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New Lennon Reissues, Celebration for 70th

Birthday

By David Browne, RollingStone.com

31 August, 2010

The celebrations for what would have been John

Lennon’s 70th birthday, on October 9th of this

year, have begun to take shape.

Also: Yoko Ono’s amazing guestlist; Give Peace

a Chance rally at Lincoln Memorial; Yoko Ono,

what a shame

‘Raga: A Film Journey Into the Soul Of

India’ Out on DVD in October

Lime Wire

30 August, 2010

It was in 1965 that one of the most famous rock ‘n’

roll icons in history discovered traditional Indian

music.

This Day in Music Spotlight: The Beatles at

Candlestick

By Michael Wright, Gibson

29 August, 2010

Of the 25,000 people in attendance at The Beatles’

1966 concert at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park,

only six knew that this would be the band’s final show:

John, Paul, George, Ringo, the band’s road manager,

Neil Aspinall, and their assistant road manager, Mal

Evans.

Also: Hamburg plans Beatles tribute; Beatles

Downloads Offered on New Site Zaptunes

The Jim Keltner Fan Club

By David Bowling, Blogcritics.org

29 August, 2010

I have reviewed hundreds of albums from the sixties

through the nineties and one name that pops up with

regularity is session drummer Jim Keltner.

Also: Alan White will rock Newcastle Days with his

band, White

Paul McCartney: 'My fans say my music

heals them'

CNN (thanks Yardena)

26 August, 2010

Paul McCartney, by some accounts the most

successful songwriter of all time, has told CNN that

his fans say his music appears to have a healing

quality about it.

Also: Paul McCartney to NASA: Stop Monkeying

Around!; Paul McCartney's Memory Lapses; Money

CAN buy me love: Girlfriend Nancy's in for a treat

as Paul McCartney raids Tiffany's (then moves on to

a lingerie store); Proposal witnessed by 19,000

people ... and a former Beatle; Paul McCartney:

Shirley Bassey was tipped for 007 theme

Yoko Ono Plans Iceland Ceremony for

Lennon's Birthday

By Courtney Baldasare, Billboard

26 August, 2010

In remembrance of what would have been John

Lennon's 70th birthday, Yoko Ono is planning a series

of peace-promoting events in Iceland on Oct. 9.

Also: John Lennon's loo fetches £9,500 at auction for

Beatles fans

Astrid Kirchherr talks about The Beatles and

why she gave up photography as she launches

her new exhibition in Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

25 August, 2010

Astrid Kirchherr gave up photography because she

was tired of being "the Beatles photographer".

Also: Rolling Stone's top 10 Beatles songs of all time;

Russian monks in Beatles tribute at Liverpool cathedral;

The movies that turned The Beatles from pop stars to

matinee idols

Save Madryn Street campaign launched by

Liverpool Beatles experts

By Tony McConville, Click Liverpool

24 August, 2010

Beatles experts and fans in Liverpool are uniting to

launch a campaign to halt plans to demolish the

birthplace of the Fab Four's drummer Ringo Starr.

Also: Street battle over bid to save former Beatle Ringo

Starr’s Liverpool home launched by lookalike (VIDEO);

'Save Ringo's Home' campaign drums-up support in

Liverpool

Unseen Beatles pictures found in photographer's

attic

BBC

23 August, 2010

Recently discovered photographs of The Beatles before

Beatlemania took over will go on display at Liverpool's

Beatle Story.

Also: Beatles director Richard Lester donates archives

to BFI; BACKSTAGE RIDER: Hall of Fame

Paul McCartney doesn't drink water on stage

ANI

23 August, 2010

Legendary rocker Paul McCartney has said that he will

never drink water on stage.

Also: Exclusive Macca Interview!

Lennon's toilet in Liverpool Beatles auction

BBC

22 August, 2010

John Lennon's toilet and one of his rarest albums are

to be auctioned at Liverpool Institute for the Performing

Arts.

Also: Unseen John Lennon picture shown at

Leamington gallery

Sir Paul McCartney sang on phone to ex-US

President Bill Clinton for his birthday

By Tom Bryant, The Mirror

21 August, 2010

Sir Paul calls Clinton to sing him 'When I'm 64'

Also: McCartney Plays 2nd Concert At New Arena

Tonight (inc. video); Paul McCartney Wraps 'Up and

Coming' Tour in Pittsburgh; McCartney And …

Penguins!;Video: Paul McCartney Talks Gibson Les

Pauls (inc. video); Guitarist feels blessed to be making

music, touring with McCartney (inc. video); My tears for

John Lennon, by Sir Paul McCartney; Concert Review:

Paul McCartney at the Wachovia Center, Philadelphia,

PA, 8/14/10

Beatles made big impression in Atlanta

By Ed Turner, The Augusta Chronicle

18 August, 2010

On Aug. 18, 1965, The Beatles made their only

appearance ever as a group in Atlanta Stadium.

Also: Germany celebrates The Beatles' first visit (video);

Peter Bests Come Together over election; Rare Beatles

Photos to be Unveiled; Woman keeps 1965 Beatles concert

tickets

My interview with Denny Laine (inc. audio)

MOG

18 August, 2010

The Fest for Beatles Fans this year was beyond incredible.

Ringo Starr's Liverpool birthplace in new threat

BBC

17 August, 2010

The threat of demolition is once again hanging over the

Liverpool birthplace of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.

Also: Ringo Starr's birthplace faces the bulldozers;

Emperor Rosko bids to save Beatle Ringo's Liverpool home;

Pamela Anderson joins campaign to save Ringo Starr’s

Toxteth home from demolition

Liverpool's Paul McCartney releases video footage

of White House meeting with President Obama

(inc. video)

By Adam Faulkner, Click Liverpool

17 August, 2010

Liverpool's Paul McCartney has released exclusive footage

from his White House trip to receive The Gershwin Prize.

Also: Paul McCartney, Slash, Billy Gibbons among

Artists on Les Paul TV Tribute; Beatle fan gets

McCartney signature tattooed on back after being called

on stage; Forever, Signed Sir Paul McCartney (inc. audio);

McCartney Fan Turns Autograph Into Tattoo (inc. video);

Paul McCartney at the Consol Energy Center; McCartney

christens Consol with high-energy show; McCartney

wings his way to rocking open for arena; Paul Mccartney

Said To Be Adding Six Fall Dates To 'up And Coming

Tour'

Fifty years since the Beatles went to Hamburg

(gallery)

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

16 August, 2010

It?s 50 years since the Beatles made their first

appearance in Hamburg.

Also: It was fifty years ago today...; The Beatles in

Hamburg: 50 years on from the band's first concert (inc.

video); From the Apple vaults; Orig Beatles drummer

here soon

Words Of Wisdom In Newly-Doscovered John

Lennon Letter

By Marion McMullen, Coventry Telegraph

16 August, 2010

A folk singer who once complained that success and wealth

could ruin his songwriting has revealed a letter John

Lennon sent him to calm his fears.

Youthful Sir Paul offers a fond - and familiar -

show

Philadelphia Inquirer

15 August, 2010

When Paul McCartney first sang “Two Of Us“ with John

Lennon on the Beatles’ 1970 album Let It Be, the lyric to

the song’s bridge seemed to pertain to an unsurpassed

songwriting partnership that was about to come to an end:

“You and I have memories longer than the road that

stretches out ahead.“

Also: Montrealers ready for Beatlemania 2010 (inc. videos);

Paul McCartney à Montréal (video); Sir Paul soulève le

Centre Bell (inc. video); Paul McCartney triumphant (inc.

video); Local girl hugs a Beatle (and here is the video);

McCartney honours body of work; McCartney to open

Pittsburgh's new arena this week; Paul McCartney: He’s

Mine…You Can’t Have Him!; Paul McCartney in Concert

at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia pictures

This Day in Music Spotlight: The Beatles Hit #1

with a Bullet

By Michael Wright, Gibson

13 August, 2010

The Beatles’ recorded output remains staggering to this day.

Also: Hometown of the Beatles celebrates 50th anniversary;

Something to Declare: Hamburg; Leicester fares war;

Serbia; Buenos Aires; The Paul Bearers; All our loving

I can know the way to heaven: Harrison + Shankar

By David Burger, The Salt Lake Tribune

13 August, 2010

On October 19, there will be a release of a limited-edition

deluxe box set titled "RAVI SHANKAR GEORGE

HARRISON COLLABORATIONS," not coincidentally

released on the sitar master's 90th birthday.

Also: While my sitar gently weeps

In Pictures: Ringo Starr in Los Angeles, CA

By Hali McGrath, SoundSpike

12 August, 2010

Liverpool native Ringo Starr -- born Richard Starkey --

made history with a little band called The Beatles nearly a

half-century ago.

Also: Vote for the best show at CMAC this year

The magical mystery tour of Yoko Ono

By John Doyle, Globe and Mail

11 August, 2010

We’re going to be hearing a lot about John Lennon this year.

Also: Rare John Lennon pictures by Rugby photographer go

on show at Leamington

Ageless Paul McCartney charms crowd with

inspirational performance

By Nick Krewen, Toronto Star

9 August, 2010

Baby, we’re amazed!

Also: Paris-Port Dover Pipe Band plays in concert with Paul

McCartney at ACC; Fab doesn’t even begin to cover it; Paul

McCartney: still not dead; Sir Paul wows 'em at the ACC; Paul

McCartney: Snapshots of a musical life; Pop icon McCartney

opening new arena; Music fan describes the night he met two

legendary Pauls

Rolling Stones to battle The Beatles for 2012 Olympics

gig

Economic Times

8 August, 2010

'The Beatles' legend Paul McCartney and rockers 'The Rolling

Stones' are battling it out to headline the opening ceremony of

the 2012 Olympics.

Also: When The Beatles grooved Bollywood; Beatle History For

Sale; Maclaren Yellow Submarine Stroller: The New Beatle

Buggy; Timeline - Beatles; Today in history...John Lennon

apologizes for saying The Beatles were "bigger than Jesus"

Ringo & All Stars nothing but fun at the Greek

By Ben Wener, The Orange County Register

8 August, 2010

It’s never going to happen, I realize, so I should stop wishing

for it.

Paul McCartney keeping himself gleefully busy

By Ashante Infantry, Toronto Star

6 August, 2010

Billionaire performer mulls appearance on Fox hit, works on

new compositions, returns Sunday to Air Canada Centre

Also: Interview: Paul McCartney heads to Canada (inc. audio);

Live-tweeting Paul McCartney

Don't miss your chance to buy John Lennon's pump

organ - for just $12,000

Paul Fraser Collectibles

5 August, 2010

While Bonhams auctions Lennon's $240,000 Abbey Road

piano, this US sale could prove a bargain

Also: John Lennon remembered in PBS special; Unheard John

Lennon Dedication on Re-Mastered Double Fantasy; John

Lennon’s Recording Engineer Has Heart But Needs One;

Beatles and iTunes Deal Still at Impasse -- Yoko Ono; TCA

Press Tour: Yoko Ono promises that we don't know everything

about John Lennon...yet; Yoko Ono Discusses New John

Lennon Documentary; Yoko Ono gets tearful at presser

Ringo Starr still shines

By Paul Freeman, San Jose Mercury News

5 August, 2010

Ringo Starr, the sad-eyed former mop-top with the infectious

grin and solid beat turned 70 on July 7.

Also: In review: Ringo is an all-Starr in Rancho Mirage;

Officials Won't Let It Be For Ringo Starr; Ringo brings his

All Starr Band to Humphrey’s; Ringo and fellow ‘Starrs' rock

the house

Press release

PRNewswire

5 August, 2010

'Come and Get It: The Best Of Apple Records' First

Commercial Multi-Artist Compilation In Apple's History Set

For Release On October 26th, 2010

Photos of Beatles’ legendary Abergavenny gig up for

auction

By Darren Devine, Western Mail

3 August, 2010

They arrived with their mop tops and suits followed by hordes

of screaming teenage girls who accompanied them everywhere.

Also: Reading woman's Beatles memorabilia goes to auction;

Unseen Beatles pictures and memorabilia fetch £13,000

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