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The Beatles hated following Roy Orbison

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:00 +0000

According to Roy Orbison, when he was first asked by Brian Epstein to tour England with the Beatles, he responded, "What's a Beatle?" Orbison was fresh off hits like "Only the Lonely," "Crying" and "In Dreams," and his popularity was rising fast in Britain, but he wasn't yet used to Mersey Beat bands with such goofy names. It was his first British tour, 1963, and, as Orbison later recalled, he didn't know what to expect. Read More - Bradenton Herald

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All We Are Saying, Give The Arts A Chance

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:03:00 +0000

McCartney established LIPA, the Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts, in his old school building in 1996. He has been involved with the school through donations to teaching. He’s been known to show up for their graduation ceremonies as well. Sir Paul! Now they’ve just announced that they will start a Free Primary School for students ages 4 to 11. Read More - WXRT

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The Lennon legacy is one ‘I want to keep strong’

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:03:00 +0000

Already a few thousand people have set foot inside the international Beatles Memorabilia and Julian Lennon Collection exhibition at the Gustavo Bacarisas Galleries in Casemates. But yesterday it was extra special, as the man himself - Julian Lennon - arrived on the Rock to the delight of some on Casemates who instantly recognised him and wanted their picture taken. He did not let them down. Read More

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1963: The Year the Beatles Found Their Voice

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:59:00 +0000

Having spent entirely too much of my life studying all matters Beatles-related, I sometimes like to play a parlor game with other fans. I ask them which year was the band’s best, before offering an answer of my own. Many people stump for 1967, when Sgt. Pepper came out, recasting the pop-culture zeitgeist. Others opt for 1964, the first year of stateside Beatlemania. A dark horse sometimes gets a vote, like 1965, the year the Beatles produced their first mature masterwork in Rubber Soul. But when I provide my answer—1963, all the way—I’m usually met with puzzled looks. It’s no wonder. Fifty years have passed since that magical and formative year for the band, yet most of the music the Beatles recorded throughout it remains commercially unavailable. But 1963 is the band’s annus mirabilis. Read More - The Atlantic

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Beatle droppings not for sale

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:00 +0000

The gift was itself a point of cultural history, the first donation to a national collection by a living owner in return for tax breaks. Until now the only concessions have been from death duties, and the scheme to encourage giving by living owners, administered by the Arts Council, has taken years of argument with the Treasury to work out. If Davies earns enough – "I'll have to get working. If I die tomorrow, it's nothing gained" – he can offset the yellowed pages of letters and lyrics, one written on a torn piece of Lufthansa notepaper, against up to £300,000 of income tax over the next three years. Read More - guardian.co.uk

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The Beatles' lyrics manuscripts and other Fab Four rarities donated to British Library under new scheme

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:57:00 +0000

The British Library has become the first institution to benefit from the Government’s new “lifetime giving” scheme after receiving manuscripts of the lyrics to The Beatles’ hit songs “Strawberry Fields Forever”, “She Said She Said” and “In My Life”, handwritten by John Lennon. Read More - The Independent

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James McCartney, son of Beatles frontman, plays for sold-out crowd

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:44:00 +0000

Singer-songwriter James McCartney — the ubiquitous last name is not a coincidence — took the stage at a sold-out Cafe Nine Tuesday night in his first-ever appearance in the city, on the very day that his first full-length album of all-new material was released. Read More - The New Haven RegisterConnecticut

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Former Beatle rocks Orlando with marathon musical feast

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:19:00 +0000

The 70-year-old McCartney showed no signs of fatigue, playing for nearly three hours on the second night of the North America leg of his “Out There” tour. He ended his two-hour regular set, which consisted of no breaks and some nontraditional song additions, with a seven-minute version of “Hey Jude” and returned for a double encore. Read More - Naples Daily News

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‘Rockshow’ documents McCartney & Wings glorious 1975-76 world tour

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:43:00 +0000

First off, this is McCartney at the peak of his solo prowess. In 1976, when McCartney and Wings arrived for the gig in Seattle which provides “Rockshow” with most of its footage, the former Beatle was riding a commercial wave that saw him dwarfing the sales figures of his fellow former Fabs. John Lennon was all but retired, fully ensconced in his “house husband” phase at the Dakota in New York City. Read More - The Buffalo News

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Liverpool makes the most of its claims on Beatles' fame

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:42:00 +0000

St. Peter Hall, the church recreation center in the village of Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool, hardly qualifies as such. Yet it was here on July 6, 1957, that the most famous meeting in rock and roll history took place: 17-year-old John Lennon, who was performing at the village fair, was introduced to 15-year-old Paul McCartney. Read More - Kentucky.com

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Beatles’ guitar sells for $400K

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:40:00 +0000

A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000, said officials with the company behind the event. The semi-hollow-body guitar, manufactured by the VOX company, was sold to an unidentified U.S. buyer at the “Music Icons” event organized by Beverly Hills, California-based Julien’s Auctions and held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan. Read More - Toronto Sun

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Paul McCartney donates signed 'Wings Over America' box to Hurricane Sandy raffle

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:01:00 +0000

Mitch Axelrod of Fab 4 Free 4 All told Beatles Examiner Friday that the grand prize at a raffle to be held in conjunction with their May 30 charity screening of Paul McCartney's "Rockshow" will be a deluxe box set of the remastered “Wings Over America” signed by Paul McCartney, which anyone, even those who don't go to the screening, will be able to win. Read More - Examiner.com

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Beatles' guitar auctioned to the tune of $505,500

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:54:00 +0000

The semi-hollow-body guitar, manufactured by the VOX company, was sold to an unidentified US buyer at the "Music Icons" event organized by Beverly Hills, California-based Julien's Auctions and held at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan. Read More - TVNZ

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Sister makes plans to honor George Harrison's first U.S. visit 50 years ago

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:06:00 +0000

“We're thinking about making a DVD telling the story about 1963, when I first came to the United States and started trying to move heaven and earth trying to get (the Beatles) records played in this country,” she said. “We'll put some pictures and talking about my mum sending me 'From Me To You' and then George bringing 'She Loves You.' And I can have my band (Liverpool Legends) sing on it. Read More - Examiner.com

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HOW THE BEATLES ROCKED THE KREMLIN: The Untold Story of a Noisy Revolution

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Sat, 18 May 2013 01:44:00 +0000

Leslie Woodhead made the first-ever film with the Beatles in 1962 at the Cavern Club in London. The award-winning documentarian was a Cold-war era spy who became fascinated with the Beatles influence on Soviet kids during his time in Russia.

HOW THE BEATLES ROCKED THE KREMLIN: The Untold Story of a Noisy Revolution (Bloomsbury; April 30) is the well-researched, irresistible story about how the Beatles and their music swept through the Soviet Union and played a part in helping to destroy Communism, guided by Russia’s ultimate rock guru Artemy Troitsky, along with a gallery of characters from Moscow to Vladivostok. The book includes 8 never before seen photos of the Beatles, taken by the author.

“So I found myself in that Liverpool pub with the fledgling Beatles.

They were funny and approachable…We chatted for a while, and Paul told me,

‘We've written all these songs but nobody really wants to hear them.’”

–Leslie Woodhead, How The Beatles Rocked The Kremlin

Soviet leaders had suppressed most Western popular music since the jazz age, but the Beatles and the bands they inspired in the USSR prepared millions of fans for a new world. By stealth, by way of whispers, through secret bootleg tapes or illicit late night broadcasts, the kids tuned in. "Bitles," they whispered, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah.”

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Yoko Ono, David Bowie & Neil Young get MTV O Award nominations

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:43:00 +0000

Four veteran artists join a raft of younger singers and bands (and cats) as nominees for the 6th Annual MTV O Music Awards. Yoko Ono is up for the Digital Genius Award, arguably the most important in this show that relies heavily on digital and social media. Read More - Music-News.com

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Beatles' ‘Help’ Coming to Blu-ray Disc

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:13:00 +0000

The 1965 film from director Richard Lester features band mates John Lennon, Paul McCarthy, George Harrison and Ringo Star, and assorted British character actors, in a farcical story involving religious cults, a mad scientist and London police. The movie also includes classic Beatles songs, “Help!,” “You're Going to Lose That Girl,” “You've Got to Hide Your Love Away,” “Ticket to Ride,” “I Need You,” “The Night Before” and “Another Girl.” Read More - Home Media Magazine

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Yoko Ono Gives Peace With Paul McCartney a Chance

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:23:00 +0000

In an interview on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, John Lennon's widow said, "He was very sweet to say that, and he probably needed closure to say that. That's why he couldn't say that until now. He knew me--we knew each other for 30, 40 years or something--but there was no way to say anything like that because people just liked the idea that we were fighting like crazy in a boxing ring." Read More - Yahoo! Music

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45 Years Ago: John Lennon and Paul McCartney Appear on ‘The Tonight Show’

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:06:00 +0000

After their February 1968 trip to Rishikesh, India failed to provide the spiritual enlightenment they sought, the Beatles turned in the opposite direction, towards business matters. A few months later, the company they decided to form in the wake of manager Brian Epstein’s death was ready to launch. In mid-May, John Lennon and Paul McCartney flew to New York to promote Apple Corps. ...Read More...

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Ex-Lennon, McCartney band members join in special tribute to Wings

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:22:00 +0000

The “Birds of Paradox” album features Gary Van Scyoc (bass, vocals) and Adam Ippolito (keyboards, vocals), who played with John Lennon’s Plastic Ono Elephant’s Memory Band, on Yoko Ono recordings and with artists including Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Paul Simon, Keith Moon and Mick Jagger. Read More | Examiner.com

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Yoko Ono: Being a Beatle wife is harder than being married to a politician

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:14:00 +0000

However, even though she will always be known as Lennon’s widow, she has refused to be defined by what could be seen as a somewhat morbid status and is arguably performing more now, with her son, Sean Lennon and the Plastic Ono band, and putting on a greater number of art shows, than ever before. Read More - Telegraph

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Talking To Vivek Tiwary About Beatles

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:10:00 +0000

I wanted to actually start off a little bit by asking you, because, you have such actually have quite a bit of history with rock music with American Idiot and everything like that. Is there something about rock music that draws you to this, or what was it about the Beatles story that made you want to do this? Read More - Bleeding Cool

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Nowhere Man John Lennon’s not-another-love-song was meant for the studio

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:59:00 +0000

By the time the album was recorded in 1965, The Beatles were using multi-track recording to create music that was impossible to re-create on stage. It’s no wonder The Beatles began to dislike touring. They couldn’t get their music across the way it was recorded. Read More - Oye Times

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John Lennon was planning to return to UK

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:00 +0000

John Lennon's childhood pal Joe Flannery has revealed that the late singer was looking forward to returning to Britain before he was murdered in December 1980. Flannery, now 81 used to handle the Beatles bookings and also made his house a base-camp for Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best after gigs when it was too late for them to return to their respective homes. Read More - The Times of India

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Ringo Starr Fast Facts

noreply@blogger.com (David Holmes) — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:26:00 +0000

"Free as a Bird" wins two Grammy Awards for Best Pop Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocal and Best Music Video-Short Form and "The Beatles Anthology" wins one for Best Music Video. Read More - CNN.com

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