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Paul McCartney is a major boomer bridge for Coachella

By Ann Powers, Los Angeles Times (thanks Yardena)

31 January, 2009

With Sir Paul, the older generation of rock casts a giant shadow

over the Gen X version.

Also: McCartney, Killers, Cure Anchor Coachella Lineup (thanks

Yardena); Paul McCartney headlining festival (thanks Yardena)

Beatlemania! Readers share their love for the Fab Four

By Ellen Minsavage, York Daily Record

29 January, 2009

Forty years ago today, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George

Harrison and John Lennon performed live atop the band's Apple

Building in London for the very last time.

Also: Y pasaron 40 años del "Concierto en la terraza" (thanks,

Federico)

Paul McCartney Talks Cannibalism, “Electric Arguments”

With Stephen Colbert (inc. video)

Rolling Stone

29 January, 2009

Paul McCartney made a rare talk show appearance yesterday,

serving as the special guest on The Colbert Report for a segment

titled “Better Know a Beatle.”

Also: McCartney Accuses Dalai Lama Of Cannibalism? Not Quite;

McCartney scraps tour plans for daughter

Ringo breaks 'no signing' rule for day centre auction

By Beatrice Phillpotts, Get Surrey

29 January, 2009

A rare autograph by Ringo Starr will be the main attraction at a

Valentine’s night charity auction in Milford.

Paul McCartney says he loves fatherhood at 66

Telegraph

28 January, 2009

Sir Paul McCartney has said he loves the challenge of bringing

up a child at the age of 66.

Also: February ‘Guitar Hero’ DLC Features Paul McCartney,

Bob Seger And More (thanks Yardena); Macca: Divorce has been

so dark; McCartney Books 'Colbert Report' Appearance (thanks

Yardena)

Yoko Ono impressed by teacher at Iles Elementary

School

By Dave Bakke, The State Journal-Register

27 January, 2009

"Hi, Yoko.”

One after the other, students at Iles Elementary School in

Springfield peer into a camera and offer a sometimes-shy,

sometimes-boisterous greeting to John Lennon’s widow.

Beatles’ abandoned amplifier found in Liverpool shed

By Ben Turner, Liverpool Echo

27 January, 2009

An amplifier discovered in a Liverpool shed was almost certainly

used by The Beatles.

Also: Tony Bramwell says found amp not owned by the Beatles

Maybe Tomorrow”: The Beatles’ Climb to the Rooftop,

January 1959-1969

By Gordon Thompson, OUPblog

27 January, 2009

In the cold of January 1959, the core of what would become the

Beatles—John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison—

were having trouble picking up even occasional gigs.

Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Kanye West Set to Perform

at Grammys

Rolling Stone

26 January, 2009

Radiohead, Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake, T.I., Kanye West

and Jay-Z will all perform at this year’s Grammys ceremony, the

awards show revealed this morning.

Also: Cross Off One Proposal to Bail Out M.T.A.; Paul McCartney

Rep Rips Wedding Rumors

It's back to the Beatles: Fab Four business manager

revives rooftop concert

By Andy Rathbun, HeraldNet

26 January, 2009

Ken Mansfield wasn't the fifth Beatle.

Macca praises Beatles' offspring

ANI

25 January, 2009

Sir Paul McCartney has nothing but praise for the children of his

fellow Beatles who are pursuing their own music careers.

Also: Love me 'I do' - Sir Paul McCartney free to marry girlfriend

Nancy Shevell; Heather: Macca's got great taste

‘BeatleFest’ brings sounds of Fab Four to Valley

By Jeffrey Allen Federowicz, The Daily Item

22 January, 2009

It was the early ’60s and America was being invaded by the British

once again — this time by the Fab Four from Liverpool, The Beatles.

Paul McCartney to perform in April benefit concert in NYC?

By Steve Marinucci, Examiner.com

21 January, 2009

Paul McCartney will perform in a special benefit concert April 4 at

Radio City Music Hall for the David Lynch Foundation, according to

an announcement on the foundation's website.

Also: Sir Paul McCartney rumored to play Coachella; Macca is a Cat

What is common to the Beatles and Bill Gates?

By Vivek Kaul, Daily News & Analysis

19 Janury, 2008

What is it that makes people successful?

Starr Backtracks on Autograph ban

Contactmusic

19 January, 2009

Ringo Starr has handed out his autograph to one lucky fan - just three

months after vowing he would never give away his signature again.

Hanging out with Paul McCartney: Pretty Awesome

By Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly

16 January, 2009

There are good days (you make the train on time, your hair cooperates,

and ooh, look! someone left donut holes in the breakroom!), and then

there are the days when you get a phone call saying that the world's

most famous-amazing-ridiculously-iconic living musician will be waiting

for you in an office lobby in midtown Manhattan in one hour.

Also: Paul Mccartney Says Obama Has Brought Hope Back To The

World

The Coolest Beatles Songs You Might Have Missed,

Vol. 7 (final edition)

By Steve LaBate, Paste Magazine

16 January, 2009

Today's list is the final installment in a series that has run every

Friday for the last seven weeks, in which I've had a great time

revisiting and highlighting my favorite lesser-known Beatles

tracks.

Cat Stevens and Klaus Voormann Record George Harrison

Songs

By Paul Cashmere, Undercover

15 January, 2009

Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam) has been recording George Harrison

songs in London with bass player Klaus Voormann.

Yoko Ono reflects on her life, work and public perception

By Cynthia Haven, Stanford Report

15 January, 2009

Tickets vanished within a few hours.

Also: An evening with Yoko Ono; Yoko Ono exhibition attracts

touching tributes

Macca, Princess Di's autographs more valuable assets

than stocks

ANI

15 January, 2009

Autographs of celebrities like Sir Paul McCartney and Princess

Diana are safer assets than stocks or savings.

George Harrison's Own Beat

By Pete Barlas, Investor's Business Daily

14 January, 2009

As a teenager, George Harrison paid a family member to buy the

record "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets.

Paul McCartney on 'The Howard Stern Show' -- the dirty

details!

By Steve Marinucci, Examiner.com (thanks Yardena)

14 January, 2009

On Wednesday's "The Howard Stern Show," Paul McCartney gave

Howard Stern a signed Hofner bass as a present for Stern's 55th

birthday, which was Monday.

Also: 'Cute Beatle' Paul McCartney thrills the ladies on 'The View';

Paul McCartney: The Kristine McKenna Interview; McCartney writes

new album with son; Paul McCartney maintains two personas;

McCartney's security fears after Lennon's murder; McCartney praises

'ballsy' Starr; Elisabeth Hasselbeck Woos Paul McCartney With

Teenage Fingerpainting (thanks Yardena); A classic 2005 Paul

McCartney interview

John would have dwarfed Bono and Geldoff

By Elissa Corrigan, Click Liverpool

13 January, 2009

Beatles legend John Lennon would have had more impact on world

peace than Bono and Bob Geldof put together, his sister has

claimed.

Music 'Heroes' In Charity Album

Sky News (thanks Yardena)

13 January, 2009

Charity War Child has revealed a star-studded line-up of music

legends who feature on a new fundraising album featuring classic

songs reworked by modern artists.

Happy image of Beatles at Ringo Starr's wedding tours

country

By Stephen Adams, Telegraph (thanks Yardena)

12 January, 2009

A photograph from Ringo Starr's 1981 wedding which shows the two

other remaining ex-Beatles and their wives is part of an exhibition on

the changing idea of the family.

Yoko Ono - is her art any good?

By Alastair Sooke, Telegraph

12 January, 2009

Yoko Ono has a good claim to being the most despised woman of

modern times.

Imagine, Gandhi on Beatles album cover

By Ashish Vashi, The Times of India

12 January, 2009

Mahatma Gandhi and lead Beatle John Lennon sported similar round

frame glasses.

Paul McCartney Q&A: Behind the Fireman's New Psych-Pop

Gem

By Jonathan Cott, Rolling Stone

"Making this album seemed like improv theater"

Ringo Starr's web of silence

BANG Media

9 January, 2009

Ringo Starr has refused to appear on his own website since declaring he

would no longer sign autographs.

The Coolest Beatles Songs You Might Have Missed, Vol. 6

By Steve LaBate, Paste Magazine

9 January, 2009

Today's list is the second-to-last installment in a series that has run

every Friday for the last six weeks, in which I've highlighted my favorite

lesser-known Beatles tracks.

Kristin Scott Thomas headed for 'Nowhere'

By Stuart Kemp, The Hollywood Reporter

9 January, 2009

Kristin Scott Thomas has joined the cast of the John Lennon biopic

"Nowhere Boy."

Also: John Lennon: The Essential Interviews

Beatle News Briefs 1/7/09 - McCartney to share his 'Amoeba's

Secret' on CD

By Steve Marinucci, Examiner.com

7 January, 2009

Paul McCartney's "Amoeba Secret," the vinyl EP recording of his live

show at Los Angeles' Amoeba Records on June 27, 2007, that's

nominated for two Grammy Awards, is quietly coming out on CD Jan. 27,

according to a listing at Amazon.com and other online retailers.

Lennon's medal in lost vault

By Guy Patrick, The Sun

6 January, 2009

The MBE medal John Lennon sent back to the Queen in an anti-war

protest has been unearthed in a royal vault.

Also: Youtube Believes Yoko Ono Owns Your Dreams

A Beatles book with almost every little thing you ever wanted

to know

By Steve Marinucci, Examiner.com

6 January, 2009

With many Beatle fans, including yours truly, there's rarely such a thing

as too much information.

Also: A guide to musical superstardom as taught by John, Paul, George

and Ringo (thanks Yardena)

The Beatles’ Catalog Finally Goes Digital Thanks To

Norwegian Podcasts

Rolling Stone (thanks Yardena)

5 January, 2009

The Beatles will reportedly make a bulk of their musical catalog available

as a free, legal download thanks to a series of Norwegian podcasts.

Also: Norwegian broadcaster explains halting Beatle podcasts

Beatle who turned into a beach boy: Sir Paul McCartney

makes waves on holiday in Mexico

By Jo Clements, The Daily Mail

5 January, 2009

In his heyday, he was a sex symbol for millions of screaming teenagers.

Also: Macca's off on Mexican rave; Sir Paul McCartney pictured on the

beach with girlfriend Nancy Shevell; Starz' 'Crash' Season Finale to

Feature Paul McCartney's New Hit Single 'Nothing too Much, Just out

of Sight' (thanks Yardena)

Paul McCartney's looking forward to some time off - but has

no intention of stopping

Liverpool Daily Post

3 January, 2009

Andy Welch talks to Sir Paul McCartney after what was for him a

great 08 - apart from that nasty divorce business

Also: Not in mi Macyard!; Meyer Sound for Paul McCartney (thanks

Yardena); Jackson wants to end feud with McCartney (thanks Yardena)

Good Starr signs

The Sun

3 January, 2009

Peace and love, everyone. Could this year see a new respect between

ex-Beatle Ringo Starr and his fans?

The Coolest Beatles Songs You Might Have Missed, Vol. 5

By Steve LaBate, Paste Magazine

2 January, 2009

Today's list is the fifth installment in a series that will run every Friday

for the next few weeks, in which I'll highlight my favorite lesser-known

Beatles tracks.

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