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Mystery of John Lennon's soccer sketch

solved

By Dan Warburton, Evening Chronicle

30 December, 2009

It’s John Lennon’s youthful sketch that baffled

a generation of Beatles fans.

Also: Aaron Johnson gets Yoko Ono's blessing

as John Lennon in Nowhere Boy; Yoko Ono

Lennon, Quincy Jones and Others Keep John

Lennon’s Legacy Alive

Glittering crowd at exhibition by former

Beatles wife

By Khalil Goodman, The Barbados Advocate

30 December, 2009

Quite a large crowd gathered for the opening of

the photo exhibit by Pattie Boyd – rock legend

muse to George Harrison of the Beatles and Eric

Clapton – on Monday night.

Raw Dealer

By Lee Gardner, Baltimore City Paper

30 December, 2009

Most of the time, people show up in these

year-end obit round-ups because of something

they've contributed to the world.

Liverpool's flooded Beatle hotel to

re–open for New Year’s Eve

By Samantha Parker, Liverpool Daily Post

30 December, 2009

A city centre hotel is working to be back in

business in time for New Year’s Eve after a

flood forced it to close.

Also: First Beatles-themed cruise takes to the

seas in 2010

National Treasure: Paul McCartney

By Richard Henley Davis, The Economic Voice

29 December, 2009

He was the one half of the Lennon & McCartney

songwriting team that gave the world such gems

as Love Me Do and Yellow Submarine but his

solo work since leaving The Beatles is a body of

work which eclipses that of most artists’ full

musical career.

Also: Paul McCartney, O2 Centre, London

The Day a Beatle Came to Town

By Alan Glenn, The Ann Arbor Chronicle

27 December, 2009

The passage of nearly four decades can dim even

the keenest of memories.

Also: “War Is Over! If You Want It”: John and

Yoko, 40 Years Later; John Lennon on the price

of fame

Clip Job: Wary, Post-'Jesus' Beatles Meet

the NY Press for Shea Show

By Tony Ortega, The Village Voice

24 December, 2009

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice

archives.

Starr/McCartney collaborate on new single

“Walk with You.” (inc. video)

LP33.tv

23 December, 2009

If you’re looking for a new single to groove to in

the new year, you might want to take a chance on

a song that features not one, but two ex-Beatles.

Also: Clarence Clemons Had Ringo Starr's Help

During E Street Split

Paul McCartney at The O2

By Caitlin Moran, The Times

23 December, 2009

It’s Christmas outside the O2 — stalls fashioned

as giant wine barrels sell gluhwein, baubles and

gingerbread; snow heaped on their roofs.

Also: Snow way I'm cancelling! Sir Paul

McCartney braves freezing temperatures to put

on psychedelic O2 show; Macca magic wows O2

crowd (thanks Yardena); Paul McCartney Good

Evening London Nigel Owen; Paul McCartney

at the O2, London, review; Paul McCartney; Paul

McCartney joined onstage by pipe band in London;

Paul McCartney - 'I'll never retire!' (thanks

Yardena); Paul McCartney closes 2009 shows with

kids and extended Beatles family; Rock Band DLC

brings Paul McCartney live tracks

Yoko Ono (The Perennial One)

By Alex Littlefield, New York Press

22 December, 2009

It was a big year for Yoko Ono.

Paul McCartney

Irish Times

22 December, 2009

In Magical Mystery Tour , the opening song to

this very fine show, Paul McCartney sings the

words “satisfaction guaranteed”.

Also: I was told don't do X Factor...; McCartney's

1970s band rift belongs to 'Yesterday'; Hard day's

ride, Paul?; Legend McCartney rocks O2; Stars

pack Macca show; Review: Paul McCartney, 02

Dublin (thanks Yardena)

John Lennon on The White Album

New Statesman

21 December, 2009

The Beatle says the 1968 album was the band at

their least "self-conscious"

Also: Taylor Wood on Yoko's 'Nowhere Boy'

reaction; John Lennon’s Hollywood Star

Mysteriously Disappears; Lennon's solo Walk of

Fame star joins Harrison's; John Lennon on

revolution

Macca Backs Rage Against X Factor No 1

(inc. video)

By Steve Hargrave, Sky News

18 December, 2009

Sir Paul McCartney has thrown his weight behind

the campaign to land Rage Against The Machine

the Christmas number one.

Also: Rosanna vegs out with Macca (thanks

Yardena); Xfm Meets Paul McCartney (inc.

audio - thanks Yardena); Ticketing sites shut as

music fans lose out again; Best Event of 2009:

Paul McCartney at Piedmont Park (thanks

Yardena); The Cute One: Paul McCartney; Paul

McCartney ready for residency; McCartney to

reunite with Wings guitarist for O2 gig (thanks

Yardena)

Blue plaque for The Beatles not allowed

at Litherland health centre

By Gary Stewart, Liverpool Echo

18 December, 2009

A Beatles fan has been told he cannot put up a

plaque at the scene of the band’s first Liverpool

triumph because it would cause “too much public

interest”.

Also: Miss O'Dell tells all in new memoir

John Lennon's lost six-hour interview

By Maev Kennedy, The Guardian

17 December, 2009

Student's meeting with member of the Beatles in

1968 reveals furious response to claims the group

had sold out

Also: Christmas with John and Yoko; John Lennon

lives on in pen and ink

Macca plea for Jed autograph

The Mirror

15 December, 2009

One's a living legend and a former Beatle.

Also: An Irishman's Diary (thanks Yardena); U2,

Paul McCartney, “Glee” Earn Golden Globe

Nominations; Paul McCartney gets back to his

German roots

Beatles have Album Of The Decade

PA Entertainment

15 December, 2009

The Beatles have officially been honoured with the

Album Of The Decade.

Also: Ravi Shankar resented the Beatles for making

him a pop star; Win the ultra-rare The Beatles: Rock

Band Xbox 360 console and help Doctors Without

Borders; Art of the Fab Four comes to North Wales;

ART THOU: WMGK hosts Beatles Art Show

'Nowhere Boy’: Maureen Cleave remembers

John Lennon

Telegraph

14 December, 2009

Sam Taylor-Wood’s evocative biopic has made

Maureen Cleave recall her time as a young reporter,

hanging out with the Beatle.

The songs The Beatles were singing

By Lambert A. Ramirez, The Philippine Star

14 December, 2009

Examining the songs The Beatles were singing, most of

which were contemporary songs at that time, gives one

an impression that The Beatles, like anyone else, were

simply a product of their own period.

Sir Paul McCartney set for X Factor finale

By Mark Jefferies, The Mirror

12 December, 2009

Sir Paul McCartney will sing with all 12 finalists in an

amazing finale to The X Factor series.

Also: Paul McCartney Carries the Legacy On; After

X Factor, how can ITV turn down anything Simon

Cowell asks?; Live Blog: 'The X Factor' Sunday final

The Beatle’s 1965 “Rubber Soul” coming next

week to XBL/PSN/Wii

By Eddie Makuch, Blast

11 December, 2009

More Beatles tunes are on the way for enthusiasts next

week as Harmonix and MTV Games today announced

the 1965 “Rubber Soul” album is on its way, in its

entirety to the Rock Band Music Store next week.

Also: The Beatles Tribute Cruise is the ultimate Beatles

vacation; Rock Of Ages: 1964 The Beatles - I Feel Fine

John Lennon Museum Near Tokyo May Close

Next Year, Nikkei Says

Bloomberg

11 December, 2009

The John Lennon Museum near Tokyo may close next

year after a license agreement with the singer’s widow,

Yoko Ono, ends in October and visitor numbers decline,

the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported, citing local

government officials it didn’t name.

Paul McCartney in Gelredome: 'Hoi Alles goed?'

(translated from Dutch to English)

Algemeen Dagblad

10 December, 2009

Also: Paul McCartney's nostalgia (translated); Paul

McCartney enthousiasme Paris, "mon petit chou"

(translated from French); Paul McCartney inflames

Bercy (translated); Paul McCartney chouchoute Paris

(translated)

From the archive: What is a Beatle?

The Guardian

10 December, 2009

Originally published on 10 December 1963

Photos document life with Harrison, Clapton

(inc. video)

By Kirstin Murray, ABC News (Australia)

10 December, 2009

Pattie Boyd's relationships with Beatle George Harrison

and guitar legend Eric Clapton have been immortalised

through the classic songs Something and Layla.

Paul McCartney says marriage to Heather Mills

was 'mistake of the decade'

By Tom Bryant, The Mirror

9 December, 2009

Sir Paul McCartney has described his marriage to

Heather Mills as one of the biggest mistakes of his life.

John Lennon's Death, 29 Years Later

By John Hudson, The AtlanticWire

8 December, 2009

Is John Lennon bigger now than ever before?

Also: Rock And Roll Annex To Shut; Tuesday's Earful:

John Lennon; Beatles Story: Liverpool show on John

Lennon’s family life is extended thanks to public demand;

Collectors Covet John Lennon Items, 29 Years After

Death; A place haunted by Lennon's murder; Devotee of

Lennon Haunts Strawberry Fields; Latest Beatles Biopic,

Lennon Naked, to Air on BBC Four; This Is The Day We

Lost Lennon; Imagine...29 years later (inc. video); John

Lennon Died 29 Years Ago Today; Todd Rundgren

Discusses Connection to John Lennon's Assassin

London named world's top city for vegetarian

cuisine

Belfast Telegraph

7 December, 2009

London was declared the top city for meat-free dining in

a survey of the world's best hubs for vegetarian foodies.

Also: Extra tickets for McCartney concert; Robbie

Williams, Paul McCartney, George Michael 'To Appear

On X Factor Final'; “Spectacle: Elvis Costello With…

” Preview: U2 Talk Paul McCartney; Paul McCartney

Says Being a Vegetarian is "Easy" (inc. video)

Talking Germany (inc. video)

DW-TV

6 December, 2009

At home in Germany Klaus Voormann keeps a low profile,

but his name is well-known on the international rock circuit.

Also: Paul McCartney feiert Europatournee-Auftakt (video)

John Lennon Tapes Claimed To Be Legit

By Paul Cashmere, Undercover Music News

6 December, 2009

A recording of previously unreleased songs sung by John

Lennon is for real, says Brian Koppelman.

Also: John Lennon Missing Recordings Discovered and

Released

Ringo Starr on Rock Band: 'I've never played it'

Los Angeles Times

5 December, 2009

Ringo Starr could probably use a little help from his friends --

to learn how to play Rock Band.

Paul McCartney: in love and back on the road

By Robert Crampton, The Times

5 December, 2009

For someone who’s been giving interviews for close on 50

years, Paul McCartney is surprisingly unjaded by the process.

Got a Beatles collectible? In this economy, it could

be as good as gold

By Randall Beach, New Haven Register

4 December, 2009

Anybody who thinks the economy is stagnant and times are

tough should have gone to Charles Rosenay’s Beatles

convention last weekend where Beatlemaniacs were forking

over big bucks for anything related to John, Paul, George

and Ringo.

Also: Sound check: When John Lennon met Paul McCartney;

Ladies and gentlemen, in their own words, the Beatles (thanks

Yardena)

A big day for old rockers

By Sean Nicholls and Leesha McKenny,

Sydney Morning Herald

4 December, 2009

The former Beatle Ringo Starr found himself among aged

company yesterday while announcing some of the

nominees for the 52 Grammy Awards.

Also: Pics; Beyonce and Taylor Swift lead Grammy

nominations (inc. video); Backstage Notes From The

Grammy Nominations

Paul McCartney Rocks Hamburg 49 Years After

First Beatles’ Gig

By Catherine Hickley, Bloomberg

3 December, 2009

Hamburg is where it all started for the Beatles 49 years ago,

and it’s the city where Paul McCartney last night began his

first European tour in five years.

Also: Outrage at €1,000 McCartney 02 tickets;

McCartney back at 'training ground'; Paul McCartney

startet Europa-Tour (video); Paul McCartney engagiert sich

fürs Klima (video); Paul McCartney thrills fans with

Hamburg homecoming; McCartney: Tourauftakt mit

Verspätung (video); Ex-Beatle in 'meat-free' drive (video);

Beatle McCartney has a beef with world climate talks (video);

Pics; Sir Paul McCartney: 'performing in Hamburg is like

playing on a training ground' (thanks Yardena); Paul

McCartney at the Color Line Arena, Hamburg, review (inc.

video); Paul McCartney Gets Back to Hamburg Where he

Once Belonged; Paul McCartney takes Meat-Free Mondays

to EU; Meat-less McCartney campaigns for climate (inc. video);

Ex-Beatle invokes memory of late wife over climate change;

Paul McCartney gets back to Hamburg, half a century on;

Paul McCartney Faces Hostile Crowd in Germany; McCartney

writes song for DeNiro film 'Everybody's Fine,' about a

widower; In praise of… Paul McCartney (thanks Yardena);

Ex-Beatle McCartney in ‘Meat-Free’ Drive (inc. video);

Sir Paul name-checks Ghent as being good for green thinking

(thanks Yardena)

Paul was a Beatle?

By Steve Knox, Janesville Gazette

2 December, 2009

Christmas 1981 – Santa brought me my first “real” albums:

Queen’s Greatest Hits and Tattoo You by The Rolling Stones.

Also: Not For the Faint of Heart: A Tour Through The

Beatles; Beatles doc a great Fab Four primer

McCartney pens original song for film

'Everybody's Fine'

By Edna Gundersen, USA Today (thanks Yardena)

2 December, 2009

Watching an early screening of Everybody's Fine, Paul

McCartney felt a tug of familiarity when a widower portrayed

by Robert De Niro hits the road to visit his scattered children

after they cancel a weekend gathering.

Fab faces of swinging '60s

By Adam Fulton, Sydney Morning Herald

2 December, 2009

Famous faces looked out from the walls as Pattie Boyd, who

captured them on film decades ago, met their gaze while she

wandered around the Paddington exhibition of her photographs

yesterday.

Also: Rock gods in hotel habitats

Industry Vet Sigworth Onboard With George

Harrison Estate

By Chris M. Walsh, Billboard Business News

1 December, 2009

Longtime film/music/video industry veteran Sig Sigworth has

exited Liberation Entertainment and entered a consulting

relationship with the George Harrison Estate, Olivia Harrison

and Harrisongs for the group’s forthcoming slate of projects.

Fab support act

Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph

1 December, 2009

It cost only five shillings and sixpence to see The Beatles

perform in Northampton in 1963 but 46 years on, two items of

memorabilia from the concert are expected to be auctioned off

for up to £900.

Also: The Beatles' Holiday Break-Up

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