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Can Lennon Musical Survive Much Longer?

By Roger Friedman, Fox News

31 August, 2005

It doesn't look so good for the beleaguered Broadway musical

about John Lennon.

Lennon's scrawled lyrics may fetch £200,000

By Sam Lister, Liverpool Daily Post

31 August, 2005

A phone bill demanding £12.15 from John Lennon will set back one

of his fans at least £200,000.

John Lennon documentary on DVD

Online Rock Radio

30 August, 2005

The 1988 documentary Imagine: John Lennon will be released on

DVD on December 6th, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of

Lennon's death, on December 8th, 1980.

Wedding bells for Jools Holland

BBC

30 August, 2005

Jools Holland married his long-term partner at a private ceremony

near their home in Kent on Tuesday.

Icelandair Continues Partnership with "Best of the Beatles"

the Pete Best Band

TravelVideo.tv

30 August, 2005

Icelandair has renewed the partnership with Pete Best and The Pete

Best Band, providing transatlantic flights for their North American

tours as well as support for other projects, including sponsorship of

the second annual “Ticket to Fly: The Beatles Tribute” at Mall of

America in October.

Beatle City 2005

By Mary Murtagh, Liverpool Echo

30 August, 2005

Thousands of music lovers have made this year's Mathew Street

festival the biggest and best.

Donovan: 'George was a true friend'

Contactmusic

29 August, 2005

Hippie icon Donovan was horrified to be the victim of a sensational

police drugs bust in 1966, but was thrilled to have The Beatles star

George Harrison on his side.

Also: Donovan: 'McCartney and I Were songwriting rivals';

Donovan impressed by spiritual Beatles; Donovan: 'Police treated

Beatles like royalty'

Flashback: Final concert for the Beatles

Online Rock Radio

29 August, 2005

It was on this date (August 29th) in 1966 that the Beatles performed

their last official concert in San Francisco at Candlestick Park.

Q&A: Paul McCartney

By Paul Sexton, Billboard

29 August, 2005

Doing the garden? Digging the weeds? Who could ask for more?

Also: McCartney's publishing catalog is a pop treasury; McCartney

+ Morissette use aliases to fool pirates + thieves

Paul McCartney donates item for Sayre Theatre fundraiser

The Daily & Sunday Review

29 August, 2005

"Paul McCartney does not give his signature away easily. We are

very lucky," reported Deborah Bonn-Brown of the Ribbons of

Hope Foundation.

Dylan and Harrison 1971 duet unearthed

By Nina Goswami, Telegraph

28 August, 2005

Unseen footage of George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton

rehearsing for the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, has been

uncovered.

Paul tot's revolutions

The Sun

27 August, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney hits a long and winding road — with his baby

daughter in tow.

Beatles worthy of note, says culture chief

UTV

26 August, 2005

The Beatles should be pictured on the back of the £20 note, it

was claimed today.

Plaque marks Quarrymen recording

BBC

26 August, 2005

A little-known site where the band which was to become The

Beatles made their first recording is to be marked with a plaque.

Ringo Starr featured on Soundstage

Online Rock Radio

26 August, 2005

Ringo Starr will be featured in concert on a new episode of the

PBS series Soundstage, which begun airing in the US on Thursday,

August 25th.

Foreign affair

By Michael Riedel, New York Post

26 August, 2005

What's the prognosis for "Lennon"?

Also: Don't give 'Lennon' a chance

Beatlemania! -- Newsweek's First Cover Article

Blogcritics.org

25 August, 2005

For as influential as the Beatles were to pop culture, to music, to

people's lives, it's truly amazing how little coverage they got in the

nation's newsmagazines.

200 bands tune up for a musical double act

By Jessica Shaughnessy, Liverpool Daily Post

25 August, 2005

The Mathew Street Festival and Beatle Week are about to take

over the city.

Ozzy records Lennon cover

93X.COM

25 August, 2005

According to a posting on rock photographer Ross Halfin's web

site, Ozzy Osbourne has recorded a cover of John Lennon's

"How", which Ross was lucky enough to hear.

Why This Band Plays On

By Mikal Gilmore, The New York Times

24 August, 2005

Forty years ago this month, the Beatles began their second major

tour of America with a performance at Shea Stadium in Queens.

John Lennon Radio Interview Found After 30 Years Lost

PRWEB

24 August, 2005

Unheard since it was first broadcast, this 25 minute interview with

John Lennon finds him in a relaxed mood, discussing many

different aspects of his life.

Also: Lennon 'Considered national threat'; Lennon: 'Split With

Ono Made Me Insane'; Lennon resented Imagine

Beatles fans just won't let it be

By Bill DeYoung, The Stuart News

24 August, 2005

It's been 36 years since the Beatles broke up, but interest in their

music, both as a group and individually, has barely waned.

Beatles memorabilia unveiled

Manchester Evening News

24 August, 2005

An exhibition of newly-acquired Beatles memorabilia is being

unveiled at the Museum of Liverpool Life.

Yoko doesn't rule out Beatles reunion

Online Rock Radio

23 August, 2005

John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono says she would consider giving

the green light to surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo

Starr releasing another of Lennon's unfinished demos.

It was 40 years ago today the Beatles came to play....

(inc. video)

By Bill Roberson, KATU

23 August, 2005

It was 40-years ago that the Fab Four from Liverpool touched

down in Portland to play a sold-out show at the then almost-new

Memorial Coliseum.

Classic Rock 102.9 WMGK Will Host Special Guest,

Larry Kane on 'Breakfast with the Beatles' Live Sunday,

August 28th Aboard the Spirit of Philadelphia

PRNewswire

23 August, 2005

Popular WMGK personality, Andre Gardner, broadcasts his

award-winning Sunday morning "Breakfast with the Beatles"

(9 A.M. - 11 A.M.) program live throughout the course of the

year at various locations around the Delaware Valley.

What to read this fall

Associated Press

23 August, 2005

Though 'big literary book' is missing, a number of fine titles

Fab Four's fans defy the bombers for Beatle Week

By Jessica Shaughnessy, Liverpool Daily Post

23 August, 2004

Tens of thousands of music fans will pour into Liverpool for

International Beatle Week - despite a number of cancellations after

the London bombings.

Also: Have we done enough to promote The Beatles?

Original Epstein letters given to Beatles Story

Liverpool Daily Post

23 August, 2005

Professor Rex Makin, the Epstein family solicitor during the height

of Beatlemania, has donated two letters to Liverpool's Beatles Story

exhibition.

Gawker Stalker: Paul McCartney Drags Baby From Bike

Gawker (Weblog)

22 August, 2005

I saw Paul McCartney and the fam biking down Main St. in

Amagansett on Sunday.

Surreal link between Dali and Lennon

By Philip Key, Liverpool Daily Post

22 August, 2005

Salvador Dali Meets the Beatles is the latest - and last - exhibition at

Liverpool's Mathew Street Gallery.

All you need is . . . Liverpool

By Luke Traynor, Liverpool Echo

22 August, 2005

An international movie blockbuster which could feature U2 frontman

Bono is coming to the streets of Liverpool.

Live 8 tuned up

Contactmusic

21 August, 2005

The A-list performers at London's Live 8 concert have had their voices

fine-tuned for the upcoming DVD detailing last month's (02JUL05)

historic event.

Some oldies prove golden

By Lara Bain, The Seattle Times

21 August, 2005

When Curt Yamamoto received his friend's Beatles album, he knew

it was a special gift.

Imagine this: George Bush raps with John Lennon

By Bernard Zuel, Sydney Morning Herald

20 August, 2005

George Bush has been keeping musical company with John Lennon

this year and it's been entertaining thousands.

Also: Download "Imagine This" here

Beatlemania at Comiskey a lifetime thrill

By Syeve Tucker, Chicago Sun Times

19 August, 2005

Even 40 years ago, getting a chance to see the Beatles live was almost

beyond a dream. I was in high school, and they were, well, the Fab Four.

Dick Cavett Relives His Rock Era (inc. audio)

By Robert Siegel, NPR

19 August, 2005

Robert Siegel talks with Dick Cavett about the release of The Dick

Cavett Show: Rock Icons, a DVD compilation of performances and

interviews with music legends.

John Lennon’s Shamanic Journey

Free Liberal

19 August, 2005

The Sixties was a cacophony of a million sounds and smells and

voices and music and colors and textures, but especially music.

Sometime in NYC, they laid an egg, man

By Iain Shedden, The Australian

19 August, 2005

It came as no surprise to read in this week's press that the Broadway

musical based on the life of John Lennon, Lennon, has been panned

by the critics.

The day Elvis met the 'fab four'

By Joe Riley, Liverpool Echo

19 August, 2005

Sometimes the greatest art lies in recognising a unique opportunity.

Thermos, talc and a gonk in auction of Beatles memorabilia

By David Ward, The Guardian

19 August, 2005

Lot 118 is a very rare Paul McCartney Beatles gonk dating from 1964,

the year of Can't Buy Me Love and A Hard Day's Night.

He really was Best of the Beatles

By Gabe Caggiano, Montgomery County Sentinel

19 August, 2005

When you think of the Beatles, four names come to mind: John, Paul,

George and Ringo.

Beatle Fans Recall Atlanta Concert

WXIA-TV Atlanta

18 August, 2005

Forty years ago Thursday, fathers all over Georgia reluctantly allowed

their daughters to go to Fulton County Stadium for the biggest event of

their young lives -- the one and only time the Beatles came to town.

The Artist. The Activist. The Peacemaker. ''Imagine: John

Lennon Deluxe Edition''

Business Wire

18 August, 2005

45 Minutes of Bonus Features Includes Never-Before-Seen Acoustic

Performance of ''Imagine''

Going out

By Doug Kaufman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

18 August, 2005

Pete Best will bring early Beatles sound

The beat goes on

By Beth Finke, Chicago Journal

17 August, 2005

Backstreet Boys at Northerly Island, 2005 vs. Beatles at Comiskey

Park, 1964.

All you need is love and a spare £20,000

By Philip Key, Liverpool Daily Post

17 August, 2005

The Beatles set the style in the 1960s - and 40 years on they are still

inspiring a new generation of artists.

Comic duo blown away by Beatles

By Ken Hoffman, Houston Chronicle

17 August, 2005

Friday is the 40th anniversary of the most important, most memorable,

certainly the screamingest rock concert in Houston history.

Merseybeat - win the first issue!

Liverpool Daily Post

16 August, 2005

Mersey Beat was the magazine that saw it all, charting the irresistible

rise of the beat scene - and The Beatles above all - from the early 1960s.

"Cavett Show" DVDs feature rock legends

By Kevin O'Hare, The Seattle Times

16 August, 2005

If Dick Cavett hadn't had the foresight to buy back some of his shows

for $60 each a few years ago, a big part of rock history almost certainly

would have been discarded by now.

Sibelius saves McCartney at Live 8

Macworld

16 August, 2005

The Live 8 recording of Sir Paul McCartney and U2's performance of

"Sergeant Pepper" would never have happened without Sibelius music

notation software.

Chronicle of fateful day to be auctioned off at show

Edinburgh Evening News

16 August, 2005

Beatlemania is alive and well in the Capital thanks to the cast of a

homegrown Fringe production.

Don Imus Gets the Blues

By Tim Williams, TV Guide

16 August, 2005

Delbert McClinton is sure to get the joint jumping when he brings some

roadhouse blues to Imus on MSNBC tomorrow morning at 6 am/ET.

Indiana tones for Beatles

The Times of India

15 August, 2005

While singer Shaan is set to feature in an international album for the

second time, Anoushka Shankar's new album features George

Harrison's son Dhani

Flashback: The Beatles rock Shea Stadium

Online Rock Radio

15 August, 2005

It was 40 years ago today (August 15th, 1965) that the Beatles played

their legendary concert at Shea Stadium in New York City.

Yoko loves it - But she's the only one!

By Joe Riley, Liverpool Echo

15 August, 2005

A new musical about John Lennon has been seen off by the infamous

Butchers of Broadway.

Also: Ono: No, I Didn't!; Lennon: Give Yoko A Chance; Then John

Met Yoko, and the Rest Is a Musical; Lennon musical proves poignant;

Review: 'Lennon' a Bland Stage Biography; Ono brings 'Lennon' down;

Bad Trip; Hard to imagine; Yoko and Sean attend Lennon Broadway

opening; An unfab 'Lennon'; 'Lennon' enthralls and disappoints in

phases; Yoko denies musical hijack; Off-key tribute to Lennon;

Whatever Gets You Through the Intermission; Ballad of John and

Yoko hits all the wrong notes with critics; One-On-One With Yoko

Ono (inc. video); news photos

Paul & Heather McCartney - An Apology

The People

14 August, 2005

On 26 June we ran a story that Heather Mills-McCartney had recently

suffered another miscarriage which had left her and Paul grief-stricken

and struggling to cope with their recent loss.

It was 40 yrs. ago today

New York Daily News

14 August, 2005

Qns. woman screamed as Beatles made history

Why Lennon lives on

By Sean O'Hagan, The Observer

14 August, 2005

John Lennon was the voice of a generation, yet now many young people

cannot identify a picture of him.

For the first time, the Beatles sing the Stones

By Anthony Barnes, Independent

14 August, 2005

For any rock fan it is a unique performance.

At long last, they see him standing there

The Boston Globe

14 August, 2005

If the Beatles had played in Moscow, that would really have been

something, but their music was banned there during the Cold War.

All agog at the famous Beatles Story Tour

By Joselito O. Tolentino, Manila Bulletin

14 August, 2005

There is only one name that is synonymous to this city named ‘Liverpool’

and that is The Beatles!

Also: Beatles lovefest; Beatles 101

Imagine Deluxe Edition (R1) in December (thanks, Carlos)

DVD Times

Warner Home Video have announced the Region 1 DVD release of

Imagine: Deluxe Edition for 6th December 2005 priced at $19.97 SRP.

McCartney: 'We Were Robbed'

Contactmusic

12 August, 2005

The Beatles were signed to a "slave contract" according to former

Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, who is still furious at the way the

supergroup were treated in the early sixties.

Also: McCartney wants album cash; The things they say; McCartney's

money motivation; McCartney won't buy Beatle rights; McCartney can't

get over lost Beatles

NY musical "Lennon" to open amid sniping at Ono

By Claudia Parsons, Reuters

12 August, 2005

A new musical about John Lennon opens in New York this weekend and

the cast and director are hoping a major overhaul since it was first seen

in San Francisco will win over audiences and sniping critics.

Also: Lennon Roundtable: Interview with Will Chase, Julie Danao,

Mandy Gonzalez and Terrence Mann

Look, Ma, no script!

By Mark Brown, Rocky Mountain News

12 August, 2005

This kind of thing could never happen on TV today.

Also: Dick Cavett Show, The - John Lennon's visits w/Cavett come

to DVD: Date, Cover, & Cost

Princeton hosts Beatle's big sister tonight

Quad City Times

12 August, 2005

Louise Harrison, sister of late Beatle George Harrison, talks about

her life, her politics and the Beatles tribute band she manages during

a reception 8 p.m. today at Princeton, Iowa's Boll's Community Center.

The Best Man: Only three people alive can say they were

once Beatles. Pete Best is one of them

By Wallace Baine, Santa Cruz Sentinel

11 August, 2005

If Pete Best ran a support group, it might include the first girlfriend

Brad Pitt ever dumped, the caddie fired by a 10-year-old Tiger Woods

or the guy who lost all his Microsoft stock in a divorce ... in 1981.

Also: Ticket to Ride

Beatles sale could set new records

By Charlotte Lomas-Farley, Hunts Post

11 August, 2005

Beatle-mania is set to take over Ramsey Auction Rooms on Saturday

as various pieces of authentic Beatle memorabilia go under, as it were,

Maxwell's Silver Hammer.

Mills McCartney to go vegan

Contactmusic

11 August, 2005

Heather Mills McCartney is so inspired by her husband Sir Paul

McCartney's devotion to vegetarianism and animal rights, she's

gone one step further by becoming Vegetarians International Voice

For Animals' (VIVA) new patron.

In the August 14 Cover Story (on Newsstands August 11) TV

Guide Magazine Commemorates 40th Anniversary of The

Beatles' Legendary 1965 Shea Stadium Concert

Business Wire

10 August, 2005

Issue Features Four Collectible Covers and Never-Before-Published

Photos

Sweet Home native's work on Beatles to be aired on OPB

By Sean C. Morgan, Sweet Home New Era

10 August, 2005

He may be just an amateur, but Oregon Public Broadcasting thinks

Chuck Stenberg is ready for air time.

New John Lennon collection in Asia

Online Rock Radio

10 August, 2005

A new John Lennon compilation will be released on October 4th

in Southeast Asia to commemorate what would have been his

65th birthday, although his actual birthday was October 9th.

The Beatles caught on candid camera

By Malcolm Handley, Liverpool Daily Post

10 August, 2005

Nothing defines the 1960s music revolution more than The Beatles,

Merseybeat and The Rolling Stones - and, their music apart,

nothing defines them more than Jane Bown's iconic portraits.

Changes? oh no!

By Michael Riedel, New York Post

10 August, 2005

Who needs the critics to destroy your show when you've got Yoko

Ono?

Beatles' 1968 pilgrimage to India coming to Chicago

By Rummana Hussain, Chicago Sun-Times

10 August, 2005

The only thing a young, heartbroken Paul Saltzman wanted when

he arrived at the doorsteps of the Maharishi's ashram in Rishikesh,

India, in 1968 was to banish the pain that enveloped his soul ever

since his girlfriend announced she was leaving him.

Why Did the Beatles Take America by Storm 40 Years

Ago (inc. audio)

By Faiza Elmasry, Voice of America

9 August, 2005

On August 15,1965, more than 55,000 screaming fans filled New

York's Shea Stadium to hear the Beatles, the largest crowd ever

to attend a concert.

Paul McCartney's debut new album

FemaleFirst.co.uk

9 August, 2005

Rock legend Paul McCartney is set to release his first new album

for four years next month - his 20th studio recording since the

Beatles.

McCartney begs PETA to keep fighting

Contactmusic

9 August, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney has urged animal rights campaigners never

to give up fighting, insisting they can change the world and the

underdog can win.

Also: Paul Mccartney to appear at LA peta gala

Musical focuses on Lennon songs

Liverpool Daily Post

9 August, 2005

John Lennon always wished musicians would cover his songs

as much as Paul McCartney's, Yoko Ono has revealed.

McCartney and Lennon shared common bond of grief

Asian News International

8 August, 2005

The Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that he

shared a special bond with his late bandmate John Lenon after

the duo spontaneously cried together over their grief at the

death of their mothers.

Rock legends of the Sixties turn back the clock - in

their sixties

By Adam Sherwin, The Times

8 August, 2005

In the Sixties secret meetings were held to ensure that their

latest releases never clashed, but Sir Paul McCartney and

Sir Mick Jagger are now going head to head in a battle of

rock’s living legends.

Yoko: John shines on in musical 'Lennon'

By David Hinckley, New York Daily News

8 August, 2005

Truth is, even John Lennon fans may have trouble imagining

much of his solo work — the dark introspection, the angry

politics — on any theater stage.

Mit 15 konnte ich kaum lesen

Bild.T-Online.de

7 August, 2005

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

Feminine Mystique

By James Rosen, Washington Post

7 August, 2005

It was really just pushing frontiers, that's all we were doing,"

Paul McCartney told an interviewer in 1988.

Music Legend Tells KFC to ‘Get Lost,’ Praises

Pope’s Stand Against Factory Farms in Exclusive

PETA Interview

PETA

5 August, 2005

Next to making music, animal rights is Sir Paul McCartney’s

biggest passion.

Also Paul McCartney has slammed P. Diddy and Jennifer

Lopez over fur; McCartney slams fur-wearing Lopez and Combs;

McCartney, Peta team up; McCartney shocked by reactions to

his songs

Short-time Beatles drummer is back on stage

By Gary Mullinax, The News Journal

5 August, 2005

But Pete Best isn't dwelling on what might have been

Also: Press Pass - Pete Best

Donovan: 'White Album Sound Is All Thanks To Me'

Contactmusic

5 August, 2005

Folk star Donovan insists he is the mastermind behind the

distinctive guitar sound championed by The Beatles on their

eponymous 1968 LP, popularly known as The White Album.

Music Clearing Minefields, Standing Order's in Action

and latest Mine Action update

PeaceJournalism.com

5 August, 2005

1. Music Clearing Minefields

Was Lennon framed in dope possession case?

Asian News International

4 August, 2005

The Beatles' former lawyer Nick Cowan has revealed that secret

files released about Rolling Stone's legend Sir Mick Jaggers's

drug abuse case also prove that the police may also have framed

John Lennon for cannabis possession in 1968.

Imagine what Lennon would think

Barking and Dagenham Post

4 August, 2005

On December 8, it will be 25 years since John Lennon was shot

dead outside his New York home by Mark Chapman.

Paul McCartney calls writers who criticise wife

Monsters and Critics.com

4 August, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney gets so incensed when tabloid newspapers

criticise his model wife Heather Mills, he phones writers up and

tells them what he thinks of them.

Also: McCartney: 'My New Album Is Better Than The Beatles'

Music'

Ono and the musical 'Lennon'

By Lisa Tolin, Associated Press

4 August, 2005

It was not long after she met John Lennon that Yoko Ono realized

she had become one of the most hated women on the planet.

Denny slammed for decade-long neglect of children

Contactmusic

4 August, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney's former Wings bandmate Denny Lane has been

attacked by his ex-wife for failing to speak to their two children for

ten years.

Johnson Signs Historic Voting Rights Act In August 1965

Western Queens Gazette

3 August, 2005

Get into a conversation with a long-time Queens resident and you're

likely to discover a subscriber of the Long Island Star-Journal , a

daily paper that informed the community about local and world news

until it folded in 1968.

Don't worry, be Ringo

By Darryl Sterdan, Calgary Sun

3 August, 2005

You can't hate Ringo. It would be like hating a puppy.

The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons DVD details

groovevolt.com

3 August, 2005

David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, David Crosby, George Harrison,

Jefferson Airplane, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Joni Mitchell, Janis

Joplin, Ravi Shankar, Stephen Stills, and Sly and the Family Stone

are among the performers included on The Dick Cavett Show: Rock

Icons, a three-DVD set that focuses on appearances from some of

the most influential rock musicians ever.

Beatle juices Magex

By Tony Smith, The Register

3 August, 2005

Beatle with Wings Sir Paul McCartney today pumped an

undisclosed sum into online payment system supplier Magex.

Ringo's still a Starr

By Nick Coligan, Liverpool Echo

2 August, 2005

Schoolchildren have had a fab idea - naming their new sports

complex after famous old boy Ringo Starr.

Obituaries in the News

Associated Press

2 August, 2005

Al Aronowitz, a pioneer of rock journalism who introduced Bob

Dylan to the Beatles, died Monday, his son said. He was 77.

Tribute To The Beatles’ Rubber Soul

antiMUSIC.com

2 August, 2005

In honor of the 40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles'

legendary album, Rubber Soul, Razor & Tie Entertainment is

proud to announce This Bird Has Flown - A 40th Anniversary

Tribute To The Beatles' Rubber Soul.

Uncut / Q / Classic Rock Press

paulmccartney.com

1 August, 2005

As previously mentioned Paul features heavily in both Uncut

and Q magazines this month.

The night Yogi and Boo-Boo helped Semolina Pilchard

snare a Beatle

By Alan Travis, The Guardian

1 August, 2005

Police report on 1968 drug raid of Lennon's home released at

National Archives

Animal rights row (12th item)

The Times

1 August, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney has been drawn into a row over an advert

placed in Variety by an organisation in favour of animal testing.

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