Official Bumper Beatles Bundles Christmas Contest
As a special promotion for the Christmas holidays, the Beatles official website is conducting a daily giveaway now through Dec. 25. During “The 12 Days of a Beatles' Christmas,” which began Dec. 13, the website is giving away bags of Beatles goodies “straight from Apple Corps HQ” each day.The website says the prizes include records from the mono vinyl box set and more. Just clear the snow from the Advent calendar window each day to enter. One lucky winner will be selected daily. Winning names will be published on the website.
Julian Lennon announced the release of two new charity singles he's involved with on Dec. 15: “Sleep for England” with Stephen Emmer and “All Together Now” by the Peace Collective, which also features Leo Sayer, Englebert Humperdinck, David Gray, Suzi Quatro, Clean Bandit, Paul Potts, Dionne Bromfield and others. “All Together Now” is not the Beatles' single but a new recording of the Farm's 1990 single and can be ordered on CD from Amazon.co.uk or digitally from iTunes and “Sleep for England” can be ordered from iTunes .
Proceeds from “All Together Now” aid the British Red Cross and the Shorncliffe Trust, an education center and heritage park in Kent in England. "It is my great pleasure in continuing to support the Red Cross and to be part of a wonderful charitable cause at Christmas.
'All Together Now' celebrates a moment of peace, amid the atrocity of war,” Lennon said. Proceeds for “Sleep For England” support Julian Lennon's White Feather Foundation, which comes to the aid of humanitarian and environmental causes. You can see the very moving “Sleep For England” video on this page.
Former U.S. manager of the Beatles' Apple Records record label Ken Mansfield has co-authored a new book "Rock and a Heart Place: A Rock n' Rollercoast Ride from Rebellion to Sweet Salvation" about how members of various bands found God. No Beatles stories, but the bands profiled include the Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Grand Funk Railroad, The Ronettes and the Turtles.
Besides the Las Vegas and San Francisco dates announced by Brian Ray and the Bayonets, others are in the works including a charity event, he told Beatles Examiner. "We have offers to consider in Brazil as well and are excited to play out live for our fantastic fans who brought us so much joy and affection over the last 20 months," he said.
Our friend Silvia Chialli, the curator of the All You Need Is Paint exhibit we wrote about recently, visited Abbey Road and Abbey Road studios Dec. 11 and sent us this picture of her in the famed crosswalk. You can see it on this page.
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