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Four Decades Later, Here Comes More Fun

By Diane Dietz, The Register-Guard

31 October, 2005

The Beatles broke up 35 years ago this November, yet their

music still occupies the recording business with an endless

supply of lost tapes, bootlegs, anthologies, analog-to-digital

rereleases, live releases, naked releases, remastered

releases and tribute albums.

Beatles become the bond

By Diane Dietz, The Register-Guard

31 October, 2005

This is the story of a father and son, Kent and Gregg White,

and the music that moved them from birth to the crystalline

moment when each, in his time, found its source: John, Paul,

George and Ringo.

The Beatles Started a Cultural Revolution

By John W. Whitehead, Rutherford Institute

31 October, 2005

It seemed to me a definite line was being drawn.

Lennon top icon for US rock photographer

By Paul Majendie, Reuters

30 October, 2005

Ethan Russell is the only rock photographer to have shot

album covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and

The Who.

Anticipated Beatles Bio Comes Out Tuesday

By David Bauder. Associated Press

30 October, 2005

Ten hours, 28 minutes.

Also: Mean Mr. Lennon

The Beatles in Australia

By Ray Chesterton, The Sunday Mail (Australia)

30 October, 2005

The Beatles exploded on Australia as no entertainers had done

before or since.

Best of the Beatles fantastic story

By John P. Mclaughlin, The Province

30 October, 2005

Excellent DVD: To this day, Pete Best doesn't know why he was

fired as drummer

Lennon's Abbey Road white suit sold

Press Association

30 October, 2005

A white suit belonging to John Lennon that he wore on the album

cover of Abbey Road sold for £66,000 at an auction.

Imagine John Lennon from cheeky lad to star

San Francisco Chronicle

30 October, 2005

The tip-off that Elizabeth Partridge isn't going to soft-pedal John

Lennon's daring and complex life for the kiddies is that she starts

her photographic biography "John Lennon: All I Want Is the

Truth" with the bed-in he staged during his honeymoon with

second wife Yoko Ono, the avant-garde artist accused of breaking

up the Beatles.

Sir Paul chats about his fave squirrel

By Sue Corbett, The Miami Herald

29 October, 2005

Just like the hero of the Beatles' 1966 single Paperback Writer ,

Paul McCartney's High in the Clouds (Dutton, $19.99, ages 5 and

up) took him ''years to write,'' -- a whole decade, in fact. But his

first book for children is a hardcover title and -- parents will be

relieved to know -- it's closer to 100 pages than ``a thousand,

give or take a few.''

Also: Last-minute Paul McCartney concert tickets available; Paul

McCartney Walks the Fine Line Between Chaos and Creation;

DJ is primed for Paul McCartney; Review: At 62, McCartney still

magical; McCartney plays at torrid pace during St. Paul show;

The Cute One; Sold-Out Show To Bring $1.7M To Metro (inc. video)

Fans Sing Sir Paul's Praises In St. Paul (inc. video); From British

Isles to Lake of the Isles for McCartney; McCartney Mania; Sir

Paul takes a lap through great songs; Teen review: Former Beatle

McCartney has the magic to bring ages together on new tour; On

tour at 63, McCartney gives it his all; McCartney Packs Iowa Show;

Expectations 'High' for McCartney book; McCartney puts entire

brilliant career on display; Fans Get Last-Minute McCartney

Tickets (inc. video); Paul McCartney brings his legendary rock to

the KeyArena; With a little help...; For the love of Paul: Fans

endure long lines, high prices to see McCartney

After 34 years, The Concert For Bangladesh Just Keeps

on Giving

By Francis C. Assisi, INDOlink

28 October, 2005

For those old enough to remember, it was the mother of all concerts

Two Lennon Classics Reissued

IGN Music

28 October, 2005

Sometime in New York City and Walls and Bridges get fresh

release.

Beatles wax busts sell for £81,500

CNN

28 October, 2005

Wax busts of three Beatles used on the "Sgt. Pepper's" album

cover have sold at auction for £81,500 ($145,380).

Also: £81,500 for Beatle busts

Do You Want To Know A Secret? John Lennon’s

Clandestine Friend Reveals Unheard Ex-Beatle’s Music

I-Newswire

28 October, 2005

The existence of a treasure trove of unreleased material written

by ex-Beatle John Lennon and Bruce Bierman, a covert friend

and collaborator during the 1970’s, has been disclosed, a certain

boon to Lennon fans around the world.

Look how far he’s come

By Jonathan Margolis, Financial Times

28 October, 2005

Who or what exactly is Jeremy Paxton, the man who has emerged

from relative obscurity in less than a year to become the most

celebrated and publicised property developer of recent times?

Artists give alternative stretch to ‘Rubber Soul’

By J. Freedom Du Lac, The Washington Post

27 October, 2005

When Ben Lee was invited to appear on a tribute to the Beatles’

landmark “Rubber Soul” album, the Australian indie rocker had

but one concern.

Cynthia Lennon loses respect for John

By Paul Turton, ABC (Australia)

26 October, 2005

OK. So I am a bit of a Beatles tragic!

Harrison Show Revisited

By David Fricke, Rolling Stone

25 October, 2005

George Harrison's "Concert for Bangladesh," in new DVD and

CD versions, was the first all-star benefit performance

Quarrymen re-unite for a breakfast spot on Australian TV

Liverpool Daily Post

25 October, 2005

Australia's most popular breakfast programme, Today, was last

night broadcast live from Liverpool's Albert Dock as part of a

week-long celebration of all things British.

It was a ringer, not Ringo, who paid visit to Bronner's

By Bryn Mickle, The Flint Journal

25 October, 2005

Bronner's Christmas Wonderland apparently isn't such a hot spot

for ex-Beatles after all.

Pictures of fame and fading smiles

By David Charters, Liverpool Daily Post

24 October, 2005

The change of expressions in previously unseen photographs of

four faces tells the story of the world's most famous group.

John Lennon's peace anthem lyrics set for auction

Reuters

24 October, 2005

Two actors recreated John Lennon's 1969 "bed-in" at a Montreal

hotel on Monday to draw attention to the November auction of

the original lyrics of his "Give Peace A Chance" anthem.

Bono: Yoko said I'm John's son

Ananova

24 October, 2005

Bono says Yoko Ono thinks of him as John Lennon's "son."

McCartney: Behind the legend

By Kyle Munson, The Des Moines Register

23 October, 2005

Paul McCartney winces every time he releases a new album or

takes to the stage.

Also: Paul McCartney: Now I'm sixty-three; Wells Fargo Says

Get To McCartney Early

Interview with Original Beatles Drummer Pete Best

By Adam Gonshor, andPOP

23 October, 2005

The original drummer of The Beatles may never know why he

was kicked out of the most influential rock band of all time.

Live 8 DVD stills, trailer and details

Monsters and Critics

23 October, 2005

We have added some stills, the trailer and full details from the

upcoming 'Live 8' DVD.

The Beatles' influence plays out in track-by-track tribute

By James Sullivan, The Boston Globe

23 October, 2005

Who, exactly, is the ''Nowhere Man"?

Interview with George Harrison's widow

By Bill Harris, Toronto Sun

22 October, 2005

Olivia Harrison describes finishing The Concert For Bangladesh

as 'bitter and sweet'

Also: George Harrison and Friends, The Concert For Bangladesh

Beatle Ringo is Best sub

The Sun

22 October, 2005

Ringo Starr is the No1 substitute of all time — for replacing

Pete Best as the Beatles drummer before they made it big.

Beatle-mania in Borehamwood

By Paul Welsh, Borehamwood & Elstree Times

21 October, 2005

Once again thankyou to various readers who have stopped

me in Tesco and elsewhere to say that after 30 years they

still enjoy this weekly stroll down memory lane.

All-star CD to help hurricane victims

By Edna Gundersen, USA Today

21 October, 2005

New Orleans gave music a wealth of heart and soul.

Yoko Remodels for Lennon Exhibit

Associated Press

21 October, 2005

Yoko Ono has torn apart her own home for the sake of a

John Lennon exhibit now running in Paris.

DVD For Bangladesh

Press Release

20 October, 2005

Apple Corps is proud to announce the autumn 2005 release

of "The Concert For Bangladesh - George Harrison &

Friends" on DVD and CD.

Also: Win A Copy Of George Harrison's Concert For

Bangladesh DVD!!!

Paul McCartney Tries to Recapture a Fresh Sound

(inc. audio. Thanks, hachem)

NPR

20 October, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney -- now 63 -- has spent the better part of

his life playing music for crowds numbering in the thousands.

Also: McCartney-inspired fan gets to say thanks face-to-face;

McCartney fans stage ultimate engagement

Is Anyone Hearing John Lennon's Message?

Associated Press

20 October, 2005

A solitary white piano at a thought-provoking John Lennon

retrospective in Paris invites visitors to play the song that

everyone knows but, in these times of terrorism and war, few

seem to hear ... "Imagine all the people living life in peace."

Also: New York City: John Lennon; CD review: Working

Class Hero - The Definitive Lennon; On the Scene

Ono! he did write to rhyme

By Fiona Cummins, The Mirror

20 October, 2005

Yoko Ono has been forced to eat her words after ridiculing

Paul McCartney's songs.

Behind the Beatlemania: Just the Facts, Lots of Them

By Janet Maslin, The New York Times

20 October, 2005

Bob Spitz says that his book about the Beatles is only one-third

as long as the manuscript that he submitted to Little, Brown.

George Harrison: His widow talks about realising his

final vision

By Louise Jury, The Independent

19 October, 2005

Before his untimely death in 2001, George Harrison wanted

to share his revolutionary 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with

the Live Aid generation.

Beatles' inventiveness, uniqueness was genius

By Martin Lewis, Lexington Herald-Leader

19 October, 2005

At the time of its unfolding, the Beatles story seemed like one

glorious continuum.

Was that really Ringo shopping at Bronner's?

By Joe Snapper, The Saginaw News

19 October, 2005

Employees at a Frankenmuth Christmas theme store say they

are sure they saw Richard Starkey, also known as Ringo Starr,

the drummer for the Beatles.

Music lives, through Paul McCartney

By Greg Toppo, USA Today

18 October, 2005

The man who is arguably the most famous musician on the

planet had a lousy musical education in school.

Also: King of rock to open Kings Dock?; With a little pluck;

'Yesterday' with Paul; Paul McCartney's new album gets

personal; Dear sir or madam, will you read my book?;

Concert review: Paul McCartney; Sir Paul pops back;

McCartney's theme: Meet the Beatles; Energy and emotion

flow in McCartney marathon; A peek into McCartney's

'Backyard'; Finally at ease, McCartney gives, receives the

love; All she still needs is Paul; Fidelity teams up again

with Sir Paul; A magical tour; Exclusive: Paul vs Yoko;

McCartney's concert rests on his laurels; Yoko Ono fires

RPG at McCartney Motorcade (satire)

Beatle's brother appears in court

BBC

18 October, 2005

The brother of music legend Sir Paul McCartney has appeared

in court accused of groping a waitress.

Lennon-Ono Photo Deemed Top Magazine Cover

By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press

17 October, 2005

On what would be the last day of his life, John Lennon posed

for photographs with Yoko Ono in a session with photographer

Annie Liebovitz.

McCartney apologise for Ono's attack

Contactmusic

16 October, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney has apologised on behalf of Yoko Ono

for her embarrassing on him at the Q Awards - insisting the

Japanese artist is "not the brightest of buttons".

Also: Yoko Ono claims she was misquoted over McCartney

outburst; Imagine: Yoko and Macca slugging it out in the

boxing ring; Sir Paul slams Yoko Ono; Paul McCartney hits

back at Yoko

Harrison benefit moved the heart of rock 'n' roll

By John Soeder, Cleveland Plain Dealer

16 October, 2005

George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh was the first

all-star goodwill gig of its kind, but it was far from the last.

Interview with Pete Best

By Bill Harris, Toronto Sun

16 October, 2005

More than 40 years later, Pete Best says he still doesn't

know why the Beatles dumped him for Ringo

Also: Beatle Pete Best and The Michael Packer Blues Band

Imagine? Not here

By Andrew Anthony, The Observer

16 October, 2005

This slightly desperate book sets out to prove two points.

Beatles Top Entertainment Icons List

By Roger Friedman, Fox News

14 October, 2005

Beatles Finish No. 1 on All-Time Icons List

Yoko Ono to complete Lennon artwork

The Press Association

14 October, 2005

Yoko Ono is due to make a special journey to Coventry to

complete a work of art that she and John Lennon began 37

years ago.

Also: Ono to mark Lennon anniversary in Britain; Yoko

makes peace visit to Cathedral

Sean Lennon's Beatles shock

Femalefirst.co.uk

14 October, 2005

Sean Lennon never realised his father John Lennon was a

Beatle - until his classmates told him at school.

A little help from my friend

By Ben Macintyre, The Times

14 October, 2005

Who cares about the bickering? No artistic collaboration has

matched Lennon and McCartney's

Book Helps Parents Discuss Beatles

By Sean C. Ledig, TBO.com

13 October, 2005

Some parents find it difficult to talk to their kids about certain

topics.

Also: Writer takes unflinching look at life of Beatle Lennon

Lennon hearse in TV auction

ITN

13 October, 2005

A John Lennon hearse is just one of the items up for grabs

in a Las Vegas auction of showbiz memorabilia.

Live 8 still rocking with huge, feature-packed DVD

soundgenerator.com

13 October, 2005

"It was 20 years ago today..." sang Paul McCartney.

McCartney creates a casual rock show of classics

By Ian Nathanson, Metro

12 October, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney, 63, performed to a sold-out crowd at

the Air Canada Centre Monday night.

Also: McCartney shocked by Mills' Beatles ignorance; Sir

Paul Rides Again; Sgt. Pepper's only pipes club band;

Can't buy me love; Fur flies as Heather criticises Naomi;

Is McCartney the cute one? Or the cautious one?; The Fab

One; McCartney reaches into the past to feature Beatle tunes;

The affable, unassuming McCartney; McCartney: 'Lennon's

Songs Born Out Of Unhappy Past'; McCartney said no to

Dylan's songs; From Sir, with love; Live Review: Paul

McCartney in T.O.; A night with Paul McCartney is a golden

memory;Dylan, Hendrix and McCartney memorabilia

auctioned; Paul McCartney never really left Liverpool;

McCartney magic; Live: Paul McCartney Takes Trip Down

Memory Lane; Ono slams Mills McCartney criticism; Producer

pushes Sir Paul, result is ex-Beatle's finest album in years;

McCartney plays exclusive Toronto gig; McCartney makes

beautiful 'Chaos'

'Lennon Revealed' more than a Beatles love gush

By Terri Schlichenmeyer, Pahrump Valley Times

12 October, 2005

What were you doing on February 9, 1964?

Who wrote the best Beatles songs: Lennon or

McCartney?

The Times

11 October, 2005

Yoko Ono has revealed that John Lennon used to stay awake

at night wondering why Paul McCartney's songs were more

popular than his own and were more likely to be covered by

other artists.

Also: Yoko accepts award on Lennon's behalf; Gallagher

speaks of his wish to 'protect' Ono; Is Yoko still bitter about

Beatles stuff? (satire); In praise of ... Paul McCartney; Who

was better - Lennon or McCartney?

Ringo House Move

Glasgow Daily Record

11 October, 2005

Ex-Radio 1 DJ Emperor Rosco wants to ship the Liverpool

house in which Beatles drummer Ringo Starr grew up to

Los Angeles and rebuild it.

Also: Ringo's sadness over demolition; 'Don't bother rebuilding

my house brick by brick so you can still say I was born there'

Superfan finds Beatles' lost shots

Contactmusic

11 October, 2005

Lost photographs of The Beatles, tracked down and collected

by superfan Mark Hayward, are being released in a new book.

Tributes on day Lennon would have been 65

By Graham Davies, Liverpool Daily Post

10 October, 2005

Fans on Merseyside and around the world united yesterday

to mark what would have been John Lennon's 65th birthday.

Also: John Lennon: The world still remembers; Lennon's

Exes Have Birthday Bash; ; She's got a ticket to write;

'Lennon Revealed'; Imagine all the butties; Imagine John's

still here; You may say he was a dreamer; Forum: We still

need them (??? - Yarden); Imagine if John Lennon was 65;

Monument to John Lennon to Be Unveiled in Russian Urals;

Desert remembers Lennon on 65th birthday; Exhuming

Lennon - again - at 65; Imagine Lennon had reached 65;

Lennon remembers with love and grief; John Lennon -

Working Class Hero; Musician stamped cousin’s memory; John

would have been so proud to show Sean around Liverpool;

Cynthia Sorry John 'Didn't Make It'; Hailing Lennon, like

old times; Why Lennon will always matter; Lennon, las

enseñanzas de Don Juan (thanks, Carlos) (Text in Spanish.

Use the translation tools here or there)

'Hey Dude': Beatallica hits the road

By Jim Harrington, LiveDaily.com

10 October, 2005

Fab Four fans might freak and metal-heads could cringe as

Beatallica mashes up two great sounds that (hopefully) go

great together on a short tour that gets underway in late

November.

Exclusive: Kid who started the Beatles

Sunday Mirror

9 October, 2005

6.48pm on July 6 1957, at a parish church fete in Liverpool ..

Tragedy-hit group's drummer dies

BBC

7 October, 2005

Mike Gibbins, Welsh drummer with Badfinger, the first band

signed by the Beatles' Apple Records, has died at 56.

Also: Badfinger drummer Mike Gibbins dead at 56

Jersey City kids up close and wowed by McCartney

By Ken Thorbourne, The Jersey Journal

7 October, 2005

Diane Dragone, executive director of Jersey City's Kennedy

Dancers, was all goosebumps yesterday - still excited over the

semi-private concert she and some of her students were given

by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney on Wednesday.

Also: Mccartney digs out old Epiphone guitar for new album;

He Can Work It Out

Beatles exhibit opens new era at FIM

Tampa Bay Newspapers

7 October, 2005

Florida International Museum (FIM) announces that it will reopen

Thursday, Oct. 6, at 244 Second Ave. N. with the exhibit The

Beatles! Backstage and Behind the Scenes.

I write the songs (2nd item)

By Jeannette Walls, MSNBC

6 October, 2005

Paul McCartney is not looking to buy the rights to the Beatles’

catalogue of music from Michael Jackson — despite widespread

reports to the contrary.

Also: McCartney: 'Martin's Hearing Loss Is Partly The Beatles'

Fault'

Imagine...

By Mary Huhn, New York Post

6 October, 2005

What kind of magical mystery turn would John Lennon's life had

taken if he were still with us?

Also: Where he'd be now

John Lennon Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon

By Dominique Leone, Pitchfork

6 October, 2005

The legend of John Lennon, stripped bare of its romantic and

willfully misinformed tales of idealism and near-religious fervor

for "changing the world," is mostly a lot of short stories about

a stubborn, quick-witted domestic hero.

Pop Ringo going ...

The Daily Telegraph

6 October, 2005

A legendary print of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr by photographer

Richard Avedon is set to go to auction next week.

Also: Win signed copies of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr's latest album,

Choose Love

Guitarist creates own chaos

By Ian Nathanson, Metro

6 October, 2005

Rusty Anderson has just released his first solo album, Undressing

Underwater.

Local music beat: Fingerstyle guitarist returns to his roots

By Anne Erickson, The Lansing State Journal

6 October, 2005

At Sir Paul's request, Laurence Juber releases a new disc of

all-Wings tunes

John Lennon, Through the Eyes of His First Wife

(inc. video)

ABC News

5 October, 2005

In Her Second Book, Cynthia Lennon Talks About John's

Relationship With Their Son, Julian

The Concert for John: Exclusive Cleveland Tribute

Marks 25th Anniversary of Beatle John Lennon's Death

PRNewswire

5 October, 2005

On the eve of what would be rock legend and former Beatle John

Lennon's 65th birthday, plans were announced today for The

Concert for John, presented by 365 Events, The Cleveland Agora

and Friday! in the Plain Dealer.

Also: Graham Nash narrates radio tribute to John Lennon

Beatles album waxworks to be sold

BBC

5 October, 2005

Three wax heads of The Beatles, made for Madame Tussauds

and used on the cover of the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club

Band album, are to be auctioned.

Museum to Display Lennon Stamp Collection

Associated Press

5 October, 2005

Beatle John Lennon produced lots of popular albums in his career.

The John Lennon I knew

By Maureen Cleave, Telegraph

5 October, 2005

The man who changed the course of pop music would have been

65 this week.

Paul McCartney tour programme blasts KFC

Monsters and Critics

5 October, 2005

Sir Paul McCartney is giving animal activists at People For The

Ethical Treatment of Animals a boost on his US tour - by taking

on their number one foe in his official tour programme.

Beatle Paul's my pal

By Ella Hester, New York Daily News

4 October, 2005

I always wanted to hold Paul McCartney's hand, and

yesterday I did - but he wouldn't let go!

Also: News pics; Macca tells a tale ot two in New York

Yoko Ono to hold Japan concert 25 years after

Lennon's death

AFP

4 October, 2005

Yoko Ono said she will hold a memorial concert this weekend

in Japan to mark the 25th anniversary of her husband John

Lennon's murder.

Also: Yoko Ono talks about John Lennon before 65th birthday;

Cavern Walks to commemorate Lennon's 65th birthday

Lennon's 'fling' lasted seven years

Irish Examiner

4 October, 2005

John Lennon enjoyed a lengthy and intimate relationship

with his personal assistant May Pang, despite widespread

belief their affair ended when the ex-Beatle returned to

his wife Yoko Ono.

Life Matters (audio, 30 mins) (thanks, hachem)

ABC Radio National (Australia)

3 October, 2005

This is Cynthia Lennon's only Australian radio interview.

Also: Instant karma missing from Cynthia Lennon's `John'

Refusing to live on memories alone

By Bradley Bambarger, The Star-Ledger

3 October, 2005

McCartney still touring, still making music

Also: Paul takes a staid show and makes it better; Paul

McCartney, Madison Square Garden, September 30, 2005

Whatever gets you through the night

By Geoff Edgers, The Boston Globe

3 October, 2005

John Lennon fans rejoice.

Hello, goodbye

By Ellen Tumposky, New York Daily News

2 October, 2005

Cynthia Lennon recalls the highs and lows of life with and

without John

Also: And She Loved Him

Beatles bill owner seeks a fab fourth signature

By Susan Ager, Detroit Free Press

2 October, 2005

Jane Wilde needs Paul McCartney, for about 2 seconds.

Sect builds temple to rival pyramids

By Dipesh Gadher and Amrit Dhillon, The Sunday Times

2 October, 2005

Celebrities back giant complex in India

Ex-RTE presenter nets €500,000 for Lennon film

By Ciaran Hancock, The Sunday Times

2 October, 2005

A former RTE presenter is set to earn €500,000 from a

television documentary on the assassination of John

Lennon, after buying the rights to audio interviews with

his killer.

The Dick Cavett Show: John & Yoko Collection

By Preston Jones, DVD Talk

1 October, 2005

Time offers perspective – that's perhaps the most resonant

theme of the two-disc set The Dick Cavett Show: John &

Yoko Collection.

McCartney Stage Show is Pleasant Surprise

By Roger Friedman, Fox News

1 October, 2005

The first of Paul McCartney’s four shows at Madison Square

Garden turned out to be an unexpected hit, and one of the best

solo shows of his career.

Also: Pics - 1, 2,3, 4

Getting high with Paul McCartney

By Philip Ardagh, The Times

1 October, 2005

Take an ex-Beatle, an illustrator, a children’s writer and

what do you have?

Life with John Lennon (video, 23 mins) (thanks, Carol)

BBC

New light has been shed on the rise of the Beatles in a book

by the former wife of murdered Beatles legend John Lennon.

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