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Yoko Ono To Exhibit At Void

News Letter (Ireland)

29 January, 2005

A Yoko Ono exhibition is to be staged in Londonderry.

Nice man of rock Capaldi dies at 60

By Adam Aspinall, ic Birmingham.co.uk

29 January, 2005

Tributes were paid yesterday to Midland rock legend Jim Capaldi who died at the

age of 60.

Also: Traffic drummer Jim Capaldi dead at 60 (thanks to Carlos Gonzalez Vizcaino)

Mystery tour that is about to lose its magic

By Charles Clover, Telegraph

29 January, 2005

They still wash their front steps in Madryn Street.

Imagine . . .All you need is love? Happiness is a warm gun

By Brian J. Karem, Prince George's Sentinel

28 January, 2005

This year it will be exactly a quarter of a century since John Lennon was murdered.

Lennon's college pal spills the beans on Beatle's shoplifting sprees

By Joe Riley, Liverpool Echo

28 January, 2005

Growing up as a friend of John Lennon was never going to be ordinary.

Beatle trivia

By John A. Zukowski, The Express-Times

28 January, 2005

Some facts about Sgt. Pepper

McCartney Misses Late Mother

ContactMusic

27 January, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney's daughter Stella wishes her mother Linda was still

alive - because the photographer would be so proud of her daughter's

fashion career.

The children's 'Visions'

By Kurt Shaw, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

27 January, 2005

When artist-activist Yoko Ono learned that the kids at Holy Family

Institute, the Emsworth-based home for abused and neglected children

and teens, had found inspiration in a her late husband...

The Adventures of Super Ringo

By Joal Ryan, E!

26 January, 2005

You look at Ringo Starr, and see an ex-Beatle.

McCartney Nailing Down North American Tour

By Ray Waddell, Billboard

26 January, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney will take advantage of media focus surrounding

his halftime performance at Super Bowl XXXIX on Feb. 6 to announce

his upcoming tour of North America, sources tell Billboard.com.

Veterans' Cast Set for 'Lennon'

By Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press

26 January, 2005

A cast of musical-theater veterans has been set for "Lennon," the

upcoming Broadway musical celebrating the life and songs of John

Lennon.

The Beatles? No, thanks

By Tim Cooper, The Belfast Telegraph

26 January, 2005

The Quarrymen managed to let Lennon, McCartney and Harrison slip

through their fingers.

New Limited Edition McCartney Texan Acoustics from Epiphone

Harmony central

25 January, 2005

The Beatles first visited America in 1964.

A hard day's fight for Beatles hotel

By Janet Tansley, Liverpool Echo

25 January, 2005

It has been a long and winding road.

McCartney To Go On Show

ContactMusic

25 January, 2005

Pop legend Sir Paul McCartney's Manhattan apartment is now visible

from New York's Museum of Modern Art - after the centre was given

a multi-million dollar make-over.

Why Lennon took time to call Finaghy

By Eddie McIlwaine, The Belfast Telegraph

25 January, 2005

The half-sister of legendary Beatle John Lennon reminisced today about

the time she lived in Belfast where she was married and recalled how John

used to phone her at her home in Finaghy.

Ringo Starr to Save the World in Cartoon Series

By Chris Morris, Reuters

25 January, 2005

Faster than a speeding snare roll: It's Ringo Starr, superhero.

Couple's 'downsizing' puts treasures back on market

By John Altdorfer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

25 January, 2005

This week, Auction Watch drops the names of two well-known East End

"empty nesters" who are saying goodbye to their stately manse for slightly

smaller surroundings in the heart of the Strip District.

'I will miss him until my dying day'

By Jan Moir, Telegraph

24 January, 2005

George Harrison's widow, Olivia, is still in mourning for her husband, three

years after his death.

Ringo Feels Unloved in Britain

By Georgina Ford, PA

23 January, 2005

Former Beatle Ringo Starr has admitted he feels unloved by the British public.

Paul promises clean show

By Adam Harvey, The Sunday Mail (Australia)

23 January, 2005

Organisers of the US's biggest sporting event have promised a return to

family-friendly fare and no repeat of last year's "wardrobe malfunction".

Beatles Fest 2005 to be held Jan. 29

By G. Wayne Laepple, The Daily Item

22 January, 2005

If you remember the words to "I Want to Hold Your Hand" or "She Loves

You," if "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" or "Revolver" or "Abbey

Road" were significant musical events in your life, you owe it to yourself to

check out a band called Rubber Soul.

Beatles' fans fight closure

Liverpool Daily Post

21 January, 2005

Campaigners battling to save Liverpool's Strawberry Field children's home

from closure have won international support.

Stage Crew Volunteers Needed

First Coast News

21 January, 2005

Have you ever dreamed of being in the Super Bowl?

Backbeat out on DVD

By Joe Riley, Liverpool Echo

21 January, 2005

Backbeat, the movie about the Beatles' Hamburg days, is to be released

as a special collectors' edition DVD next month.

The Lennon letter that put damper on reunion

By Ian Leonard, Liverpool Daily Post

20 January, 2005

John Lennon's feelings on a possible Beatles reunion have been revealed in

a rare and never-before-seen letter.

Beatles Undiscovered-The Metaphysics of 'Taxman'

By Matt Broad, The Village Broadsheet

20 January, 2005

There is a sinister counting, low, guttural, unfeeling, disinterested.

Ono, Pink Spread the Love

By Brian Orloff, Rolling Stone

19 January, 2005

Aguilera, Etheridge also contribute to gay rights compilation

Beatles Fans Get A Penny Lane Visitor Centre

Contactmusic

17 January, 2005

Beatles fans will now have a visitor centre in the band's hometown of Liverpool,

after local authorities agreed to fund the project in Penny Lane.

Paul McCartney's Promise to Revisit Cuban City Recalled by Locals

By Marlene Montoya, Periódico 26 (Cuba)

17 January, 2005

Five years following the visit by former-Beatle Paul McCartney to the city of

Santiago de Cuba, there remains an expectation that he may return someday -

as he promised during his first visit to this city.

Heather Mills regrets ever meeting Paul McCartney

FemaleFirst

17 January, 2005

Paul McCartney's wife, Heather Mills, has confessed she regrets ever

meeting him.

Also: Paul and me and the hate campaign

Inside the mind of a Beatles fan

The Daily Telegraph (Australia)

17 January, 2005

Beatles fans are shy, idealistic, highly talkative, determined and controlling,

according to graffiti scrawled outside the studio where the Fab Four recorded

most of their hits.

Strawberry Fields: thereby hangs a tale (spoof)

The London News Review

15 January, 2005

Strawberry Field, the Salvation Army orphanage in Woolton, and the inspiration

behind of one of the Beatles most famous songs, is set to close. Forever.

Lennon 'almost gave up on guitar'

BBC

14 January, 2005

John Lennon almost gave up playing guitar after just two lessons, one of his

early bandmates has revealed.

Musical 'Lennon' set for S.F.

San Fransisco Chronicle

14 January, 2005

A nine-member cast of Broadway performers -- among them Tony winner Chuck

Cooper ("The Life''), "Dance of the Vampires'' star Mandy Gonzalez and

Terrence Mann, whose roles include Javer in "Les Miserables''...

So who was Polythene Pam and what made Sadie sexy?

The Independent

14 January, 2005

Strawberry Field, the Liverpool orphanage, may have closed this week, but

it will live on in the lyrics of Lennon and McCartney.

IGN FilmForce Weekend Shopping Guide 1/14/05: Channel Surfing

FilmForce

14 January, 2005

Neil Innes, Beatles, Fraggles, The French Revolution, and more...

Strawberry Field Forever in our hearts

By Alan Weston, Liverpool Daily Post

13 January, 2005

For Beatles' fans, Strawberry Fields is as evocative a name as Penny Lane

or Abbey Road.

Also: Strawberry Field home to close within weeks

Abbey Road opens its doors

London Evening Standard

13 January, 2005

Abbey Road Studios will open to the public for the first time ever to host a

two-week film festival.

Reaching for the sky

By Ryan Hladun, The Winnipeg Sun

13 January, 2005

What do John Lennon, Cape Breton and the Winnipeg Art Gallery have in

common?

Paul McCartney gives almost $2 million US to help tsunami victims

Associated Press

12 January, 2005

Paul McCartney and his wife Heather are donating $1.9 million US to help

victims of the tsunami, the ex-Beatle's publicists said Wednesday.

Glastonbury to release "Anthems DVD"

eFestivals.co.uk

12 January, 2005

Glastonbury Festival has teamed up with EMI to create the first Glastonbury

DVD compilation, to be released on Monday 21st March.

Celebrities, locals raise similar issues

By Tim Pallesen, Palm Beach Post

12 January, 2005

The mayor's choice for a holiday vacation spot might prompt the Greenacres

council to outlaw new walls that threaten to divide neighbors.

Breaking News: Possible take over bid by music legend!!!

By John Jenkins, Scottish Fitba

10 January, 2005

It's rumoured that Sunderland could be taken over by former Beatle Paul

McCartney!

Also: McCartney In Shock Takeover Rumour

Rumpus over 'lost' Beatles ballad

Liverpool Daily Post

10 January, 2005

A row is looming over a possible lost Beatles song.

Wrong Beatle

New York Post

10 January, 2005

Don't confuse Paul McCartney with John Lennon.

Notes from all over (3rd item)

By Jeannette Walls, MSNBC

10 January, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney has written the forward to a new book by Ingrid Newkirk,

president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: "Making Kind

Choices," which comes out this week.

Beatles shrine planned

Liverpool Daily Post

7 January, 2005

Plans to create a Beatles visitor centre in Penny Lane are expected to take

a major step forward today.

Beatles take to the Big Top

By Paul Majendie, Reuters

7 January, 2005

The Beatles are off to join the circus in Las Vegas, and it all started with

George Harrison's passion for Formula One motor racing.

Macca makes it the sale of the century for shop staff

By David Holmes, Chester Chronicle

7 January, 2005

Multi-Millionaire Paul McCartney and his wife Heather picked up a few

bargains when they came to Chester for the sales on New Year's Eve.

Lennon letter on sale for £13,350

BBC

6 January, 2005

A letter revealing the money worries of a pre-fame John Lennon is expected

to raise £13,350($25,000) at auction.

Also: Working class Lennon worried about missing out on NHS care

Bono Macca join hands to alleviate poverty

New Kerala (India)

6 January, 2005

Stars including Bono, Sir Paul Mccartney And Scarlett Johansson have united

to promote a year-long charity campaign aimed at wiping out world debt.

Starr Plans Movie Comeback

Contactmusic

5 January, 2005

Former Beatles star Ringo Starr is destined for a return to the big screen -

40 years after making his movie debut with the Hey Jude legends.

Super Bowl XXXIX: Be a Part of the Halftime Show

By Deanna Fene, First Coast News

4 January, 2005

Millions will be watching as the Super Bowl halftime show takes to the field.

George top of the nobs

The Sun

4 January, 2005

Beatle guitarist George Harrison is among 195 names added to a prestigious

list of celebrities, inventors and politicians who made an impact on society.

Also: Put-downs saved for posterity

McCartney's 'Poison' Meat Comment Caused Hansen To Gag

Contactmusic

4 January, 2005

Keith Richards' wife Patti Hansen once spat out her food when eating out

with the late Linda McCartney - because staunch vegetarian McCartney

told her that her meat was poisoned.

Is Macca under Heather's thumb?

By Geoffrey Wansell, Daily Mail

4 January, 2005

Once upon a time - say eight years ago - former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney

was the polite, reticent, occasionally grumpy composer of some of the most

famous songs of the past half-century, with a fortune of £713million to prove

it. How different things are today.

Chat's the way to mark anniversary

By Brian Ferguson, Edinburgh Evening News

3 January, 2005

Archived interviews with music legends including Madonna, John Lennon and

Eric Clapton will be dusted off to help celebrate Radio Forth's 30th anniversary.

McCartney's Musical Ignorance

Contactmusic

3 January, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney refuses to care about how his instrument works when

he is song-writing - instead he concentrates on the tunes and lyrics.

Too late to give peace a chance?

By Teddy Jamieson, The Herald (UK)

3 January, 2005

Yoko Ono is a busy woman these days.

Diplomatic effort not to clip wings of McCartney's alternative anthem

Sunday Life

2 January, 2004

After Paul McCartney's 1972 protest song - Give Ireland Back To The Irish

- was banned by the BBC, Radio Luxembourg and ITV, the Irish embassy

in London quietly helped to promote it, the papers reveal.

The Beatles sheet music

The Sun

2 January, 2005

Beatles fans will sometimes pay thousands to snap up an item used by the

Fab Four.

Also: Toilet Roll Not Used By Beatles Up For Auction

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