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Give me hope, Harrison tells medical world
By Bill Zwecker, Chicago Sun-Times
31 October, 2001
George Harrison is not giving up in his tough battle with cancer.
 
McCartney's Elvis Session Highlights Sun Records Tribute
Launch.com
31 October, 2001
Among the many notable tracks on the just-released all-star collection Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy
Of Sun Records is Paul McCartney's rendition of "That's All Right," the Arthur Crudup song made famous
by Elvis Presley.
 
Beatles For Sale
Daily Record
31 October, 2001
The wooden stage on which John Lennon played the day he met Beatles band-mate Paul McCartney is
expected to fetch pounds 50,000 at auction in London next month.
 
VH1 to repeat Paul McCartney's New York concert
Ananova
30 October, 2001
VH1 is to repeat Paul McCartney's charity Concert For New York City.
 
Macca And Heather Crash Horror
Daily Record
30 October, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney and his fiancee Heather Mills were involved in a terrifying car crash just days before his
New York charity concert.
Also: Show goes on for McCartney - despite car crash
 
Four Decades of Being a Legend: Yes, Yoko Ono
By Leslie Gevirtz, Reuters
29 October, 2001
Yoko Ono, once described by her late husband John Lennon as ``the world's most famous unknown artist,''
has not allowed celebrity to distract her from four decades of creativity.
Also: Photos - 1, 2
 
Sir Paul tells of new desire for life
Ananova
27 October, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney has spoken to Saga Magazine about new love and his first album of fresh songs in
four years.
Also: Sir Paul becomes Saga star
 
The Week in Weird
RollngStone
26 October, 2001
The Olsen twins cover Weezer, Liverpudlians reject Sir Paul's veggie menu
 
In Brief: AC/DC, DMX
RollingStone
25 October, 2001
Paul McCartney's "Concert for New York" was VH1's highest-rated show ever, with nearly 16 million
viewers . . . Songs by John Lennon, the Beach Boys and Al Green will appear on United We Stand, a new
compilation to benefit the American Red Cross (news - web sites) that will be released November 20th.
 
'God Bless America' CD Debuts on Top
By Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Associated Press
24 October, 2001
More benefit albums are on the way - a double-disc set of last week's all-star Concert for New York,
featuring Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, the Who, Billy Joel and others is scheduled for release next month.
 
60 Minutes II: Paul McCartney
CBS
24 October, 2001
When Paul McCartney was in his early 20s, he wrote "Yesterday," a song about loss and sadness.
 
Campaigners call for help in stopping horse trade
Ananova
24 October, 2001
Animal welfare campaigners are asking the public for support in halting a "barbaric" export trade in horses.
 
Summit Academy Schools President Has 'Beatles' Connection
PRNewswire
24 October, 2001
Donald J. Thorne Hosts Akron Firestone High Beatles Tribute Friday, Oct. 26
 
New York Love Match
By Neal Travis, New York Post
23 October, 2001
Tired but triumphant after the weekend's spectacular concert at the Garden, Paul McCartney is said by friends
to be getting down to the pleasant task of making a baby with his fiancee, Heather Mills.
 
Lost Beatles CVs to be published
Ananova
23 October, 2001
Hand-written CVs of the original Beatles line-up are to be published.
 
Inquiry report due on ex-Beatle's attacker
Ananova
23 October, 2001
The findings of an inquiry into the care of a schizophrenic who repeatedly stabbed George Harrison are due
to be published.
Also: 'Significant NHS failings' led to attack on ex-Beatle, Beatle's attacker 'was failed'
 
NYC Benefit Applauds Spirit, Too
Associated Press
21 October, 2001
Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Elton John, Billy Joel joined other performers Saturday in a "Concert for New
York," which served as a benefit for the city while celebrating its resiliency in a time of crisis.
Also: McCartney Toasts N.Y. Heroes ; Photos: 1, 2, 3, many more
 
Macca inspired
MegaStar
20 October, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney is to unveil a song inspired by the heroism of Americans in the aftermath of the US terror
attacks.
Also: McCartney Says Faces Most Daunting Gig of His Life
 
Who's Who of Music to Sing for Sept. 11 Victims
By Jill Serjeant, Reuters
19 October, 2001
A line-up that reads like a who's who of popular music over the past 30 years comes together this weekend for
a series of marathon concerts aimed at raising millions of dollars for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks in New
York and Washington.
Also: Macca, Jacko Lead Benefit Weekend, Media Moguls Organize All-Star Benefit Concert,
McCartney Hands Out Concert Tickets at Firehouses
 
Paul Blasts Yoko And Jacko
By Richard Johnson, Page Six
19 October, 2001
Paul McCartney finally broke his long silence yesterday and explained why he has been feuding for years with
Yoko Ono and Michael Jackson.
 
Englishman In New York
Dotmusic
19 October, 2001
In the run-up to the release of Macca's new solo album, 'Driving Rain', the Beatles legend is currently on
a hectic promotional tour of the States but he still found time to pipe some exclusive footage of his visit over
to dotmusic.
 
Sight and sound
By Ted Drozdowski, Boston Phoenix
19 October, 2001
Yoko Ono at MIT and the MFA and on a new CD
 
Ex-Beatle recording again after cancer treatment
Ananova
17 October, 2001
George Harrison has returned to recording for the first time since being treated for cancer.
Also: Ex-Beatle Harrison to Release New Single
 
Drum do for ill George
By Doug Shields, The Sun
17 October, 2001
Ex-Beatle George Harrison faces being drummed out of his luxury home in Hawaii as he battles cancer.
 
Paul McCartney exclusive interview
Viva! (thanks to Carlos from Argentina)
Just as nature hates a vacuum, so commentators detest silence.
 
Featured Online - Paul McCartney
Reader's Digest (thanks to Carlos from Argentina)
He's got the magic back. In this month's Face to Face, Sir Paul opens up in an exclusive interview.
 
David Bowie Joins N.Y. Event; Grand Ole Opry Announces Benefit; Country
Concert Expands
By Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna, Allstar
16 October, 2001
David Bowie is the latest to join Paul McCartney's Concert for New York lineup on Saturday (Oct. 20) at
Madison Square Garden.
Also: VH1's all-star `Concert for New York' lineup may not do encores, MTV Canada to air
McCartney concert
 
Yoko Lets Bottoms Go Up For Vodka Firm
MaximumEdge.com
16 October, 3002
Yoko Ono has allowed a Swedish vodka firm to use famous nude pictures of her and John Lennon for an
advertising campaign.
 
Paul McCartney goes back to being a bass player
Ananova
16 October, 2001
Paul MCartney has gone back to being just a bass guitarist and singer on his new album.
Also: Paul McCartney pictured urinating on album sleeve
 
Paul McCartney endorses US air strikes
The Age
16 October, 2001
Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney today implicitly endorsed US and British air and missiles strikes against
terrorist targets in Afghanistan.
 
Ex-Beatle Harrison gets ‘Help!’ in dengue fight
By Gary T. Kubota, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
15 October, 2001
He's fought to stop neighbors from walking near his beach home and a pizza-eating, rootbeer-drinking burglar
was arrested inside his house.
Now, former Beatle George Harrison has had his privacy invaded at his estate in East Maui by other intruders
-- mosquitoes.
 
Estate of 'fifth Beatle,' bass player Stuart Sutcliffe, up for auction
Associated Press
15 October, 2001
Entertainment auction house Fleetwood Owen announced its acquisition of the estate of Stuart Sutcliffe, a bass
player sometimes called the "fifth Beatle."
 
Lennon's neuroses laid bare
By Helen Bushby, BBC
14 October, 2001
Lennon in America claims to be a warts and all account of Lennon's years in the US, between 1971 and
1980, the year he was murdered.
Also: John Lennon: Your views
 
The dragon lady
By Steve Morse, The Boston Globe
14 October, 2001
In an art exhibit and a new CD, Yoko Ono confronts her legend
 
Jagger on stage with McCartney for first time in 37 years
Ananova
14 October, 2001
Mick Jagger will appear at Paul McCartney's fundraiser in New York.
Also: Mick Dumps Jacko For Paul
 
'Imagine' by Sir Ivan Tops Its Second Billboard Chart; Thirty Years After the
Original Release, 'Imagine' Tops the Charts Once Again
PRNewswire
12 October, 2001
Tommy Boy Music recording artist, Sir Ivan, dominates the dance-music industry as "Imagine" soared to
Number 5 on the October 13th Billboard Hot Dance Breakout Club Play Chart, only weeks fter being
ranked the Number 3 top-selling song on the Billboard Hot Dance Breakout Maxi Single Sales Chart.
 
Sir Paul 'hints' at more children
BBC
12 October, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney has reportedly said he does not rule out the possibility of having children with his fiance
Heather Mills.
Also: We can work it out, says Paul
 
Yoko Opens Up on "Blueprint"
RollingStone
11 October, 2001
"'The first track can't be too long' -- that's the kind of thing John was always saying to me," Yoko Ono says
with a fond chuckle. "But I wanted to just do it. I've been noncommercial from the beginning."
 
Yoko Ono exhibits her image of man
Yomiuri Shimbun
11 October, 2001
The exhibition "Yoko Ono Vertical Memory" proved successful four years ago in Copenhagen where it first
showed.
 
Yahoo! News Photos - Reuters
Reuters
11 October, 2001
Former Beatle Paul McCartney gestures in the stands at Yankee Stadium in New York on October 11, 2001
before the start of Game 2 of the American League Division Series between the Yankees and Oakland Athletics.
Also: Yahoo! News Photos - Associated Press
 
George Martin: It's the Beatles, and More ...
By Steve James, Reuters
11 October, 2001
Everybody knows George Martin was ``The Fifth Beatle,'' the studio force behind many of the Fab Four's
memorable songs like ``Yesterday,'' ``Eleanor Rigby'' and ``A Day in the Life.''
Also: Yahoo! News Photos - Reuters
 
Lennon Letter Sells for $88,330
Reuters
10 October, 2001
An bitter letter from John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCartney about the break-up of the Beatles has been
snapped up at auction for $88,330 after it failed to sell last week.
 
Paul McCartney to Release New York Charity Single
Reuters
10 October, 2001
Former Beatle Paul McCartney said Wednesday he will release a new song worldwide to raise money for the
New York fire service, which suffered heavy losses in last month's World Trade Center attacks.
Also: Yahoo! News Photos - Reuters, Yahoo! News Photos - Associated Press
 
Driving Rain, The New Album From Paul McCartney
Business Wire
9 October, 2001
Driving Rain, the first studio album of new songs from Paul McCartney in four years, will be released by
Capitol Records on November 13th.
 
Stone Temple Pilots Remember John Lennon
Launch.com
9 October, 2001
Today (October 9) marks what would have been John Lennon's 61st birthday. In the years between his birth in
1940 and his death in 1980, Lennon became an icon not only in music but in pop culture as well.
 
Yoko: Still A Beatles Fan
By Richard Johnson, PageSix.com
9 October, 2001
Yoko Ono did too invite Paul, George and Ringo to her "Come Together" tribute to John Lennon. "We
have documentary evidence to prove this position," her lawyers contend.
 
Sir Paul Gets Back!
Dotmusic
8 October, 2001
The spontaneity of Beatles recording sessions during their glory days was the inspiration for Paul McCartney's
first new album in four years, the music legend has exclusively revealed to dotmusic.
 
Beatles' Tailor Millings Dies at 88
Associated Press
8 October, 2001
Dougie Millings, the tailor who helped create the Beatles' famous collarless suit, has died. He was 88.
 
Stella McCartney Debuts Fashions
Las Vegas Sun
8 October, 2001
Stella McCartney clearly had fun making her first collection under her own label, backed by Gucci.
Also: Fashion as Usual as McCartney Makes Solo Debut, Photos: 1, 2
 
Music labels, publishers to announce online deal
Reuters
8 October, 2001
Music publishers and recording companies are expected early this week to announce a deal for licensing of
music online, removing a hurdle that threatened to thwart industry plans to launch Web services, sources
close to the talks said on Sunday.
 
Argentine Beatles Fan Achieves More Than Imagined
By Gilbert Le Gras, Reuters
5 October, 2001
It's been a long and winding road to the Guinness Book of World Records: 34 years after Rodolfo Vazquez
received his first Fab Four album he realized his dream of having the world's largest Beatles collection.
Also: photos - 1, 2, 3
 
Moby Honored To Be Part Of Lennon Tribute
By Darren Davis, Launch.com
4 October, 2001
Moby was on hand for Come Together: A Night For John Lennon's Words & Music in New York City.
Also: Lennon's music still shines on
 
Lennon Letter Fails to Sell
Associated Press
4 October, 2001
An undated draft of an angry and revealing letter written by John Lennon to Paul and Linda McCartney after
the Beatles' 1970 split failed to sell at auction Thursday.
Also: Lennon Letter to McCartney Goes Unsold at Auction, Yahoo! News Photos - Reuters
 
Poetic Sir Paul answers national call
Ananova
4 October, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney will read his poetry on the West End stage for the first time as he performs in a verse
marathon to celebrate National Poetry Day.
More: Sir Paul McCartney and his Fiancee Heather Mills, Fight...
 
Paul McCartney Concert Update, Country Freedom Concert, & Dr. Dre's Bin Laden
Song
By Kevin Raub and Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna, Allstar
4 October, 2001
Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, Marc Anthony, and Five for Fighting are the latest additions to Paul
McCartney's star-studded benefit for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes, the Concert for New York.
Also: Paul, bring back the Beatles Even though Lennon is gone, a concert would help nation heal
 
McCartney CD Faces Net Loss
3 October, 2001
Paul McCartney stands to lose millions because his new album is already available free on the internet.
 
Live Lennon tribute in New York
BBC
2 October, 2001
Former Beatle John Lennon will be remembered on Tuesday night in a star-studded concert in New York.
Also: Televised John Lennon Tribute Honors WTC Tragedy, John Lennon Tribute Highlights Heroes,
Lennon Concert Honors Victims, Stars Honor John Lennon in Shattered NY, for photos press here and
here
 
Ono brings Lennon art to Ann Arbor
By Frank Provenzano, Detroit Free Press
2 October, 2001
Yoko Ono's thin voice is a note away from rising into a primal scream -- the type of screech that pierces her
recordings made with her late husband, former Beatle John Lennon.
 
Beatles, Britney Most Powerful Music Artists, Forbes Says
MTV
2 October, 2001
The Beatles may have been the most powerful rock band of 2001 thanks to their hits package 1, but Britney
Spears wasn't far behind, according to Forbes magazine's 100 Top Celebrities list.
 
GMTV exclusive (video)
2 October, 2001 (thanks to Carlos from Argentina)
Mary McCartney talks about breast cancer ...
 
Paul McCartney's ``From A Lover To A Friend'' Goes to Radio Week of Oct. 1
Business Wire
1 October, 2001
"From A Lover To A Friend," the first single from Paul McCartney's upcoming studio album, "Driving Rain,"
will be serviced to radio stations across the country for airplay beginning the week of Oct. 1.
Also: Macca's Vanilla nice
 
Guitarist Juber to play Red Cross benefit
Contra Costa Times
1 October, 2001
A renowned guitarist who played alongside Paul McCartney will return to Livermore on Friday for a concert
to benefit the American Red Cross September 11 Disaster Relief Fund.
 
The show must go on
The Guardian
1 October, 2001
Critics may accuse the South Bank Show of sycophancy, but as it begins its 25th series, Rupert Smith finds
Melvyn Bragg in buoyant mood
 
Lennon's Letter Tirade to Fellow Beatle Up for Sale
Reuters
1 October, 2001
Heartfelt letters from Beatle John Lennon, including a rant he fired off to Paul and Linda McCartney, are
included in a five-decade collection of pop memorabilia up for sale Thursday at auction house Christie's.
 
 
 
 
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