Paul McCartney in Israel - 24-26 Sept, 2008

 

 
Here are links to the latest Beatles-related articles available online:
 
How Did Relationship Between Michael Jackson And
Paul McCartney Go Bad? (inc. video)
ABC News
30 June, 2009
It was a friendship, and partnership, of two of the most famous
entertainers on Earth…one that produced hits like “Say Say Say”
and “The Girl Is Mine.“
Also: Yoko Ono Comments On The Death of Michael Jackson
 
Judge: Ono owns copyright to rare Lennon footage
Associated Press
30 June, 2009
A federal judge has found that the widow of John Lennon is the
rightful copyright holder of rare, intimate footage showing the
former Beatle and his family in London in 1970.
Also: Judge: Ono owns copyright to rare Lennon footage
 
TicketLiquidator's Ticket of the Week: Paul McCartney's
2009 Tour
Marketwire
29 June, 2009
TicketLiquidator, the leading provider of the world's most extensive
ticket inventory for hard-to-find, low priced tickets, today announced
that it offers low priced tickets for Paul McCartney's 2009 Tour in
cities along the East coast of the United States and Canada.
 
Paul McCartney joins Neil Young for Hyde Park gig
By Rob Hastings, Guardian
28 June, 2009
Former Beatle makes surprise appearance for rendition of A Day
in the Life during Hyde Park concert
Also: Neil Young and Macca (video); Paul McCartney joins Neil
Young for A Day In The Life (inc. video - thanks Yardena); Watch:
Neil Young & Paul McCartney - “A Day In The Life” (inc. video)
 
Paul McCartney pays tribute to 'gentle' Jackson
AFP
26 June, 2009
Paul McCartney hailed Michael Jackson as a "massively
talented boy man with a gentle soul" in a tribute to the legendary
performer on his website Friday.
Also: Question mark over Jackson's stake in £500m company that
owns the Beatles' songs; Sony/ATV Said Planning to Keep Beatles
Songs Post-Jackson Death; Michael Jackson's death won't affect
any Beatles-iTunes deal; Macca, Beyonce, Usher 'to perform at
Jackson benefit gig'; Was Michael Jackson a Shrewd Businessman
or Underhanded Friend?
 
MGMT to Support Paul McCartney for Two Special
Shows in Boston on August 5 & 6
PRNewswire
26 June, 2006
Brooklyn based alternative/pop/rock ensemble MGMT are set to
directly support Sir Paul McCartney for two special shows at
Boston's Fenway Park on August 5th and 6th.
Also: Wintersleep Join McCartney Bill
 
‘Beatles to Bowie’ exhibition in London to display
unseen celeb pics
ANI
26 June, 2009
An exhibition of more than 100 previously unseen images of stars
from Jimi Hendrix to the Beatles are set to go on display in a
National Portrait Gallery exhibition celebrating the music and
fashion of the Swinging Sixties.
 
Sgt Pepper souvenir poster signed by Beatles fetches
$52,500 at auction
ANI
25 June, 2009
A Sgt Pepper souvenir poster signed by The Beatles has fetched
a staggering 52,500 dollars in a pop memorabilia auction at
Christie’s in New York.
Also: Beatles letters lost forever...?
 
Paul McCartney Schedules Piedmont Park Concert
WSBTV.com
24 June, 2009
Paul McCartney will play a concert in Atlanta's Piedmont Park on
August 15, it was announced at a news conference Wednesday.
Also: Ex-Beatle to Perform in the Park (inc. video); McCartney at
Piedmont Park; Paul McCartney's Meat Free Monday mission;
Plaskett Opening For McCartney; Paul McCartney concert not an
outdoor event?
 
You Say You Want a Revolution: Chris Foster on The
Beatles: Rock Band
Crispy Gamer
24 June, 2009
This is sort of a special case for us -- the idea that the Beatles have
the material, the weight, the impact to support their own game -- so
we decided to go for that.
 
George Harrison returns to charts with solo hits record
By Dean Goodman, Reuters
24 June, 2009
My Sweet Lord, indeed. George Harrison is back on the pop charts
with the first hits package covering his entire solo career.
 
Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon and Brian Jones Guitars to
be Auctioned
Modern Guitars Magazine
24 June, 2009
On Wednesday, July 1, 2009, the London branch of Christie's will
conduct a Pop Culture, Rock and Pop Memorabilia Auction that
includes a 1970 Fender Stratocaster associated with Jimi Hendrix;
 
It's official, Paul McCartney to play Fenway Park
Boston Music Spotlight
23 June, 2009
After weeks of speculation, Paul McCartney has officially
announced that he will perform at Boston’s historic Fenway
Park on Wednesday, August 5 and Thursday, August 6.
Also: Paul McCartney dreams of century; Hey Jude tops McCartney
hits poll (thanks Yardena); McCartney to play Fenway; We Hear:
Paul McCartney, Patricia Malone, Red Sox and more...; Some don’t
love it loud (thanks Yardena)
 
The Beatles: Rock Band's brilliant mini-movie
By Dan Neil, Los Angeles Times
23 June, 2009
This 'cinematic,' a crucial part of a video game's advertising
campaign, is a pocket masterpiece in its surrealistic bravura.
 
Was John Lennon really born during an air raid?
By Ephraim Hardcastle, Daily Mail
23 June, 2009
Was John Lennon born ‘during an air raid’ in Liverpool, as Beatles
legend insists?
 
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl
By Steve Guttenberg, CNET News
20 June, 2009
I have no idea why, but "The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl" has
never been released on CD in the U.S.
 
Stars Joins Call For The Release Of Suu Kyi
By D. Arul Rajoo, Bernama
19 June, 2009
Renowned stars Paul McCartney, Julia Roberts and top footballer
David Beckham have joined dozens of celebrities and millions of
people around the world calling for the release of Myanmar
democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi on her 64th birthday Friday.
Also: Myanmar's Suu Kyi turns 64 amid outrage over trial;
McCartney and Yoko join campaign for Suu Kyi birthday
 
My moment as a Beatle
By Mark Prigg, London Evening Standard
18 June, 2009
Taking to the stage as one of the Fab Four is every music fan's
dream, and a new computer game, the first to be endorsed by The
Beatles themselves, promises to allow that.
 
George Harrison's Widow Olivia Is Busy Curating His
Legacy
Spinner
18 June, 2009
On June 16, George Harrison's first greatest-hits collection in more
than 30 years was released.
Also: ‘I never even thought about the fact that he was a Beatle’;
George Harrison's widow, Olivia, talks about new 'Best Of,' 'Let It
Roll'
 
Paul McCartney to perform at FedEx Field in Washington
Aug. 1
The Baltimore Sun
18 June, 2009
Paul McCartney is heading to town for a big concert
 
Sir Paul McCartney was born on this day in 1942
Focus News
18 June, 2009
Paul McCartney was born in Walton Hospital in Liverpool, England,
on June 18 1942.
Also: When he's 67
 
The Beatles original contract with Brian Epstein to be given
away!
Uncut
18 June, 2009
The Beatles original contract with manager Brian Epstein is to be
given away as a prize in a music competition set up to celebrate the
launch of The Imagine Corporation.
 
Prince Andrew and Macca to team up to honour John
Lennon
hellomagazine.com
17 June, 2009
He grew up during the height of Beatlemania and his childhood would
have rung to the sounds of hits such as All You Need Is Love and Sgt
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Also: Julian Lennon talks about life with his Beatle dad John Lennon;
Lennon's first wife on life with John
 
George Harrison's afterlife album
BANG Media International (thanks Carlos)
17 June, 2009
Several previously unheard songs by George Harrison are set to be
released.
 
2010 Walk of Fame honorees revealed
The Hollywood Reporter
17 June, 2009
Russell Crowe, Adam Sandler, Bill Maher and Ringo Starr are among
the entertainers who will have their names added to Hollywood Walk
of Fame in 2010.
 
'Revolution' Featuring The Beatles Artwork To Be Shown At
Duck Walk Vineyards
Hamptons.com
17 June, 2009
Paul McCartney will once again make history as he performs the first
concert at the new Citi Field in New York City.
Also: Beatlemania enjoys a revival in Hamburg
 
Paul McCartney gets Animated!
By Clint Morris, Moviehole (thanks Yardena)
16 June, 2009
Rob Minkoff (“The Forbidden Kingdom”, “The Lion King”) will direct
“High in the Clouds”, an animated film featuring the music of former
Beatle Paul McCartney.
Also: Paul McCartney tickets make Citi Field the number one venue
 
'Always a bit of longing' in George Harrison tunes, says widow
CNN
15 June, 2009
In compiling a new George Harrison greatest-hits collection, the idea
was to focus on the flow, his widow, Olivia, told CNNRadio Monday.
 
John Lennon and His Iconic Guitars Live
By Ted Drozdowski, Gibson
15 June, 2009
It ain’t the Beatles, but a new DVD of the Plastic Ono Band’s historic
1969 Toronto concert provides a close-up look at a severely bearded
John Lennon during a pivotal time in his career, playing raw rock and
roll on his Epiphone Casino with primal abandon.
Also: Julain Lennon launches tribute to murdered ex-Beatle
 
McCartney and Yoko urge meat-free Mondays
AFP
15 June, 2009
Beatles legend and famous vegetarian Paul McCartney was joined by
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono Monday to launch an appeal in Britain
for "meat-free Mondays."
Also: McCartney urges 'meat-free days' to tackle climate change; Paul,
Yoko campaign for 'Meat Free Monday'; Green McCartneys' Meat-Free
Monday Plea (inc. video); Pics; McCartney and Yoko push 'meat-free
Mondays'; McCartneys' meat free monday Photos (thanks Yardena)
 
Beatles' Liverpool history goes under the hammer
Liverpool Echo
15 June, 2009
John Lennon’s guitar from the early 60s and the oldest signed photo of
Paul McCartney are just two Beatles lots set to feature at a Christie’s
auction.
 
Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon share spotlight with Mark
Ronson for first performance of Plastic Ono Band in 40
years
By Jennifer Smith, Daily Mail
15 June, 2009
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono took to the stage at the Royal Festival
Hall last night for a performance with the group she started with her late
husband John in 1969.
Also: Meltdown Festival 2009: Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band; Yoko Ono
and the Plastic Ono Band, Royal Festival Hall, London; Yoko Ono/Plastic
Ono Band; Yoko Ono Is America's Dancing Queen; Yoko, son and Ronson
 
Producer of Liverpool Merseybeat bands The Beatles and
Gerry And The Pacemakers dies
By Louisa Collington, Liverpool Daily Post
15 June, 2009
Merseybeat legend Gerry Marsden last night paid tribute to the
respected music producer behind his biggest hits.
 
Neil Sedaka's fond memories of John Lennon
By Lee Morgan, Click Liverpool
15 June, 2009
It is hard to imagine a more unlikely late night phone conversation.
 
Macca eyes US move to be with Nancy
ANI
14 June, 2009
Sir Paul McCartney is reportedly looking to move to the US to spend
time with his businesswoman-girlfriend Nancy Shevell.
Also: Third Paul McCartney show added for Citi Field
 
Press release
PR-USA.net
13 June, 2009
Live performances by Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Tina
Turner are now available on the iTunes Store in aid of youth charity
The Prince’s Trust.
 
It's been a Hard Day's Hamburg
By John Costello, Irish Independent
13 June, 2009
The stench of stale urine crowds the cramped storeroom.
 
Tragic John Lennon Sterling Cartier Box at Auction
By Jared Paul Stern, Luxist
12 June, 2009
On June 14 Bonhams & Butterfields is auctioning off a sterling silver
Cartier cigarette box with an extremely interesting provenance as part
of their Entertainment Memorabilia sale in Los Angeles.
Also: New Photos of Lennon and Ono’s ‘69 Bed-In Come to Woodstock;
White Feather - fasinating new exhibiton at Beatles Story museum;
Another side of a legend
 
'My years as the Beatles' right-hand man'
South Devon Herald Express
12 June, 2009
On December 27, 1960, Liverpudlian Tony Bramwell caught the number
81 bus to go an see a little known group billed as The Beatles!
 
'He would have considered a Beatles reunion... he had great
love for them'
By Simon Cosyns, The Sun
12 June, 2009
George Harrison was the youngest Beatle, the gentle one, the most
handsome.
Also: George Harrison Tributes
 
McCartney snubs record label
Contactmusic
11 June, 2009
Sir Paul McCartney has dealt a blow to his former record label by
taking away his back catalogue - and transferring his hits to a smaller
independent music firm.
Also: Attention Guitarists: See somebody who's seen a Beatle
 
Bethel Woods exhibit gives peace a spotlight
By Sandy Tomcho, Times Herald-Record (fixed URL)
11 June, 2009
It doesn't get more peace-full than this.
Also: Honors for the world's great artists; The 'emotional sound' of
Yoko Ono (audio); Yoko Ono enjoys rare music honour; Gallery gives
visitors a chance to see Lennon's artwork
 
Locations made famous by the Fab Four
By Diane Selkirk, Forbes.com
10 June, 2009
It was more than forty years ago that John, Paul, George and Ringo
sang about Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields.
Also: Beatles’ Adventures With Girls, Drugs, Rock Revived in
Hamburg
 
Lennon, Ono's Montreal bed-in sign to be auctioned in U.K.
By Randy Boswell, Canwest News Service
9 June, 2009
A hand-written French sign reading "L'Amour Et La Paix" that was
taped to the wall above John Lennon and Yoko Ono during their
famous 1969 bed-in at a Montreal hotel is to be auctioned in Britain
next month for up to $70,000 — a startling estimate showing how the
simplest of artifacts from the couple's bizarre Canadian peace mission
40 years ago have acquired enormous value as pop culture icons.
Also: Give peace a cheque, auction house says
 
Paul McCartney: 'I want to work with MGMT' – video
NME
9 June, 2009
Paul McCartney has said that he would like to work with MGMT.
Also: From me to you: A celeb Nanny’s CV; Sir Paul McCartney
admits he is struggling to give politicians a chance
 
Interview Mike McCartney, The Beat Goes On, NML
(inc. audio)
defnetmedia.com
8 June, 2009
Mike McCartney opens his Mini sixties exhibtion at the Beat Goes
On exhibition at the Museum of Liverpool Life.
 
Julian Lennon comforts ailing Lucy in the sky
By Richard Brooks, The Sunday Times
7 June, 2009
The Beatle's son reveals the woman who inspired the famous song
has an incurable illness
Also: Lucy who inspired Beatles song 'seriously ill', says Julian
Lennon; Hey Jude laid bare in Liverpool exhibition about Beatle
John Lennon
 
Mary Hopkin: Those were the days? Not for me
By Alan Franks, The Times
6 June, 2009
More than 40 years after being discovered on Opportunity Knocks,
getting launched by the Beatles’ new label and soaring on her high
Welsh voice to the top of the charts in Britain and the US, Mary
Hopkin is back.
 
How 'Beatles: Rock Band' came together (inc. video)
By Daniel Terdiman, CNET (thanks Yardena)
4 June, 2009
If you were among the thousands of people at Microsoft's E3 press
briefing on Monday, it's a pretty sure bet that the appearance on-stage
there of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and Yoko Ono was one of the
most unexpected things imaginable.
Also: ‘Beatles: Rock Band’ Hands-On: Check Out Fab Footage From
The New Game (inc. video); 'The Beatles: Rock Band' (Wii/PS3/X360);
E3 2009 The Beatles Rock Band Microsoft Press Conference Direct
Feed (video); Video: Paul and Ringo help unveil The Beatles: Rock
Band (video)
 
Is Paul McCartney on the run . . . to Fenway Park?
By Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa, The Boston Herald
4 June, 2009
Don’t breathe a word of this. Because nobody’s supposed to know.
 
Rare John Lennon Items To Be Displayed In Liverpool
411mania.com
3 June, 2009
A new exhibit featuring rare items from John Lennon's personal life is
set to open at the Mersey Ferries terminal building at Liverpool's Albert
Dock in Liverpool on June 17th.
Also: Ono Tops Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart With Contagious
#1 Single; John Lennon's White Feather
 
Paul McCartney still enjoys the thrill of performing
By Edna Gundersen, USA Today
2 June, 2009
Playing the Beatles card trumps everything: trendiness, chart position,
even senior citizenship.
Also: It's official: Paul McCartney will play first shows at Mets' new Citi
Field; Sir Paul McCartney could star for Liverpool at World Expo in
Shanghai
 
Ringo Starr to join Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney collaboration
NME
2 June, 2009
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is set to join the mooted musical
collaboration between his ex-bandmate Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan.
 
Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono
Lennon and Olivia Harrison Come Together for World
Premiere of The Beatles(TM): Rock Band(TM)
PRNewswire
1 June, 2009
Original band members Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with
Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, came together today to kick off
the 2009 E3 Media & Business Summit with the world premiere of The
Beatles: Rock Band.
Also: Pics; Beatles reunite for Xbox launch (video); Paul and Ringo
reunite for Beatles video game; E3: Microsoft's Xbox pals -- Ringo Starr,
Paul McCartney and Tony Hawk; The Beatles’ Surprise E3 Appearance;
Xbox takes center stage, opens E3 2009; E3: Real Beatles show off game;
The Beatles reunite to launch The Beatles Rock Band; Microsoft starts
E3 by bringing out the surviving Beatles; Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
Unveil “The Beatles: Rock Band” in L.A.; Beatles Paul McCartney and
Ringo Starr onstage together for 'Rock Band' (inc. video - thanks Yardena);
'The Beatles: Rock Band': Most amazing animated commercial ever? (inc.
video); After 39 years, The Beatles reunite... to launch Fab Four Xbox
game; Ringo Starr And Paul McCartney Introduce 'Beatles: Rock Band';
E3 2009: Playing Rock Band with McLovin and rocking DJ Hero with
Jay-Z; E3 2009: The Beatles: Rock Band
 
X17 XCLUSIVE - Jen & Paul Hit It Off! (inc. pics and video)
X17 (thanks Yardena)
1 June, 2009
Jenny Aniston wasn't just rubbing elbows with Hollywood royalty at
Hanks' house, she was also partying with Sir Paul McCartney!
Also: Hanks' House Party -- Aniston Brings the Booze (video)
 
Yoko Ono Is @yokoono But Isn't Dear Abby
Spinner
1 June, 2009
With Kanye West, Ben Gibbard, Tom Waits and other famous musicians
telling the world that Twitter accounts attributed to their highnesses are
actually by imposters, @yokoono is not only the real deal, but she's
actually using the platform to reach out to fans personally while
spreading her message of (surprise, surprise) peace and love.
 
 
 
 
 
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