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Beatles' gigantic success “no surprise”, says

original drummer Pete Best at Prague

exhibition (inc. audio)

By Ian Willoughby, Radio Prague

30 June, 2010

The name Pete Best became a synonym for nearly

man after he was kicked out of The Beatles before

they became the biggest band the world had ever

seen.

Also: Beatles drummer Pete Best signs Lennon Wall

in Prague

Yardbirds' Chris Dreja Recalls Opening for

the Beatles

By Pat Pemberton, Spinner

30 June, 2010

The Yardbirds were doing a show with the Beatles

in the mid-'60s when Paul McCartney arrived in

their dressing room with a backstage surprise.

Press release

PRNewswire

29 June, 2010

Eight of John Lennon's classic solo albums and other

standout recordings have been digitally remastered

from his original mixes for a global catalogue

initiative commemorating the music legend's 70th

birthday, which falls on October 9.

Paul McCartney live in Hyde Park at Hard

Rock Calling

By Tim Glanfield, Beehive City

28 June, 2010

So, that’s it, another Hard Rock Calling finished …

Also: Carolyn Hitt: Paul McCartney in Cardiff, the

sound track of our lives; Fans bow down to Macca;

Review: Paul McCartney – The Millennium Stadium,

Cardiff; Sir Paul McCartney Storms Hard Rock

Calling (thanks Yardena); Paul McCartney - Hard

Rock Calling (thanks Yardena); Macca's help for his

friends; Fan's request hits bum note with McCartney;

Paul McCartney: Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park;

Paul McCartney in Hyde Park; Gig review: Paul

McCartney at Hyde Park (inc. video); Paul

McCartney Scores A Hit With YouTube Charity

Show; Sunday 27/06/10 Paul McCartney @ Hyde

Park, London

Starr power

By Jim Sullivan, Boston Herald

27 June, 2010

Long, winding road brings Ringo back to New England

Also: Ringo relishes post-Beatles career; Ringo Starr

to open in N.F., Ont.; Ringo Starr happy to be on

Niagara Falls stage; Ex-Beatle promises plenty of

hits; 'Ringo's coming this year' says ex-Beatle; Ringo

Starr introduces his latest All-Starr Band during

news conference in Niagara Falls (inc. video); Ringo

Starr gets summer tour in gear at Falls casino; Ringo

and friends return to Niagara (inc. video); This place

is fit for a Starr; Ringo Starr gets a "little help" from

friends (inc. video+audio); Ringo Starr's Gold Snare

Drum Gets a Cultural Boost; Ringo Starr back on the

road with pals; Ringo at his best in selection of

bandmates; Ringo rocks Bethel Woods; Ringo reunites

with '60s tribe; Starr at Mohegan; Concert review:

Ringo Starr and his All-Starrs rock Woodstock; Ringo

Starr still delighting fans; Ringo's All-Starr Night

Pleases At Mohegan Sun; Love celebrates 4th

anniversary at Mirage with Ringo Starr; The Beatles

LOVE by Cirque du Soleil Commemorates 4th

Anniversary with Ringo Starr

Flashback: The Beatles perform 'All You Need

Is Love' live via global satellite

KSHE 95

25 June, 2010

It was 43 years ago today (June 25th, 1967) that the

Beatles performed "All You Need Is Love," which

was broadcast live via global satellite to an estimated

400 million viewers.

Also: Mal Evans, a True 'Fifth Beatle,' Gets No

Second Act -- Twisted Tales; My bizarre life with the

Beatles, by sculptor who immortalised good, great and

even gorillas

Paul McCartney To Broadcast Hard Rock

Calling Gig Live Via YouTube

Gigwise (thanks Yardena)

24 June, 2010

Sir Paul McCartney's performance at the Hard Rock

Calling festival on Sunday (June 27) is to be streamed

live via YouTube.

Also: How photographer Clive Arrowsmith turned

around a botched photo shoot with McCartney (thanks

Yardena); Paul McCartney persuades Queen to lift

pyrotechnics ban; I like Obama... and he’s right to

have a go at us for polluting his country; Paul

McCartney set to rock the Millennium Stadium (inc.

video); Paul McCartney refuses to apologise for Bush

gag; Paul Mccartney Young At Heart; Macca is pitch

perfect ; Beatles legend Paul rocks 30,000-strong

Hampden crowd; Thousands flocked to Cardiff’s

Millennium Stadium yesterday to see Beatles legend

Sir Paul McCartney perform his first gig in Wales for

35 years.

Lennon cartoon fetches £35,000

UKPA

24 June, 2010

A self-portrait cartoon of John Lennon and wife Yoko

Ono drafted during their infamous 1969 "bed-in" has

sold for more than £37,000 at auction.

Also: TV Review: Lennon Naked (BBC4); This bitter,

angry man is not the John Lennon I knew

Hans-Olaf’s Beatles Cut!

JazzRadio

24 June, 2010

Did a haircut from a girlfriend of the young Hans-Olaf

Henkel ( picture ) change the course of pop history?

Ringo to play Bethel Woods, ring in his 70th

with peace, love and Radio City

Poughkeepsie Journal

23 June, 2010

Ex-Beatle drummer Ringo Starr will bring his All-

Starr Band to Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in

Sullivan County Saturday.

All we are saying is give Yoko a chance

JoongAng Daily

23 June, 2010

Almost everyone in the world knows who Yoko Ono is.

Previously Unreleased Beatles Footage From

Their Landmark Appearances on Ed Sullivan

TV Show Is Coming to DVD

Television Week

22 June, 2010

At this point, one would have thought that all of the

Beatles-related material from their appearances on

"The Ed Sullivan Show" would have made it to

market.

Hampden Roars for Paul McCartney at

Scottish concert

By Gillian Harvey, stv.tv

21 June, 2010

The legendary performer rocked Glasgow as he

played his first live concert in Scotland for over 20

years on Sunday night.

Also: Help! I need somebody ... anybody; I stand in

a cinema queue like anyone else: Paul McCartney;

Return of the Macca; Sir Paul Mccartney: End The

Cruel Slaughter Of Whales!; Paul McCartney

Records Duet With Fan; Three hours of the best

pop music ever @ Hampden; The other McCartney;

2nd McCartney show added for Wachovia Center;

Lennon Beatles lyrics could make £300,000

(inc. video)

ITN

18 June, 2010

John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for The Beatles hit

A Day In The Life are expected to sell for more than

£300,000 when they go under the hammer later,

auctioneers have said.

Also: Imagine... Doctor Who's playing Lennon;

Lennon Naked Starring Christopher Eccleston Press

Release And Air Date Details, Promo Pics; Lennon

lyrics fetch $1.2M at NYC auction; John Lennon's

'A Day In The Life' Manuscript Sold; The most

ambitious John Lennon film yet; Christopher

Eccleston on playing John Lennon; Lennon Naked

digs beneath the skin of John’s family relationships;

Lennon Naked: Two Clips from John Lennon Movie

on BBC4 (inc. video)

Paul McCartney writing music for ballet

By Natalie Jamieson, BBC News

17 June, 2010

Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that he's been

commissioned to write the music for a ballet.

Also: Paul McCartney: 'John Lennon Played A Beatles

Gig In His Underwear'; Paul Mccartney's Greek Escape

Blocked; Sir Paul McCartney: 'Blackbird' and 'Here,

There and Everywhere' my favourite songs; Celebrating

68 Years of Paul McCartney (inc. videos)

Ringo Starr kicks off Live from the Artists Den

on PBS, previews (inc. video)

By April MacIntyre, Monsters and Critics.com

17 June, 2010

Ringo Starr kicks off new season of Live from the

Artists Den on PBS.

Also: Ringo sells out State Theatre for the third time

Delaney & Bonnie, Eric Clapton and George

Harrison's fabled tour to be reissued and

expanded

By Kevin O'Hare, The Republican

15 June, 2010

One of rock's most legendary tours is receiving the

deluxe reissue treatment courtesy of Rhino Records.

Teenage Beatle Bandmate Ken Brown Dies

By Michael Wright, Gibson

15 June, 2010

Mersey Beat founder Bill Harry is reporting that Ken

Brown, who played guitar in the early Beatles band The

Quarrymen, passed away last night.

Also: Shock death of Ken Brown - the man who brought

the Beatles together

Design for new Lennon peace monument in

Liverpool unveiled (inc. video)

CBS News

15 June, 2010

The design of a global peace monument to former Beatles

member John Lennon was revealed to the public for the

first time at the Liverpool pavilion at the Shanghai World

Expo on Tuesday.

Also: Last Supper in Liverpool

Beatles legend lines up Scots kids and Sharleen

Spiteri for Hampden gig

By Mike Merritt, Sunday Mail

13 June, 2010

Paul McCartney has lined up a secret weapon for his first

Scottish gig in 20 years - a school pipe band.

Also: Paul McCartney closes 2010 Isle Of Wight Festival

with Jimi Hendrix tribute; Sir Paul rocks the Isle of Wight;

Sir Paul McCartney takes over Isle of Wight backstage area

with 170 staff; Pics; Interview with Laurence Juber; Review:

Paul McCartney RDS, Dublin; First Night: Paul McCartney;

Paul McCartney Second Show Announced for August 19;

Paul McCartney Adds 2nd Pittsburgh Concert, Sells Out

Again (inc. video); Paul McCartney sells out two shows at

Consol; Paul McCartney travels with a portable Buddha

statue to maintain his zen while on tour; Guitars signed by

Paul McCartney and Keith Richards rock at auction; Paul

McCartney adds second Toronto show; Paul McCartney

tickets cheaper at Hard Rock Calling than his gigs

Lennon Lyrics Set for Sale (inc. video)

NTDTV

12 June, 2010

Handwritten lyrics for the Beatles song "A Day in the Life"

are ready for auction at Sotheby's in New York.

Also: Tape of the Beatles Toronto press conference fails to

sell at auction

Sir Paul McCartney: I know it'll be time to quit when

I don't get buzz from Hampden roar

By John Dingwall, Scottish Daily Record

11 June, 2010

Sir Paul McCartney has threatened to quit making pop music

if the Hampden roar doesn't give him a thrill on a par with

Shea Stadium.

Also: Paul McCartney Will Perform August 14th in

Philadelphia; Visiting a Beatle in Mexico (video); Manic

Street Preachers to join McCartney at the Millennium;

Backstage with Beatles legend Paul McCartney; Let it be...

James

Flashback: 40 years later -- The Beatles' 'The Long

And Winding Road' hits number one

KSHE95

11 June, 2010

It was 40 years ago Sunday (June 13th, 1970) that the Beatles'

"The Long And Winding Road" became the group's 20th and

final Number One hit.

Do you want to buy George Harrison's guitar?

The Post-Standard

11 June, 2010

Christie's' Rock and Pop Memorabilia sale in London features

a collection of guitars owned by some of the great rock stars.

Lennon Legacy to be a theme of Rock Con:Weekend

of 100 Rock Stars

By Shelley Germeaux, Examiner.com

10 June, 2010

We have just learned from May Pang, author of Instamatic

Karma, (her book of photos and stories about her relationship

with John Lennon), that she will be appearing at two major New

Jersey conventions this summer in honor of John Lennon.

Also: I couldn't believe producer wanted me to play Yoko Ono -

she's an icon, says ex-Torchwood star Naoko Mori

The Linda McCartney Picture show, by Paul the movie

Macca

By Jo Macfarlane, Daily Mail

6 June, 2010

Sir Paul McCartney is directing a film based on photographs his

late wife Linda took of The Beatles at the height of their fame.

Also: Sir Paul McCartney backs 'green' Isle of Wight Festival;

Paul McCartney Tickets Pricier in 2010; Apparently, Paul

McCartney’s Dead; Mccartney's Shock Tribute For Ozzy

Beatles memorabilia signed after 1963 gig could net Hull

fan £7,000 at auction

This Is Hull & East Riding

4 June, 2010

It is thought The Beatles received less than £100 for performing

in Hull.

Also: Beatles memorabilia to go on menu at auction; A hard day's

night: 40 years later, The Beatles in Prague; Focus on.. US

Beatles memorabilia; Madrid's record fair to feature a lock of John

Lennon's hair

Time Bandits and three other HandMade Films

announced for Blu-ray release

By James Plath, DVDTOWN.com

4 June, 2010

Once upon a time, in the far-away time of the late 1970s, two

legends--one musical, one comic--bumped into each other on the

street and in doing so, created history.

McCartney To Play First Concert In New Pa. Arena

The Associated Press

3 June, 2010

One of the biggest names in music will be playing the first show at

Pittsburgh's new indoor arena.

Also: Paul McCartney to Play Toronto and Montreal on “Up and

Coming Tour”; Tour rumors abound: Paul McCartney and the

Pixies; McCartney to open Consol Energy Center (inc. video);

Paul McCartney announces Consol Center concert; Consol arena

leaders worked 8 days a week to get McCartney; Musician Paul

McCartney to Bring his "Up and Coming" Tour to Charlotte!

Gershwin Prize winner Paul McCartney at Library of

Congress news conference

By Chris Richards, The Washington Post

2 June, 2010

He helped forge the shape and trajectory of popular music and was

greeted Tuesday night by a strange and sonorous thunder.

Also: Paul McCartney in frightening mob bus attack in Mexico

City (thanks Yardena); Paul McCartney receives Gershwin Prize

(video); Paul McCartney to play at White House on Wednesday

(video); US Library Honors McCartney For Pop Music (inc. video);

Pics; McCartney sings Obama's praises (video); Sir Paul McCartney

Struggles to Remember Songs'; Paul McCartney in US for major

music award (inc. video); 'I can't remember most of my songs', says

McCartney (inc. video); Paul McCartney: Internet Hurting

Livelihood of Young Musicians (inc. video); McCartney's long,

winding road goes to White House; Was John Lennon really

superior to Paul McCartney? Defending McCartney's White House

Gershwin Award; Why Sir Paul Can't Do Requests; Reuters video

from Ynet (video); McCartney Risks Punch From President; Pics;

Raw video: Obama honors McCartney at White House (video);

McCartney Turns 'Michelle' Into Ode To First Lady; McCartney Is

Honored at White House; Paul McCartney's romantic switcheroo;

McCartney Sings 'Michelle' For First Lady (inc. video); Beatle

Paul McCartney plays White House, performs 'Michelle' for First

Lady; Gershwin Prize event at White House: A really big night

for Sir Paul McCartney; McCartney's stately performance; Obama

presents Sir Paul McCartney with music award (inc. video); Paul

McCartney at White House croons "Michelle" to Michelle.

Transcript, pool report, guest list (inc. video); Sir Paul Honoured

At The White House (video); Thanks, Paul McCartney, for

'Yesterday' and All That Followed

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