband's artwork, and she doesn't really

talk much about the art.

Also: Coming Together

TV seance: Lennon asks for...peace

By Sue Zeidler, Reuters

25 April, 2006

"Peace ... The Message is Peace."

Press Release

Market Wire

22 April, 2006

Grammy Winning Guitar Virtuoso & Former Wings

Member Laurence Juber to Play Special Show at

San Francisco Art Exchange on May 12 to Kick Off

the Closing Weekend of Each One Believing: The

Tour, an Exhibition of Bill Bernstein Photographs

Chronicling Paul McCartney's '02-'03 World Tour

Ringo a box office star

By Pam Harbaugh, Florida Today

21 April, 2006

It's all about getting a little help from your friend

when it comes to getting good seats to the concert

by Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band, appearing

July 9 at the King Center.

Also: Ringo Starr to Run Out of Musicians?

John Lennon's sketches sell for $226,000

Reuters

20 April, 2006

One of John Lennon's schoolbooks sold for 126,500

pounds ($226,000) at a London auction late on

Wednesday, more than 50 years after the former

Beatle filled it with colorful sketches and poems.

Also: Beatles memorabilia disappoints sellers

Fifth Beatle Sutcliffe shows true colours

By Ian Morgan, 24dash.com

20 April, 2006

Insights into the mind of the fifth Beatle – Stuart

Sutcliffe – will be going on display at a Merseyside

museum next month.

Former Beatle's fears over real fur sales

Sutton Coldfield Observer

19 April, 2006

Animal rights campaigners Sir Paul McCartney and

his wife Heather believe UK high street shoppers

could be unwittingly purchasing real fur.

Also: The McCartneys v the Fur Trade; How Mr

and Mrs Macca took on a bloody battle with the

fur trade; How Fearless Freddie won against the

odds; watch the show here

Cirque du Soleil to pay tribute to The Beatles

in latest show

AFP

19 April, 2006

Cirque du Soleil announced the planned June launch

of its newest production "The Beatles Love", which

aims to celebrate the musical legacy of The Beatles.

Also: The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil;

Cirque's Beatles show to debut in June

Psychics Make Contact During Filming of

Seance to Contact John Lennon

PRNewswire

19 April, 2006

Starcast Productions announced today that during

the filming of the upcoming iN DEMAND pay-per-

view special, "The Spirit of John Lennon" possible

contact with an otherworldly entity or entities was

made by the renowned psychics participating in the

event.

£55K for Beatle suit

Glasgow Daily Record

18 April, 2006

A suit worn by John Lennon in the film A Hard

Day's Night is being sold for £55,000.

Web site offers rock memorabilia in mint

condition

By Rick Chase, Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier

18 April, 2006

Sometimes I come across something that is so

cool that I want to tell everybody.

Lennon's sons poised for new musical battle?

Contactmusic

18 April, 2006

John Lennon's sons Julian and Sean look set to

reignite their long-running feud with a new chart

battle - after both announcing plans to release

albums this year (06).

Row over TV psychic's bid to contact Lennon

spirit

By Mike Chapple, Liverpool Daily Post

17 April, 2006

Attempts to contact the spirit of John Lennon for an

American TV show have been branded "exploitative"

by representatives of his widow, Yoko Ono.

Beatles album is big hit for Huntsville

family

By Lee Roop, The Huntsville Times

16 April, 2006

"Your parents did a really good thing," Paul

McCartney told Huntsville's Emma Jenkins

when they met in Las Vegas last November.

She loves him, yeah, yeah, yeah

By Jamie Tobias Neely, The Spokesman Review

16 April, 2006

I now consider my 11-hour transatlantic flight as

the revenge of the Paul girls.

Nestlé to buy Linda McCartney

By Adam Durchslag, Business Online

16 April, 2006

Swiss food giant Nestlé is preparing to buy Linda

McCartney, the vegetarian frozen foods business

from Heinz.

Macca in anti-vivisection campaign

u.tv

14 April, 2006

Sir Paul McCartney has launched a campaign

against the use of animals in medical research.

Also: Beatle Speaks Out for Monkeys; Sir Paul

McCartney: ‘Animal Tests Are Unreliable and

Cruel’

Starr will shine again

The Express-Times

14 April, 2006

Former Beatle Ringo Starr will return to Easton

for an encore appearance at the State Theatre

at 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 11.

Also: Ringo plays King Center in July; Ringo

Starr coming to Melbourne, Boca Raton

Beatles to join online revolution

Reuters

13 April, 2006

Decision follows Fab Four, Apple Computer

trademark fight

Beatles' 1965 Capitol Albums on CD

By Solvej Schou, Associated Press

13 April, 2006

In 1965, a year after Beatlemania blasted through

America, Capitol Records made sure to saturate the

market by releasing four albums by the Fab Four.

New deal may cut Jackson's Beatles stake

CBC

13 April, 2006

Pop star Michael Jackson is reportedly close to

signing a deal to refinance his massive debt, but

may lose part of his stake in the Beatles' song

catalogue in the process.

You know it ain't easy: Remembering the

wedding odyssey of John and Yoko

By Shibly Nabhan, The Japan Times

13 April, 2006

Anyone who has gotten married outside of their home

countries knows that international nuptials are hardly

a piece of cake.

CD Review: The Beatles - The Capitol Albums,

Vol. 2

By Nik Dirga, Blogcritics.org

11 April, 2006

For being the biggest band of all time, the Beatles'

discography can be surprisingly labyrinthine the

deeper you go.

Flashback: Paul McCartney quits the Beatles

Online Rock Radio

10 April, 2006

It was 36 years ago today (April 10th), that Paul

McCartney's departure from the Beatles was made

public, in effect announcing to the world what many

fans had suspected over the past six months -- the

Beatles had broken up.

McCartney Song Theft?

antiMUSIC

10 April, 2006

Does Paul McCartney owe Curtis Mayfield's estate

some royalties?

Beatles will release new album to mark opening

of Las Vegas extravaganza

By Hugh Davies, Telegraph

10 April, 2006

An album by the Beatles featuring "completely new

music" is in production and will be released to coincide

with the first authorised theatrical show of the group's

work.

Also: 'New' Beatles music to be released

As Billy Preston Clings to Life, his Sisters

Fight White Couple for His Estate

By Betty Pleasant, Black America Web.com

9 April, 2006

Billy Preston, the musical wunderkind of pop and

gospel musics and the universally acknowledged

"Fifth Beatle," is fighting for his life in an Arizona

hospital while his sisters are fighting a white couple

in a Los Angeles court for conservatorship of

Billy's "person and estate."

Exclusive: leg op agony of Macca's Heather

By Ben Todd, Sunday Mirror

9 April, 2006

Paul McCartney's wife Heather is in a wheelchair

after an operation on her part-amputated left leg.

Alan Parsons' pop secret

By Sean Daly, St. Petersburg Times

9 April, 2006

He helped pave Abbey Road.

Memories of Hamburg, Enough to Build a

Dream On

By Richard Bernstein, The New York Times

8 April, 2006

It is close to half a century since Horst Fascher was

the flyweight boxing champion of Germany, a gold

medal prospect in the 1960 Rome Olympics and a

young man who knew his way around this wealthy,

rough-and-ready port city.

Beatles Items on Display, Sale in Reading

Reading Eagle

8 April, 2006

The Reading Jewish Community Center is hosting an

exhibit of Beatles-related art, photographs and other

items through April 29.

Documentary tackles Beatles' contentious

breakup

By By Nestor U. Torre, Philippine Daily Inquirer

8 April, 2006

Even younger music buffs are fans of the Beatles.

1965 video of Yoko Ono performance art

Boing Boing

7 April, 2006

In 1965, Yoko Ono performed an art piece in which she

sat silently on a stage while audience members would

come up and snip off pieces of her clothes.

Book Review: Here, There and Everywhere by

Geoff Emerick

Monsters and Critics.com

6 April, 2006

The Fab Four`s sound engineer, present from their first

single to their final album, tells all about sharing studio

time with the biggest rock band in history.

Also: The teenager who shaped the Beatles

Lennon Exhibit Coming To Hyde Park Village

By Esther Hammer, The Tampa Tribune

6 April, 2006

John Lennon was a talented artist as well as a famed

singer and songwriter.

Won’t You Please Help Me?

By Timothy M. Thibodeau, National Review Online

6 April, 2006

The life and death of the Beatles.

Rutles man brings new show to city

By Derek James, Norwich Evening News

6 April, 2006

The former Norwich art student who left the city in 1962

to make a name for himself in showbiz with The Beatles

and Monty Python is coming home on Saturday.

Billboard Bits: George Martin, Matthew Sweet,

Plaid

By Michael Paoletta, Billboard

5 April, 2006

Sir George Martin will be inducted into the U.K. Music

Hall of Fame at induction ceremony to be held later this

year in London.

Paul McCartney's Amazing Life on the Road

Pictorialized in 'Each One Believing: The Tour,'

an Exhibition of 46 Historic Photographs by Bill

Bernstein Documenting the Legend's Triumphant

'02-'03 World Tour

PRNewswire

5 April, 2006

Opening at San Francisco Art Exchange With a Special

Reception on April 22, the Show is an Extraordinary

and Intimate Window Into Sir Paul's Most Successful

Post-Beatles Tour Exhibition and Sale Prints Signed

by Both McCartney and Bernstein

Jobs took Beatles' Apple: pal

Bloomberg

4 April, 2006

Steve Jobs, the co-founder and CEO of Apple

Computer Inc., said his company was named after

the Beatles' music firm, Apple Corps Ltd., the

head of the pop band's company claimed.

Also: Apple Lawyer Defends Right to iTunes Logo;

Judgement in Apple trademark battle reserved; Apple

Ruling Unlikely Before Easter

Life is fab again for the man drummed out of

The Beatles

By Nick Krewen, Waterloo Record

4 April, 2006

Pete Best is still puzzled about firing but he is secure

with his place in history

£2,550 for Paul shoes

Liverpool Daily Post

3 April, 2006

A pair of Sir Paul McCartney's old shoes fetched

£2,550 for charity at auction.

McCartney Writes; Thomas Returns

By Roger Friedman, Fox News

3 April, 2006

Paul McCartney – oh, what are we going to do with

you?

Monday morning manager

By Harvey Schachter, Globe and Mail

3 April, 2006

If you saw the Beatles first appearance on the Ed

Sullivan show in 1964 -- with Ringo Starr's drum kit

elevated over the stage to make him as much the

centre of attention as the three other band members

-- you got an excellent lesson in teamwork.

Beatles toyed with calling Abbey Road Everest

Contactmusic

2 April, 2006

The Beatles almost called their iconic Abbey Road

album Everest after a brand of cigarettes.

Also: Yoko's sexy bed-in with the Beatles; Lennon

risked electrocution

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