Beatles News
Beloved Beatle George Harrison died in 2001, just weeks after contracting lung cancer. But according to REELZ’s new docuseries, Autopsy: George Harrison, the famed guitarist spent years worrying about his death after a madman attacked him inside his mansion.
“So far in my investigation, I’ve found that George was a prolific smoker, which would’ve undoubtedly been a trigger for the cancer. I’ve also found that a scar to his lung following a knife attack might have created an environment in which the tumor could’ve grown,” says Autopsy’s Doctor Michael Hunter in the show teaser.
The attack took a toll on Harrison in more ways than one. As RadarOnline.com readers know, a crazed man stabbed the musician inside his own home on December 30, 1999, nearly killing him. His wife, Olivia Harrison, told pals that it only made him more paranoid, as he previously lost longtime friend and The Beatles bandmate, John Lennon to homicide.
Source: radaronline.com
The official affidavit filed in 1970 by Paul McCartney to initiate the break-up of The Beatles is to be auctioned at Christie’s next week (June 14).
The legal document, which features annotations by John Lennon countering McCartney’s claims, is expected to fetch $100,000 to $150,000.
On the affidavit, filed on New Year’s Eve 1970, McCartney lists 25 reasons why he is seeking official dissolution of The Beatles’ partnership. Many of those points are countered by Lennon in handwritten annotations.
One of the key reasons cited by McCartney is the band’s decision to cease touring: “Whilst we had been touring the relationship between us was very close.” To this Lennon counters: “many fights on tour about leadership.”
Source: uncut.co.uk
You open your first European tour in six years and another legend – in the same city for her own concerts – shows up and joins in on one of your signature songs. That’s what happened Wednesday night (June 6) In Paris when Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band opened their tour on the continent. During the finale – the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends” – none other than Joan Baez joined the fun to sing along.
Baez is currently playing the same venue – L’Olympia – for a series of 10 concerts as part of her Fare Thee Well tour.
The 2018 All Starr Band includes Colin Hay of Men at Work, Steve Lukather of Toto, Gregg Rolie of Santana and Journey and new member Graham Gouldman of 10cc. On percussion and sax is Warren Ham and on drums Gregg Bissonette.
Source: bestclassicbands.com
Ed Sheeran reportedly turned up to shoot scenes for his debut movie while nursing a hangover.
The Thinking Out Loud singer has a small role in Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis' new comedy, which is inspired by The Beatles' music. Filming has been taking place in the band's hometown of Liverpool, England this week (end10Jun18), and Ed shot his first scenes on Tuesday. A movie insider told The Sun that Ed turned up on set with a sore head after spending Monday night drinking whisky.
"Ed rocked up on set with a seriously fuzzy head," they said, adding it wasn’t the best start after his poorly received cameo in Game of Thrones. The musician's role in Game of Thrones was mocked by fans of the fantasy show, but members of the crew on the new film apparently praised him as a "natural" actor. The Sun's source explained that Ed shrugged off his hangover and was very professional when the cameras started rolling.
Source: Newsdesk/film-news.co.uk
Ringo Starr reminisced about his first visit to Spain in 1965 with The Beatles, which he described as the best band on the planet, just hours ahead of a new European tour that kicks off on Wednesday in Paris, France and during which he is set to return to the Iberian country after more than half a century.
In an exclusive interview with EFE, Sir Richard Starkey (Liverpool, 1940), better known by his nickname referencing his lifelong penchant for wearing several rings, said he was excited to go back to Spain, since his memories of the first time _ when Spain was still under the brutal military dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco _ were not the sharpest.
"I'm afraid I was a young lad in those days and we were on tour, so it was busy," Starr said. "Didn't we go to a bullfight?"
"I became a vegetarian that day," he added with a chuckle.
Source: efe.com
Sir Ringo Starr has today (June 6) announced the publication of a brand new book entitled, Another Day In The Life, which is due out via Genesis Publications this fall.
The third in Ringo’s series of books, following the sell-out success of Postcards From The Boys (2003) and Photograph (2013), will present a previously unpublished collection of his photographs, captioned with his own thoughts and anecdotes, in addition to contributions from Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh and a host of other friends.
Fans can also expect the book to include quirky observational images and behind the scenes photos taken during events such as Ringo’s acceptance of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and his return to New York’s Plaza Hotel, 50 years after The Beatles first visited the US.
Source: Juliette Jagger/celebrityaccess.com
It has taken more than half a century, but the Holy Grail of the Beatles legendary gig at Birmingham’s Ritz Ballroom has last been unearthed.
Pop historians Bob Prew and Ken Whittakers have the Fab Four’s setlist for the July 5, 1963, concert at the famed Kings Heath venue. It was their third and final performance at the ballroom, sadly destroyed in a blaze.
And it was a concert Bob and Ken didn’t know existed – until one Sunday Mercury reader who attended the gig contacted our newsdesk.
It has been provided by 75-year-old Tom Harris who vividly recalls every detail of the night – right down to stepping excitedly on the Number 11 bus from Selly Oak to see a band yet to taste stardom.
Tom, who now lives in Exeter, left the Ritz with no doubt the Beatles would be big. Not even he could’ve imagined how big.
Source: Mike Lockley/birminghammail.co.uk
A new 320-page hardcover book, titled Imagine, will be published Oct. 9—which would have been John Lennon’s 78th birthday—by Grand Central Publishing in the United States and Thames & Hudson in the U.K. Credited simply to John and Yoko, the book explores the making of the acclaimed 1971 album by John Lennon.
Pre-order in the U.S. here; in the U.K. here.
“A lot has been written about the creation of the song, the album and the film of Imagine, mainly by people who weren’t there,” says Yoko Ono in an announcement, “so I’m very pleased and grateful that now, for the first time, so many of the participants have kindly given their time to ‘gimme some truth’ in their own words and pictures.”
The full announcement reads as follows:
Source: Best Classic Bands Staff/bestclassicbands.com
They have been madly in love for more than a decade.
And Paul McCartney, 75, is clearly keeping the romance alive with Nancy Shevel, 58, as they arrived in Ibiza for an intimate holiday away, on Friday.
Dressed in effortlessly chic ensembles, the pair made a low-key exit out of the airport while they collected their luggage.
Going for a mismatched look, the Beatles star paired red jeans with a navy denim jacket and a white top.
Keeping his greying locks hidden underneath a baseball cap, the rocker shielded his eyes with jet-black shades.
Meanwhile, Nancy looked chic as she stepped out in a khaki jacket and denim jeans, and she added a glamorous touch to her ensemble with a blue floral top.
The wife of the musician displayed her natural age-defying beauty as she left her brunette tresses loose and shielded her eyes with sunglasses.
Nancy accessorised with a stylish black sun hat, while she added a touch of glitter to her ensemble with a pair of dangling earrings.
The Paul and Nancy love story goes back to November 2007 when the lovebirds first started dating.
Source: Daily Mail
On April 10, 1970, the Beatles split up with this announcement: “Spring is here and Leeds play Chelsea tomorrow and Ringo and George and John and Paul are alive and well and full of hope. The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you. When the spinning stops — that’ll be the time to worry. Not before.” Well, in the four decades and more since, we are alive in a world without two of the Beatles, John and George. Paul and Ringo are well and performing, which gives us hope — and the books haven't stopped coming.
Ajoy Bose, best known for his biography of Mayawati (Behenji), and a book on the Emergency, marks the 50th anniversary of the band’s visit to a Rishikesh ashram in Across the Universe: The Beatles in India. He leaves the study of the music to the best known writers chronicling the Beatles like Ian MacDonald (Revolution in the Head).
Source: Sudipta Datta/thehindu.com
