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Beatles memorabilia put up for sale

By Helen Pickering, The Timaru Herald

30 May, 2007

special Beatles menu signed by the "fab four"

and other memorabilia of the group's June 1964

tour to New Zealand and Australia has been put

up for auction by a Timaru family, who, for security

reasons, wish to remain anonymous.

Lennon's 'last' piano up for sale

BBC

29 May, 2007

A piano used by John Lennon on the night he died

has been put up for sale for $375,000 (£189,000).

Also: George Michael donates Lennon piano;

Press release; Lennon's stamp collection on display

in Stockholm

Macca scores an own Cole

The Sun

29 May, 2007

Paul McCartney put his foot in it by slagging off

chunky DJ Jono Coleman on Aussie radio.

Also: No escape from Jono; McCartney latest

rocker to wake up and smell the coffee; McCartney

to celebrate birthday with Mills?; Paul McCartney

Insults The Welsh

Eternal Yoko Ono

The Arizona Republic

29 May, 2007

Yoko Ono believes she will live forever.

Also: Yoko Ono arrives in Moscow to unveil her

art show

Happy 40th Sgt Pepper

ABC (Australia) News

29 May, 2007

"It was going in and out of style/but he guaranteed

to raise a smile"

Also: Sgt. Pepper's turns 40 (inc. audio); Special

report: "Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band"

at 40 (inc. audio)

Meeting a Beatle (audio)

The New Yorker

This week in the magazine, John Colapinto writes

about Paul McCartney’s life, his new album, and

how the Beatles’ songs were written.

Press release

PR Newswire

28 May, 2007

Multichannel Retailer HSN Teams With Hear

Music to Create 30-Minute Television Special

in Honor of New Paul McCartney Release of

Memory Almost Full

'Sgt. Pepper' ages well

By Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain News

28 May, 2007

Complex album set stage for the next generation

of rock 'n' roll recordings

Also: Even Blank Spaces Are Famous on the

'Sgt. Pepper' Album Cover; The gospel of Lovely

Rita; Sgt. Pepper turning 40; Happy birthday Sgt.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; 40 years ago

Friday, 'Sgt. Pepper' taught radio to play LPs;

Sgt. Pepper stands test of time; What's not to love

about Sgt. Pepper?

Guitar hero goes back to his roots

By Sarah Walters, Manchester Evening News

28 May, 2007

If a musician can be judged by the company he

keeps, then Gary Moore is a bona fide A-lister.

The one TRUE Lady Macca

The Daily Mirror

26 May, 2007

She fought like a tiger for her family's privacy.

Paul McCartney: 'Lennon was the best'

NME

25 May, 2007

Beatle admits everyone else falls short of the

mark

Also: McCartney says Lennon 'was best'

Bruce has Beatles bug

By Tamara Ikenberg, Louisville Courier-Journal

25 May, 2007

Hal Bruce is a one-man magical music machine.

Yoko Ono opens health foundation

(inc.video)

BBC

25 May, 2007

A centre named after John Lennon has been

opened by his widow Yoko Ono at a children's

hospital in his home city.

Also: White Ball to launch Lennon appeal;

Instant Karma's Gonna Get You Next Month

Paternity Charges Against Paul

McCartney Dropped

Starpulse.com

24 May, 2007

A lawsuit brought against Paul McCartney by

a German woman alleging he manipulated the

results of a paternity test has been dropped.

Also: Paul McCartney: "Idol" Finale No-Show?

Beatles’ long and winding road leads to

Scranton

By Alan K. Stout, Wilkes Barre Times-Leader

23 May, 2007

Day-long ‘Abbey Road on the River’ festival

celebrates all that’s fab about the Fab Four

Also: When The Beatles Were Gods

Harrison 'begged' Orbison to join band

PR-Inside.com

23 May, 2007

Late Beatle George Harrison got down on his

knees and begged Roy Orbison to join The

Traveling Wilburys.

'Amazing' response to Lennon festival at

Durness

John O'Groat Journal

23 May, 2007

Organisers of a new arts festival in the Far North

held in honour of John Lennon have been staggered

by the early public response to it.

McCartney YouTubed

antiMUSIC

22 May, 2007

Paul McCartney's new music video 'Dance Tonight',

from his soon to be released 21st studio recording

Memory Almost Ful', will be internationally

premiered on YouTube on May 23rd.

Also: Interview: Sir Paul McCartney; McCartney

thanks Stella for Portman casting; McCartney

No-Show on iTunes

Musical legend returns

By Tamara Ikenberg, Louisville Courier-Journal

22 May, 2007

Laine will perform at Abbey Road fest

Matronic surprised by autograph

hunting McCartney

Contactmusic

22 May, 2007

Scissor Sisters star Ana Matronic was amazed

when she approached Sir Paul McCartney for

an autograph, only for the former Beatle to

request hers first.

It was 40 years ago today . . .

By Jim Abbott, Orlando Sentinel

20 May, 2007

It was the soundtrack of the Summer of Love.

Also: It Was 40 Years Ago Today; So where's

the Pepper remaster?

Essential McCartney songs worth

downloading

By Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune

20 May, 2007

A similar announcement from his former fab

band is supposedly due soon, but in the meantime

Paul McCartney's catalog is ready to take the

digital leap.

'Meet and Talk' at the Abbey Road fest

By Pam Platt, Louisville Courier-Journal

20 May, 2007

It was 20 years ago today …

Also: Love story

'There is a tunnel and there is light, and

i will get there'

By Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian

19 May, 2007

He is going through the most public and bitter

divorce since Charles and Diana's, but Paul

McCartney is determinedly upbeat.

Also: We can work it out (inc. pics); McCartney

and Heather Mills call truce for daughter's sake;

Exclusive: Divorce delays tour for Macca

Lennon festival line-up announced

BBC

19 May, 2007

A remote Highland village has announced plans

for a major festival in honour of murdered Beatle

John Lennon.

German woman claims 'her father' Macca

faked paternity test

Daily Mail

18 May, 2007

A German prosecutor says Sir Paul McCartney is

being investigated for allegedly faking a paternity

test he took more than two decades ago to prove

he was not the father of an illegitimate German girl.

Yoko and co go down a storm with fans

The Argus

18 May, 2007

Three of the biggest names in music descended on

the Brighton Festival last night.

Author compiles history of Cleveland Beatle

shows

By Ben Saylor, Westlake West Life

16 May, 2007

The Beatles’ last public performance as a group was

on January 30, 1969, when they played a brief,

impromptu set on the rooftop of the band’s Apple

building.

Starbucks to heavily promote new Paul

McCartney album

Malaysia Star

16 May, 2007

Global coffee conglomerate Starbucks is organising

a special global listening event on June 5 for Sir Paul

McCartney's new album Memory Almost Full.

Also: McCartney too busy for Sgt Pepper's 40th

anniversary; More Details Emerge on Paul

McCartney Digital Plans; Paul McCartney gives

nod to Elvis; Press release

McCartney ... Genius and a gent

By Ricky Wilson, The Sun

16 May, 2007

This week we are highlighting the candidates you

voted to be in the running to be named Greatest

Living Briton.

UK music copyright laws may be extended

By Jane Wardell, Associated Press

16 May, 2007

British copyright laws should be extended to prevent

aging artists such as Paul McCartney and Cliff

Richard from missing out on royalties later in life, an

influential committee of British lawmakers said

Wednesday.

All things Beatles subject of exhibit

By Paul Rellinger, myKawartha.com

15 May, 2007

If you're a hardcore fan of the Beatles, or simply have

a passing interest in the Fab Four, make plans to take

the long and winding road to the Peterborough Holiday

Inn next month.

Unseen Beatles photos to go on display

By David Bale, Norwich Evening News

15 May, 2007

A batch of previously unseen photos of legendary pop

combo The Beatles will be unveiled for the first time

ever at an exhibition in Norwich.

Paul McCartney's back catalogue to go online

NME

14 May, 2007

Paul McCartney's entire catalogue is set to be available

online for the first time, his record label EMI has

announced.

Also: Press Release; iTunes Offers Exclusive Pre-Order

of New Paul McCartney Album 'Memory Almost Full'

For 15 years I lied for Macca. I didn't tell him

but it was easy - smoking all that cannabis

helped

By Laura Collins, Daily Mail

13 May, 2007

It was not an easy call to make but when news emerged

of Sir Paul McCartney's split from Heather, his wife of

four years, Geoff Baker did not hesitate.

Also: Making her own name

‘Tours’ essential reading for fans

By Amy Pollick, The Decatur Daily

13 May, 2007

Biographies about The Beatles started as early as 1967,

when the group was recording “Sgt. Peppers Lonely

Hearts Club Band.”

Q&A: McCartney looks forward with

"Memory"

Billboard

11 May, 2007

Paul McCartney's new album, "Memory Almost Full,"

ends his near-45-year association with Capitol/EMI

and begins a new dawn for the former Beatle.

Paul McCartney planning promotional shows

Online Rock Radio

11 May, 2007

Paul McCartney is planning two U.S. shows with his

band, in New York and Los Angeles, to promote his

upcoming album Memory Almost Full.

Choir helps ex-Beatle win award

By Andrew French, The Bicester Advertiser

11 May, 2007

An album ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney recorded

with boys from Magdalen College Choir has won

the best album award at the Classical Brits.

Hard day’s light for Beatle hotel

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

11 May, 2007

The opening date for Liverpool’s new £18m Hard

Day’s Night hotel is in the balance over a power

supply crisis.

Exclusive: McCartney Goes Digital, Beatles

'Virtually Settled'

By Brian Garrity, Billboard

10 May, 2007

Paul McCartney's new album, "Memory Almost

Full," will be his first solo release available for

download and streaming on PCs and mobile phones.

Also: Rumor: One Beatle on the iTunes Store,

three more to go?; McCartney's music goes mobile

in Japan

Ono? Oh, yes! John and Yoko liked

Charlottesville

By Courteney Stuart, The Hook (full article)

10 May, 2007

When a delusional fan shot and killed John Lennon

outside his home in New York in 1980, his family

lost a father and husband; the world lost a visionary.

Paul McCartney doll is a fab find

By Glenn Erardi, OCRegister

9 May, 2007

Q: Enclosed is a picture of a 4 1/2 inch Paul

McCartney doll.

Paul McCartney to appear in promo spot

Online Rock Radio

9 May, 2007

Paul McCartney will appear in a new five-minute

promotional film to publicize Liverpool's legendary

Casbah Coffee Club, which is owned and maintained

by original Beatle Pete Best and his family.

Also: Monterey Pop Festival's 40th Anniversary

Inspires a Flood of Tributes; Plant records tributes

to Fats Domino

Putting a price on memories of the Fab 4 (or 5)

By Sarah Chapman, Liverpool Echo

8 May, 2007

It could be Beatles for sale after fans of the Fab

Four raided their attics for rare pieces of memorabilia.

Talking With The Beatles’ Ringo Starr

(inc. audio)

Rolling Stone

7 May, 2007

For our fortieth anniversary, the editors of Rolling

Stone have interviewed twenty artists and leaders

who helped shape our time.

Fab Four are topic of campus lectures

By Haydn Lewis, York Press

7 May, 2007

Lectures celebrating the works of The Beatles is

one in a series coming to York University.

Also: The night they came to York (2nd item)

Macca mine a double

Daily Mirror

5 May, 2007

You'd think Sir Paul McCartney would be sick of

the sight of his ex-missus - but he's been bowled

over by someone who's the spitting image of her.

Also: McCartney's 'Dance Tonight' no dig at Mills

Something in the way she wrote

By Lilie Ferrari, The Age

5 May, 2007

When a young Beatles fan wrote to George

Harrison in 1963, she scarcely expected a reply.

The Fab Four's fifth, still going strong

By James Adams, The Globe and Mail

5 May, 2007

It's a bit dismaying to learn that Sir George

Martin is now entirely deaf in his left ear and

hearing-impaired in his right.

Paul McCartney's new album in deluxe

edition

Online Rock Radio

4 May, 2007

The deluxe limited edition of Paul McCartney's

upcoming album, Memory Almost Full, will feature

three bonus tracks.

Guinness slams McCartney dating rumours

Contactmusic

4 May, 2007

Heiress Sabrina Guinness is taking action against

a British magazine for wrongfully reporting she's

been on dates with Beatle legend Sir Paul

McCartney.

Sir Paul album wins Classical gong

dotmusic.com

3 May, 2007

Sir Paul McCartney has won Album of the Year at

the Classical Brit Awards with a recording inspired

by his love for late wife Linda.

Also: McCartney scoops Classical Brit (inc. video);

News Photo

Paul McCartney Gives Starbucks a Hit

By Roger Friedman, Fox News

3 May, 2007

Paul McCartney. You know, he's 64 years old.

Mackenzie meets Macca (3rd item)

By Henry Deedes, The Independent

1 May, 2007

Mackenzie Crook recently finished filming the third

instalment of Pirates of the Carribean along with

Keith Richards.

Beatles items pulled out of auction

Buckinhamshire Free Press

1 May, 2007

Beatles memorabilia owned by a former Gerrards

Cross resident and put up for sale at around £30,000

was withdrawn from Christie's on Thursday.

Sir Paul, the heiress and their growing

friendship

Daily Mail

1 May, 2007

Speculation is growing over the friendship between

Sir Paul McCartney and Sabrina Guinness.

Also: Former Beatle's works to be showcased at

Alabama Youth Ballet's performance

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