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Sir Paul McCartney Sends Message Of

Support To U.K. Paralympians

Contactmusic

29 August, 2012

Sir Paul McCartney has given Team Great

Britain a big boost as they prepare to compete

in the London 2012 Paralympic Games by

sending athletes a special message of support.

Also: 1877 Steinway grand piano used in famed

Motown studio restored _ with help from Paul

McCartney; Paul McCartney Gets Back in the

Streaming Music Business. Full Solo Catalog

Expected in September, Rhapsody Says

Tuneful treat amid the vines

By Chris Macias, Sacramento Bee

29 August, 2012

Laurence Juber has played alongside the biggest

names in pop and rock music, including a lead

guitar stint in Paul McCartney's Wings.

Brent Carpenter, Videographer to the

(Ringo) Starr

By Matt Hurwitz, Studio Daily

29 August, 2012

Ringo Starr's On-Call DP Talks About

Capturing the Beatle's Rock-and-Roll Lifestyle

Yoko Ono to release 30-track remix

retrospective ONOMIX on September 18

ChicagoPride.com

28 August, 2012

Yoko Ono has long been credited with igniting

the punk-rock fire years before its official

explosion, and her work continues to be

relevant and generation-inspiring decades later.

Also: Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon speak out

about fracking (video); Paul McCartney, Ringo

Starr Among Artists Supporting Anti-Fracking

Campaign; Yoko Ono, Son Launch

Anti-Fracking Coalition (video)

2,000 sign Harrison statue petition

Henley Standard

28 August, 2012

More than 2,000 people have signed a petition

calling for a permanent memorial to the former

Beatles guitarist.

Liverpool's Mathew Street Festival

cancelled because of bank holiday bad

weather

By Jade Wright, Liverpool Daily Post

27 August, 2012

Today's Mathew Street Festival performances in

Liverpool city centre have been cancelled due to

dangerously high winds.

Also: Beatles tourism angers neighbours

Ringo Starr, Phil Collins Top List of

World’s Richest Drummers

By Dave Lifton, Ultimate Classic Rock

27 August, 2012

Drummers are the Rodney Dangerfield of rock.

Council revisits Welsh Streets

Place North West

24 August, 2012

Liverpool City Council has started consultation on

the latest plans for the controversial Welsh Streets

in Toxteth where Ringo Starr once lived and which

were scheduled for demolition under Housing

Market Renewal Initiative.

Also: First glimpse of plans for 150 new homes in

Liverpool’s Welsh Streets

Veteran of the Beatles’ sojourn in Hamburg

to participate Lennon tribute concert

By Scott Neil, The Royal Gazette

24 August, 2012

A man who starred with the Beatles shortly before

the group released their first hit record, is coming

to Bermuda to take part in next month’s John

Lennon tribute concert in the Botanical Gardens.

Also: Preview: Liverpool's Mathew Street Festival;

SLIDESHOW: The Beatles visit to Seattle

remembered and celebrated at the Edgewater Hotel

Fifty years since The Beatles were filmed by

Granada TV

ITV News

22 August, 2012

Fifty years ago today The Beatles were caught on

film by Granada Television as they performed at

The Cavern Club.

Also: The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour Coming

To DVD/Blu-Ray; Beatles at the Ridge less than

month away, Walnut Ridge preparing to “Rock

and Roll” (inc. video); Original works by Frank

Zappa and The Beatles to be offered at Philip

Weiss Auctions

Aug. 20, 1964: Beatles film rocks city

Edmonton Journal

20 August, 2012

One thousand screaming, clapping Edmonton kids

— all with the same affliction, Beatlemania —

lined up outside...

Also: 50 years to the day Ringo Starr joined The

Beatles: Jade Wright looks back; Celebrations

begin for The Beatles 50th anniversary of first

performance; Unique Beatles fan memorabilia up

for sale; Beatles in Seattle – now and in 1964;

Beatles-Themed Cruise to Launch in 2013

Paul McCartney -- All You Need Is

Lemonade

TMZ.com

20 August, 2012

Talk about a steal -- for $1 you could get a glass of

fresh lemonade or a muffin ... AND YOU GET TO

MEET PAUL MCCARTNEY!!!!!

Fifty years of The Beatles – it’s time for a

fab celebration!

Liverpool Echo

17 August, 2012

What a weekend for Liverpool and Merseyside –

and what a day for your Liverpool Echo!

Also: Yoko Ono celebrates Liverpool’s past,

present and future in artwork for the Echo; A

look back • Beatle-mania hits Busch Stadium in

1966

Paul McCartney tells jailed punks Pussy

Riot to stay strong, urges Russia to free

them

Associated Press

16 August, 2012

Paul McCartney has sent support to a Russian

punk band whose members face prison for a stunt

against President Vladimir Putin.

Also: Paul McCartney tells Russian punk band

to "stay strong"; Sir Paul McCartney supports

Pussy Riot

John Lennon DNA Infused Into

Edmonton Artist's Sculpture

Marketwire

16 August, 2012

Kirsten Zuk may be the first artist to make a

sculpture of John Lennon that literally contains a

piece of the rock icon.

Also: Lennon's tooth helps raise money for kids'

charity

Pete Best Fired From The Beatles 50 Years

Ago Today

By Cavan Sieczkowski,

The Huffington Post

16 August, 2012

On Aug. 16, 1962, Pete Best was fired from the

Beatles.

Liverpool to celebrate 50 years of the

Beatles

TravelBite.co.uk

15 August, 2012

Liverpool is set to celebrate 50 years of the

Beatles this summer, as the host of the

International Beatle Week Festival.

2012 Olympics: John Lennon's "Imagine"

all over London

CBS News

12 August, 2012

Footage of John Lennon singing "Imagine" was

shown on the big screen as a choir from his home

city of Liverpool sang onstage during Sunday's

closing ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics.

Happy 50th, Beatles!

The Japan Times

12 August, 2012

Imagine there's no Beatles.

Also: Ringo Starr: Fifty Years Later and the

Birth of the Beatles

Paul McCartney to release new live DVD

Live4ever

10 August, 2012

Paul McCartney will release the DVD ‘Live

Kisses‘, which captures the former Beatles

star’s performance...

Also: Meet the other McCartney kid; Paul twists,

shouts for Apollo; Paul McCartney on New

PETA Billboard

The Beatles walked across "Abbey Road"

43 years ago today

By Lauren Moraski, CBS News

8 August, 2012

The Beatles shot the classic "Abbey Road"

album cover 43 years ago today.

Also: Abbey Road 1969: 43 years after Beatles

John, Paul, George and Ringo crossed Abbey

Road, album cover continues to fascinate fans;

Beatles’ ‘Good Ol’ Freda’ Kelly set for fan fest

here; Fest for Beatles Fans — yeah, yeah, yeah!

John Lennon's former stockbroker

Tudor-style Surrey house listed for sale

By Jonathan Chancellor, Property Observer

8 August, 2012

Kenwood, John Lennon's former home in the

United Kingdom, where his first marriage ended,

has been listed for sale through Knight Frank for

£15 million.

Paul McCartney's 'Live Kisses' to Air on

PBS's Great Performances, 9/7

Broadway World

7 August, 2012

Paul McCartney's Live Kisses captures the

magical night of February 9 in the City of

Angels...

Wirral's new magical mystery tour of

Beatles haunts

Wirral Globe

7 August, 2012

Wirral’s connections with the Beatles are being

celebrated with the launch of a new tourist trail

in the borough.

Sir Paul McCartney leads jubilant

sing-a-long at Velodrome

Eurosport

4 August, 2012

One of the moments of the Olympic Games so

far came in the Velodrome as Team GB's

women celebrated their gold in the team pursuit.

Also: McCartney family day out: Sir Paul cheers

the British cycling team to victory with wife

Nancy and daughter Stella... and he finds time

to lead the crowd in a sing song; Paul

McCartney leads Olympic singalong at

velodrome - watch (video); Paul McCartney

Sings with Crowd at Olympics (video); Paul

McCartney presente nas Olimpíadas de Londres

(video)

Probably Fake John Lennon Sidewalk

Signature Persists on San Francisco

Corner

SF Weekly

3 August, 2012

The folks over at Uptown Almanac point our

attention to a sidewalk square that was

possibly -- but likely not -- signed by John

Lennon.

Also: Yoko Ono's Cut Piece still shocks (video);

What John and Yoko's butler saw: A surreal

account of the Lennons' live-in assistant during

the last dark days of The Beatles

A piece of The Beatles' musical history

on show in East Lancashire gallery

Lancashire Telegraph

3 August, 2012

A piece of musical history has been unveilled at

an East Lancashire gallery.

Also: Beatles fans wanted for Love Me Do

record attempt

Buy the Studio City House Where George

Harrison (Purportedly) Spent His Last

Days

Curbed LA

1 August, 2012

This listing on Laurel Canyon Boulevard in

Studio City likes to play its cards close to

the vest.

Ringo's All-Starr Band (video)

Associated Press

1 August, 2012

Ringo Starr talks about bringing a group of

celebrity musicians together for his 13th

All-Starr Band and about the contemporary

British singers who perpetuate the country's

success in the music industry.

McCartney paid just £1 to perform at

Olympics

Bang Showbiz

1 August, 2012

Sir Paul McCartney was paid just £1 to

appear at the Olympics opening ceremony.

Also: McCartney calls on Indian Government to

free 'distressed' baby elephant held in Kerala;

Paul McCartney Supports Global Tolerance

Don’t Judge Campaign; London 2012: Paul

McCartney wishes Exmouth sailors luck; Paul

McCartney enjoys basketball at Olympic Park

(video)

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