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Paul McCartney in Israel - 24-26 Sept, 2008
 
 
Here are links to the latest Beatles-related articles available online:
 
Benedict Cumberbatch to Star in
Beatles Manager Biopic
The Hollywood Reporter
31 October, 2012
Benedict Cumberbatch and his Sherlock
director Paul McGuigan are teaming up
for a biopic about Brian Epstein, the
iconic manager of The Beatles.
 
Teacher rang back mystery number -
and found Sir Paul McCartney on
the line
Shropshire Star
27 October, 2012
When Shropshire teacher Charlotte Slim
returned a missed call from a number she
didn’t recognise the last thing she expected
was to find herself speaking to a Beatles
legend.
Also: Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono did not
break up the Beatles; Paul McCartney's
Aston DB5 sold for £344,400
 
Yoko Ono donates to students at
Liverpool university
BBC
26 October, 2012
Yoko Ono has donated £100,000 to
help vulnerable students at Liverpool
John Moore's University (LJMU).
Also: How John Lennon's tooth is
fighting cancer at Cottingham dentist's
 
Ringo Starr And His All Starr Band -
Australian Tour 2013 (video)
YouTube
24 October, 2012
Also: Ringo Starr Adds Australian Dates
 
His two favourite ladies: Sir Paul
McCartney celebrates daughter
Beatrice's ninth birthday with
wife Nancy Shevell
By J J Anisiobi, Daily Mail
25 October, 2012
He has five children in total but clearly
hasn't grown tired of playing the doting
father to his youngest
Also:  New Music: Paul McCartney –
“The Christmas Song (Chestnuts
Roasting on an Open Fire)” (inc. audio)
 
From the archive, 23 October
1969: Reverse charge dialogues
with a Beatle by proxy
By Victor Keegan, The Guardian
23 October, 2012
A hidden message on a Beatles album
sleeve leads US fans on a magical
mystery tour - to the telephone number
of the Guardian's industrial
correspondent
Also: Sir Paul McCartney 1964 Aston
Martin DB5 Auctioned
 
John Lennon and George
McGovern: Another Side of the
1972 Campaign
By Jon Wiener, The Nation
21 October, 2012
George McGovern’s 1972 campaign
against Nixon changed many lives,
including John Lennons’s.
Also: John Lennon’s old band plays at
pub in Childs Hill; School textbook
owned by John Lennon to fetch
thousands at auction; Al Pacino to Star
in John Lennon-Themed Movie Imagine,
Co-Starring Jeremy Renner and
Julianne Moore
 
Scots percussionist paid fiver for
playing drums on Beatles' debut
single Love Me Do
By Brian McIver, Scottish Daily Record
20 October, 2012
To generations of music lovers, it’s two
minutes and 22 seconds of perfect pop
music that changed the course of rock
’n’ roll history.
 
Bangladesh to honour Bob Dylan
and George Harrison
By Dean Nelson, The Telegraph
19 October, 2012
Bob Dylan, and the late George Harrison
are among 140 'foreign friends' the
government of Bangladesh will honour on
Saturday for highlighting the plight of its
people during their war of independence
41 years ago.
 
All you need is jugaad, says John
Lennon's Indian letter
By Dipankar De Sarkar, Hindustan Times
19 October, 2012
All you need is love, sang The Beatles in
1967.
 
Artwork from The Beatles’ Sgt
Pepper Album To Be Sold
By Samantha Tse, ARTINFO UK
18 October, 2012
The only surviving artwork from The
Beatle’s influential album, “Sgt Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts Club Band”, will be on
auction at Sotheby’s alongside 17 other
works from a private collection.
 
Ringo Starr confirms two NZ shows
3 News
18 October, 2012
Ringo Starr will be bringing his All Starr
Band to New Zealand next year, playing
shows in Auckland and Christchurch.
Also: Ringo Starr To Tour The Pacific
Rim
 
Beatle backs call to stop turtle
farming in Cayman
Cayman News Service
18 October, 2012
One of the world’s most famous musicians,
Paul McCartney, has offered his public
support to the international campaign
being spearheaded by the World Society
for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) to
stop turtle farming in the Cayman Islands.
Also: Paul McCartney working with
Ethan Johns and Mark Ronson
 
Crime History: Notorious Scotland
Yard cop busts John Lennon and
Yoko Ono
By Scott McCabe, Washington Examiner
17 October, 2012
On this day, Oct. 18, in 1968, John
Lennon and Yoko Ono were arrested for
drug possession at the home they shared
in London.
 
Sir Paul McCartney's 'Live and Let
Die' Honored by BMI
Grateful Web
16 October, 2012
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the
leading global music rights organization,
presented Sir Paul McCartney with a
BMI Million-Air Award to honor over
4 million U.S. broadcast performances
of his James Bond film song, “Live and
Let Die.”
 
New London station bamboozles
visiting Beatles fans
By Peter Schwartzstein, Reuters
15 October, 2012
It has to be the most famous pedestrian
crossing in the world, immortalized by
the Beatles on the cover of their Abbey
Road album in 1969.
Also: The Magical Mystery Tour of
Newquay! Previously unseen pictures of
the Beatles at seaside resort show;
Beatles 50th Anniversary ‘Love Me Do’
Single Gets New Release Date; Comedy
actor John Clive dead at 79; Best at the
Beatle Fest
 
John Lennon's Imagine BANNED
from church funerals because it
contains the line “imagine there’s
no heaven”
The Mirror
15 October, 2012
A quarter of songs are also turned down
as “offensive” by crematoriums
 
Paul McCartney signs up for
star-studded Christmas album
By Sean Michaels, The Guardian
12 October, 2012
Sir Paul McCartney, Rufus Wainwright
and Irma Thomas are among the
contributors to a new Christmas album.
Also: Hoffman: McCartney fans don't
need scalpers
 
John Lennon's 20 Best Quotes In
Celebration Of His 72nd Birthday
The Huffington Post
9 October, 2012
October 9th is a big day for one of the first
families of music.
Also: On John Lennon's 72nd Birthday, A
Look At The Beatle's Whimsical Drawings
(IMAGES); John Lennon's Florida
Connections on His Birthday; John
Lennon's Birthday Just An Imaginary
Influence On Stocks; John Lennon's 72nd
birthday brings fans to his Hollywood star;
John Lennon's 72nd Birthday Celebrated,
His Legacy Lives On; Radio Host Chris
Carter Cuts the John Lennon Birthday
Cake; Imagine how John Lennon would
look now with computer ageing software;
How John Lennon learnt the harmonica
(video)
 
Love Them Do or Love Them Don't?
Why The Beatles are bigger than ever
By Ross McGuinness, Metro
9 October, 2012
Fifty years since the release of their first
single, The Beatles are bigger than ever.
Also: Fixing a hole - the great lost Aussie
Beatles collection; Beatles fans can take
Fab tour through U.S., England; Dark
Horse Announces THE FIFTH BEATLE
Graphic Novel & Film Adaptation; The
Fifth Beatle introduced at Comic Con,
movie in the works (video); Painting of
Beatles' penises defaced by visitors to
Museum of Liverpool
 
37 Years Ago: John Lennon’s
Deportation Order Reversed
By Dave Swanson, Ultimate Classic Rock
7 October, 2012
On Oct. 7, 1975,  New York State Supreme
Court judge Irving Kaufman reversed a
deportation order for John Lennon, allowing
him to legally remain in the United States.
Also: Paul McCartney hoping to record
unfinished John Lennon track; ‘John
Lennon Letters’ Reveal Bitterness Toward
George Martin As Well as McCartney
 
The Beatles' 'Love Me Do' anniversary
vinyl recalled after Ringo Starr mix-up
NME
6 October, 2012
EMI destroy 2012 re-release of debut single
after pressing incorrect version
Also: 1,600 Beatles fans sing classic track sets
new world record; 43 Years Ago: The Beatles’
‘Something’ Released; Teen who inspired
famous song and dated two Beatles;
“Sopranos” Creator Gets TWO Beatles
Records for New Movie; Hey Bulldog: Yale
grad teaches Beatles course
 
How the Beatles' Love Me Do began
the transformation of British music
By Philip Norman, The Guardian
4 October, 2012
In September 1962, the Beatles went into
EMI's Abbey Road studios in north London
to record their first single.
Also: Pete Best on Beatles sacking
'bombshell'  (video); The Beatles: a trigger
for a musical revolution; Famous Beatles
fans choose the band's best song; Beatles'
first single "Love Me Do" turns 50; On
Beatles 50th anniversary, recalling a
stopover at Rishikesh; 'Love Me Do' at 50:
Five fab facts about the Beatles' first single;
6 Ways to Get Your Beatles Fix on the Web;
The Beatles: A to Z; The Beatles’ First
Single ‘Love Me Do’ Turns 50; Love Me Do:
How The Beatles were set on the road to
their first major recording; Beatles' First Hit
Gets 50th Anniversary Re-Release: Here's
Why America Rejected It in 1962; Screaming
Beatles fan who had a cuppa with her idols;
The Beatles’ First Single, "Love Me Do,"
Was Released in the UK 50 Years Ago Today
 
Ringo Starr Warns Fans Against
Unauthorised Biography
Contactmusic
4 October, 2012
Beatles legend Ringo Starr has warned fans
against buying an "unauthorised" book about
his life because he is "not participating" in the
project.
 
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
By Mario Constantino, phillyBurbs.com
4 October, 2012
The Beatles began their own label, Apple, in
1967.
 
John Lennon's art work to be on
display through Tuesday, his birthday
amNY
3 October, 2012
Yoko Ono concedes that some of the
minimalist, whimsy-filled sketches and
drawings of her deceased husband John
Lennon that go on exhibit Friday remind her
of those of Pablo Picasso.
Also: Early girlfriend of John Lennon tells of
cinema meeting
 
Watch the Beatles Chow Down on Fish
and Chips
Rolling Stone
2 October, 2012
The Fab Four enjoy a silly meal in new BBC
documentary
Also: Looking back at the birth of The Beatles;
Three claims to title of 'Fifth Beatle'; Paul
McCartney's Liverpool home to feature in new
Beatles 50th anniversary documentary; Liam
Gallagher, Paul Weller and Paul McCartney
attend 'Magical Mystery Tour' premiere;
Urmston Beatles expert to appear on BBC
Radio Manchester; The Beatles must be in the
Genes
 
Drexel Hill Gallery recreates artwork
for Ringo Starr
Delaware County News Network
2 October, 2012
Last summer, while touring the U.S. with his
All-Starr band, Ringo Starr simultaneously
helped charities around the world by selling his
artwork at venues.
 
Proud father Sir Paul McCartney joins
Kate Moss in a star-studded front row
for Stella McCartney's Paris Fashion
Week show (inc. video)
By Louise Saunders, Daily Mail
1 October, 2012
His daughter is one of the UK's most successful
fashion designers, attracting an A-list crowd to
each of her shows.
Also: Paul McCartney joins Kate Moss for
daughter Stella’s runway show; Sir Paul
McCartney and Barbara Windsor bid farewell to
Beatles movie star Victor Spinetti as they attend
memorial service; Video Surfaces of Berry Gordy
And Paul McCartney On The Motown Piano
(inc. video)
 
 
 
 
 
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