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David John Paul George Ringo Lennon set

for fame

The Weston Mercury

31 August, 2006

A John Lennon fanatic from Worle has been chosen

to audition for a DVD and CD which are being made

to celebrate the music legend.

EMI Likely To Try To Block Beatles Suit

By Jessica Hodgson, Associated Press

31 August, 2006

EMI Group PLC, said Thursday it is likely to appeal a

ruling in a New York court Wednesday allowing The

Beatles to proceed with litigation against the music

company.

Also: The courtroom hit parade: The Beatles' top ten

(lawsuits)

Sir Paul's reprieve

Rye and Battle Today

31 August, 2006

Sir Paul McCartney has won a temporary reprieve from

having to demolish the log cabin he built without planning

permission on his Peasmarsh farm.

John Katsilometes on the return to Vegas of

Yoko Ono, who brings an exhibit of Lennon's

artwork to The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel

Las Vegas Sun

31 August, 2006

Yoko Ono is spending enough time in Las Vegas lately

to headline her own show on the Strip.

'Lennon' docu could score Oscar nom

By Martin A. Grove, The Hollywood Reporter

30 August, 2006

Although we tend to think of entertainers protesting a

war as being a contemporary phenomenon linked to the

Bush administration and Iraq, like so many other things,

it's really just history repeating itself.

Also: John Lennon documentary a hit at Venice festival

Gospel of the Fab Four

By Jen Waters, The Washington Times

30 August, 2006

They met at a church party.

Beatles For Sale – Only £30!

Beatles Story Museum

30 August, 2006

44 years ago yesterday, Joe Flannery signed a contract

with Brian Epstein of NEMS Enterprises Ltd for The

Beatles to perform a 2 and a half hour session for the

princely sum of £30.00!

Beatles Reunite to Sue Record Companies

for $25M

By Mark Fass, New York Law Journal

29 August, 2006

The Beatles have reunited, though only to sue their

record companies.

It was 40 years ago today ...

By Kerry Keene, Contra Costa Times

29 August, 2006

Remembering the Beatles' final concert from

Candlestick Park

Also: Flashback: The Beatles perform final concert

Beatles back on top after poll of nation’s

favourite No 1 albums

By Phil Miller, The Herald

29 August, 2006

The Beatles have topped the latest poll to find the

nation's favourite Number One album.

Love song ends on a sour note

By Celia Rivenbark, Fort Wayne News Sentinel

29 August, 2006

While I'm not exactly ready to sponsor a telethon for

poor Sir Paul McCartney, I do feel kind of sorry for

him.

John Lennon documentary director salutes his

political bravery

Online Rock Radio

29 August, 2006

David Leaf, one of the directors of the upcoming

documentary The US vs. John Lennon, says that more

than anything else, the film shows the former Beatle's

absolute bravery in trying to stop the war in Vietnam.

Ringo in 999dash with wife

By Bobby Stansfield, The Mirror

28 August, 2006

Ringo Starr was at his wife's hospital bedside last

night after a horse kicked her and broke her leg.

Also: Beatle wife in hospital

Not-so-lonely hearts club band

By Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail

28 August, 2006

Dumped by his girlfriend in 1968, Paul Saltzman went

looking for solace at an Indian ashram and found the

Beatles.

Paul deletes Heather footage

Contactmusic

27 August, 2006

Sir Paul McCartney has deleted film of his estranged

wife Heather Mills from a forthcoming film of his life.

Also: Fascinating fact 1997; Exclusive: Heather's

new nude shoot; Macca in swingin' sixties

Rock: Henry McCullough

By Stephen Price, The Sunday Times

27 August, 2006

From Wings to having to busk back home in Ireland,

Henry McCullough fell far.

Texan foils British burglary with help from

friends

Reuters

26 August, 2006

An American helped foil a burglary in northern

England whilst watching a Beatles-related webcam

over the Internet, police said on Friday.

It's been a Hard Days sight

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

25 August, 2006

Today the Echo takes you on a magical mystery

tour of the stunning interior planned for Liverpool's

most unique hotel.

McCartney pays millions for charity no-show

San Francisco Chronicle

24 August, 2006

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has paid $2.8

million to a landmine charity after pulling out of its

fundraising concert causing the event's subsequent

cancellation.

Also: McCartney pays £1.6m to charity for snubbing

gala

Pringles, Hot Apple Pie and Sir Paul

By Kate Sullivan, LA Weekly

23 August, 2006

It has come to my attention that you can now buy

Music Trivia Pringles.

The empty suitcase that contains memories

of the Beatles

Liverpool Daily Post

23 August, 2006

After more than 40 years hidden away and forgotten

in a loft, a little bit of Beatles history will be on

display in Wirral this weekend for the first time.

Heather's home could be destroyed

By Richard Simpson, Daily Mail

23 August, 2006

Heather Mills is said to be furious with Sir Paul

Also: Mucca swoops on Shane; McCartney offers

demolition sacrifice

Photographer shares candid shots of Fab

Four

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

22 August, 2006

He took one of the first pictures of John and Yoko

together and once borrowed the Beatles' psychedelic

Rolls Royce for a photo shoot.

Restless Records to Release "Butchering

The Beatles"

Marketwire

22 August, 2006

Features Over 50 of Rock's Most Notorious Stars

Hunter Davies (3rd item)

The Scotsman

22 August, 2006

Veteran journalist and biographer Hunter Davies

has spent his life writing other people's stories.

Also: McCartney film is star turn at Davies’s

festival talk

£35m plus top-up fees: the price of

Heather's silence?

By Clemmie Moodie, Daily Mail

20 August, 2006

Sir Paul McCartney is considering offering

Heather Mills a divorce payout of more than

£35million - provided she does not spill the

secrets of their failed marriage.

Also: Now America turns its back on Heather;

Macca fears Heather will turn video diary into

TV show; Kiss'n'tell offers woo Heather;

Gagged for life for ever; A broken Macca

Memphis leaders gave Beatles icy reception

By John Beifuss, The Tennessean

20 August, 2006

It was 40 years ago Saturday, and the city of

Memphis didn't want the band to play.

Beatles love all they need

By Jim Knippenberg, Cincinnati Enquirer

20 August, 2006

Booster club got new life in 1996, and its

members continue to have fab times together

Beatle mania

Chester Chronicle

18 August, 2006

Some of the biggest names in 60s music will be

lining up for Liverpool's 2006 Beatleweek.

40th Anniversary Of Beatles Final Show In

Boston (inc. video)

CBS4

17 August, 2006

Suffolk Downs is celebrating the 40th anniversary

of the final Beatles concert in Boston. The "fab

four" performed at the East Boston track on

August 18, 1966.

Also: Backstory: The Beatles play Boston, 40

years ago Friday; Bostonherald.com readers

remember the Beatles at Suffolk Downs

Peace, but no quiet

By Neil Perry, Guardian

17 August, 2006

With Yoko Ono on stage, anything could happen.

Come Together

By Kristin McGuire, The Daily Iowan

17 August, 2006

The days of The Beatles as a working band may

have vanished down the long and winding road,

but Beatle fans still abound, and their annual

get-togethers still mean here comes the fun.

Is Heather hiring top US lawyer to squeeze

more money out of Macca?

Daily Mail

17 August, 2006

Heather Mills has increased pressure on Sir

Paul McCartney by meeting with top US lawyers.

Also: Is Heather planning for a new life in the

States?; McCartney lodge decision on hold; On

guard for Paul; Mucca's topless again

Win updated guide to Beatles' Liverpool

icLiverpool

17 August, 2006

The man who first spotted the tourism potential

of The Beatles for Merseyside more than 30

years ago has just published a new version of

The Beatles' Liverpool - and we've six copies

up for grabs.

Flashback: Beatles rock Shea stadium

Online Rock Radio

16 August, 2006

It was 41 years ago, on August 15th, 1965, that

the Beatles played their legendary concert at

Shea Stadium in New York City.

Also: Beatle history revisited at Shea Stadium

Art for day-trippers

By Philip Key, Liverpool Daily Post

16 August, 2006

For 25 years Eddie Porter has been visiting

Liverpool's Beatles sites as a guide on the

Beatles Mystery Tour bus.

The Fab Four's finale

By Cassandra Szklarski, Canadian Press

16 August, 2006

Beatles played last Canadian date here Historic

concert was 40 years ago tomorrow

Also: Paul McCartney Thanks Toronto Beatles

Celebration; Bill the Beatlemaniac saw Fab

Four at the Gardens

Handover by helicopter shows Bea is

pawn in bitter McCartney divorce

Daily Mail

16 August, 2006

Heather Mills collects daughter Beatrice by

helicopter yesterday - after being banned from

husband Paul McCartney's home.

Also: The McCartneys at war: Diary of a deadly

divorce; Exclusive: Heather: Paul's winding me up!;

Macca: I'd pay £50M; Exclusive: Match Macca;

Paul McCartney Has Heart Tests Because Of Stress;

McCartney paints Mills out of his life; 'Controlling'

Sir Paul, by Heather; Macca whacker; Macca

exclusive: heli hello; Macca's near miss with ex

Forgotten Beatle still a crowd pleaser

Associated Press

15 August, 2006

As the live beat of Beatles classics begins bouncing

off the walls of the Elks Lodge, a man with a gray

mustache stands before his drum set and speaks

up in a Liverpool lilt.

Beatles all over again

By Anna Fiorentino, Portland Press Herald

14 August, 2006

There is an ocean of static between the generations

in a battle over the car radio dial; a wild surf between

Billboard No. 1 songs like Ray Charles' "I Can't

Stop Loving You" of 1962 and today's Nelly Furtado

featuring Timbaland.

1966 Beatles concert memories

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

13 August, 2006

The "warm-up group" was nothing special and I

don't remember who they were.

They heard the news today, oh boy

By Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Daily News

12 August, 2006

One week after "Breakfast With the Beatles" host

Chris Carter announced that the 10 a.m. Sunday

morning program would end a 23-year run with its

Sept. 3 broadcast, he still doesn't know what Beatles

song might cap the final show.

Also: Chris Carter's fab faves

Fire damage at Beatles exhibition

BBC

12 August, 2006

A fire has damaged £10,000 worth of souvenir stock

at a popular Liverpool tourist attraction.

Also: Priceless mementoes safe after fire at Beatles

Story

Beatles fans look back on Memphis

By Michael Tonos,

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

12 August, 2006

It was around 1963 or '64 when Steve Livingston

let the music get to him.

Mike Douglas, Former TV Show Host, Dies

Associated Press (thanks, Carlos)

11 August, 2006

Mike Douglas, former TV talk show host, dies

at 81 in Florida

Hear the Walkmen Recreate "Pussy Cats,"

a 1970s Classic

By Evan Serpick, Rolling Stone

11 August, 2006

Get a preview of the NYC fivesome's version of

the legendary Nilsson/Lennon concept album

Pete Best live

By Janet Pope, The Celebrity Cafe

10 August, 2006

Recently, I had the opportunity to see and

hear Pete Best, in an evening of conversation

and music.

Help!

By Kate Sullivan, LA Weekly

9 August, 2006

Beatle People unite! KLSX-FM is canceling

Breakfast With the Beatles, one of L.A.’s

longest running, most cherished radio shows,

and replacing it with an infomercial.

Police called to McCartney home

BBC

8 August, 2006

Police were called to the London home of

Sir Paul McCartney on Monday over an

incident involving his estranged wife.

Also: Heather Mills McCartney locked out

of Paul's home; Mucc, Mucc, who's there?;

Little Miss Mucca; Now Sir Paul and

Heather hire Charles and Diana's lawyers;

The McCartneys: uglier by the minute;

Mccartneys exclusive: they can't even bear

to be in the same room as each other; Lady

Mucca's war of lies; Mills blasted by former

sister-in-law; How can Paul and Heather

end their war?; Exclusive: Lady faker

Beatles Story aficionados strike a

chord of history

By Sam Lister, Liverpool Daily Post

7 August, 2006

Without them the band that changed the

face of music forever may never have

happened.

`Breakfast with the Beatles' dropping

off KLSX's menu

By Randy Lewis, The Los Angeles Times

7 August, 2006

Fans who tune in Sunday morning at 10 to

KLSX-FM (97.1) will hear the same mix of

Beatles songs, history and trivia they've

gotten used to during the 23-year life of

"Breakfast With the Beatles," radio's

longest-running show dedicated to the Fab

Four's music.

Brian Epstein

By Nadine Epstein and Walter Podrazik,

Moment Magazine (thanks, Allan)

The Man Behind the Beatles

Heather, Macca and the missing

£1million

By Paul Scott, Daily Mail

6 August, 2006

One night last month, Sir Paul McCartney

drove the 55 miles from his Sussex estate

to Brighton to knock unbidden on the door

of a close friend of his estranged wife

Heather Mills.

Also: I feel so betrayed; McCartney angry

with "abandoned" Heather; He's even

changed all the locks at the house; Macca

fury at cash grab

Book Review: The Beatles, The Bible,

And Bodega Bay: My Long And

Winding Road By Ken Mansfield

By Glen Boyd, Blogcritics.org

5 August, 2006

A couple of weeks ago, I happened across

an interesting advertisement in my

community newspaper, the West Seattle

Herald.

Fab and 40, Revolver rocks on

By Steve Waldon, The Age

5 August, 2006

Forty years ago today, the Beatles'

seminal album, Revolver, was

released - and the era of rock as

art was born.

Sir Paul McCartney fires staff

Life Style Extra

4 August, 2006

Sir Paul McCartney has fired seven

people from his New York offices -

because he allegedly wants to cut all

ties with estranged wife Heather Mills.

Also: Macca's Mucca is no Lady; Macca:

You cost me $250million; McCartney to

Mills: What’s yours is mine; Heather will

not be going quietly; Heather McCartney

sticks close to home

Winging it to Marlboro

By Mark Voger, Asbury Park Press

4 August, 2006

The musical journey of former Wings

guitarist Laurence Juber

Former Beatles drummer to play

rare Pittsburgh show

By Scott Tady, Beaver County Times

4 August, 2006

Pete Best will serve up a taste of

Hamburg on Sunday when the original

Beatles drummer plays a rare Pittsburgh

show at Hartwood Acres.

Also: Drummer Pete Best, Un-Beatled

But Unbowed

The sixties just keep on swinging

By Philip Key, Liverpool Daily Post

4 August, 2006

If you attempt to book a hotel room in

Liverpool in late August, you are likely

to be disappointed and for that you can

blame The Beatles.

Paul McCartney's Book For Children

Published in Russia

Russia-InfoCenter

2 August, 2006

Russian publishing house ROSMAN has

issued Paul McCartney's book for children.

Power to the people in new Lennon

video

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

2 August, 2006

Liverpool's biggest Lennon fans are being

recruited for an artwork to be shown around

the world.

Day Nipper

By Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley,

The Mirror

2 August, 2006

At last, some good news has put the smile

back on the face of our favourite wrinkly

rocker.

Lionsgate Reproduces Controversial 1969

John Lennon/Yoko Ono 'War Is Over! If

You Want It' Billboards in New York and

L.A., Promoting New Theatrical

Documentary The U.S. vs. John Lennon

PRNewswire

2 August, 2006

Lionsgate LGF, the leading independent filmed

entertainment studio, announced today that it

will unveil two billboards in August for its new

theatrical documentary The U.S. vs. John

Lennon, a co-production with VH1 Rock Docs.

George Harrison and Ravi Shankar's

Concert For Bangladesh 35th

Anniversary Commemorated Today at

Madison Square Garden

Market Wire

1 August, 2006

Today marks the 35th Anniversary of George

Harrison and Ravi Shankar's Concert For

Bangladesh.

Also: News photos - 1,2, 3

Concert by original Beatle draws noise

citation

Associated Press

1 August, 2006

A rock-and-roll show by the original drummer

for The Beatles landed a club owner a date in

court after complaints that the music was too

loud.

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