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Icon of British rock coming to the Little Fox

By Paul Freeman, The Palo Alto Daily News

30 September, 2009

For nearly half a century, British rocker Denny

Laine has had a significant impact on pop music.

All you need is Cov – from obscurity to

Beatlemania

By Duncan Gibbons, Coventry Telegraph

30 September, 2009

Nearly 40 years after they split, The Beatles are on

the verge of their biggest money-spinning year ever.

How Jazz May Have Influenced The Beatles

By Simon Jay Harper, All About Jazz

30 September, 2009

A publication from the French general knowledge

"Tu Sais..." book series ("You Know..."), entitled

"Tu Sais... Jazz," contains a final chapter on rock

bands such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

Also: Jazz Honors The Beatles

Paul McCartney’s Historic Citi Field Stand

Coming to CD/DVD

By Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone

30 September, 2009

Earlier this summer, Paul McCartney christened Citi

Field, the new home of the New York Mets, with a

sold-out three-night stand in Flushing, Queens.

Also: Paul McCartney to release New York Citi Field

live CD/DVD; Macca signs deal with major label

Online exclusive

Fort Worth Weekly

30 September, 2009

Back in the 1960s and 70s most people under 30 would

have given their left nostril to be Chris O'Dell.

Paul McCartney’s childhood Liverpool home is

a Monopoly square

Liverpool Daily Post

29 September, 2009

The childhood home of Sir Paul McCartney is a must-see

destination for Beatles fans from all over the globe, and

now there’s a chance to snap it up – in the latest version

of Monopoly, that is.

Also: John Lennon’s LA home to be listed

'Lucy in the Sky' dies

Ireland Online

28 September, 2009

The woman who inspired the classic Beatles song 'Lucy In

The Sky With Diamonds', has died aged 46, a charity said

today.

Also: Julian Lennon Expresses Grief At The Reports Of

Lucy Vodden’s Death

Ono! Company files lawsuit over John Lennon,

Yoko Ono film

By Laurel J. Sweet, Boston Herald

28 September, 2009

A Lawrence company that won’t “Let It Be” is demanding a

federal judge award it $6.3 million for ceding control of a

documentary on John Lennon to Yoko Ono - film the late

Beatle’s widow never meant to share with his fans.

Also: Local attorney faces disciplinary hearing over John

Lennon tapes

Paul McCartney's schoolboy essay discovered

By Richard Brooks, The Times

27 September, 2009

His fellow Beatle John Lennon may famously have returned

his MBE, but Sir Paul McCartney was a staunch monarchist

even in his childhood, a newly discovered schoolboy essay

has shown.

Also: Beatle's essay found 50 years on (inc. video); The

Cabaret Chronicles: Tony DeSare (with a Paul McCartney

sighting!) and Nicolas King! (thanks Yardena); Paul

McCartney reveals monarchist leanings in schoolboy essay

found 50 years on (thanks Yardena)

Yoko Ono, rebel woman

By John Doran, The National

27 September, 2009

Yoko Ono must have felt that there was something special

about the album that she’d just finished, given that she

revived the Plastic Ono Band name for it.

An original Beatlemaniac gives the new Beatles

'Remasters' a listen

By Misha Berson, The Seattle Times

27 September, 2009

The recent release of "The Beatles: The Remasters"

prompts a longtime fan to return to their early genius.

Also: Beatles Concert Tickets Highlight RocknRoll Auction

Oct.4 2009

The Day Danielle and Her Mom Met Paul McCartney

New York Magazine

25 September, 2009

We know as New Yorkers we are supposed to be cool when

interacting with celebrities.

Beatle widow wins razor fence row

BBC

25 September, 2009

A razor wire fence around the Oxfordshire home of Beatle

George Harrison's widow can be replaced, despite objections

from neighbours.

Also: Yoko Oh Yes! Ms Ono Speaks About Peace, Pop And

Computer Games

'Beatles: Rock Band', behind the scenes (inc. video)

By Mike Snider, USA Today

24 September, 2009

Now that The Beatles: Rock Band has been out for two weeks,

the developers at Harmonix are letting us peek a bit more

behind the magic curtain of creativity.

Also: Re-Meet the Beatles - Five Decades of the Fab Four;

Love, love we do

Legendary contract between the Beatles and Brian

Epstein goes on display

By Vicky Anderson, Liverpool Daily Post

24 September, 2009

What is seen as the "definitive" contract between The Beatles

and manager Brian Epstein goes on display to the public in

Liverpool.

Press release

PR Web

24 September, 2009

Florida City Says Happy Birthday, John Lennon: Give Peace

a Chance Exhibit Debuts Oct 5 - 11 For Week-Long Birthday

Celebration

Beatles Mono Box Set Update

Tracks (thanks Richard)

Due to overwhelming demand Apple/EMI have decided to

manufacture a second run of the Beatles mono box sets.

McCartney came up with Harrelson's zombie ruse

Contactmusic

22 September, 2009

Sir Paul McCartney turned spin doctor for pal Woody

Harrelson when the actor hit the headlines for attacking

paparazzi in New York in April (09) - the Beatles star was the

one who suggested the actor told reporters he thought the

snapper was a zombie.

Beatles tourism gets boost from Calgarian

By Lisa Monforton, Calgary Herald

22 September, 2009

Beatles fans everywhere were stoked last week when the

long-awaited release of The Beatles' 12 digitally remastered

studio albums and the video game version of Rock Band hit

the stores.

Also: From Penny Lane to Strawberry Fields; Beatles sell

2.25 million albums in 5 days; Meet the Piggies

Proof the Beatles are bigger than Jesus!

Guardian

21 September, 2009

Forty-three years after John Lennon compared the Beatles

to Jesus, stats emerge suggesting that he might have been

onto something

McCartney invited to speak at EU parliament

hearing

TheParliament.com (thanks Yardena)

21 September, 2009

Parliament has invited Sir Paul McCartney to speak at a

hearing ahead of December's UN summit on climate change.

Yoko Ono's virtual peace

Contactmusic

21 September, 2009

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has praised a new

Beatles video game because it merges music and art to

create amazing ''healing vibrations''.

Also: Yoko Ono is on a mission -- still; Yoko Ono

Interviewed: "My Expression is in Between the Sky and

My Head"

Beatles were the original soundtrack of a generation

By Jay Berman, Daily Breeze

20 September, 2009

There is little of a positive nature about growing old.

Tale of the babe of Aquarius

By Susannah Cahalan, New York Post

20 September, 2009

Meet the grooviest groupie of the '60s.

With The Beatles (in Shropshire)

Shropshire Star

18 September, 2009

With their old albums digitally cleaned-up and re-released,

the Beatles are back and bigger then ever. But one corner

of Shropshire has never forgotten seeing the original band

live.

Also: World listening in to Pete’s Beatles show; Suit over

Beatle pix; Rock of Ages: 1963 The Beatles – She Loves

You (thanks Yardena)

Norwich man gets to drive the Beatles' John

Lennon's car

The Advertiser 24

18 September, 2009

'Baby you can drive my car' is a famous lyric from a

Beatles song, but it has proved a prophetic statement

for one Norfolk businessman, who is now the proud

owner of a limo which once belonged to John Lennon.

Yoko Ono: still walking on thin ice

By Sheryl Garratt, Telegraph

18 September, 2009

After 40 years of being unfairly accused of breaking up

the Beatles and harshly mocked for her avant garde art

and pop music, Yoko Ono is finally being recognised as

a true pioneer.

Also: Exclusive: Interview with Yoko Ono

Miley Cyrus Played Guitar With Paul

McCartney

Just Jared Jr.

18 September, 2009

Miley Cyrus watches as Sheryl Crow plays the

melody of the song on stage at VH1’s Divas held at

Brooklyn Academy of Music in NYC on Thursday

night (September 17).

Magical History Tour

By William Underhill, Newsweek

17 September, 2009

For the middle-aged pilgrim, the trail is well marked.

Caldwell resident has big Beatles connection

By Joseph Racioppi, Caldwell Progress

17 September, 2009

The Beatles, back in the news with the release of

“The Beatles: Rock Band” video game, had a

tremendous impact on popular music/culture and

Caldwell resident Andy White, 79, was the drummer

on two of the Beatle’s first singles.

Magazine signed by John Lennon sells for

$12,713

The Associated Press

17 September, 2009

A 1966 magazine signed by John Lennon containing

his remark that the Beatles were more popular than

Jesus has sold for $12,713.

The Beatles are fab for business

By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times

16 September, 2009

When Beatlemania was first at its height, John

Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and

Ringo Starr often said they had no idea whether

their popularity would last for another six months

or even as much as a year or two.

Also: Behind the Counter : Come Together:

Creating Buzz With the Beatles; 'The Beatles Rock

Band is a cultural revolution' (thanks Yardena);

Beatles: Rock Band Deluxe Pack Selling Quick

(thanks Yardena)

Yoko Ono’s £260,000 gift to Liverpool John

Moores’ students

By Ben Turner, Liverpool Daily Post

16 September, 2009

Disadvantaged students will have a chance to study

at a city university, thanks to a new John Lennon

awards scheme funded by his wife.

Also: Interview: Yoko Ono

Artwork to celebrate Rhyl's connection with

the Beatles

By Matt Jones, Rhyl Journal

15 September, 2009

Rhyl's links with Liverpool and its most famous sons,

the Beatles, have been celebrated in a mosaic at the

town's train station.

Also: Sketches by Beatles legends John Lennon and

Paul McCartney go on display at London’s Scream

gallery (thanks Yardena)

Sir Paul McCartney deer sanctuary targeted

by huntsmen, activists claim

By Richard Edwards, Telegraph

15 September, 2009

Illegally hunting of deer on private land owned by Sir

Paul McCartney's has been captured on camera by

anti-hunt activists, it is claimed.

Also: NY1 For You: More McCartney Concertgoers

Call Foul (inc. video)

Eversheds works eight days a week for Beatles

By Matt Byrne, The Lawyer

14 September, 2009

Eversheds has advised Apple Corps, one of its

longest-standing clients, on two headline-grabbing

deals relating to legendary pop group The Beatles.

Also: The Beatles Rock Band Primer Guide

Why the Beatles still matter after 40 years

By Barry Miles, The Times

12 September, 2009

They began as a teen craze but turned into a cultural

force that changed the world.

Also: The Beatles and Gibson – 7 Explosive Songs

(thanks Yardena); Fab Four are re-masters of the

universe (thanks Yardena); Connection between

Beatles, Cheap Trick is deep; Beatles Legend Paul

McCartney Fears He could end up Like Princess

Diana; The Beatles are back in the charts; Paul

McCartney - Scousers thought Beatles were German>

Alan White from Yes: What The Beatles mean

to me

By Joe Bosso, MusicRadar.com

11 September, 2009

It's not every day a Beatle calls you and changes your

life forever.

Fab Format: Fall in love with remastered

Beatles catalog

By Bryan Wawzenek, Northwest Herald

11 September, 2009

For those who believe in “Yesterday,” the entire

Beatles catalog arrives this week.

Also: Beatles Rock Band Will Thrill Beatlemaniacs

and Newbies Alike; 'The Beatles: Rock Band' is not

just for kids; Remastered Beatles are worth the effort;

Remastered 14-disc set lifts the Beatles catalog to

another level (thanks Yardena); Beatles Rock Band

game hits a chord as video game industry struggles;

Beatles game will make you twist and shout; Beatles

game rocks; Beatles in the 21st century (video);

Cason Point: Beatles game replays real memories;

Remastered Beatles catalog a must have

Yoko Ono Interview

Clash

11 September, 2009

Clash magazine editor, Simon Harper, recently

interviewed Yoko Ono for the latest issue featuring

Jay-Z on the cover.

Also: Yoko Ono Writes For Clash

The Beatles' 1964 Montreal invasion

By David Johnston, The Gazette

10 September, 2009

Fab Four's only Montreal gig was 45 years ago

Pandora: Get back: McCartney reunites with

PR guru

By Alice-Azania Jarvis. The Independent

10 September, 2009

Following his split from Heather Mills, Sir Paul

McCartney accomplished that celebrity rare feat:

coming out of a divorce smelling of roses.

Beatlemania back as albums, computer game go

on sale

AFP

9 September, 2009

Beatlemania is set to break out again on Wednesday

when The Beatles' digitally remastered albums and a

new computer game are released as the world's most

famous pop group finally embraces the digital age.

Also: The remastered Beatles: You've got to get this into

your life; ‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ (re)makes history;

The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour; The Beatles: a band

locked in time; Sir Paul McCartney admits: 'We thought

The Beatles would last couple of years'; Q&A: Film

director Bob Smeaton on remastered Beatles albums;

Sir Paul McCartney talks about The Beatles: Rock Band

as it's launched; Remastered Beatles albums are better

than ever, says Yoko Ono; Come Together: Everybody

Reviews the Beatles; Beatles fans in frenzy over box set;

San Diego Beatles fans line up for "Rock Band" video

game release (video); The Beatles release remastered

catalogue and "Rock Band" game; Dino F. Ciliberti:

Beatlemania begins again; 'Beatles Rock Band' released

(inc. 3 videos); Dhani Harrison Explains Beatles Rock

Band Evolution, Rocks Out With Conan (inc. video);

Fab 4ever; Beatlemania returns with rollout of CD,

video game; Rocking again to The Beatles; Beatlemania

revisited with release of remastered catalog; 'The Beatles

Remastered.' Getting better all the time?; £1Billion

Beatles for sale (thanks Yardena); Review: The Beatles:

Rock Band

Five Direct Beatles Connections to Texas

By Chris Gray, Houston Press

9 September, 2009

Looks like Beatlemania 2.0 is in full swing.

Also: Paul McCartney Interview; The Beatles: Ranking

Their Movies; Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney on the

Beatles' Breakup (inc. video); When The Beatles came

to town

Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono Reflect on John

Lennon's Life and Death (inc. video)

Entertainment Tonight News

8 September, 2009

In part two of ET's Beatles exclusive, Yoko Ono, Paul

McCartney and Ringo Starr discuss the life and death

of John Lennon.

Also: McCartney's book about Lennon

Did Yoko Ono And Sky News Just Ruin Apple’s

Beatles Surprise?

By Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch

8 September, 2009

It’s the announcement Steve Jobs has been waiting to

make for years: that one of his favorite bands, and

perhaps the greatest of all time, will finally be available

on the music store that he created.

Also: Paul McCartney: 'We'd like Beatles songs to be

downloads'; Music sources: Phantom Yoko Ono-iTunes

story untrue

ET's Beatles Exclusive! (inc. video)

Entertainment Tonight News

7 September, 2009

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and Olivia

Harrison -- together in the same place and interviewed by

ET's Mary Hart!

Also: 'The Beatles: Rock Band' entices fans of all ages to

come together for virtual jams in dream world complete

with marmalade skies (thanks Yardena); Here comes the

fun; Doug Elfman: Labor of 'Love' yields amazing Beatles

treasures; The Beatles: 20 things you did not know about

the Fab Four; Ringo's drumming draws praise (thanks

Yardena); The Beatles(TM): Rock Band(TM) & The

Beatles' Re-mastered Catalogue CDs Make Worldwide

Debut; The Beatles: Rock Band Review (Xbox 360);

Digital technology: The Beatles done better?; 'Rock Band'

wraps 'new piece of art' around The Beatles; Please Please

Me; To Channel the Fab Four, Listen in Mono; OnThe

Radio: Beatles increasingly yesterday's news, despite CDs,

'The Beatles: Rock Band' video game; The Beatles: Rock

Band video game review; Remastered Beatles CDs Are A

Revelation; Meet the (remastered) Beatles; The Rest of the

Story: 'The Beatles: Rock Band'

The Beatles: What they were like at the beginning

— by the fans who were there (inc. video)

The Times

7 September, 2009

They were bottom on the bill to Roy Orbison in 1963;

Also: The Beatles: Stars pick their favourite records;

What children think of the Beatles (thanks Yardena); The

Beatles: Hysteria in the making; Most expensive Beatles

memorabilia ever! Saint Giles Street Gallery puts album up

for sale for $11M

Rock stars slam disconnection plan for pirates

By Asher Moses, Sydney Morning Herald

7 September, 2009

Some of the biggest names in the music business, including

Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney, have slammed the

record labels' plans to disconnect from the internet peopl

who are caught repeatedly downloading music illegally.

John Lennon: Paul McCartney was a knockout,

actually

By Maurice Chittenden, The Times

6 September, 2009

Dear Paul, actually you were fab.

Also: Exclusive: John Lennon, the lost interviews (thanks

Yardena)

How the Beatles got ready to conquer the world -

again

By Simon Garfield, The Observer

6 September, 2009

With the release of music game The Beatles: Rock Band,

the world's biggest group are going to find a whole new

audience.

Also: The Beatles: Rock Band mostly fab; Get back: It's

Beatlemania all over again; Maniacs coming together to

critique the Beatles reissues; Beatlemania: Computer

Game Release (video); The Beatles for sale (yet again);

'The Beatles: Rock Band' -- Revolution 09/09/09; Beatles

Sound Better Than Ever on Long-Awaited Remastered

CDs; Fans eagerly await second Beatles invasion; Beatles

Rock Band: Harmonix creative director Josh Randall;

Review: 'Beatles: Rock Band' fun for jamming in groups;

Beatles fans, rejoice! Box sets are worth the wait;

Giles Martin on making The Beatles: Rock Band (video)

Who is the fabbest Beatle of them all?

By Bob Stanley, The Times

5 September, 2009

This is a serious message,” it begins.

Also: 45 years after Milwaukee appearance, Beatlemania

lives again; Still a thrill, 45 years later; How the Beatles

rocked the Eastern Bloc; The Beatles Story in Pictures

and Words; Remembering a hard day's night; Drab to

fab: how the Beatles changed fashion; Jane Bown with

the Beatles (thanks Yardena)

Get Back: Must-hear reissued Beatles’ tracks

By Bernard Perusse, Canwest News Service

4 September, 2009

Picking only 10 special moments in the 525 minutes of

Beatles music on the remastered albums is impossible.

Also: The long, winding, magical road to 'Beatles: Rock

Band'; 'Rock Band' adds to Fab 4's legacy; Meet the

Beatles (Again); I Am the Walrus; Fab Four game is

unBeatable (Thanks Yardena); The Beatles: The Beatles

in Mono; McCartney: 'We were innocents who couldn't

handle the Beatles business'; Concert planned in

Montclair for launch of new Beatles video game; Video

game brings Fab Four into the digital sphere (thanks

Yardena); 'The Beatles: Rock Band' Designer Talks

Creating Digital Fab Four; How 'horrendous failure'

led to Rock Band; Still relevant after decades, the

Beatles set to rock 9/9/09; The Beatles - Please Please

Me, review; The Beatles - Abbey Road, Pop CD of the

week review; 10 Ways to Invest in Modern Beatlemania

(thanks Yardena); Remastered Beatles albums are way

overdue; The Beatles: Getting back to where they once

belonged; Get Back: The Beatles masterpieces

remastered; A Beatles video game? We try The Beatles:

Rock Band; Beatles Playing For Keeps With "Rock

Band" Game; All together now: A breakdown of the

Beatles remastered albums; Gamers, fans come together

over The Beatles: Rock Band; The Beatles: still cutting

across generations and genres

Paul Morley's Showing Off ...Klaus Voorman

(inc. video)

By Paul Morley, Guardian

4 September, 2009

The 71-year-old artist, producer, musician and long time

Beatle pal/colleague/helper/insider Klaus Voorman finds

himself inside the Guardian and Observer's offices near

Kings Cross in London one early evening when there is

– coincidentally – an early demonstration for a select few

competition winners of the new Beatles Rock Band game.

Also: Long and Winding Road ; Big Read Story of Artist

Who Witnessed Birth of the Beatles

All you need is ... a second Lennon blue plaque

By Jamie Welham, London Evening Standard

4 September, 2009

John Lennon is set to be honoured with a blue plaque

outside the London house that was the setting for a

notorious nude photo shoot with Yoko Ono for an album

cover.

Top fingerstyle guitarist a breath of fresh air

(thanks Yardena)

By Rich Freedman, Vallejo Times-Herald

3 September, 2009

Laurence Juber has enough credits to fill a guitar case.

Ballad of John and no-no

By Jamie Schram, New York Post

3 September, 2009

A John Lennon fan who scrawled "LOVE" on his hero's

Central Park memorial probably didn't imagine he'd be

arrested.

Also: Likely Lads neighbour objects to razor wire

Beatle Promoter Aids Boro Charity

By Lori Gross, Queens Tribune

3 September, 2009

The man responsible for the British Invasion of the

Beatles wants to put on an epic concert at Citi Field.

McCartney knows the truth

(translated to English from Spanish)

El Diario Montañés

3 September, 2009

Source: McCartney sabe la verdad

Long and Winding Road, Newly Repaved

By Allan Kozinn, The New York Times

2 September, 2009

The newly remastered CDs of the Beatles’ original

albums and singles, which EMI and Apple Corps, the

Beatles’ company, are releasing on Wednesday, have

less of a gee-whiz factor than The Beatles: Rock Band,

which hits stores on the same day.

Also: "Beatles: Rock Band": The First Review!; Every

wondered what the Beatle’s top selling songs were?; All

Together Now: Play the Game, Mom; The magical history

tour; The Beatles are back! Computer wizardry reunites

Fab Four and music fans (inc. video); Must we really buy

The Beatles reissues and Rock Band?; Remastered Beatles

albums: Yeah, yeah, yeah

Signed picture stolen from George Harrison

exhibition in Liverpool

By Kevin Core, Liverpool Echo

2 September, 2009

An exhibition of George Harrison memorabilia will close

early after a rare signed picture of the Beatle was stolen.

Also: John Lennon “More Popular Than Jesus” Magazine

on Auction Block

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