Beatles News
Sir Paul McCartney has given dozens of unseen photographs taken by his late wife Linda to the V&A’s new photography centre.
The 63 pictures include images of The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones, as well as personal portraits of the McCartney family on holiday.
Martin Barnes, senior curator of photographs at the South Kensington museum, said McCartney, who in 1968 was the first woman to have a photograph on Rolling Stone’s cover, was “a talented eyewitness of pop culture”. He said: “This exciting gift complements the museum’s collections of photography. Our greatest thanks go to Sir Paul and his family for this generous gift.”
The V&A Photography Centre, which opens on October 12, will more than double the space devoted to photography at the museum. At its heart is the Royal Photographic Society’s renowned collection, which was controversially moved from Bradford’s National Media Museum, its home for more than a decade. It includes work by pioneering 19th-century photographers as well as 20th-century masters such as Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen.
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A set of photographs from the Beatles 1964 show at Dundee's Caird Hall has been purchased at auction by a museum in the city.
Leisure and Culture Dundee paid £6,600 for the 33 photographs and 38 negatives of the Fab Four's second and final appearance in Dundee. The pictures will be displayed at Dundee's McManus Galleries this year. The images show the group being interviewed before the concert, as well as shots from during the sell-out show. The set also includes photos of screaming fans waiting for The Beatles to arrive at the venue.
The photographs were taken by Dundee-based professional photographer Winnie Forbes-Cochrane. Leisure and Culture Dundee chairman Sinclair Aitken said Dundee had a "rich and diverse musical heritage." He said: "Caird Hall and the concerts there are a huge part of that, so it's really pleasing to see these pictures of The Beatles come home.
These pictures are a fantastic acquisition for the McManus and will now be preserved in our collections for future generations to enjoy."
Source: BBC News
The Beatles will never go out of style! The saga of the beloved band is mythical and significant as ever, even 48 years since their heartbreaking split.
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Go behind the scenes for the creation of The Beatles’ brilliant, groundbreaking songs and learn the real reason McCartney got arrested.
Check out the new special and get an inside scoop on Pete Best’s firing, plus find out how Lennon’s wife Cynthia (accidentally) discovered his affair with Yoko Ono. To re-experience the glory days of the most influential pop band in history, shop Remembering the Beatles, on newsstands now.
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Beatles animator Ron Campbell directed the British band's 1960s cartoon and also helped animate its 1968 film, "Yellow Submarine."
Chances are most anyone reading this was touched in some way by a man whose name few will even recognize.
Ron Campbell never met The Beatles but he directed the Fab Four's 1960s cartoon series. And he's had a hand in cartoons including "The Flintstones,""The Jetsons,""Scooby-Doo," "Rugrats" and "Smurfs."
He also was one of the animators for The Beatles' feature film "Yellow Submarine."
“The best part of my career is never saying, ‘Oh sh*t I have to go to work,’ “ Campbell, 78, said in a recent telephone interview from his Arizona home.
Campbell will be in Naples to meet customers and sell his art work Friday through Sunday at an art gallery along Third Street South.
The Australian native said he began his career in the late 1958s, animating television ads. American film and TV producer Al Brodax noticed his work and hired him to work on Krazy Kat and Beetle Bailey cartoons, Campbell said.
Brodax helped to create The Beatles cartoon — which ran from 1965 to 1969 on ABC in the U.S. — and he recruited Campbell for that project.
Source: Dave Osborn, dave.osborn@naplesnews.com
Decades after their breakup, the Beatles remain one of the most popular bands on the planet — including bookstores, where their history has been pored over and recounted often enough to fill several shelves of high-quality reading.
But what if you aren't looking for in-depth textual analysis and just want a quick graphical representation of some Fab Four info? Authors John Pring and Rob Thomas have you covered with their new book Visualizing the Beatles.
Available for purchase now, the book adds to the countless reams of existing Beatles literature by offering what the publisher describes as "a full-color graphic history of the Beatles, from their instruments to their tours to their outfits, hairstyles and more" — all laid out using infographics designed by Pring and Thomas, and taking readers on a start-to-finish survey of the group's discography from Please Please Me to Let It Be.
Source: ultimateclassicrock.com
FANS of The Beatles who caught them perform at Port Sunlight's Hulme Hall back in the 1960s are being asked to come forward for a starring role in a tribute show.
World famous Beatles tribute The Mersey Beatles are playing the same towns, cities and venues the original Fab Four did during the days of Beatlemania and will perform at Hulme Hall on October 31.
The band performed at the village hall around four times, most famously on August 18, 1962 when Ringo Starr made his debut as the band's new drummer.
Now The Mersey Beatles want to hear treasured stories and memories from fans of John, Paul, George and Ringo when they played in Port Sunlight in 1962 so they can project them onto a screen at their Hulme Hall show.
Source: Lauren Jones/wirralglobe.co.uk
Following the news of Swedish pop group Abba recording new music after 35 years, singer Adnan Sami says that the greatest reunion “would have been, but could never be and will never be” is of English rock band The Beatles. “The Abba reunion is being flouted as the most anticipated ‘ever’. I do agree, but I also feel that the greatest reunion would have been, but could never be and will never be, is of ‘The Beatles’!” Adnan, who shared a photograph of The Beatles, tweeted on Sunday. The Beatles comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. After their break-up in 1970, they each enjoyed success as solo artistes. Lennon was shot dead in December 1980 and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001.
Source: The Tribune
Every June, I attend many shows at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, the annual event taking place on Theater Row and in surrounding areas. But so far, none has impressed me as much as "Rock and Roll's Greatest Lovers" which I saw in June 2014. With music by Anzu Lawson and Joerg Stoeffel, book and lyrics by Anzu Lawson, it told the Romeo and Juliet story of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, two rebels from opposite ends of the world who stood together in the name of LOVE, only to face every kind of hate directed at them from fans, the press, and especially the United States government who viewed the outspoken former Beatle as a threat to the re-election of Richard Nixon in 1968.Playwright Anzu Lawson portrayed Yoko Ono with amazing vitality and honesty about who the misunderstood artist really was back in the halcyon days when she met and married John Lennon, after their chance meeting at a small London art gallery where she was invited to display her off-beat art pieces. Lawson dedicated the play to Yoko Ono for her strength of spirit to carry the message of love to us, still to this day, and for anyone who has ever been misunderstood for speaking their own truth authentically.
Source: Shari Barrett/broadwayworld.com
George Harrison’s estate just announced the debut of HariSongs, a new label that will release selections from Harrison’s archive of Indian classical and world music, as well as his recorded collaborations with artists over the years.
HariSongs’ inaugural reissues are Ravi Shankar’s Chants of India (produced by Harrison) and Ravi Shankar/Ali Akbar Khan/Alla Rakha’s live recording In Concert — 1972, both of which are now available on streaming services for the first time.
The Beatles' guitarist first picked up the sitar during the filming of the group’s preposterous slapstick film Help! in 1965. There was a break in filming during a restaurant scene in which someone gets thrown in a vat of soup while Indian musicians play on in the background, and one of the instruments caught George’s eye.
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The Beatles were one of the most popular Rock & Roll music groups of all time. The band consisted of John Lennon on guitar, Paul McCartney on bass, George Harrison on additional guitar, and Ringo Starr on percussion. The band flourished in the early- to mid-1960s, growing a passionate following and fan base based upon a global phenomenon known as “Beatlemania.” However, the Beatles began to break-up during the late 1960s, dissolving the group by the end of the decade. The band’s break-up was a long and tumultuous process that developed over a number of years in the late 1960s. The sole cause of their break-up has continuously been debated by modern music critics and popular culture scholars. However, there wasn’t just one cause as to why the band eventually broke up. Rather, the band’s eventual break-up was a cumulative process created by a series of conflicts and setbacks.
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