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Yoko Ono pushes peace at new Montreal exhibit on 1969

bed-in

The Canadian Press

31 March, 2009

Yoko Ono says she will always remember Montreal's skyline when she

thinks about the bed-in for peace she staged with former Beatle John

Lennon in a downtown hotel 40 years ago.

Also: John and Yoko together again at Montreal museum show

Pete Best: 'I want to meet with Paul McCartney'

By Tom Porter, MusicRadar.com (thanks Yardena)

31 March, 2009

Former Beatles' drummer says "the door is open"

Kate Nash discusses musicians rights with Paul McCartney

NME

30 March, 2009

The two share a cuppa during the chat

Also: Help! Paul McCartney has a wardrobe malfunction... but Nancy

distracts attention with her glittery leggings (thanks Yardena); Proud

papa Paul McCartney thrilled with Stella's eco award (thanks Yardena);

Macca's flying low in New York; Vegging Out: Sir Paul and Stella

McCartney Espouse Meatless, Hybrid Lifestyle at Eco-A-List Bash

(thanks Yardena)

Macca Rocks at Boat after party

The Sun

25 March, 2009

The cream of the Brit acting crop were out for the premiere of Richard

Curtis’s new film The Boat That Rocked on Monday night.

Also: Our mucker Macca; Loved-up Paul McCartney back in form;

News photos; Live And Let Die is best Bond song ever (thanks Yardena);

David Lynch is having a Web TV party! Paul and Ringo are invited!

(thanks Yardena); Google Street View and Paul McCartney's hugely

high wall (thanks, again, Yardena)

Paul McCartney joins OneVoice to promote peace

By Maya Spitzer, The Jerusalem post (thanks Yardena)

23 March, 2009

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney became a member of the Honorary

Board of Advisers of the OneVoice Movement (OVM) on Monday, in

an effort to show his support for moderation and conciliation in the

Israeli-Palestinian conflict, aiming for an eventual two-state solution.

Also: Paul McCartney Pledges Support to OneVoice Movement

Big Macca V Heather's Whoppers

By By Katie Hind, Sunday People

22 March, 2009

Sir Paul & Mucca to do battle.. over VEGGIE BURGERS £3m deal

for Linda style grub

Off the Ground

The Statesman

20 March, 2009

There is a very sensitive, even moody side to Paul McCartney’s

personality, which probably enables him to write beautiful songs.

Victoria flautist gets back with Beatle buddies

By Grania Litwin, Times Colonist

20 March, 2009

Victoria jazz flautist Paul Horn just turned 79, but that's not stopping

him from appearing with Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Donovan

and Sheryl Crow at a benefit concert at New York's Radio City

Music Hall on April 4.

The Ballad of John and Yoko -- 40 Years Later

By Jere Hester, NBC Bay Area

20 March, 2009

Yoko Ono wants the world to give her a 40th wedding anniversary

present: she’s asking fans to mount their own recreations of her

and John Lennon’s “Bed-in” for peace honeymoon.

Also: Amsterdam remembers John and Yoko's bed-in; In bed with

John and Yoko

Cassidy still going strong

By Dave Richards, GoErie

20 March, 2009

Former Partridge to pack Franklintheater

Harvey Weinstein: The fifth Beatle?

By Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times

19 March, 2009

For all of us Beatles fans, the news earlier this week that the

Weinstein Co. had acquired "Nowhere Boy," a coming-of-age tale

about John Lennon's tumultuous teenage years in Liverpool, was

cause for high hopes, especially because the script, written by Matt

Greenhalgh, offers a bracingly unsentimental portrait of the fabled

artist as a young scamp -- sensitive but bitingly sarcastic, smart but

achingly soulful, wildly ambitious but without a ruthless bone in his

body.

11 L.A. artists honor McCartney's 'Ram'

By Kevin Bronson, Los Angeles Times

19 March, 2009

Macca's oft-maligned solo opus gets an unexpected local tribute.

Also: Download "Ram On L.A." here

Gambling with expectation: Ars dives into Beatles: Rock

Band

By Ben Kuchera, Ars Technica

18 March, 2009

The Beatles: Rock Band has all the makings of a hit... but fans can

be unforgiving critics.

On this day in show biz: Can’t Buy Me Love

Hollywood Outbreak

16 March, 2009

On this day in 1964, The Beatle’s smash album Can’t Buy Me Love

is released. The album broke numerous records, becoming the

largest advance-selling record in history, with 2.1 million advance

orders placed around the world.

Where Are the Beatles Reissues? Enterprising Fans Take

Matters Into Their Own Hands

By Jerry McCulley, Gibson

16 March, 2009

In an era of declining music sales and rapid technological

advancement, it’s still hard to fathom the sorry lot of the Beatles

canon.

Also: Beatles To Release Back Catalog On Website?

Lollapalooza at last for Dhani

By Alison Maloney, The Sun

16 March, 2009

Dhani Harrison is delighted he will be playing Lollapalooza this year

because his late father banned him from festival.

Lennon Biopic Nowhere Boy starts production

By Elissa Corrigan, Click Liverpool

16 March, 2009

Hot newcomer Aaron Johnson, star of the new John Lennon Biopic

NOWHERE BOY has revealed how he get ready for the iconic role.

Also: Wildlife haven found at childhood home of Beatle John

Lennon; Four beetles found at Lennon home

Yoko Ono mural at UN to call attention to autism

AFP

16 March, 2009

Yoko Ono will unveil an original mural titled "Promise" at UN

headquarters next month in honor of World Autism Awareness

Day, an advocacy group said Monday.

Penny Lane businesses call for Help on Beatles tourism

By Simon Boyle, Click Liverpool

16 March, 2009

Small businesses are calling on tourism chiefs to improve the

struggling Liverpool suburb of Penny Lane, made world-famous

by The Beatles.

Paul McCartney Plays Killer 6 String Leads as Good as

Bass

PR Web (thanks Yardena)

12 March, 2009

Vintage Guitar Gems, an established Vintage/Used Guitar & Amp

store in the Conejo Valley was hired by an independent memorabilia

collector to sell the rare Les Paul guitar that was used by Sir Paul

during his 1993 New World tour.

The Beatles: Rock Band To Have New Material

By Danny Willis, San Jose Mercury News

12 March, 2009

That’s right. Unreleased Beatles songs.

Also: Dhani Harrison Talks New Band, Beatles Video Game

Mtl museum exhibit marks 40th anniversary of

Lennon-Ono bed-in

The Canadian Press

12 March, 2009

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is celebrating the 40th

anniversary of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Montreal bed-in with

an exhibition of drawings, photographs, videos, films and artworks.

Also: John Lennon movie filmed in Blackpool

Sell-out for Macca gig

The Press Association

10 March, 2009

Tickets for a one-off gig by Sir Paul McCartney in Las Vegas sold

out seven seconds after going on sale, promoters have said.

Also: Prices for Beatles reunion show tickets leave fans A-Paul-ed

(thanks Yardena); Day Tripper Across the Universe (thanks

Yardena)

Isn't she clever? Proud father Paul McCartney takes

new love Nancy to daughter Stella's Paris fashion show

Daily Mail

9 March, 2009

Paul McCartney showed his relationship with girlfriend Nancy

Shevell is going from strength to strength as he took her to

daughter Stella’s runway show at Paris fashion week.

Also: Stella McCartney gets a little help from Sir Paul at Paris

Fashion Week; Paris Fashion Week: Stella McCartney (inc. video);

News photos - 1, 2, 3; Sir Paul -- Where Nobody Knows Your

Name (video)

A Master’s in Paul-Is-Definitely-Not-Dead

By Allan Kozinn, The New York Times (thanks Yardena)

7 March, 2009

Probably the oddest thing about Liverpool Hope University’s

announcement last week that it would offer the world’s first

master’s degree in Beatles studies was that it took so long for

a university to hit on the idea.

Yoko Ono describes plans to play John Lennon’s

Imagine on Liverpool Cathedral bells as “so beautiful”

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

6 March, 2009

Yoko Ono has said plans to ring John Lennon’s classic song

Imagine on Liverpool Cathedral bells brought her to the edge

of tears.

Revolution 9/9/09: Beatles coming to 'Rock Band' this

fall

by Caroline McCarthy, Cnet (thanks Yardena)

5 March, 2009

We knew the music of the Beatles was coming to the MTV video

game Rock Band, but now we have a release date: September 9,

2009.

Also: Beatles: Macca and Ringo to play New York (possibly

together)

Surviving Beatles Paul and Ringo to reunite at charity

concert

By Jo Clements, Daily Mail

4 March, 2009

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are to grace the same stage

again 40 years after the Beatles broke up.

Lennon's art ahead of his time, Ono says

By Philip Haldiman and Sonja Haller, The Arizona Republic

3 March, 2009

Baby Boomers and their children may not share the same taste in

music and art.

Also: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Amsterdam 'Bed-In' suite to

open doors; My interview with Yoko Ono (Seriously!)

Death Cab, Ted Leo, Portastatic, Cover Paul McCartney

For The Best Show On WFMU's Pledge Drive

Stereogum (thanks Yardena)

3 March, 2009

There is generally one thing every comedy nerd I know agrees on,

and that is The Best Show On WFMU with Tom Scharpling being

the best three-hour investment a person who likes smart and funny

things can make on any given week.

Hope Launches World's First Beatles MA

Liverpool Hope University

Liverpool Hope University has launched a brand new MA in The

Beatles, Popular Music and Society, the first of its kind in the world.

Also: Ferguson is a fan of Fab Four

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