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Brian Wilson and Paul McCartney Sing The Words of

Stephen Kalinich

By Paul Cashmere, Undercover (Australia)

30 April, 2004

Poet and lyricist Stephen Kalinich has written the lyrics to not one

but two songs for the new Brian Wilson album 'Getting' In Over

My Head' and one of those songs is a duet between Brian and Paul

McCartney.

Have You Seen?

By Jeff Miers, Buffalo News

30 April, 2004

A second look at what everyone's talking about

Return of the Fab Four

By Patrick Donovan, The Age (Australia)

30 April, 2004

The Beatles are set to return to Melbourne for the first time since

their 1964 shows.

"When I'm Sixty Four"

Aapress.com

30 April, 2004

Yoko Ono celebrates 64 Years of Lennon

'Lennon' Musical Heading for Broadway

By Mark Sage, PA News

29 April, 2004

A musical about the life of murdered Beatle John Lennon will hit

Broadway early next year, it was confirmed today.

Also: Musical Lennon Project Heads to San Francisco Prior to

Broadway Run in 2005

Beatlemania again

By John Winters, Attleboro Sun Chronicle

29 April, 2004

Forty years ago this weekend, a rock band collectively known as

`` four lads who shook the world'' arrived on these shores.

Also: Beatles tribute show planned

The underground Beatle

By Charles Taylor, Salon

29 April, 2004

A fantastic documentary that explains the curious, tragic life of

Brian Epstein -- the man behind John, Paul, George and Ringo --

makes a rare U.S. appearance.

Oh No.. Don't Step On My Toe, Sir Bob

The Glasgow Daily Record

29 April, 2004

Yoko Ono gives a cheeky smile as she is swept off her feet by Sir

Bob Geldof.

Also: photos

Crum On Film

By Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

28 April, 2004

I Remember The Beatles in Kansas City

Anglo Visions

By Simon Warner, PopMatters

28 April, 2004

I've heard it said that a Mars Bar provides a useful means of

measuring inflation.

Paul McCartney cantará en Gijón 35 éxitos, 20 de la era

"Beatle" y 15 de "Wings"

La Nueva Espana

28 April, 2004

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

Also: McCartney traerá a Gijón el mayor escenario de su historia,

pantallas de 20 metros y fuegos artificiales

School reunion for Lennon's first band

Liverpool Daily Post

28 April, 2004

John Lennon's junior school will play host to a special reunion of

his childhood friends next month.

Starr is brought to book

By David Charters, ic Liverpool

28 April, 2004

He is the least celebrated of The Beatles, but a new book will

recognise the humour, talent and courage of Ringo Starr.

Author signs $3.4m Beatles book deal

New Zealand Herald

27 April, 2004

An author regarded as the world's leading authority on the Beatles

has signed a £1.2m ($NZ3.4m) deal to write the defining history of

the Fab Four after a fierce bidding war between publishers.

Ono and Geldof to Present Art Prizes

By Laura Scott, PA News

27 April, 2004

Former Beatle’s widow Yoko Ono was joining a fellow 70s legend

tonight to present one of the richest art prizes in the UK.

Beatles' Cult Cartoon to Become Book (fixed URL)

By Sherna Noah, PA News

26 April, 2004

The Beatles’ psychedelic cartoon The Yellow Submarine is being

made into a children’s book.

Also: Yellow Submarine (thanks to Jakob Groes); Yellow Submarine

comes to the surface - in a book

Bowie Mixes It Up with Fans

By Josh Grossberg, E!

26 April, 2004

... And, according to the Times, after liking a remix of Elvis Presley

tracks, Paul McCartney is even considering getting in on the game,

giving his approval to an official album of mashed-up Beatles tunes...

Ringo Secret Op Exclusive

By Sara Nuwar, Sunday Mirror

25 April, 2004

Beatles legend beats bone agony but faces struggle to drum again

Dear Ringo. It's hot. Wish you were here

By Sean O'Hagan, The Observer

25 April, 2004

Ringo Starr's Postcards from the Boys gives us interesting snapshots

of pop's greatest adventure

Band aid: musician, heal thyself

By Guy Dixon, The Globe and Mail (Canada)

24 April, 2004

Wellness sessions may sound like the antithesis of rock 'n' roll, but

after decades of hedonistic excess and destructive relationships,

bands like Metallica are hiring therapists

Grapefruit: Yoko Ono in Yamaichi Hall, Kyoto

Artdaily.com

23 April, 2004

The new exhibition “Grapefruit: Yoko Ono in 1964: Cut Piece,

Yamaichi Hall, Kyoto 1964” by Yoko Ono, and curated by Midori

Yamamura began on April 2 and willcontinue through May 15 at

the Ise Cultural Foundation Gallery.

For some collectors, make their music vinyl -- still

By Ernest A. Jasmin, Tacoma News Tribune

23 April, 2004

Sure, you can play CDs in your car.

Also: A look at vinyl that is worth its weight in gold

Local band to recreate ‘Beatlemania' at club

By Sarah L. Schipman, Black Hills Bandit

23 April, 2004

Forty years ago a four-man band from England took to the Ed Sullivan

Show stage and rocked the nation.

Also: Get ready to rock ‘n’ roll

Up Periscope Yellow: The Making of the Beatles' Yellow

Submarine

TCM

London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus, July 17, 1968 A screaming crowd

10,000 strong...

His Guitar Gently Wept

By John Fischer, BreakPoint

22 April, 2004

A Tribute to George Harrison

Riders' Too Slim made music history with Beatles 'clues'

By Bill DeYoung, The Stuart News

22 April, 2004

In the fall of 1969, a rumor spread the world that Paul McCartney had

died, his death was covered up, and the surviving Beatles were planting

mysterious "clues" in their music and on their album covers.

"Silly Love Songs" Paul McCartney's ultimate philosophical

treatise

By Al Barger, Blogcritics.org

22 April, 2004

"Silly Love Songs" rates as one of Paul McCartney's greatest songs.

The Art of The Beatles

Canada NewsWire

22 April, 2004

Toronto's Beatlemania Shoppe is pleased to announce the Canadian

premier of "The Art of The Beatles."

Rain Men: World's Preeminent Beatles tribute band revisits

Seattle

By Abe Bayer, Lynnwood Journal Newspapers

21 April, 2004

Part of Marilyn Monroe's mystique is that she died while she was

still beautiful.

You can't beat the Beatles

By Liz Vickery, ic Liverpool

21 April, 2004

Do The People Of Merseyside Still Rate The Fab Four?

'Fab Four' excited by Bahrain debut

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)

21 April, 2004

Beatles fans are in for a treat this weekend as one of the leading

tribute bands to the Fab Four comes to Bahrain.

British Invasion benefits The Children's Place at Home Safe

By Carol Saunders, The Jupiter Courier

21 April, 2004

Many local residents turned out to help raise more than $200,000

at one of the swankiest area parties of the season, "The British

Invasion," to benefit The Children's Place at Home Safe, on

March 6 at The Four Seasons Palm Beach Resort.

Heather Mills McCartney to address Human Security Summit

at UCI

Today@UCI

20 April, 2004

Fellowship in Human Security established in Mills McCartney’s honor

Various Artists : John Lennon's Jukebox

By Rob Fitzpatrick, NME

20 April, 2004

If ever an album deserved to be packaged alongside an aural time

machine it would be these 41 songs 'inspired by' John Lennon's

mid-'60s KB Discomatic portable jukebox.

Everyone's talking about Liverpool

By Jan Patience, ic Scotland

20 April, 2004

Like other hard-working river cities, Liverpool is not what you'd

call a pretty place.

Give My Regards to Broadstreet (1984)

By Rich Rosell, digitallyOBSESSED

19 April, 2004

If my beer-addled brain serves me correctly, I'm pretty sure it was

in the early 1980s, during the initial burn-off following the explosive

boom of the music video, that it just wasn't enough to have a simple

three-minute lip-sync of your latest hit.

Lennon's last note for sale

The Sun

19 April, 2004

John Lennon’s last autograph is being sold on the internet for

£180,000.

Also: £180K For Lennon's Last Word; Elton John's piano sells

for $164,500 at Dallas auction; Cobain's guitar fetches $117,500

Drawing on Lennon's gifts

By Richard L. Eldredge, Cox News Service

19 April, 2004

Almost 25 years after his death, John Lennon's spirit continues to

hover closely around Yoko Ono.

Run of the Mills

Megastar News

19 April, 2004

Ah, Heather Mills. When the wife of Sir Paul McCartney isn't busy

being a mum and doing good for charity, she tries her hand at being

a chatshow host.

Also: photos; Heather's a chatshow flop

Author details Beatles history

By Theresa Winslow, The Capital

18 April, 2004

It's safe to say Alan Porter knows his hobbies like a book.

Tom Cruise and Paul McCartney are Here!

Don Sklenka, Champweb

18 April, 2004

Tom Cruise and Paul McCartney are here in Long beach.

Love of music keeps director going

By A.M. Kelley, The Mining Journal

18 April, 2004

Floyd Slotterback needs Paul McCartney’s cell phone number. Yes,

the Paul McCartney.

McCartney autograph auction

By Mark Nicholls, Eastern Daily Press

17 April, 2004

It was May 1963, The Beatles were at number one in the hit parade

and had just gone down a storm at one of Norwich's top venues.

George Harrison: Dark Horse Years 1976-1992

By Graham Raid, New Zealand Herald

17 April, 2004

This year's Oscars were unusual, and not because they recognised

fantasy films, or for Nicole Kidman's bizarre shelf-bust.

Danger Mouse - The Grey Album

By Chris Ryan, Spin

16 April, 2004

The initial advertising campaign for Jay-Z’s (alleged) swan song,

2003’s The Black Album, featured a picture of a tape box with

the names of 12 of hip-hop’s greatest producers scribbled on it.

Shea Stadium's Birthday

By Carl MacGowan, Mae M. Cheng, Justin Gilbert; Newsday

16 April, 2004

Shea Stadium, located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, is

celebrating 40 historic years tomorrow, making it the fifth oldest

ballpark in major league baseball.

Beatle mania to hit Adelaide again

AAP (Australia)

16 April, 2004

Forty years after Adelaide gave the Beatles the biggest public

reception in the world, Beatlemania is about to hit the city once

again.

McCartney in City for Birthday

By Irina Titova, St Petersburg Times (Russia)

16 April, 2004

St. Petersburg fans of former Beatle Paul McCartney, who is to

perform a concert in the city's Palace Square on June 20, have

invited the pop star to celebrate his birthday on June 18 with them

on the Gulf of Finland.

Video Reviews: McCartney goes for sweetness in

lightweight animated shorts

By Ed Masley, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

16 April, 2004

Does the genius Paul McCartney so often displayed in the Beatles

carry over to the world of animation?

John, Paul, George, Ringo... & Nyoy?

By Philip Cu-Unjieng, The Philippine Star

16 April, 2004

One thing I’ve always said about Nyoy Volante and Mannos is

that they’re one of the most innovative and original acoustic acts

around.

Q&A with Yoko Ono

By Richard L. Eldredge, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

15 April, 2004

Almost 25 years after his death, John Lennon's spirit continues to

hover closely around Yoko Ono.

All they were saying ...

By Bill Brownstein, The Montreal Gazette

15 April, 2004

It was almost 35 years ago today. John Lennon and Yoko Ono

came to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel to play.

Record Guru Topples McCartney in Rich List

By Paul Majendie, Reuters

15 April, 2004

A reclusive record executive dubbed "the Howard Hughes of the

music business" has toppled Paul McCartney to become Britain's

wealthiest music millionaire in the latest list of the rich and famous.

McCartney, John Join Wilson

By Colin Devenish, RollingStone

15 April, 2004

Beach Boy's new solo album also features late brother

Macca admits frog abuse

Ananova

13 April, 2004

Paul McCartney says his animated stories are his way of trying to

make up for being cruel to frogs as a boy.

Paul McCartney to perform in St. Petersburg

Interfax (Russia)

13 April, 2004

Paul McCartney will open the White Nights concert festival in

St. Petersburg with a concert on Palace Square on June 20, the

concert organizers told a press conference on Tuesday.

Also: Paul McCartney Will Be in Saint Petersburg for His Birthday

Give My Regards To Broad Street

By Matthew Millheiser, DVD Talk

13 April, 2004

In what is probably my favorite of all the reviews I've written for DVD

Talk, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, I remarked about how that

particular cinematic abortion film in question had earned the distinction

of being - and I quote - "perhaps the most singularly awful

embarrassment to be ever associated with the Beatles."

Paul's Passion To Create (inc. video)

CBS

13 April, 2004

With his new DVD of three animated films, Paul McCartney is bringing

to animation the same passion he's always brought to his music.

Also: Paul Swaps Tunes For Toons (inc. video); McCartney wants to

follow in Disney's footsteps; Paul McCartney unleashes more animal

magnetism; McCartney's musical moods captured in animation on

DVD; Look at Him Working: Paul McCartney Animation Director

Geoff Dunbar; Paul McCartney: The Music and Animation Collection

Tape of Lennon forgiving his father is up for auction

By Sam Lister, Liverpool Daily Post

12 April, 2004

A tape revealing how John Lennon finally forgave his father Freddy

for abandoning him has gone up for auction.

Madonna's Financial Request Upset Mccartney

Teen Hollywood

11 April, 2004

Madonna's request for financial donations for the religious movement

she fervently supports is causing friction between her and close pal

Stella McCartney.

Special report: Strange world of Andrew Davis

By Matthew Goodman, The Times

11 April, 2004

In one of the luxury suites at Cliveden, the stately-home-turned-hotel

famous for its role in the Profumo scandal, the proprietor was

demonstrating the quality of the mattresses.

Four generations of die-hard fans

By Emma Perez-Trevino, The Brownsville Herald

11 April, 2004

Alan Raul Portillo Gonzalez was inside his mother, Patricia Gonzalez

Portillo’s, womb when he was first introduced to The Beatles.

Everybody's not talkin' about him

By Larry Aydlette, Palm Beach Post

11 April, 2004

He was sweet. He was strange. He was an American original.

The Fab One (in One Dimension and One Hundred)

Rain Taxi

Joyce-inspired writer; heroin-drenched, black-cloaked troublemaker;

self-appointed imaginary saint--John Lennon was all these things and

more. Like Whitman's America, he contained multitudes.

Imagine some possessions

By Tim Cornwell, The Scotsman

10 April, 2004

If he were alive today, he might well have approved.

Twist and Shout was the icing

By Jonathon Jackson, The London Free Press (Canada)

10 April, 2004

It was the surprise hit that gave the Beatles the top five hits on the

Billboard chart 40 years ago this month.

The Beatles - Let It Be...Naked

By Glenn Debattista, di-ve.com (Malta)

10 April, 2004

The tracklisting on this version of Let It Be differs slightly from the

original--there's no "Maggie Mae" or "Dig It", while "Don't Let Me

Down" has been added.

Accord sets stage for rock concerts

By Zuzana Kawaciukova, The Prague Post

8 April, 2004

Beat goes on for tops in pops McCartney, others at Prague 9 site

At the core of the Apple dispute

BBC

8 April, 2004

A legal battle between The Beatles' record label Apple Corps and Apple

Computer, which is to be heard in the High Court in London, is the latest

move in a trademark dispute spanning 24 years.

Northampton father and his son come together over the Beatles

By Matthew Bernstein, Boston Globe

8 April, 2004

When Peter Smith crossed into his 40s, he made a life-changing discovery.

Heather 'No Leg' Ads Bid to Cut Road Deaths

PA news

8 April, 2004

Heather Mills-McCartney, wife of the former Beatle Sir Paul, has said she

will appear in public service adverts without her prosthetic leg to draw

attention to the 1.2 million traffic deaths that occur worldwide each year.

Also: Road Safety: the example of Heather Mills-McCartney; news photos

Get the point?

By Jason Ferguson, Orlando Weekly

8 April, 2004

Like many kids, including my own, some of my fondest memories involve

being around people other than my parents.

Surviving Beatles Set To Release "Let it Be ... Paul"

By Mark Arenz, Ridiculopathy.com

7 April, 2004

When the world's most successful pop group called it quits in 1969, they

left behind an unfinished album amid an atmosphere of cattiness, bitching,

and slap-fights.

Government praise for Lipa service

Liverpool Echo

7 April, 2004

Liverpool fame school Lipa has a starring role on a government website.

Ringo's house 'under threat'

By Mary Murtagh, Liverpool Echo

7 April, 2004

Fears are growing that the birthplace and childhood home of Beatles'

drummer Ringo Starr could be demolished.

Counterfeit Beatles to pay tribute

Gulf Daily News (Bahrain)

7 April, 2004

One of best British Beatles tribute bands is set to perform in a social

function in Bahrain later this month.

Apple Computer Loses Bid to Hear Beatles Case in US

Reuters

6 April, 2004

Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday lost a High Court bid to have its legal

case brought by the management company for legendary Fab Four rockers,

the Beatles, moved from Britain to the United States.

Heather Mills-McCartney to Receive Champion of Health Award

at PAHO

Pan American Health Organization

6 April, 2004

Heather Mills-McCartney will receive the Champion of Health award from

the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) tomorrow, as part of the

World Health Day observance devoted to road safety.

BeatleMania Live!, Classical Mystery Tour April 17

The Chattanoogan

5 April, 2004

Forty years after the Beatles' American invasion, the Chattanooga Symphony

& Opera (CSO) and Maestro Robert Bernhardt will present the "Classical

Mystery Tour," featuring the original Broadway cast of BeatleMania Live!,

performing live with the CSO.

Liverpool's way of life on show to inspire US visitors

By Sam Lister, Liverpool Daily Post

5 April, 2004

A slice of Liverpool life is to be transported to the US this week.

Paul McCartney – The Music And Animation Collection (DVD)

By Scott Chitwood, Comingsoon.net

"Paul McCartney – The Music And Animation Collection" features three

short animated films with original music and performances by Paul

McCartney. Each is less than 15 minutes long.

The Beatles

By Elvis Costello, Rolling Stone

I first heard of the Beatles when I was nine years old.

Best family basement will be Beatles shrine

By Glenn Frankel, The Washington Post

4 April, 2004

Our trip to Liverpool has one last stop - the basement of an aging brown

brick Victorian mansion at 8 Haymans Green.

Also: Day tripping with the Beatles

Imagine all the Beatlemaniacs: 30th annual Fest For Beatles

Fans invades America -- or New Jersey

By Robin Renee, The Courier News

3 April, 2004

The date was April 28, 1974. John Lennon and Harry Nilsson had just

made an appearance in Central Park before a crowd of 100,000 people

at the first March of Dimes Walk-A-Thon.

Beatles Etc. show airs on AM radio

By Susan Abram, Los Angeles Daily News

3 April, 2004

Yeah, yeah, yeah, so Stephen Peeples loves The Beatles.

Fab Four win the Final Four

By James A. Fussell, The Kansas City Star

3 April, 2004

Beatles on ‘Ed Sullivan' takes No. 1 pop-culture moment

Remaking Ringo for rock's Hall of Fame

By Steve Symanovich, New Mexico Business Weekly

2 April, 2004

Drum roll, please. ...

I now call to order this month's meeting of the Respect for Ringo Club,

the organization "Dedicated to Making Ringo's Starr Rise."

Shock and Outrage as Jesus perpetrates 'Bigger than Beatles'

scandal

The Spoof (satire) (UK)

2 April, 2004

The heavens and the earth were thrown into ungodly turmoil yesterday

as Jesus H. Christ, son of the Jewish oil magnate God, said that He

was ‘bigger than the Beatles’.

Legendary local man booked for Creole

By A.P. Kryza, The State News

2 April, 2004

Music manager, White Panther, author, political prisoner, radical, hippie,

pioneer, inspiration - John Sinclair has been called a lot of things in his day.

Fan fury over Glastonbury tickets

BBC

2 April, 2004

More than 60,000 tickets for this year's Glastonbury Festival have been

sold, but many people have been left frustrated by a new ticketing system.

Maccas back landmine clearance marathon

By Domenic Donatantonio, Wimbledon Post

1 April, 2004

A novice athlete is being backed by Paul and Heather McCartney

in his marathon efforts to raise money to help clear landmines.

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