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Beatles' 'Naked' producers should have let it be

By Wayne Bledsoe, Knoxville News Sentinel

30 November, 2003

"Let It Be" has been the one album in The Beatles' canon that just didn't

quite fit - the one disc that wasn't absolutely essential.

Also: When money's involved, it's hard to 'Let It Be'; McCartney gets his

revenge with 'Naked' release; Hot & not; At last, they let it be; Better just

to Let It Be

Former Lewiston man writes book on Beatles, God

Associated Press

29 November, 2003

Ken Mansfield huddled on a cold London rooftop with Yoko Ono while

holding four lit cigarettes so guitarist George Harrison could reach over

to warm his fingers.

Album Lennon signed for killer offered for sale

Ananova

28 November, 2003

The copy of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy LP that Lennon

autographed for Mark Chapman hours before he was murdered is up for sale.

A big night with the Fab Four

By Diane McCartney, The Wichita Eagle

28 November, 2003

The Orpheum will bring back the classic Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night"

on Saturday.

Scene and Heard: Listen up, blokes . . .

By Thomas Dimopoulos, The Saratogian

28 November, 2003

The air is electric with nutty hipsterisms and the images of mohair sweaters,

stretch pants and girls in black eyeliner wrapping themselves up in alligator

coats.

Call it skimpy, not 'Naked'

By Peter Ames Carlin, The Oregonian

28 November, 2003

Early in 1969 The Beatles gathered in London to record "Get Back," an album of

new songs they intended to perform live, with none of the overdubbing or studio

manipulation they had grown to wield so expertly.

Billboard Album Reviews

Billboard

"Concert for George" does not have the feel of your standard live tribute.

Christmas Comedy: Pop Goes Yuletide, With Macca, Westlife And

Will Young In Fine Voice

Daily Record

27 November, 2003

There are musical treats for pop fans of all ages coming up this festive season.

Beatles 'never sounded better'

By Steve Bailey, The Beaches Leader

26 November, 2003

Those Beatles, they clean up really well.

Also: Why didn't they 'Let It Be?'; Naked strips much of Beatles' charm; To

'Let It Be' or to just let it alone

Glastonbury Is Go!

NME

26 November, 2003

Glastonbury festival has been given a licence - meaning the green light for

next year’s festival.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Announces Induction of George

Harrison at March 2004 Ceremony

Business Wire

26 November, 2003

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has announced that George

Harrison will be one of the seven artists honored at the Nineteenth Annual

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.

Lennon car tag could put more on plates

By Buddy Nevins, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

26 November, 2003

Imagine singer John Lennon on license plates.

Yoko’s train comes to DIA

By Melissa Giannini, Metro Times Detroit

26 November, 2003

Ono enthuses for Detroit, laments violence.

A Stella songbird (4th item)

New York Daily News

26 November, 2003

Sir Paul McCartney's fashion-designer daughter says she might give up the

rag trade for the life of a rock star.

It's yesterday once more

By Vinod Nair, Times of India

26 November, 2003

So, you weren’t lucky enough to meet John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George

Harrison and Ringo Starr?

A Street Urchin Becomes a Model, Activist--and Mrs. Paul McCartney

(inc. video)

E! Online

25 November, 2003

Call it a Cinderella story or a rags-to-riches tale.

Ringo Starr to Be Santa Tracker This Year

Associated Press

25 November, 2003

Santa Claus will be traveling to the beat of a different drum this Christmas - Ringo

Starr's.

This weeks top 75 Albums chart

dot music.com thanks to (Carlos Gonzalez Vizcaino)

The Concert for George

By Pete Croatto, filmcritic.com

In The Concert for George — a musical tribute to the late George Harrison —

Eric Clapton remarks that Harrison, a longtime friend, would not have wanted

this concert held for him.

Reconsidering Let It Be

By Hank Kalet, PopMatters

24 November, 2003

Back in college, a friend of mine loaned me a bootleg of The Beatles' "Get Back"

sessions.

Also: The Beatles Raw

A tribute to George

Daily Post

24 November, 2003

Floral tributes to mark the second anniversary of the death of George Harrison

are to be laid at the John Lennon statue in Mathew Street next Sunday.

Ricky Retro: Lennon comes 'thru' for Elton

Newark Star Ledger

24 November, 2003

John Lennon was the last of the four ex-Beatles to have a post-breakup No. 1

single in America. Even then, Elton John had to talk Lennon into it.

Famed photographer Leibovitz's passion for the subject shows in

'American Music'

By George Varga, San Diego Union Tribune

23 November, 2003

The worlds of music and photography are inextricably linked for Annie Leibovitz.

Lennon's Paintings, Doodles on Display

Associated Press

23 November, 2003

More than 100 paintings, doodles, caricatures and drawings by slain Beatle

John Lennon were on display for a three-day show, wrapping up on Sunday.

Also: Show organizer says Lennon's artwork is 'music for the eyes'

Get back to reality

By Ritchie Yorke, The Sunday Mail (Australia)

23 November, 2003

March 1970: Record producer Phil Spector, in disguise, shuffles down the

chintzy corridors of London's Dorchester Hotel.

Also: Just Who Are You to foist these endless reissues on us?; Let it be

Trust chief in Ono clash

By Laura Davis, Daily Post

22 November, 2003

A national Trust boss sparked outrage last night by claiming they should never

have taken on the childhood homes of two of the Beatles.

Take your seat for a Beatles mop-top

By By Ian Leonard, Daily Post

22 November, 2003

Fans of the Beatles can now recreate the band's famous 'mop-top' look by

sitting in the original barber's chairs used by the Fab Four.

Get Back and other setbacks

By John Robinson, The Guardian

22 November, 2003

Let It Be... Naked documents a badly misfiring Beatles project. But, says

John Robinson, the Fab Four came up with more than just one misguided idea

Not the best of times

The Boston Globe

22 November, 2003

Sometimes called the fifth Beatle, Pete Best was the band's original drummer,

backing Paul McCartney and John Lennon from Aug. 12, 1960, to Aug. 16, 1962,

when he was abruptly dismissed and replaced with Ringo Starr.

WanAbbey Road

By Victoria Newton, The Sun

22 November, 2003

Here's the Super Six paying tribute to the Fab Four.

Keepers of the fame flame

By Christopher Middleton, Telegraph

22 November, 2003

The resemblance is truly unnerving.

Classic rock art auction under way

Courier Post

21 November, 2003

Just in time for the gift-buying season is the fourth annual 102.9 WMGK

Classic Rock Art Show at The Shops at Liberty Place, 17th and Chestnut

streets, Philadelphia.

Also: 102.9 WMGK Classic Rock Art Show

The Art of John Lennon (inc. video)

WTNH

21 November, 2003

We've listened to his music for decades, and now's your chance to get submerse

yourself in John Lennon's artwork.

Lennon's "Legend" Continues

By Jenny Eliscu, Rolling Stone

21 November, 2003

Yoko Ono combed through archival footage for new DVD

Knight On The Town

Daily Record

21 November, 2003

Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Heather have taken a break from looking

after their new baby, Beatrice, to enjoy a romantic meal at a posh London

restaurant.

Harrison's 'Cheapo' Guitar Goes under Hammer for £276,000

By Vik Iyer, PA News

21 November, 2003

A “cheapo” acoustic guitar on which late Beatle George Harrison learned

to play fetched £276,000 at an auction.

Also: Harrison guitar to fetch £200,000

Lennon is Robbie's angel

By Victoria Newton, The Sun

21 November, 2003

Robbie Williams reckons that John Lennon spoke to him from beyond the grave.

Get Back

By Rip Rense, LA Weekly

21 November, 2003

Yoko Ono in an exclusive interview on the new Let It Be . . . Naked

Also: Truth behind ballad that split Beatles; Paul McCartney should have

just let it be; 'Naked' Beatles album exposes some gems, some flaws; Naked

Beatles battle pop princess Kylie; They Just Couldn't Let It Be; Beatles get

naked; Three new releases extend the Beatles' legacy; 'Let It Be' Is Back --

with No Strings; 'Let It Be'? Evidently Not, Thank Goodness; Beatles get

back to their roots; Is art ever really finished?; A great little band; Beatles

release Let it Be ... Naked; Stripped down Beatles released; The Fab Four;

rocks on; Beatles fans say "Let It Be" 1970 again; Songs still strong, what's

left of them, on Beatles rerelease; McCartney gets wish with "Naked" version

of 'Let It Be' sessions; Is 'Let It Be Naked' the album as the Beatles would have

wanted it?; 'Naked' version of `Let It Be' doesn't sound all that different; 'Let

It Be' gets back to where it started from; Words of wisdom?; Let It Be'? No

thanks, says Paul; Remixed emotions over 'Let It Be'; Historien bag "Let It

Be...Naked" (thanks to Jakob Groes); Music Review: Let It Be... Naked; Beatles'

'Naked' gets back to what it was; McCartney was wise not to Let It Be; 'Let it

Be' (with clothes on) is still better; '70 Beatles album reissued; Live and Let die;

Beatles get back 'Naked' sound on 'Let It Be'; Beatles' 'Let It Be . . . Naked'

same architecture with new paint job; Album proves mop toppers tops in pop;

The Beatles: Let It Be... Naked: Pitchfork Review; Let It Be…Naked; 'Let It Be'

recalls best of Beatles; Let It Be as it might have been; 'Let It Be ... Naked':

Paul's agenda laid bare?; photos - 1, 2, 3

Matches And Candles And Buns

oldies.about.com

The history of the Beatles' Christmastime fan club records

We love ‘em... yeah, yeah, yeah

By Preeti Raghunath, Pune Newsline (India)

20 November, 2003

When they walk in, you can’t help but look back, and give them that

wait-a-minute-what’s-that-I-see look.

Also: Tribute band Bootleg Beatles to woo Mumbai; Imagine, the Beatles;

Entertainment Photos; The Bootleg versions are here; Bootleg auditions

Harrison, Prince, Traffic Get Rock Hall Nod

By Barry A. Jeckell, Billboard (thanks, Diane)

20 November, 2003

The late George Harrison, Prince, Traffic and ZZ Top are among the 2004 Rock

and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.

Fab Four flashback

By Victoria Shouldis, Concord Monitor

20 November, 2003

You might say that John Preston gets by with a little help from his friends.

Beatles Memories: Matrix of music

Coventry News

20 November, 2003

Ann McMahon, from Dorchester Way, Coventry, was lucky enough to witness

one of the first Beatles gigs ever at the Matrix ballroom, Coventry.

Also: Beatles Memories: Concert capped meeting Paul; Beatles memories: Wave

sent crowd wild; Beatles memories: Fans drowned out band

'Imagine' his reaction to his newest career

Indianapolis Star

20 November, 2003

Songwriter, singer, artist, activist -- John Lennon was known as all of these.

But jewelry designer?

Yoko Ono To Speak About Exhibit At DIA

WDIV

19 November, 2003

Yoko Ono will talk about her artwork "Freight Train," which is now installed

on the southwest lawn of the Detroit Institute of the Arts.

Vegetarians Call for Wilkinson to Ditch Kangaroo Boots

By Graham Hiscott, The Scotsman

19 November, 2003

Animal welfare campaigners today called on rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson to

ditch the boots which helped kick England through to the World Cup final.

Lennon's Nowhere Man finds a permanent home

Reuters

19 November, 2003

John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to the song Nowhere Man were sold for

$455 000 (almost R3-million)- more than four times the expected price - at

an entertainment memorabilia sale at Christie's on Tuesday.

Also: Harrison's first guitar in selling tune

Ringo sells book of postcards from other Beatles

Associated Press

18 November, 2003

Ringo Starr's secretary kept the postcards that Paul McCartney, John Lennon

and George Harrison sent to Starr, and he's reproducing them in a book called

"Postcards from the Boys."

Beatles Memorabilia Auction on ItsOnlyRockNRoll.com

Arizona Reporter

18 November, 2003

Auction House to Offer Bidding on Rare Rock and Pop Memorabilia

Top Ten is Twelve Beatles soloing

By Hank Kalet, South Brunswick Post

18 November, 2003

A dirty dozen of solo work from the Liverpool lads.

DIA boxcar exhibit rooted in 'Fluxus' art movement

By Wendy Clem, The South End

18 November, 2003

"Let a vine grow. Water it every day.'Til the vine spreads. 'Til the vine withers.

'Til the wall vanishes."

Stella McCartney dedicates images of inspiration to support Red Cross

Daily Post

18 November, 2003

Stella McCartney is among a host of stars who have donated photographs for the

Red Cross.

Penny lame

By Dave Simpson, The Guardian

18 November, 2003

Fab four? Drab four more like.

(You can send your comments about this article to arts.editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk - Y.U)

McCartney song for Aids benefit

BBC

17 November, 2003

Sir Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Cat Stevens have joined a huge

rock event aimed at helping Africa's 30 million Aids sufferers.

Also: McCartney Sings for Mandela

It's certainly a thrill: 'Sgt. Pepper' is best album

By Edna Gundersen, USA Today

17 November, 2003

To everyone's complete lack of surprise, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

Band has been anointed the best album ever in a new Rolling Stone poll.

Also: It's Beatlemania on all-time-best rock album list; Fab Four-Ever

Baker's days with Macca

Liverpool Echo

17 November, 2003

Paddy Shennan spends an afternoon at Abbey Road studios with Geoff

Baker - Sir Paul McCartney's right-hand man for the last 14 years.

On new DVDS and a remixed CD, the Beatles get back

By Ed Siegel, Boston Globe

16 November, 2003

There are moments in all our lives that we can point to and say, "I knew my

life changed."

Also: The Beatles waited years to get Naked

Inside the Lennon Legend

The News Journal

16 November, 2003

The man's artistry echoes in artifacts

You can't beat the Beatles in the investment market

By Faith Glasgow, The Independent

15 November, 2003

Dig through your dusty vinyl collection and check out those autograph books.

Film of Ulster guitar legend is planned

Belfast Telegraph

15 November, 2003

The life and times of one of Ulster's most influential rock musicians is set

to become the subject of a major new movie.

Before Bono, were Lennon and Trudeau, Jagger and Wilson

By Tom Blackwell, National Post (Canada)

15 November, 2003

The juxtaposition can be strikingly odd, but Paul Martin is by no means

the first mainstream Canadian politician to spark a relationship with an

international rock star.

Yoko Ono's work of atonement

By Joy Hakanson Colby, Detroit News

15 November, 2003

Latest exhibit proves artist and pop-culture icon is no longer known just

as John Lennon's widow

Lennon Legend: An Illustrated Life Of John Lennon

By Graham Reid, New Zealand Herald

15 November, 2003

Had John Lennon lived, he would have turned 63 last month.

Handwritten Lennon Lyrics to Be Auctioned in NYC

Reuters

15 November, 2003

A range of entertainment industry memorabilia, including John Lennon's

handwritten lyrics for Nowhere Man, will be auctioned next week, auction

organisers said.

Musings on the Beatles and the Dead bring mixed results

By Hans Eisenbeis, Houston Chronicle

14 November, 2003

If hell's waiting room is full of women's magazines, then its library is surely

lined with trade paperbacks about rock 'n' roll -- and not just because it's

the devil's music.

Fab 4 sale on Net

By Carrie Melago, New York Daily News

14 November, 2003

All you need is dough, & computer

Festival revive espíritu de Los Beatles en Buenos Aires

Reuters

14 November, 2003

(Text in Spanish. Use the translation tools here or there)

Beatles fans await 'naked' album (inc. video)

BBC

14 November, 2003

Beatles fans are eagerly anticipating the release on Monday of a new version

of the band's final album Let It Be.

Also: Beatles' `Naked' is all dressed up in latest technology; Let It Be - Pure

And Simple (thanks, Diane); Stripped ‘Let It Be’ a welcome fix (thanks, again,

Diane); 'Let it be': A good attitude for reissued Beatles classic; McCartney calls

the tune ***; The Beatles: Let It Be... Naked; CD of the week: the Spector of

60s icons; After 35 Years, Beatles 'Let' Last Album 'Be'; Let It Be - no strings

attached;The Beatles Get Naked (inc. video)

Next week brings a triple dose of The Beatles

By Bill DeYoung, Scripps Howard News Service

14 November, 2003

On Tuesday, three Beatles-related titles will arrive in stores, carrying on -- in

different ways -- a legacy that has attached itself to numerous generations.

Larry Kane's 'Ticket to Ride' with the Beatles

By Susan Van Dongen , TimeOFF

14 November, 2003

When newsman Larry Kane got the assignment to follow the Beatles around

the country on their first American tour, he grumbled.

'Ed Sullivan Presents The Beatles'

By Ted Mahar, Oregonian

14 November, 2003

The shows: It was 40 years ago next February that Ed Sullivan introduced

The Beatles to America -- to Americans over 30, anyway.

XM Satellite Radio November Program Exclusives Include Premiere

of New Nelson Mandela Tribute CD, Pearl Jam Live Special, Moody

Blues Acoustic Concert & Revealing Tom Jones Interview

PRNewswire

14 November, 2003

XM is transforming radio, an industry that has seen little technological change

since FM, almost 40 years ago.

Schoolboys set to rock Cavern

BBC

14 November, 2003

A group of Scottish teenagers is set to become the youngest ever band to play

at The Cavern in Liverpool.

George Harrison's sister appears at Beatles exhibit in Bonita Springs

By Jeremy Cox, Naples Daily News

14 November, 2003

Louise Harrison takes seriously her role as the matriarch of a global musical

community. Being the sister of a Beatle, she has long known, is a full-time job.

Drum Workaholic

Drums & percussion

(Text in German. Use the translation tools here or there)

McCartney's Baby Bash

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in your browser's edit menu)

KIIS Radio

13 November, 2003

New parents Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills celebrated the birth of their

baby daughter Beatrice with a party at their London home - just a day after Heather

left hospital.

John, Paul, George, Ringo - und Klaus

Berliner Morgenpost

13 November, 2003

(Text in German. Use the translation tools here or there)

Don Scardino Imagines The Man and His Times with Broadway-Bound

The Lennon Project

By Ernio Hernandez, Playbill

13 November, 2003

"I was after something that was very theatrical and that would, for the audience,

really bring forward the real living idea of John Lennon," director Don Scardino

told Playbill On-Line about his upcoming stagework using the developmental title,

The Lennon Project.

A fan's Beatles labour of love

By Lew Baxter, Daily Post

13 November, 2003

As a pop music mad teenager Chris Raisin, like countless others, was besotted

by The Beatles and especially the trail-blazing 1967 Sgt Pepper album, little

realising this would be a lifelong fling.

One man’s Beatles’ Top 5 list

By James Sullivan, MSNBC (thanks, Diane)

13 November, 2003

‘Rubber Soul,’ not ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Fab Four’s best album of all time

40 Years On, Fab Four Band Gets Back

Rob Preece, This is Plymouth

12 November, 2003

When the Beatles announced their first concert in Plymouth in 1963, music fan

Christine Brown was not prepared to simply 'let it be'.

Beatles For Sale

NME

12 November, 2003

An auction selling Beatles memorabilia, including a George Harrison guitar,

takes place on November 20.

Sweet, sensual Stella

By Tessa C. Mauricio, Manila Times (Philippines)

12 November, 2003

I’ve always pictured children of giant music legends to live on the wild side.

Infinity Tunes in Major Radio Events

By Marla Matzer Rose, The Hollywood Reporter

11 November, 2003

Paul has a new baby, Ringo's a grandpa to an 18-year-old, and the Beatles

are back with a new album, "Let It Be ... Naked."

"Ich wäre besser gewesen als Paul."

By Willi Winkler, Sued Deutsche (Germany)

10 November, 2003

(Text in German. Use the translation tools here or there)

Beatlemania rocks Danvers; Red Sox GM turns Esquire `rebel'

By Carol Beggy & Mark Shanahan, The Boston Globe

10 November, 2003

For casual fans of the Beatles, their names might not mean much.

Scottso beats rivals to new Beatles CD

By David Hinckley, New York Daily News

10 November, 2003

The radio premiere of the Beatles' stripped-down "Let It Be" CD turned out

to be more of a throwback to the '60s than anyone imagined.

Also: Fanning broadcasts Beatles Radio Special

Book celebrates 'Lennon Legend"

By John Soeder, Biloxi Sun Herald

9 November, 2003

For Fab Four fetishists, "Lennon Legend: An Illustrated Life of John Lennon"

is more than a must-read.

Let it be? Never

By Anthony Violanti, The Buffalo News

9 November, 2003

Elvis and the Beatles return, just in time for Christmas

Exit

By Stephen Williams, Newsday

9 November, 2003

Help, From Not Just Anybody

Fab pix go under hammer

BBC

8 November, 2003

Rare photographs of the Beatles, captured on the beach at Weston-super-Mare,

are to be auctioned.

Reviews

Frieze.com

Since the early 1960s, initially as an important if orbital member of the Fluxus

movement, Yoko Ono has been making subtle and challenging works of art

across a range of media.

Yoko says Delta can change words of Lennon classic

Ananova

7 November, 2003

Yoko Ono has given Delta Goodrem permission to change the words and

title of John Lennon's Happy Xmas (War is Over).

Also: Delta Goodrem to sing John Lennon song

Macca Set For 'Temporary' Hipdom?

NME

7 November, 2003

Paul McCartney is set to follow in the footsteps of Elton John by having

a lost dance classic re-released.

Gen-X are Beatle fans too

Screen India

7 November, 2003

Teenagers and young adults are appearing to rival their parents as the

biggest fans of The Beatles music, new research has indicated.

BBC celebrates 40 yrs of 'Top of the Pops' with viewers' vote

Indian Television

7 November, 2003

UK entertainment channel BBC Prime will celebrate the 40th anniversary

of the music countdown show Top of the Pops with a special New Year's

Eve music countdown.

Sir Paul helps to nurture new talent

Ananova

7 November, 2003

Sir Paul McCartney is secretly nurturing an unknown band he saw

performing in his native Liverpool.

Also: Macca's our pop backer!

Four fab shows

By Steve Marinucci, Mercury News

7 November, 2003

In the house where I grew up during the 1960s, there was one TV show

above all others that spelled ``family time'': ``The Ed Sullivan Show.''

Exposing the Naked truth

By James Adams, The Globe And Mail

6 November, 2003

The Beatles made such a mess of their career in their final year that, like

a pileup on a freeway, the group's acrimonious crash-and-burn continues

to fascinate almost 34 years after the fact.

Beatle meets Bolshevism at Havana cultural show

By John Rice, Associated Press

6 November, 2003

The 1960s spirit of John Lennon met that of Vladimir Lenin as Cuban

President Fidel Castro attended a peace concert that included songs by

the late Beatle with strident propaganda films of the era.

Also: Castro Attends Peace Concert in Cuba's Lennon Park

Sir Paul to help fly the red flag

ITV

6 November, 2003

Former Beatle and new father Sir Paul McCartney is to head celebrations

to mark the Russian Revolution's anniversary.

Also: chernov's choice

Yoko maps course for Tate

By Laura Davis, Daily Post

6 November, 2003

She has plastered her message of peace across a Times Square billboard

and spent a week in bed to promote world harmony.

McCartney wants to save Rudolph the Reindeer

By Carin Pettersson, Nettavisen (Norway)

6 November, 2003

Paul McCartney and the other members of the animal activist organization

PETA compare keeping reindeers in Finnmark with slavery.

Getting Back to Essentials, Beatles Refuse to Let It Be

By Allan Kozinn, The New York Times

6 November, 2003

Of all the Beatles recordings, none has a history as fraught as "Let It Be,"

and on Nov. 18 Capitol Records will add another wrinkle to the story, with

the release of "Let It Be . . . Naked."

Talk about the passion

By Dan Heilman, ComputerUser

6 November, 2003

Whatever your musical obsession, the Web has a place to discuss it.

Concert For George To Screen In Melbourne Cinema

By Paul Cashmere, Undercover Music News (Australia)

6 November, 2003

There will be an Australian cinema screening of the George Harrison tribute

concert 'Concert For George' with Melbourne a certainty and Sydney still in

planning stages.

Beatle tours are in demand

By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

5 November, 2003

Tours to Beatles homes could be increased next year to keep up with demand

from Fab Four fans.

Beatle Driver

Glasgow Daily Record

5 November, 2003

Money can't buy you love but it will get one lucky Fab Four fan a personalised

Beatles number plate when at an auction next month.

Gray, Clapton and Gabriel Line-Up For Jools 3

Undercover Music News (Australia)

5 November, 2003

Jools Holland has compiled another all-star cast for the third installment of his

Small World Big Band album series.

Stella yet to have Bea hug

By Thomas Whitaker, The Sun

5 November, 2003

Honeymooning Stella McCartney was said to be “distraught” last night because

she has yet to see dad Sir Paul’s new baby.

Also: McCartney Baby Goes Home

Lavish New Books Celebrate Lennon, Rolling Stones

By Gary Hill, Reuters

4 November, 2003

Two lavish new coffee-table books will help baby boomers and the people who

love them ponder anew the age-old question: Beatles or Stones?

Thieves pluck Ringo's guitar from van

Cambridge Evening News

3 November, 2003

The stolen tour van of one of Britain's top rock musicians has been recovered

but a rare guitar given to him by Ringo Starr is one of the items missing.

Also: Rare 'ex-Ringo' guitar among stolen gear

Daddy's word more treasured than prized Beatles' items

By Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

3 November, 2003

Mel - her name actually is Mary Ellen, which as a child morphed into

Hairy Melon, then into Melon Head, then shortened to Mel - Miskimen

is the daughter of a cop: Sgt. Marcellus Ciesklik, retired.

Pay-per-view pioneer tried to reunite the Beatles

By Wolfgang Saxon, The New York Times

3 November, 2003

Bill Sargent, a Hollywood showman whose highly promoted videotaped

events were among the first closed-circuit theatrical specials and

pay-per-view television showings, died on Oct. 19 in Caddo, Okla.,

where he was born and later lived in retirement. He was 76.

ZBT to sponsor fundraising concert

By Maura Allaire, The Tufts Daily

3 November, 2003

Laurence Juber and daughter deliver joint concert Tuesday

Early Beatles photos chronicle long, winding road

By Bob Carlton, The Birmingham News

2 November, 2003

Astrid Kirchherr knew the Beatles before the Beatles were cool.

Baby Joy For Stella

Sky News

2 November, 2003

Stella McCartney is expecting her first child next summer.

A flawed 'Legend'

By Jamie Bumpus, Knoxville News-Sentinel

2 November, 2003

Lennon's essence captured not by author's words, but by sights and sounds

Also: Book celebrates life of legendary Lennon

Let Some Songs Be

By Glenn Gamboa, Newsday

2 November, 2003

Don't expect songs from those long-lost Beatles tapes on the upcoming

"Let It Be ... Naked" CD, a reworking of the Fab Four's "Let It Be"

album, due in stores Nov. 18.

Heather Giving Me Courage To Walk Again

By Sue Crawford, The Mirror (thanks, Diane)

1 November, 2003

You could forgive Heather Mills McCartney having other things on her mind.

Also: She's a Beauty (thanks, again, Diane)

Hello little girl: proud McCartneys reveal Bea

By Nicola Woolcock, Telegraph

1 November, 2003

Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Heather Mills released the first picture of

their daughter yesterday, three days after her birth.

Also: McCartneys show off Beatrice Milly (inc. a picture of Paul, Heather

and Beatrice); Macca's baby Bea-tle; The Bab Four

John Lennon's reincarnation

By Al S. Mendoza, Philippines Daily News

1 November, 2003

Let me tell you more about Eric Hidemasu Mabuchi, the John Lennon of

Japan, and his three pals -- Hajime Kubo (George Harrison), Hiroyuki

Ueki (Paul McCartney) and Yukinobu Kabe (Ringo Starr).

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