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Help – more Beatle snaps

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

31 July, 2007

Photographs of the Beatles never seen in Liverpool

before are going on display in the city.

Campaign launched to honor Epstein

WENN

31 July, 2007

A campaign has been launched to have former Beatles

manager Brian Epstein inducted into the Rock And Roll

Hall Of Fame.

It's 2007 And The Beatles Still Matter

CBS News

29 July, 2007

Hard To Believe, But Four Decades Have Passed Since

The Beatles' Groundbreaking Album "Sgt. Pepper"

Paul McCartney to VSD: “Retirement, No way!”

Echorouk Al Yaoumi

28 July, 2007

In a recent interview to the French magazine VSD, the

everlasting young sir Paul McCartney, answers jovially

to the questions amid personal sentimental turmoil

following his divorce with Heather.

McCartney leads fame graduation celebrations

Evening Echo

27 July, 2007

Paul McCartney today led the graduation celebrations at

the Fame school he set up in his home city.

Also: McCartney leads 'Fame' graduation

Amazing plan to drain dock for pop spectacular

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

26 July, 2007

A Liverpool dock could be drained to create the city’s

biggest concert venue for 2008.

Pop star Pauls take pole position

BBC

25 July, 2007

More pop stars have been called Paul than any other name,

a study has found.

‘Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout’

By Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo

24 July, 2007

Liverpool’s world-famous Sergeant Pepper’s restaurant

could double in size to cater for the city’s tourism boom.

Mountie spies monitored John Lennon's peace

festival plans: new documents

By Jim Bronskill, Canadian Press

22 July, 2007

Spies from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police kept close

watch on Beatle John Lennon's ill -starred plans for a

massive peace festival near Toronto, newly declassified

records show.

Groundbreaking Beatles performance drew sharp

criticism, new documents show

The Associated Press

22 July, 2007

Beamed around the world in a broadcasting landmark, a

1967 Beatles performance for the first live trans-Atlantic

satellite transmission was regarded as a defining cultural

moment in Britain — except by the viewers.

The Beatles Ban Singing Bee Bosses From Karaoke

Covers

WENN

22 July, 2007

The producers of hit new TV karaoke contest The Singing

Bee have been banned from using The Beatles and The

Four Seasons hits on the show.

Historic Document Uncovered: Reveals The Beatles

Were Originally Named The 'Beatals'

Top40-Charts.com

22 July, 2007

Before they were the Beatles, the Fab Four went through

numerous name changes.

We can talk it out

By David Jeffs, Sunday People

22 July, 2007

Sir Paul McCartney is planning a secret summit with wife

Heather in a last ditch bid to thrash out a divorce pay-off.

Ad leaves Beatles fans wanting a revolution

By Dan Sewell, The Associated Press

21 July, 2007

Help! Some Beatles fans are feeling down about the latest

use of a Fab Four song in a commercial — the 1967 peace

anthem “All You Need Is Love” highlights a new disposable

diaper campaign.

Risen Magazine Turns Back Time To 1967 The

Summer of Love: Paul McCartney, Peter Max and

Stan Lee Reflect on Life as Superstars and

Superheroes on Sale July 23, 2007

PRWeb

20 July, 2007

For Paul McCartney, being a member of the Beatles and

arriving on America soil to a fan base and cultural mania

never repeated to this day, the most important question

was never how many records sold.

Yoko in the Basement

Gigwise

20 July, 2007

Yoko Ono is set to appear on the new Basement Jaxx album

which is due for release in the spring of 2008.

McCartney 'will pay £70 million to silence Heather'

By Richard Simpson, Daily Mail

19 July, 2007

Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are understood to

have thrashed out a divorce deal in which she will receive

almost £70 million.

Also: Can’t buy me off for £20m, Mills tells McCartney

Ex-Beatle's brother signs up for Lennon festival

The Northern Times

19 July, 2007

Leading UK music photographer Mike McCartney is the

latest to sign up to appear at a new arts festival being

staged in Durness.

The Beatles come together for John and George

By Tony Bonyata, Walworth County Week Newspaper

18 July, 2007

Marking the one-year anniversary of Cirque du Soleil’s

stunning production of The Beatles LOVE at The Mirage in

Las Vegas, the two remaining Beatles—Paul McCartney

and Ringo Starr—reunited on stage on Tuesday, June 26

before that night’s performance for a dedication in honor of

John Lennon and George Harrison.

Penny Lane not cashing in on Fab 4

By Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune

18 July, 2007

It was John Lennon's street, but Paul McCartney's song.

'The Beatles in India' event at East Hampton

bookstore

By Aimee Fitzpatrick Martin, Newsday

18 July, 2007

You're a 24-year-old filmmaker with a broken heart,

sojourning in India and looking for a place to mend with

meditation, and it turns out the local ashram is closed - to

you - because some rock group has taken over.

It's What I Want

By Karen Laney, Cleveland Free Times

18 July, 2007

Yoko Ono Imagine Peace At The University Of Akron

Who Really Contributed The Most To The Beatles

Success - Lennon Or McCartney?

Telecidal Tendencies

16 July, 2007

OK, an interesting post by Per Myrsten showing who was

the main composer of Beatles songs got me thinking - who

was the biggest contributor to the group regarding song-

writing and singing combined?

John Lennon Inspires New Guitar

IGN Music

16 July, 2007

The Gibson Guitar Custom Shop has announced plans to

release a limited edition guitar inspired by the Les Paul

model John Lennon used to play.

McCartney boycotts animal-testing cancer charities

Contactmusic

16 July, 2007

Multi-millionaire pop legend Sir Paul McCartney has

boycotted a number of cancer charities after discovering

they carry out tests on animals.

Yoko brings aptitude, weirdness to Pitchfork crowd

By Mark Guarino and Jeff Pizek, Daily Herald

15 July, 2007

Yoko Ono did what Yoko Ono is known to do: She squawked,

cackled, shrieked and quacked.

Fool on the hol

By James Desborough, News Of The World

14 July, 2007

Sounds totally barmy, but nearly-divorced Paul and Heather

McCartney plan a summer holiday—TOGETHER.

Also: McCartney to go on holiday with Mills; Mills move

Guinness wants alone time with McCartney

Contactmusic

13 July, 2007

Heiress Sabrina Guinness is furious media reports she was

having a relationship with former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney

have ruined her chances of another date with the star.

John Lennon granny glasses set to go for £1 million

Daily Mail

12 July, 2007

A pair of John Lennon's iconic granny glasses are set to

fetch more than £1 million when they are auctioned on an

internet website.

Also: Bidding war over Lennon's glasses

Stella McCartney is pregnant again

ANI

12 July, 2007

Stella McCartney is pregnant again, just 7 months after giving

birth to her baby daughter.

Who is this Pete Best anyway?

Charlie Kraebel, Kinston Free Press

12 July, 2007

Most people are familiar with The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul

McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

Also: Meet the Beatle

Denny Laine Working On Book About Wings And

Paul McCartney

Starpulse.com

12 July, 2007

Paul McCartney's former Wings bandmate Denny Laine is

set to spill the secrets behind their turbulent friendship in a

new book.

Also: The B List: Underrated Macca (inc. videos)

Beatles art show saved by funding

By Philip Key, Liverpool Daily Post

11 July, 2007

The annual exhibition of Beatles art, Come Together, has

been saved.

Also: Fab Four statues move in to new city hotel; It was 50

years ago today . . .; The day that changed music

Who is Yoko Ono?

By Matt Pais, Metromix

11 July, 2007

Rumors and theories still abound decades after the singer's

peak

Wings Alumni to Take Flight

Classic Rock Central

10 July, 2007

Laine, Jubar and Seiwell Planning Tour

Snapper shoots for Starrs

By Shannon Molloy, Brisbane Times

10 July, 2007

Matt Peterson shot perhaps one of the most unconventional

portraits of all time of legendary drummer Ringo Starr - from

another room and through two doorways.

Paul McCartney, Richard Thompson Top Musicbox-

Online.com’s List of Readers’ Favorites During 2nd

Quarter 2007

PR.com

10 July, 2007

Popular magazine The Music Box has released the ranking of

its readers’ favorites for the second quarter of 2007.

Queen salutes the Beatles

DotMusic.com

10 July, 2007

Her Majesty The Queen saluted the Beatles on Sunday with a

special personal message commemorating the 50th anniversary

of the legendary band's beginnings.

Paul McCartney's veggie world

FemaleFirst.co.uk

10 July, 2007

Sir Paul McCartney wants everyone to become vegetarians to

stop global warming.

Also: McCartneys accused Prince Philip of hypocrisy

Hamburg to get Beatles monument

BBC

10 July, 2007

A monument dedicated to The Beatles is to be erected in the

German city of Hamburg, where the band launched their

international career.

Ono: 'I didn't influence Lennon'

Contactmusic

9 July, 2007

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has blasted claims she was a

powerful influence on the former Beatle - insisting it was he

who led her.

Also: Ono plans second remix album - for kids; "Imagine

Peace" Debuts in Northeast Ohio (inc. audio)

‘He’s from the Sunday People…’

ANS

9 July, 2007

The day that Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr sang a new song

to me in the Royal Box at Wembley Stadium

Ticket to ride

By J.T. Knoll, Pittsburg Morning Sun

9 July, 2007

Some of you may not be aware that Beatles legend Sir Paul

McCartney's recent birthday on June 18th is only three days

away from mine - which falls on June 15th.

Oh yes! Ono sought out pitchfork

By Jim DeRogatis, Chicago Sun-Times

8 July, 2007

Lennon's widow isn't rooted in the past, is eager to play Chicago

with indie-rock pals

Sir Paul McCartney chats to Sun (inc. audio)

The Sun

7 July, 2007

Tune in to our fab podcast this week and listen to what Maximo

Park have to say for themselves on their return from Glastonbury.

The Beatles' New York

Gothamist

7 July, 2007

Recently Rolling Stone took a 60-second tour of The Beatles'

New York, with a little help from Google’s Street Maps feature.

Also: The 60-Second Rock Tour: The Beatles’ New York

All you need is 'Love'

By Matt Ward, Las Vegas Business Press

6 July, 2007

Reverberations from a 15-minute conversation with John Lennon

in 1974 are just now washing over Las Vegas.

Beatles story to double in size

By Liza Williams, Liverpool Daily Post

6 July, 2007

Beatles memorabilia, never before exhibited in Liverpool, will be

on show in 2008, as the city’s popular Beatles Story attraction

doubles in size.

Beatle's first drummer plays in Liverpool...New York

(inc. video)

News 10 Now

6 July, 2007

Before the Beatles came to America, before Pete Best was their

first drummer, John Lennon and Paul McCartney first met in 1957.

In her art and focus on peace, I'm just being myself,'

Ono says

By Dan Tranberg, The Plain Dealer

6 July, 2007

Before we had broadly understood labels such as Minimalism,

Conceptualism, performance art, video art and installation art,

we had Yoko Ono.

Paul McCartney plays 'party' show in London

NME

6 July, 2007

Beatles legend also pays tribute to former crew member

Also: Should a worn out looking Sir Paul McCartney just let it

be?; Back to mine then says Macca in most intimate gig; Paul

McCartney - Long and Winding Road - ICA (video); Paul

McCartney at the ICA singing Blackbird (video); Paul

McCartney ICA Coming Up (video); Paul McCartney's

Entrance at the ICA Gig (video)

Paul McCartney: An Icon Ages Gracefully (inc. audio)

By David Dye, NPR

6 July, 2007

It's hard to quantify Paul McCartney's impact on music history:

The former Beatle has written some of pop music's most indelible

songs, both alone and with John Lennon, and become a knighted

icon.

Till there was you, there were no Beatles

By Andrew Marton, Fort Worth Star Telegram

6 July, 2007

Woolton Parish -- ring a bell?

Shift: I Wanna Hold Your iPhone

Sci Fi Tech

5 July, 2007

The scene: iPhone Day.

Earth to Macca

The Mirror

4 July, 2007

It's already the most incredible line-up of the year, but organisers

of this Saturday's massive Live Earth are hoping to secure Paul

McCartney to top off the event.

Also: McCartney rejects Internet age; Macca bus be joking;

News pic

Beatle's muse comes clean

By Steve Meacham, Sydney Morning Herald

4 July, 2007

The inspiration behind two of music's greatest songwriters tells

her story

Macca song in Hot 100

Toronto Star

3 July, 2007

Paul McCartney returns to The Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. at

No. 69 with "Dance Tonight," his first single to enter the chart

since his collaboration with U2 on a remake

of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" debuted three

years ago this week.

The four lads who shook the world

By Gary Bainbridge, Liverpool Daily Post

2 July, 2007

For a time in the 1960s, Liverpool was the centre of the

popular cultural world.

Woolton Fete and Beatles Story to celebrate when

John met Paul

Beatles Story Museum

2 July, 2007

To celebrate the momentous day that John Lennon met

Paul McCartney, a number of events will be taking place

in Liverpool across the coming weekend.

LRMA to feature photo exhibit of works by Linda

McCartney

Hattiesburg American

2 July, 2007

The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel will present

"Linda McCartney’s Sixties – Portrait of an Era" on

display July 19 through Sept. 20 in the Lower Level

Galleries.

It was 50 years ago today …

By Gary A. Warner, Orange County Register

1 July, 2007

John and Paul met near Liverpool a half-century ago this

week.

A peacenik forever, Yoko Ono's art is coming to

Akron Beacon Journal

1 July, 2007

Yoko Ono's conceptual, media and performance art with

husband John Lennon is focus of exhibit opening Friday

at Mary Schiller Myers School of Art at UA

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