Beatles News
Most rock and pop stars will tell you that they've got a pre-show ritual.
But Sir Paul McCartney 's is probably one of the strangest ones around.
The Beatles star may fancy himself as a bit of a quizmaster, as he's admitted that he loves tuning in to episodes of Family Fortunes before he takes to the stage.
The revelation came about when the star was asked by a fan to name his favourite American TV shows of all time.
Sir Paul said: "Well, you know it depends what genre. I mean, if it's a series then I liked Breaking Bad a lot. And then game shows? I like Family Fortunes!.
Source: Vicki Newman/mirror.co.uk
The new feature film documentary The Beatles in India, diretced by two time Emmy award winning producer-director Paul Saltzman, is set to be released worldwide in Autumn 2018.
In 1968, with the eyes of the world upon them, The Beatles travelled to Rishikesh, India, to study Transcendental Meditation with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in a remote ashram on the banks of the sacred river Ganges. Those few short weeks became one of the most prolific and creative periods of their lives.
Also present at the ashram was a young Canadian filmmaker named Paul Saltzman, there to heal a recently broken heart while seeking his own path to understanding and enlightenment. In the informal and relaxed atmosphere, he captured some of the most famous and intimate photographic portraits of The Beatles ever taken.
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A bizarre, head-shaker moment of realization occurs less than two minutes into the 20-plus-minute film, during our first look at the passersby on the street, five stories below: Some of them are actually passing by.
Across the street from the curmudgeonly pedestrians, on the roof of The Beatles’ Apple Corps headquarters at 3 Savile Row in London, the band is performing what will turn out to be its final public concert. They could easily have filled any stadium—any space at all, really—in the world, but there they are, the four of them in the flesh, the one and only actual Beatles, on Jan. 30, 1969, playing for free for the benefit of anyone in the neighborhood who cares to stop and listen.
And yet some people are moving on. They take a brief look to see what the racket is, some make sour faces indicating mild annoyance, and then they continue on their way back to work. Can’t miss that marketing meeting! The Beatles performing an impromptu 42-minute live gig? New songs? John, Paul, George and Ringo right over there?
Source: Best Classic Bands Staff
BRITS Best Female nominee PALOMA FAITH has revealed SIR PAUL McCARTNEY almost featured on her latest album The Architect.
In an exclusive interview, she said: “He came to rehearsals and said, ‘I’d love to jam with you’.
He didn’t make it but sent a cake with a note that said, ‘Sorry, snowed under.
"Let’s jam another time.’”
Paloma is set for a 20-date UK summer tour, including gigs at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey and the Edinburgh Summer Sessions, which goes on sale this Friday.
I’m sure Macca will pay a visit with cake.
Source: From Dan Wootton's Bizarre column/thesun.co.uk
British musician Zak Starkey and his wife Shhh have launched the recording of a reggae album in Jamaica. The project started in December of 2017 and is called the Red Gold Green and Blue project. The project is influenced by Blues music and will see some of Jamaica’s greatest reggae artists performing on the album. So far some of the artists who have recorded on the album have been Mykal Rose, Toots Hibbert, Big Youth, Sly and Robbie, Tony Chin and Freddie Mcgregor, all stalwarts in the reggae music industry. The project was recorded at a secret studio in Ocho Rios Jamaica which was set up by Grammy award winning producer Rob Fraboni. The project manager is reknowned USA based entertainment lawyer Cameron Husty. Several first class engineers were flown in from London Uk with Jamaica’s own Grammy award winning engineer Barry Ohare also adding magic to the project.
Source: wicz.com
Stella McCartney has revealed how she relies on the help of an A-list meditation guru after turning to the practice following her mother's death. The fashion designer, 46, practises Transcendental Meditation with Californian teacher Bob Roth, who also counts Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman and Tom Hanks among his glittering list of clients.
Transcendental Meditation, or TM, has been practised in India for thousands of years but was popularised by Stella's father Sir Paul McCartney and The Beatles in the 1960s. Stella McCartney, 46, turned to Transcendental Meditation to help her overcome the death of her mother Linda in 1998. Her father Sir Paul, pictured in 2014, has practised it since the 1960s. The fashion designer practises Transcendental Meditation with Californian teacher Bob Roth, who also counts Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman and Tom Hanks among his clients. At the time the group made headlines when they studied under controversial guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
Stella, who has four children with husband Alasdhair Willis, creative director of Hunter, grew up as the child of two TM practioners but only adopted the practice after losing her mother Linda to breast cancer in 1998.
Source: By Stephanie Linning For Mailonline
You probably won’t meet a bigger Beatles fan in Derby - and this just goes to prove it.
Derek Oldfield is such a big fan of the famous foursome that he has spent the past five years converting his garage to create his very own Beatles bar. The 65-year-old from Allenton firmly believes it is the best in the country. Unfortunately the bar is not open "Eight Days A Week" – not all things can be perfect but I suppose we can "Let it be".
The bar is filled with hundreds of items of Beatles memorabilia any fan would love to have in their home.
The Beatles are regarded as one of the best bands the world has ever seen. The band, comprising Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison, dominated the 1960s before enjoying success as solo artists in the 1970s.
Source: derbytelegraph.co.uk/Nigel Slater
Geri Horner has purchased a car which previously belonged to Ringo Starr.
The 45-year-old singer - who has 11-year-old daughter Bluebell with her former partner Sacha Gervasi, and 12-month-old son Montague with her husband Christian Horner - has revealed she once splashed the cash on a Mini which was owned by the Beatles rocker, and although she spent more than she would have liked on the motor, she knows it has collectible value.
When asked what her most extravagant purchase has been, she said: "I bought Ringo Starr's Mini. It was a lot of money for a Mini but it belonged to a Beatle, so it's a collector's item. It's a piece of history."
Although it's likely the former Spice Girl doesn't drive the valuable vehicle, if she did take it out for a spin she'd make sure not to put a dent in it whilst parking, as she believes "reverse parking" is one of her hidden talents.
Source: therogersvillereview.com
New Delhi: A throwback to Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da... as an exhibition in the United Kingdom to celebrate 50 years of the Beatles' visit to India and the seven-week stay at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram in 1968, is all set to open in London next month. A sitar used by the Pandit Ravi Shankar who introduced Indian classical music to the Fab Four will be the center of attraction at the exhibition. The sitar is being loaned to the Beatles Story museum in Liverpool by the Ravi Shankar Foundation.
Diane Glover, manager at the Beatles Story museum said the exhibition will feature never-before-seen memorabilia, photographs and personal accounts from the people who spent time with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison in Mahesh Yogi's ashram on the banks of the Ganges.
Source: All India | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee ndtv.com
