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Monty Python May Reunite For Absolutely Anything

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:19:00 +0000

Few things make a reunion tour less appealing as the passing of a key member, and Monty Python – much like The Beatles after John Lennon was assassinated – have done little together as a group since Graham Chapman died of cancer in 1989. Much of the cast have worked together since, but the only time the five living members got together was for an appearance in 1998 at the Aspen Comedy Festival. But now, according to Variety, Terry Jones has roped together the group to voice aliens in his upcoming movie Absolutely Anything. ...Read More...

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How the Brits Rocked America: - BBC Four

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:16:00 +0000

Before The Beatles touched down there in 1964, British pop was barely a concern for America. The first in this three-part series took The Beatles arrival as the year zero for British pop’s conquering of America. An entertaining canter through an over-familiar slice of pop history, Go West was enlivened by some top-drawer talking heads including Paul McCartney and Jimmy Page. No Rolling Stones though. Read More - BBC Four New

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Britain Releases Partial List of Those Declining Knighthood - NYTimes.com

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:23:00 +0000

While Sir Paul McCartney appears to be happy in his knighthood, his bandmate John Lennon was not so relaxed about his own honor, a Member of the British Empire. He gave it back in 1969, along with a note to the queen saying he was protesting Britain’s involvement in “the Nigeria-Biafra thing,” the country’s support of America in the Vietnam War and “ ‘Cold Turkey’ slipping down in the charts,” a reference to the song he wrote for the Plastic Ono Band after he and Yoko Ono decided to stop taking heroin. In a possible homage to his recently created series of lithographs, The Bag One Portfolio, and on stationery from his newly set up Bag Productions, Lennon signed his letter to the queen using a title he awarded to himself: “Sir John of Bag.” Read More - NYTimes.com

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Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder in studio

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:11:00 +0000

Sir Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder have collaborated on a new track. The Beatles legend and the 'Superstition' hitmaker - who last worked together on 1982 song 'Ebony and Ivory', which was a number one hit in the UK and US - have teamed up to record 'Only Our Hearts', one of two original compositions included on his forthcoming record 'Kisses On The Bottom'. Paul - who worked with Stevie at Los Angeles' Capitol Studio - said: 'Stevie came along to the studio in LA and he listened to the track for about ten minutes and he totally got it. Read More - Sky News

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‘Occupy’ album in the works - Toronto Sun

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:10:00 +0000

Yoko Ono, Debbie Harry, Jackson Browne and Willie Nelson are among dozens of artists contributing to “Occupy This Album,” to raise money for the Occupy Wall Street movement against economic inequality, a publicity firm said on Monday. Read More - Toronto Sun

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Flaming Lips Tear Through The Beatles’ ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:34:00 +0000

Psychedelic warlords often disappear in smoke. It’s true! Here we have those lysergic rebels collectively known as the Flaming Lips, dishing out yet another fabulous interpretation of a Beatles song. In this clip, the Oklahoma misfits are joined by jazz/rock guitarist Nels Cline to deliver an over-the-top rendition of ‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy).’ The song, which originally appeared on the Fab Four’s ‘Abbey Road’ album, is given a massive 17 minute reading complete with dancers, lights, projections, smoke, and general mayhem in this video. ...read more...

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The Beatles: “The White Album” - Sonoma State University

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:35:00 +0000

To create staying power, a band or artist has to touch on a style that has yet to have been discovered. Some music entities become popular, sans actual originality and talent, but their fame is often short-lived. It's the hype and trend that lifts them into super-stardom, not their talent, so their mark fails to stand as ever lasting. Read More - Sonoma State University

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McCartney's wife resigns from NYC transit board

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:32:00 +0000

Paul McCartney's new bride is stepping down from the board of the authority that runs New York City's public transit system. Nancy Shevell married the Beatles great in October. She announced her resignation from the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority at its meeting Wednesday. ...read more...

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Paul McCartney's wife Nancy Shevell resigns from MTA board - NYPOST.com

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:55:00 +0000

Nancy Shevell, better known as the third wife of Paul McCartney, officially stepped down today from the MTA board. In a meeting with board members, Shevell said it was a "sad and emotional" day. "In my 30-year professional career, this has been the highlight," said Shevell, who married McCartney last year. She did not give a reason for stepping down to board members, but it has been reported that she plans on living in London with her Beatle husband. Read More - NYPOST.com

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Sir Paul McCartney makes a US blunder

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:31:00 +0000

SIR PAUL McCARTNEY has scored an own goal with his recent comments about the US, especially given that his new wife Nancy Shevell is American. And as his musings have come only a few weeks before he appears at the Grammy Awards in LA the timing couldn’t be worse. Read More - Express.co.uk

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YOKO ONO, WILLIE NELSON, DEBBIE HARRY pile on for OCCUPY THIS ALBUM

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:28:00 +0000

To be released this Spring, 2012, Occupy This Album contains songs from both iconic and emerging artists who have lent their voices and talents to the ever expanding project with more to come. Contributions include music from Crosby & Nash, Yoko Ono, Debbie Harry, Devo, Jackson Browne, Tom Morello, Thievery Corporation, MOGWAI, Third Eye Blind, Ladytron, Our Lady Peace, Immortal Technique, Rain Phoenix, Thee Oh Sees, Warren Haynes, Yo La Tengo, Lucinda Williams, The Guthrie Family, Toots and the Maytals, Loudon Wainwright III, Matt Pless, Richard Barone, Joseph Arthur, DJ Logic, and filmmaker/ activist Michael Moore are just a few who have provided a hit list of new anthems for the generations. Read More - OCCUPY THIS ALBUM

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Brand to quiz rocker before release of Ringo’s new album

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:49:00 +0000

British actor-comedian Russell Brand will interview former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr for Sirius XM Radio. “Town Hall with Ringo Starr” will air live from Los Angeles on Jan. 30. Music producer Don Was will moderate the Q&A, and Starr will perform at the event. A day later, Starr will release his 17th solo album, “Ringo 2012.” ...read more...

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Look at Them All: George Harrison's Guitar Collection Gets iPad App - NYTimes.com

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:15:00 +0000

Though it has been some years since their owner left this plane of existence, the guitars of George Harrison need not weep for loneliness or lack of use: they are about to be shown off and shared in a new iPad app planned for release next month. On Tuesday the George Harrison estate said that it was working with Bandwdth Publishing, Read More - NYTimes.com

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Abbey Road Studios and Fairmont Hotels Partner for Music-Themed Lodging 'Experience' - The Hollywood Reporter

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:03:00 +0000

According to a statement released on Jan. 16, guests will have behind-the-scenes access to the studio where Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here and Radiohead’s The Bends were recorded and may have the ability to record their own songs at the iconic space. Read More - The Hollywood Reporter

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She Jammed With Sir Paul McCartney And Now She Makes Fortune

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:01:00 +0000

UK songwriter Natalie McCool (http://www.nataliemccool.co.uk) who once jammed with Sir Paul McCartney is achieving great success with her songs being played on National radio and television. ...read more...

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Beatles History: Anniversary of Cavern Club Opening - ::antiMusic.com

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:52:00 +0000

The most famous club in the world started out as a mere imitation of another venue. When jazz enthusiast Alan Sytner returned home to Liverpool from Paris's jazz district, he wanted to recapture the feel of the City of Light's Le Caveau club. After a bit of searching – and excavating – he managed to find the perfect spot, an old air raid shelter on Mathew Street, in an area largely known for its wholesale produce markets. On this date in 1957, he opened his own Le Caveau, The Cavern Club. Read More - ::antiMusic.com

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'The world is realising it was unwise to ignore woman-power' - The Times of India

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:52:00 +0000

Yoko Ono was once described by her husband John Lennon as 'the world's most famous unknown artist'. The last time she visited India in the 1970s, legend has it that Lennon and she locked themselves up in a Mumbai hotel suite - for five undisturbed days. But in the public eye for her own work today, the avant-garde conceptual and performance artist returns to India for her first show here. Read More - The Times of India

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Paul McCartney to give magical mystery tours? Here's the rest of the story - National Beatles Examiner.com

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:19:00 +0000

The story was even picked up by the veteran British music paper the New Musical Express on their NME.com website. Well, Beatle tour operators and everyone else, you can rest easy. The story isn't true. His representatives told us the story was taken from "old quotes and said as a joke." So McCartney won't be competing in the tour guide business anytime soon. Read More - National Beatles Examiner.com

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Son of man who turned down the Beatles acquires Fab Four's early hits

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:07:00 +0000

The son of the man who famously refused from signing the Beatles, has now acquired John Lennon and Paul Mccartney's early hits as a partner at boutique music publisher Round Hill Music. [read more]

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Yoko Ono's Conceptual Project At Occupy Wall Street

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:15:00 +0000

We recently heard that Yoko Ono, the artist and famous widow of John Lennon, will collaborate with Occupy With Art in order to distribute 10,000 postcards among Occupy Wall Street protesters nationwide on Saturday, January 14th. If you're in New York, head down to Zuccotti Park by 1 PM that day in order to get written instructions from Ms. Ono about the project. Read More

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A touch of Harry Nilsson - The Australian

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:13:00 +0000

PERHAPS best remembered as the singer of the Midnight Cowboy theme song, Everybody's Talkin', and being John Lennon's drinking buddy during his separation from Yoko Ono, composer Harry Nilsson is fondly remembered by about three dozen famous friends and family in John Scheinfeld's fine Who is Harry Nilsson (And Why is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (Saturday, 1pm, SBS One). Read More - The Australian

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Paul McCartney Wants to Enter the Tourism Business

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:22:00 +0000

“I would really love to start a sightseeing business. I have my own magical mystery tours of the city, my own special route I go on and I think other people would love it, too,” he said, according to the Winnipeg Free Press. “I want to give something back to the locals.” ...Read More...

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TRIVIA: Beatlemania — I can dig it

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:05:00 +0000

There's a deleted scene from the movie "Pulp Fiction" where Uma Thurman's character tells John Travolta's character that there are two kinds of people in this world, "Elvis people and Beatles people." She reasons that a person can like both, but no one likes them equally. As Travolta's character, Vincent Vega, replied, "I can dig it." ...MORE...

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India will be learning experience: Yoko Ono - DNA

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Artist and musician Yoko Ono is showcasing in India a new special project that pays tribute to Indian women, in her first visit to the country after the death of late husband and Beatles' legend John Lennon. The project comprises an exhibition titled 'Our Beautiful Daughters', a series of public art projects spread over 20 venues including schools and hospitals in the city and 'To India with love', a performance by the Ono who is renowned for her conceptual and live art work. Read More - DNA

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'Kodak moments' remembered - CNN.com

noreply@blogger.com (admin@beatlesnumber9.com) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:28:00 +0000

"My most memorable Kodak moment has got to be the day I spent 30 minutes with the Beatles," she told CNN iReport. Her Kodak Instamatic camera in hand, Kordus went backstage to meet the Fab Four in Bloomington, Minnesota. She realized too late that her one flashcube -- a disposable flash that had four one-time-use flashbulbs -- was missing a bulb. Her father had gone back to the car to get another cube but didn't return before Kordus was whisked backstage. Read More - CNN.com

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