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The Real 'Layla' Talks About George

Harrison and Eric Clapton

abc News

31 August, 2007

Pattie Boyd Inspired Some of Rock's Most

Famous Love Songs; Now She's Written a Book

Also: The girl can’t help it

McCartney thrills baseball fans

Contactmusic

30 August, 2007

Rocker Sir Paul McCartney stunned sports fans in

New York on Wednesday night (29Aug07) - by

turning out to watch the city's baseball stars.

Also: news photo

Speculation: The Beatles on iTunes Sept. 5

The Utility Belt

29 August, 2007

Yesterday afternoon, Apple (AAPL) e-mailed out

press invitations to a "special event" to be held

next Wednesday in San Francisco's Moscone

Center, and ever since speculation has been

mounting that this will be the day that Steve Jobs

announces that The Beatles -- the best-selling

musical act of all time, at least in the U.S. -- have

finally come to the iTunes Music Store.

Lennon next for Curtis writer

By Dianne Bourne, Manchester Evening News

29 August, 2007

Fresh from writing the highly-acclaimed new movie

about Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, Mancunian

scriptwriter Matt Greenhalgh has moved on to

another music icon.

Ono blasts eco friendly cars

Contactmusic

29 August, 2007

Yoko Ono will never use an environmentally friendly

car - because they are not as comfortable as her

Bentley.

iTunes Offers up Free Boss and McCartney

and more

antiMusic

29 August, 2007

iTunes sent over a quick update on some of the new

stuff they have this week including news of a free

track from The Boss, tracks for the first ever iTunes

Festival including a free one from Beatle Paul!

Also: Paul McCartney offers free music through

iTunes

Ringo Starr leads birthday tributes to

Liverpool

By Liza Williams, Liverpool Daily Post

28 August, 2007

On its 800th birthday Liverpool has received

greetings from around the world as Liza Williams

reports

The man who made The Beatles

By Peter Grant, Liverpool Echo

27 August, 2007

It was 40 years ago this week that Brian Epstein

died.

Also: Spotlight on man behind the Beatles

Add Zellweger to McCartney's let it be me

list

New York Daily News

27 August, 2007

Here's one fight we'd love to see: Renee Zellweger

vs. Christie Brinkley.

Also: It's Macca's Lonely Hearts Club

Ringo Starr Gets New Album, New Respect

(Inc. video)

abc News

27 August, 2007

As one of the world's most famous drummers, Ringo

Starr kept the beat for the iconic rock band the

Beatles.

Also: New compilation proves it's Ringo's turn for

Rock Hall

Across The Universe Reimagines The Beatles

IGN

27 August, 2007

Soundtrack to new Julie Taymor film to feature the

likes of Bono, Joe Cocker, and more.

Also: Across the Universe Director Julie Taymor

Reinvents the Movie Musical With Classic Songs

That Defined a Generation

Rock 'N Roll Legend Carl Perkins' Much

Anticipated Story To Come To The Big

Screen

PRWEB

27 August, 2007

Fastlane Entertainment will produce a motion picture

based on the life story of Rock 'n Roll's Carl Perkins.

McCartney destroys controversial log cabin

Contactmusic

27 August, 2007

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has bulldozed the

$2 million (GBP1 million) cabin he built for estranged

wife Heather Mills on his English country estate.

St John (according to Peter Howson)

By Fiona Young, The Sunday Mail

26 August, 2007

John Lennon once said the Beatles were more famous

than Jesus.

Also: Lennon exhibit hits Spa city

A Rock Muse Remembers (inc. video)

CBS News

26 August, 2007

A Wife To Both George Harrison And Eric Clapton,

Pattie Boyd Was An Inspiration To Both

Also: The Muse Who Made the Guitars Gently Weep

Music Review: Paul McCartney - Live At The

iTunes Festival: Paul McCartney

By Donald Gibson, Blogcritics.org

26 August, 2007

For the love of Ringo, could iTunes please release the

entire concert from which this outstanding EP came?

Ringo Starr shows he was a clever lad, too

By Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

26 August, 2007

Earlier this year, Larry King hosted a very special hour

advertised as a Beatles reunion of sorts: Paul McCartney,

Ringo Starr and widows Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison

together, ostensibly to talk about the good old days.

Lakeside Park resident collects all things Beatles

By Jason Feldmann, Community Press & Recorder

24 August, 2007

Dean Herron was eight years old when Ed Sullivan first

introduced America to the Beatles in February 1964.

Giving peace a chance: are Paul and Heather

getting back together?

By Richard Price, The Daily Mail

24 August, 2007

The scene was typically star-studded, but there was no

doubt who attracted the most attention as he sloped in late

to the premiere of Gwyneth Paltrow's new movie in the

Hamptons this week.

In the eye of rock 'n' roll's hurricane

Brisbane Times

24 August, 2007

They say if you can remember the '60s, you weren't really

there.

New McCartney DVD Set for Release 'THE

McCARTNEY YEARS'

Market Wire

23 August, 2007

On November 13th, 2007, 'THE McCARTNEY YEARS'

will hit the stores from MPL/Rhino Entertainment.

Come together

By Greg Haymes, Albany Times Union

23 August, 2007

More than a quarter century after he was gunned down in

1980, this is turning out to be quite a landmark year for

John Lennon.

Badfinger's WB Albums Reissued on Collectors'

Choice Music

Modern Guitars Magazine

23 August, 2007

The honor (and onus) of being “the next Beatles” has been

bestowed upon many bands over the years.

Q&A: Ringo Starr talks albums and aging

By Solvej Schou, Associated Press

22 August, 2007

Forget "When I'm 64." Ringo Starr has that age in his

rearview mirror.

Pattie Boyd: I burst into tears when George died.

Was I right to leave him?

Pattie Boyd, Daily Mail

20 August, 2007

In the final part of her gripping book, Pattie Boyd recalls

her struggle to adapt to life outside the world of rock 'n' roll

- and how she was shattered by George Harrison's death

Macca and Mucca come together without fighting

By James Desborough, News Of The World

19 August, 2007

These sensational exclusive pictures show Macca and

Mucca CLOSER than they've ever been since their

bitter split.

Also: Beatle for sail; Bea brings Sir Paul and Heather

together in an embrace

Theatre takes on Paul McCartney in awards battle

The Sentinel

17 August, 2007

The New Vic Theatre is battling it out against the Royal

Opera House for a national award.

Ringo's kiss plants huge memory of dad's police

career

By Betsy Reason, Indianapolis Star

16 August, 2007

Former trooper working security brought Beatle home for

coffee during State Fair

Macc and Mucc's separate ways

By Emily Smith, The Sun

16 August, 2007

Divorcing Paul McCartney and Heather Mills take a

same-time, same-place hol to try to smooth things over

for three-year-old daughter Bea — but haven’t met.

Tree planted in memory of George is vandalised

By Ben Rossington, Liverpool Echo

15 August, 2007

A tree planted in memory of Beatles guitarist George

Harrison has been vandalised.

Paul McCartn-eye

The Mirror

15 August, 2007

He's spent most of his life in the public eye but Sir Paul

McCartney now has his sights set on something truly

revolutionary.

Ringo gets by with a little help from his memories

By James Button, The Age

15 August, 2007

"He's on the stairs," calls a minder. "He's on his way."

Beatles Story goes free for bank holiday

By Michelle Fiddler, Liverpool Echo

14 August, 2007

Bosses at the Beatles Story are opening the attraction

free for Bank Holiday Monday visitors.

John Lennon on iTunes

Macworld

14 August, 2007

Music and video from John Lennon is available on the

iTunes Store

Also: iTunes to offer John Lennon songs and videos;

Apple adds John Lennon works to iTunes

Wu-Tang Clan rework the Beatles

Contactmusic

14 August, 2007

Rap supergroup the Wu-Tang Clan are giving the Beatles

an urban twist by reworking the Fab Four's While My

Guitar Gently Weeps with George Harrison's son for a

new album.

Mick Jagger's Lennon duet

Monsters and Critics.com

14 August, 2007

Sir Mick Jagger is releasing a duet with John Lennon.

Elvis fan fails in Beatles ban bid

Press Association

14 August, 2007

The owner of an Elvis memorabilia store has failed in a

bid to get a Beatles museum thrown out of his shop's

basement in time for the 30th anniversary of The King's

death.

Paul McCartney and Christie Brinkley: New

Couple?

Extra TV

13 August, 2007

“Extra” spotted Paul McCartney and Christie Brinkley

looking cozy in the Hamptons this weekend, and now

tongues are wagging that the two newly-single stars are

an item!

Paul McCartney Announces New EP

albumvote.co.uk

12 August, 2007

Paul McCartney is to release a new download only 6-track

live EP on August 21 called The iTunes Festival EP.

Help! Beatles ran scared when the toffs rattled

their jewellery

By Marc Horne, Scotland On Sunday

12 August, 2007

It was a very un-British to-do hushed up by a diplomatic

silence.

Ringo’s ‘love 8’ relationship ...

By Luke Traynor, Liverpool Echo

11 August, 2007

Ringo Starr has named his new album in tribute to the town

where he was born.

Photographer remembers when four were Fab

By Jim Harrington, Inside Bay Area

9 August, 2007

Fred Pardini didn't photograph many major concerts during

his 12-year career in print journalism.

McCartney and Mills 'together in New York'

Contactmusic

9 August, 2007

Estranged couple Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills

are holidaying together in the US, with their three-year-old

daughter Beatrice, according to reports.

Also: A Beatle's reunion

Exhibition shows Beatles influence strong as ever

By Philip Key, Liverpool Daily Post

8 August, 2007

The Beatles inspired many people, from fashion designers

and hair-stylists to fellow musicians. Above all, the group

influenced a whole generation of artists.

Ringo Starr’s EMI catalog albums to debut

digitally

Monsters and Critics.com

8 August, 2007

Since he first began his career in the 1960s with The

Beatles, Ringo Starr has been one of the world's

brightest musical luminaries.

Jagger to include rarities on solo album

Reuters

8 August, 2007

Mick Jagger will include three previously unreleased tunes

on an upcoming album compiling 17 tracks from his various

solo endeavours.

John Lennon: Pictures Without Music (3rd item)

By Roger Friedman, Fox News

7 August, 2007

John Lennon's former girlfriend, May Pang, is publishing a

book next March of photos she took of the former Beatle.

Lennon 'bashful' about nude photoshoot

Contactmusic

7 August, 2007

The iconic Two Virgins photo of John Lennon and Yoko

Ono in the nude was taken in private because the late

Beatle was terrified of baring all. The full frontal picture

of the pair later became the cover of their 1968

experimental album, but Lennon was far from comfortable

about showing his nude body to the world at the time.

Harrison 'shell-shocked' by Beatles experience

Dotmusic

6 August, 2007

Late Beatle George Harrison was left "shell-shocked"

by the band's worldwide fame, his widow Olivia reveals.

Also: George travelled world in search of tranquility

The astonishing truth about Eric, George and me

by Pattie Boyd (inc. video)

Daily Mail

4 August, 2007

Intimate details of the emotionally fraught love triangle

between George Harrison, his first wife Pattie Boyd and

her lover Eric Clapton are revealed today for the first

time.

Macca to join Beach Boy on stage?

3 August, 2007

Sir Paul McCartney is apparently set to make a surprise

appearance at Brian Wilson's forthcoming London shows.

Also: Macca no longer blue over split; McCartney's over

split

Rare Beatles footage online

Contactmusic

2 August, 2007

Rare footage of The Beatles, taken by the group's

former roadie, has been launched online.

John Lennon's sunglasses sold at auction

Telegraph

1 August, 2007

A pair of John Lennon's "granny" sunglasses have

been snapped up at auction by a British collector.

Also: N. Bay Optician Helped Give John Lennon His

Look (inc. video)

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