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John Lennon drawings come to

Martha's Vineyard

By Brooks Robards,

Martha's Vineyard Times

31 July, 2012

The late John Lennon of The Beatles is

known primarily as a songwriter and

musician, but he was a budding artist first.

The Warwickshire grandad who

used to be in The Beatles

By Jonny Greatrex, Sunday Mercury

30 July, 2012

As a music mad 19-year-old in Liverpool

in the early 60s, Chas Newby was offered

four gigs with a little-known beat group.

Stars Congratulate Danny Boyle On

Olympic Show

Contactmusic

28 July, 2012

Ringo Starr, Bette Midler and Christina

Applegate were among the stars who

offered their congratulations to Danny

Boyle as his spectacular show opened the

Olympic Games in London on Friday night.

Coronation Street actor Geoffrey

Hughes dies aged 68

BBC

28 July, 2012

Coronation Street and Keeping up

Appearances actor Geoffrey Hughes has

died aged 68, his agent has said.

Paul McCartney, Olympics: Legend

Closes London 2012's Opening

Ceremony With 'Hey Jude'

The Huffington Post

27 July, 2012

Sir Paul McCartney was one of the many

famous faces to take the stage during the

opening ceremony of the 2012 London

Olympics.

Also: Paul McCartney Thanks Fans For

‘Great Response’ To Olympic Performance;

Paul McCartney Offers Look Inside His

Historic Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Show;

Listening to Paul McCartney rehearse is a

jaw-dropping preface to London Olympics

Hamburg, Germany, and the

Beatles’ yesterday

By Davin O’Dwyer, Washington Post

27 July, 2012

They’re just steel silhouettes, but

instantly recognizable, an iconic lineup

of four figures striking familiar poses

with their instruments.

Also: New Beatles collection is now

available on iTunes

Paul McCartney - Master of

Ceremonies (thanks, Rachel)

Shortlist Magazine

He’s Britain’s greatest musical export, a

living legend and, when the Olympics

finally arrive, the man who will say,

“Hello, World.”

Also: Sir Paul at graduation celebrations;

New deal for Paul's post-Beatles songs

George Harrison Documentary

Nominated For 6 Emmys

antiMUSIC.com

23 July, 2012

Martin Scorsese's film 'George Harrison:

Living In The Material World' has earned

6 nominations for the 2012 Emmy Awards.

The Boss is silenced! Bruce

Springsteen's microphone cut off as

he breaks curfew at Hard Rock

Calling with Paul McCartney

Daily Mail

15 July, 2012

Bruce Springsteen’s microphone was cut

off at the end of his headlining slot at Hard

Rock Calling on Saturday night when he

broke the sound curfew.

Also: Paul McCartney plays two songs with

Bruce Springsteen at the Hard Rock

Calling Festival in London on Saturday

(inc. video)

Yoko Ono And Sean Lennon Perform

Anti-Fracking Protest Song On Fallon

(inc. video)

Gothamist

14 July, 2012

Last night, Yoko Ono and son Sean

Lennon took to the Late Night With Jimmy

Fallon stage to announce the launch of

Artists Against Fracking, a collective of

musicians and other celebrities like Joseph

Gordon-Levitt and Leonardo DiCaprio who

are lobbying against fracking in New York

State.

Watch New Grammy Awards

Documentary Featuring Paul

McCartney and Bruce Springsteen

Online Now

WFJA Classic Hits and Oldies 105.5 FM

12 July, 2012

The new documentary focusing on how the

sudden death of Whitney Houston affected

this year’s Grammy Awards is streaming

now for free online.

Ringo Starr turns 72 in Nashville with

peace, love

Associated Press

7 July, 2012

The 1960s mop top is gone, but Ringo Starr

is still flashing a peace sign.

Also: Ringo Starr on peace, love and turning

72 (inc. video); Ringo Starr marks his

birthday with 'peace and love' (inc. video);

Culture et Vous : Ringo Starr, Adele et

Angelina Jolie (video); Ringo Starr Turns

72 in Nashville (video)

Sir Paul McCartney Reveals More

About His Video Game Project

By Carol Pinchefsky, Forbes

7 July, 2012

As I wrote back in January, Paul McCartney

—actually, that’s Sir Paul to you—told

German magazine Zeit that he was writing

music for a video game…and then he said

nothing else.

Also: Paul McCartney writing music with

Bungie; Sir Paul McCartney Supports Be

Cruelty-Free Campaign In NZ; Sir Paul

McCartney Premieres NOVA at Rock for

the Heart's 'Heart Strings' in Pittsburgh, 9/7

It was 55 years ago today ... that John

Lennon and Paul McCartney met for

the first time

By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, msnbc.com

6 July, 2012

Friendships come, friendships go.

Happy birthday, Ringo Starr!

By Dave Paulson, The Tennessean

6 July, 2012

Nashville may be an ocean away from

Liverpool, but in our estimation, few places

on Earth could make Ringo Starr feel at

home on his birthday quite like Music City.

Also: Why Ringo Starr isn't marking

50-year Beatles milestone; Happy birthday,

Ringo Starr, and merci beaucoup from

Nashville; Meet Ringo Starr And Help The

David Lynch Foundation; Ringo Starr

explores pop art (video); Happy Birthday,

Ringo Starr! Here Are 12 Reasons To Show

Ringo Respect; 30 quotes from Ringo Starr

for his 72nd birthday

New Beatles Photos Published

Contactmusic

3 July, 2012

Unpublished photographs of The Beatles at

work in a recording studio at the height of

their fame are to be revealed in a new book.

Also: Why the Fab Four still rule; A Hard

Day’s Night by numbers: The Beatles

decoded

UK Songwriter Pen’s ‘America’ With

A Little Help From Sir Paul

McCartney

Webwire

3 July, 2012

Exciting new talent Natalie McCool who

refers to her music as ‘dark panoramic indie’

writes a song called ‘America’ with a little

help from music legend Sir Paul McCartney.

Beatles Producer George Martin

Documentary to be Released on DVD

By Dave Lifton, Ultimate Classic Rock

2 July, 2012

In 2011, Sir George Martin, who signed the

Beatles to his Parlophone label and produced

all but one of their albums, was the subject of

a BBC documentary, ‘Produced by George

Martin.’ The film will be released on DVD,

Blu-ray and digital formats on Sept. 11, 2012.

The Rock’s Backpages Flashback: In

Defense of Yoko Ono in 1974

Rock's Backpages

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Tidying through my

papers some days ago I found, at last, an

interview I did with Yoko Ono at home in

New York in 1974.

Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney will

end the Olympics opening ceremony

with Hey Jude and he'll ask the

stadium's 60,000 spectators to join

him for a sing-along

By Ian Garland. Daily Mail

1 July, 2012

Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney will close

out the Olympics Games opening ceremony

with a performance of Hey Jude - and he'll ask

the stadium's 60,000 spectators to sing along

with him.

Also: McCartney and Co, 270 years young:

Rock gods out in force to celebrate pop art

pioneer's 80th birthday; Paul Mccartney 'Lost

It' When Performed With Brian Wilson

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