Paul McCartney in Israel - 24-26 Sept, 2008
 
 
Here are links to the latest Beatles-related articles available online:
 
Gilt by association
By Jon Ferguson, Lancaster Online
29 April, 2011
For a time in the 1960s, Peter Asher had the coolest
bosses in the world: John Lennon, Paul McCartney,
George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
 
In anticipation of an exhibit of John
Lennon's art, Yoko Ono speaks to the Scene
By Laura Hutson, Nashville Scene
28 April, 2011
Yoko Ono has been an avant-garde musician, a
pioneer of performance and conceptual art, a global
autism ambassador and a human rights activist.
Also: Lennon studio microphones for sale; Yoko Ono
brings John Lennon’s art and message to Franklin
with ‘Come Together’ exhibit; John Lennon Exhibit
Detractors Claim Fraud; Yoko Ono Auctions a Stroll
With Her Through Strawberry Fields
 
Paul, Ringo, Yoko and Olivia to attend
anniversary of Love
By Robin Leach, Las Vegas Weekly
28 April, 2011
Music legends Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
will reunite with Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, the
widows of the late Beatles John Lennon and George
Harrison, respectively, in a return visit to Las Vegas.
 
Buddy Holly Tribute to Feature Paul
McCartney, Lou Reed and Cee Lo Green
By Jason MacNeil, Spinner
28 April, 2011
Paul McCartney, My Morning Jacket, Lou Reed and
Cee Lo Green are just some of the big names
appearing on 'Rave On Buddy Holly,' a 19-song
tribute album to the late musician being released June
28 through Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group.
Also: Paul McCartney, Fionna Apple, My Morning
Jacket guest on Buddy Holly tribute
 
Beatles for sale John's mic and Ringo's coffee
maker go under hammer
By Germaine Arnold, London Evening Standard
27 April, 2011
Equipment used by John Lennon in the studio where
he recorded Imagine is to be sold at auction.
Also: Beatles Pete Best and Stuart Sutcliffe may be
immortalised in Liverpool street names, council
decides; Beatles memories recorded; Hong Kong
History: The Beatles 1966; Beatles producer recalls
years with the band
 
Paul McCartney to reissue 'McCartney' and
'McCartney II' albums
NME
27 April, 2011
Records to get mammoth re-issue treatment
 
Ringo Starr writing autobiographical album
about Liverpool
NME
27 April, 2011
Ringo Starr writing autobiographical album about
Liverpool.
 
Snap Galleries Exhibition Reveals Unidentified
Characters in Beatles Abbey Road Session
Art Daily
26 April, 2011
Frame 4: The girl in the purple top on the left is on the
move.
 
When I'm 85! Still grooving, the man who
'invented The Beatles'
By Daniel Finkelstein, Irish Independent
25 April, 2011
'I found it rather absurd that I was inducted into the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
Also: George Martin: what they said
 
Pete Best returns this summer with Best Fest 3
By Leanne Durr, Click Liverpool
25 April, 2011
Best Fest is back this year, this being the 3rd year of
the Beatlemania inspired festival.
 
Seth Swirsky’s ‘Beatles Stories’ an Epic Unto
Itself (inc. video)
By Christian Toto, Big Hollywood
22 April, 2011
An e-mail exchange with John Lennon’s ex-lover May
Pang set Seth Swirsky on a crash course in
documentary filmmaking.
 
Hello, Goodbye: Paul McCartney gets flighty
as he bids girlfriend Nancy Shevell farewell at
airport
By Chris Johnson, Daily Mail
21 April, 2011
Sir Paul McCartney puts on an affectionate display as
he says goodbye to his girlfriend Nancy Shevell today.
Also: Remembering Linda McCartney’s Best Songs;
McCartney revisited – 6: Lazy dynamite
 
George Harrison Tribute Concert Available
on iTunes
By Jeanette Torres, ABC News Radio
20 April, 2011
The 2002 George Harrison tribute concert, Concert for
George, which featured artists including Eric Clapton,
Paul McCartney, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,
Billy Preston, George's son Dhani and others, is now
available for purchase on iTunes.
 
Handwritten 'Lucy in the Sky' lyrics being
auctioned (video)
BBC
20 April, 2011
Handwritten lyrics to 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'
and sketches by John Lennon, and the car from the film
'Chitty Bang Bang' are amongst items being auctioned
in the US.
 
Minister Steps In To Save Ringo's Old Home
Sky News
20 April, 2011
The Government has stepped in to temporarily save the
house where Ringo Starr began his
life in Liverpool.
Also: Let it be: Ringo Starr's home saved from the
bulldozers as Government blocks demolition at the 11th
hour
 
I mocked the Beatles, and then they saved me
By Jeremiah Horrigan, Salon
20 April, 2011
Generations ago, I dismissed them as fluff, but lying in
a hospital bed, I understood why those girls were so
moved
 
John Lennon and Paul McCartney ancestors
revealed as Liverpool Records Office documents
go online
By Alan Weston, Liverpool Daily Post
20 April, 2011
John Lennon and Paul McCartney made history with
their many famous records.
 
George Harrison and the Taxman
By David Yearsley, CounterPunch
18 April, 2011
For me it is life and taxes that are inseparable: I was
born on April 15.
 
McCartney picks top Linda photos
The Press Association
18 April, 2011
Paul McCartney has picked some of his favourite
photographs taken by his late wife Linda for a new book.
Also: McCartney revisited – 5: Hi Hi Higher; Paul
McCartney’s festival tear-up (inc. video)
 
Man who said no to destroyers of Beatles'
heritage
By Ted Jeory, The Sunday Express
17 April, 2011
A softly spoken 58 year old is the unlikely hero of a
billion Beatles fans after giving what could be crucial
help in the fight to save Ringo Starr’s birthplace from
the demolition squad.
Also: Eric Pickles refuses to intervene in Liverpool’s
Welsh Streets demolition row; Liverpool Council
approves demolition of Beatle's home; Ringo Starr's
Madryn Street home demolition plans approved (inc.
video)
 
John Lennon letter to the McCartneys
about Beatles split up for auction
By Jon Swaine, The Telegraph
17 April, 2011
A letter from John Lennon to Paul and Linda
McCartney, laying bare the severity of their
falling out after the split of The Beatles, is
expected to fetch up to £40,000 at an auction in
the US next month.
 
George Harrison amplifier set to go on
show at Beatles Story in Liverpool
By Rob Pattinson, Liverpool Daily Post
15 April, 2011
Beatles experts are appealing for help in verifying
the authenticity of an amplifier apparently used on
the iconic Revolver album.
Also: John Lennon's 'Lucy in the Sky' lyrics up
for auction; Beatles and Jacko spied on by FBI;
'Breakfast With the Beatles' host Chris Carter hits
500th show on Sunday; £150K for Paul
McCartney's Yesterday piano
 
Paul McCartney’s Rio Show Sells Out in
One Hour
Hispanically Speaking News
14 April, 2011
This morning, after one hour of being open to online
buyers, the website selling the tickets informed the
45,000 seats had been purchased.
Also: Paul McCartney Announces First U.S. Show
of 2011 in Vegas; Coachella Kicks Off, Paul
McCartney Drops By
 
“Beatles Stories” doc makes north
American debut
Hollywood Outbreak
12 April, 2011
Think you know everything there is to know about
the Beatles?
 
Abrams to Publish George Harrison Book
Publishers Weekly
11 April, 2011
Abrams has bought the U.S. rights to George
Harrison’s widow, Olivia Harrison’s book about
her late husband.
Also: Abrams To Publish Illustrated Life Of
George Harrison To Coincide With Martin
Scorsese Documentary
 
Macca son’s finds lyrical Cure
The Sun
11 April, 2011
Paul McCartney has hooked up his son James
with The Cure in a dream collaboration for the lad.
Also: More than 30,000 tickets sold for Paul
McCartney Lima concert
 
Yoko Ono on Japan's Devastation, Dating
and Discovering John Lennon's Genius
By Jonathan Dekel, Spinner
11 April, 2011
Yoko Ono is in the midst of a critical and
popular comeback at the age of 78
 
This Day in Music Spotlight: The Tragic,
Painful Death of a ‘Beetle’
By Andrew Vaughan, Gibson
10 April, 2011
Stuart Sutcliffe, the so-called “Fifth Beatle” –
or perhaps the “First Beetle,” since it was he
who named them The Beetles – died at just 21
years of age, on this very day, in 1962.
Also: The Beatles' first contract expected to
fetch £50,000
 
Over 20,000 tickets sold for Paul
McCartney concert
Andina
8 April, 2011
In the first two days of pre-sale have been sold
out 20,000 tickets, almost the first half of the
tickets to the mega concert of the Former
Beatle Paul McCartney on May 9th at Lima’s
Monumental Stadium.
Also: All You Need Is Love, but US$2,250
would help; Paul McCartney headed back to
South America
 
The Real Story Behind the Beatles' Last
Days
By David Browne, RollingStone
8 April, 2011
Sunday marks an anniversary most Beatles fans
would rather forget: the day in 1970 when Paul
McCartney announced to the world that the
Beatles were essentially over.
 
A new twist on The Beatles
By John W. Barry, Poughkeepsie Journal
8 April, 2011
Often relegated to newsreel footage and stories
from grandmothers and grandfathers, World
War II and its aftermath were palpable for
Laurence Juber.
 
Yoko Ono's Publishing Company Blocks
Stephen Harper's "Imagine" Video On
Youtube
By Aaron Brophy, CHARTattack
6 April, 2011
Lenono Music, the publishing company behind
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's music, have had
a video of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen
Harper performing Lennon's peace anthem
"Imagine" with a 10-year-old girl pulled from
Youtube for copyright violations.
Also: Between her Head and the Sky – Yoko
Ono Interviewed; John Lennon's Letters To Be
Published; Yoko Ono Charity Has Built 90
Schools And Counting; Yoko Ono Talks To
WAAF, WMJI Via Guest Services (inc. audio)
 
The day Beatlemania hit Vancouver
By John Mackie, Vancouver Sun
6 April, 2011
At the height of Beatlemania, 70 million people
watched the Beatles perform on the Ed Sullivan
Show.
Also: Story of the Song: Across the Universe by
The Beatles in 1968 and Beady Eye in 2011
 
Paul McCartney: “I’m happy to perform
in Peru, hope to see you soon”
Andina
5 April, 2011
It’s official. Legendary rock icon and ex-Beatles
member Paul McCartney will play his first-ever
concert in Peru on May 9 at Lima’s Monumental
Stadium, as part of his Up and Coming tour.
Also: Paul McCartney Compiles Linda
McCartney Photography Book; Paul McCartney
is “really excited” to perform in Peru; Sir Paul
Promises to Rock Peru (VIDEO); Paul McCartney
plays Chile
 
April 4, 1964: The Beatles Make Hot 100
History
By Gary Trust, Billboard
4 April, 2011
On the Billboard Hot 100 dated 47 years ago
today - April 4, 1964 - the Beatles made history
as the only act ever to monopolize the chart's top
five positions.
Also: Kurt Adler signs The Beatles
 
 
 
 
 
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