Beatles News
John Lennon’s iconic round glasses and shaggy 1970s mane will now adorn a U.S. stamp.
Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, and their son, Sean Lennon, were in New York City’s Central Park Friday to celebrate the U.S. Postal Service’s release of a stamp honoring the late Beatle. Hundreds of Beatles fans gathered for the event.
“I know that my father would have been really thrilled to be accepted, officially in this way, on a stamp,” said Sean Lennon. “About as official as it gets, I think.”
The commemorative stamp features a photo of Lennon taken in 1974 on the roof of his Manhattan apartment building by photographer Bob Gruen, who also spoke at the event. The stamp is designed to look like a 45-rpm record sleeve.
Source: Associated Press/billboard.com
To coincide with the release of his new album Egypt Station tomorrow, former Beatle Paul McCartney has been teasing details on social media of a “secret” gig he’s planning in New York City that’s set for tomorrow night.
In keeping with a kind of freewheeling experimentation with technology that’s characterized his later years and recent releases, from toying with VR to writing a one-off song that plays at the end of the Destiny video game, Macca is teaming up with YouTube to livestream the show worldwide. It’s being billed as a “YouTube Original” and is set for 8 p.m. eastern time.
From an official announcement courtesy of the musician: “(Paul) confirms he will be joining forces with YouTube Originals to livestream a secret concert via his channel this coming Friday 7th September to celebrate the release of his new album Egypt Station. Fans will be able to tune in to watch Paul perform tracks from Egypt Station along with Beatles, Wings and solo classics from 8:00pm (ET). The venue is still to be confirmed.”
Source: Andy Meek/bgr.com
"Ever since 1970, that's all those blokes were asked. 'When are you coming back together?' It wouldn't matter what they were bringing out, or what product they were trying to show the world, all the world wanted to know was 'When are you getting back together?' As artists trying to grow and expand, that must have driven them mad."
Michael Gagliano, who plays John Lennon in Let it Be, is considering what it must have been like being an ex-Beatle during the time between the band's official break-up in 1970 and John Lennon's murder on December 8, 1980.
I'm upstairs at the Liverpool Empire, a glorious Victorian theatre in The Beatles' home town, shortly after opening night of Le it Be, and having a chinwag with the four cast members/musicians. The show's been a huge global hit over the last few years, but this isn't so much a revival as a hugely revamped show.
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Commuters with tickets to ride out of New York’s Grand Central Station heard a special serenade on Friday evening, with Paul McCartney taking over a corner of the majestic hub for a concert.
Only invited guests including Jon Bon Jovi, Meryl Streep, Amy Schumer, Kate Moss and Steve Buscemi were let behind black curtains to see the stage, but everyone could hear a 24-song set that spanned more than 50 years of music.
It was a stunt to promote a new album called “Egypt Station.” McCartney said he wondered “what’s the coolest station we could think of?” and settled on the Manhattan landmark. The band set up under a chandelier and in front of a giant clock, just off the 42nd Street entrance.
Source: By DAVID BAUDER/apnews.com
The Beatles and the Stones musicians both holidayed in Turks and Caicos at the same time
Paul McCartney has shared the bizarre business idea that he and Keith Richards came up with on holiday.
The Beatles and Stones musicians were both on vacation in Turks and Caicos recently, with McCartney saying he would visit Richards after lunch most days.
Speaking to Marc Maron for the latest episode of his WTF podcast, McCartney revealed, while there, the pair had come up with an unusual business prospect. “[We were] designing portable dog kennels that were inflatable,” he said. “It was a pretty good idea, we thought.
Asked if a lot of weed was involved in that idea, he joked: “In the kennels? In the creative process, it was required.”
Source: Rhian Daly/nme.com
The Beatles' Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr chat about their documentary 'The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -The Touring Years' and the legacy of their band.
Paul McCartney performs at the annual Roskilde Festival in Denmark on July 4, 2015.(Photo: Sophia Juliane Lydolph, EPA)
It’s not particularly cool to claim Paul McCartney as your favorite member of The Beatles. On one hand, the facts are on your side: Sir Paul is an institution in a way the other Beatles aren’t, perhaps the most beloved melody man in rock 'n' roll history, the defining force behind the genre’s defining band.
And yet, legacy aside, claiming Paul as your favorite is corny, in the same way as claiming The Beatles are your favorite band is too obvious.
Source: Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY
Songs performed by The Beatles at their first concert in the United States have been at the centre of copyright litigation in a London court more than 54 years on.
Two Court of Appeal judges have produced the latest ruling on the dispute, which relates to The Beatles’ appearance at the Coliseum in Washington DC on February 11 1964.
The concert was videotaped and judges were told that about a decade ago plans were put in place to make a documentary, called The Beatles: The Lost Concert, which would feature the video recording.
Music giant Sony, which owns the copyright to eight of the 12 songs The Beatles performed at the show, sued two firms involved in plans for the documentary, alleging “actual or threatened infringement” of UK, and US, copyrights.
Source: itv.com
Paul McCartney now believes John Lennon was right to split the band up and devote his life to being with Yoko Ono.
The Beatle, 75, was reportedly furious at the time of the split and he and Lennon struggled to patch up their friendship before he was shot dead in 1980.
But speaking in the US, Macca said: “I don’t think anyone tried to pin it on anyone, it just came out that way.
"There was a meeting where John came in and said, ‘I’m leaving the group.’, and he was with Yoko. And looking back on it, he’d reached that stage in his life.
“We all had, But he found Yoko and John loved strong women; his mum had been a strong woman his auntie who brought him up was.”
Source: Mark Jefferies/mirror.co.uk
Former Beatle (is one ever really a former Beatle?) Ringo Starr brings his All-Starr Band back to Milwaukee Saturday, Sept. 8 for a show at the BMO Harris Pavilion on the Summerfest grounds, but Starr's talents will be on display here longer than that.
The legendary drummer's artwork – hand-signed by Starr – will be on display and for sale from Thursday through Saturday at Gallery 505, 517 E. Silver Spring Dr., in Whitefish Bay. Some of the work features Starr's own image.
Source: onmilwaukee.com
SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has revealed he doesn’t blame Yoko Ono for John Lennon’s departure from The Beatles, despite her “intrusive” nature.
Paul McCartney admits taking LSD in Beatles film
Back in 1970 The Beatles split after a decade together becoming what is probably the most influential band in history.
And over the years there have been all kinds of rumours surrounding what caused the breakup.
McCartney and Lennon certainly had a clash and fans have debated how much of an influence Yoko Ono, John’s wife, was on this.
But now in a new interview, McCartney has revealed she was not to blame.
Source: George Simpson/express.co.uk
