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Here are links to the latest Beatles-related articles available online:
 
Jude Law in line to play Epstein
Ananova
28 February, 2001
Jude Law has been approached to play the manager of The Beatles.
 
George Harrison Promotes Old Album
By David Bauder, Associated Press
28 February, 2001
Don't ever count the Fabs out.
It's a lesson that bears repeating, as George Harrison patiently waits for a computer system
that he's overwhelmed to come back to life.
 
Sir George Martin soundtracks online aviation conference
Ananova
27 February, 2001
Sir George Martin has composed a soundtrack for a new internet-based conference.
 
Lennon's piano up for sale
BBC
26 February, 2001
A piano that once belonged to ex-Beatle John Lennon is expected to sell for £1m ($1.45m)
when it is auctioned in March.
 
Tattle Tales: ABC spreads its wings with look at post-Beatles Paul
McCartney
By Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Thanks to Jeff Boswell)
25 February, 2001
JUST WING IT: The old joke started out as, "Mommy, is it true Paul McCartney was in a band
before Wings?" Then it turned into, "Grandma, is it true Paul McCartney was once in a band?"
 
Show of Beatles impersonations close enough for rock ’n’ roll
By John Berger, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
24 February, 2001
"You passed the audition," someone yelled when the show was almost over. The comment,
obviously inspired by John Lennon's well-known closing words on "Get Back," seemed to sum
things up for most of the audience last night as "Get Back!" opened for four performances this
weekend in the Hawaii Theatre.
Also: ‘Get Back!’ to Honolulu
 
Rolling Stone gathers a Beatle
Ananova
23 February, 2001
George Harrison is to appear on the forthcoming fourth album by Bill Wyman & The Rhythm
Kings.
Also: George Harrison Guests On Bill Wyman Album
 
George Harrison Triumphs In Mojo4music Poll!
Mojo
22 February, 2001
Ringo's Rotogravure Didn't Do Badly Either...
 
Beatles 1 Certified Diamond!
ChartAttack
22 February, 2001
Six copies of the Beatles' 1 were sold every second around the world last month.
 
McCartney, Sinead, Robbie On Dury Tribute Album
By Paul Sexton, Billboard
22 February, 2001
Paul McCartney is among a star-heavy list of contributors to "Brand New Boots And Panties,"
the long-promised tribute to beloved U.K. rock icon Ian Dury, who died of cancer last March.
 
John Lennon's Piano Goes Under The Hammer
Music 365
22 February, 2001
A Dakota Steinway piano owned by John Lennon is up for auction at the Hard Rock Cafe
in London on March 27.
 
Lennon and McCartney musical to bring Beatlemania to West End
Ananova
22 February, 2001
A new musical based on the music of John Lennon and Paul McCartney is heading for the
West End.
Also: Beatles' Love Heads Trio of Classic Pop Musicals in London
 
Soundbites: Beatles Promoter Getting Back in the Game
By Gary Graff, Reuters
16 February, 2001
Sid Bernstein made an international name for himself in 1964, when he presented the Beatles'
first concert at New York City's Carnegie Hall, and a year later when he promoted the Fab
Four's landmark show at Shea Stadium.
 
More fab four?
Worldpop
15 February, 2001
Not content with reaching No 1 in 34 countries, The remaining members of the Beatles are
planning yet more greatest hits compilation albums.
 
Paul McCartney's Wings to Fly Again TV Film & Double CD For May 2001
Business Wire (thanks to Jeff Boswell)
15 February, 2001
Paul McCartney's Wings are set to fly again and the story of the band is set to be told in both a
double CD of Wings hits and a television special that will be released worldwide in May.
Also: McCartney revelations in Wings documentary
 
Inside the Hit Factory: The Stories Behind the Making of 27 Number One
Songs
RollingStone
14 February, 2001
It's like they never left. The Beatles are again the biggest rock band in the world, just as they were
from 1962 to 1970.
 
'Fifth Beatle' says Net cheats artists
By David Lister, The Times
14 February, 2001
The livelihood of hundreds of rising British pop artists will be put at risk if consumers were
allowed to continue using the Internet to make copies of songs, Sir George Martin, the former
Beatles producer, said in Strasbourg yesterday.
 
Liam And Nicole To Split! According To Horoscope Predictions
Music365
13 February, 2001
Our sister site Future 365, have been busily working out the travails of relationships for pop stars
in this week of love and have concluded that there are troubled times ahead for Oasis' Liam
Gallagher and All Saints' Nicole Appleton.
 
Fab Four Album Worth 3000 Pounds
Daily Post
12 February, 2001
A Beatles album which had been tucked away in a cupboard for almost 40 years was priced at
more than £3,000 at a Fab Four-themed "Antiques Roadshow" in Liverpool.
 
McCartney says animals suffer to make BA's leather seats
By David Lister, Independent
12 February, 2001
Stella McCartney is challenging British Airways to remove leather seats from its first-class
cabins because of the cruelty to animals involved in the production of leather.
 
George Harrison Invades Cyberspace With Launch Of Website And First
Ever Online Chats To Talk To Fans About 30th Anniversary Release Of
All Things Must Pass
A Capitol Records press release (Word document)
12 February, 2001
Back to back online chats on Yahoo! Chat and MSN Live scheduled for Thursday, February
15th beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern/5:00 p.m. pacific
Also: George Harrison Webchat
 
Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin Added To GRAMMY Hall Of Fame
By Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna, Allstar
12 February, 2001
The Recording Academy has announced 31 new additions to its GRAMMY Hall of Fame
Awards, including recordings by the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, and others.
 
Beatles album 1 breaks another record
Ananova
12 February, 2001
The Beatles' greatest hits album 1 has notched up a new record by topping the charts in
more countries than any other release.
Also: Beatles 1 is No. 1 here, there and everywhere
 
Beatle Drive
Sunday Mirror
11 February, 2001
A White 1966 Mercedes- Benz 600 saloon bought new by ex-Beatle George Harrison is
expected to fetch up to pounds 25,000 at a Cambridgeshire auction on April 7.
 
Dylan, Beatles Shots at EMP
By Karen Bliss, Rolling Stone
10 February, 2001
The "Artist to Icon" exhibit at Seattle's Experience Music Project features forty-eight rare
photographs of Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Bob Dylan in the early stages of their careers.
 
Imagine, Art By Lennon Helps Kids
By Kelly St. John, San Francisco Chronicle
9 February, 2001
It isn't easy to be the wife - or widow - of a famous man.
 
Paul McCartney Begins Work On New Album
Sonicnet
9 February, 2001
Former Beatle recruits David Kahne, Geoff Emerick to help on LP.
 
Pensioner claims to have found unreleased Beatles song
Ananova
9 February, 2001
An unreleased Beatles song could be contained on tapes found in the bottom drawer of a
pensioner's home.
 
'Quiet Beatle' has much to say
By Mark Brown, Denver Rocky Mountain News
9 February, 2001
Gloating is never pretty, but the record-breaking sales of The Beatles' 1 album have proved
that maybe people who are over 35 just might have known what they were talking about when
it came to rock music.
 
Stylish stars
Fashion UK
8 February, 2001
What have Stella McCartney, Catherine Zeta Jones, Naomi Campbell and Jemima Khan got in
common?
 
Ravi Shankar gets CBE
Ananova
7 February, 2001
Ravi Shankar has been presented with a CBE for services to music.
 
McCartney's Wings take off again
Worldpop
6 February, 2001
The long awaited Paul McCartney and Wings anthology, Wingspan, will be released in May on
EMI Records.
 
Return Of The Macca
Dotmusic
6 February, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney is to begin working on his first album of new material since the death of his
wife, Linda McCartney, in April 1998.
 
Taking Abbey Road in a Backstreet Era
By Robert Hilburn, The Los Angeles Times (thanks to Jeff Boswell)
4 February, 2001
Surprised the Beatles outsell teen faves today? It's proof of the power of their artistic legacy.
If only a new release would focus on that, instead of hits.
 
Secret Of The Beatles' Success Is Here!
Dotmusic
2 February, 2001
George Harrison has revealed the secret of The Beatles' success to dotmusic, explaining how
they sailed an uncharted path through rock and roll's turbulent waters and became peerless
legends.
 
Hard Rock Cafe Gives Fans a Chance to Own the Beatles' Magical
Mystery Tour Bus
PRNewswire
2 February, 2001
Sweepstakes Includes a Trip to London to Attend Hard Rock's 30th Anniversary Gala
Celebration
 
A hard day's film for all times
By Jay Stone, The Ottawa Citizen
1 February, 2001
Old Beatles romp carved the path for music videos
 
Lopez Topples The Beatles
Dotmusic
1 February, 2001
Jennifer Lopez has toppled The Beatles from the top of the American charts with her album,
'J.Lo', after a triumphant eight-week reign.
 
Lucy, Eleanor and Michelle
By John Freedman, The Moscow Times
1 February, 2001
If the Kronos Quartet can switch from Franz Haydn to Jimi Hendrix, there is no reason why the
Moscow Art Theater can't replace Anton Chekhov with the Beatles.
 
 
 
 
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