Paul McCartney in Israel - 24-26 Sept, 2008

 

 
Here are links to the latest Beatles-related articles available online:
 
Ringo Starr and Make-A-Wish: A teenage
drummer gets to meet the Beatle
By Randy Lewis, Los Angeles Times
31 March, 2011
Were it not an English hospital worker who used
percussion instruments to help relieve boredom
of patients undergoing long-term treatment, a
13-year-old kid battling tuberculosis named
Richard Starkey might never have fallen in love
with the drums, changed his name to Ringo Starr
and become part of the biggest rock band on the
planet.
Also: Planning date set for Liverpool’s Welsh
Streets planning meeting; Ringo Starr's
Surprising Role in Will and Kate's Wedding
 
This Day in Music Spotlight: The Making
of the Most Famous Album Cover
By Bryan Wawzenek, Gibson
30 March, 2011
Originally, it was going to be a bunch of swirly
blobs of varying shades of red.
Also: Nightclub card linked to Beatles
 
Yoko Ono, Sonic Youth Rock for Japan
in New York
By David Fricke, RollingStone.com
28 March, 2011
At the end of their four-song set on March 27th
at Columbia University's Miller Theater in New
York, Sonic Youth played "Shaking Hell" from
their 1983 album, Confusion Is Sex – a song
about transgressive fantasies with a title that
eerily captured the urgency of the night, a
benefit for disaster relief in Japan.
Also: Allies in Improvisation and in a Cause;
Yoko Ono Leaves Viewers Incredulous; "Best
2K I Ever Spent" Yoko Ono & Friends To
Japan With Love
 
Website to pay $950K for posting
Beatles hits
By Anthony McCartney, The Associated Press
28 March, 2011
A website that sold Beatles songs online for 25
cents apiece before they became legally
available has agreed to pay record companies
nearly $1 million to settle a federal lawsuit.
 
Paul McCartney 'the best bass guitar
player of all time'
Gear4music.com
28 March, 2011
Paul McCartney has been hailed as the best
bass guitar player of all time.
Also: McCartney revisited – 4: Going Winging
 
Revealed: The 'love' note that showed
George Harrison had finally forgiven
Patti Boyd after she left him for Eric
Clapton
By Liz Thomas, Daily Mail
27 March, 2011
It was the one of the most extraordinary love
triangles in British music history, almost
destroying the friendship of two music legends.
Also: I Love Lucy: George Harrison’s Favorite
Gibson Guitars
 
The Beatles pilgrimage
By Christopher Toh, TODAYonline
26 March, 2011
This Beatles fan dreams of going to all the
places the Fab Four have made iconic
Also: Twist and Stout
 
Names unveiled for Liverpool’s new
Central Library
By Melvin Rao, Liverpool Echo
26 March, 2011
Sir Paul McCartney and more than 100 literary
greats are to have their names put in stone on
the back of Liverpool’s new library.
 
This Day in Music Spotlight: John and
Yoko’s Bedtime Story
By Andrew Vaughan, Gibson
25 March, 2011
As Lennon recalled in “The Ballad of John and
Yoko,” the newlyweds drove from Paris (where
they’d met with Salvador Dali), and arrived at
the Amsterdam Hilton early morning on this day
in 1969 and checked intothe hotel’s presidential
suite, room 902, until March 31.
Also: Yoko Ono & Friends: To Japan With Love;
John Lennon, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy
Perry, Josh Groban hits together on 'Songs for
Japan' benefit album
 
Liverpool birthplace of Beatle Ringo
Starr under new threat
By Jonathan McGregor, Click Liverpool
23 March, 2011
A Liverpool council chief launched a scathing
attack on Tory Housing Minister Grant Shapps
as a new row erupted over the future of the
birthplace of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr.
 
Look Back: Beatles Release Debut Album
48 Years Ago
RTTNews
22 March, 2011
The Beatles released their debut album, "Please
Please Me," on March 22, 1963.
Also: Royal wedding: Decca Records, the music
label which turned down The Beatles; Tony
Sheridan to perform at Moscow's Beatles festival;
Musicians pay homage to the Beatles at a Secaucus
festival
 
Yoko Man Sells Rare Lennon Sketch
Croatian Times
22 March, 2011
A rare sketch by John Lennon showing a two-
headed Elvis Presley has been put up for auction
to raise money for cancer-stricken children.
Also: John Lennon's Peace Tower Lit For Ono
Wedding Anniversary; ‘John Lennon offered me
lyrics and drawings for a fiver’ - Crosby artist John
Haslam; Yoko Ono Pledges Support For Community
Center At John Lennon's Alma Mater
 
Paul McCartney may perform in Peru in
second half of May
Andina
21 March, 2011
Negotiations to bring ex-Beatle and music legend
Paul McCartney to Peru are going well.
Also: McCartney revisited – 3: Ram on, Paul
Ramon!; Mccartney Set for Machu Picchu
Celebrations?
 
Announcing Ringo Starr And His All
Starr Band European tour summer 2011
Altsounds.com
20 March, 2011
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band return to the
road for the 12th All Starr tour.
Also: Ringo beats path back home
 
Yoko Ono Says John Lennon Would Use
Twitter (SXSW)
By Paul Cashmere, Undercover Music News
19 March, 2011
Yoko Ono says her late husband John Lennon
would have loved Twitter.
Also: SXSW Day 4 Round About: Jay-Z One-Ups
Kanye, Yoko Ono, Riot at DFA 1979
 
Paul McCartney, Lou Reed, Bjork, Mark
Ronson Recording at Avatar
SonicScoop
18 March, 2011
We’ve got the latest on who’s been recording at
NYC’s Avatar Studios most recently.
 
Wincham man finds amp owned by the
Beatles
By Beth Allcock, Northwich Guardian
17 March, 2011
A Wincham man is celebrating ‘the find of the
century’ after discovering the etchings of one of
Liverpool’s most famous musicians by chance.
Also: Fab news! Dundee to host Scottish Beatles
Weekend; Where they went: Liverpool; Help me
if you can: The search is on for Beatles fans who
saw the band in Dingwall; On Tour . . . with the
Beatles!
 
Paul McCartney Announces Finalists in
Vegetarian Recipe Competition
Ecorazzi
16 March, 2011
We told you when Paul McCartney took to the
web and asked fans to submit their very best
recipes for a chance to be added to the Linda
McCartney line of vegetarian foods, created by
his late wife.
 
Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, & More Set for
Miller Theatre's Benefit for Japan 3/27
Broadway World
16 March, 2011
More than a dozen innovative artists at the
intersection of indie rock, contemporary jazz,
and avant-garde performance will come together
at Miller Theatre to present a benefit concert to
support recovery efforts in Japan.
 
Beatles expert sees gold in Fab Four
photo
By Adrian Chamberlain, Times Colonist
15 March, 2011
A U.S. expert on Beatles memorabilia believes
a 1965 Fab Four photo could garner $20,000
next Thursday in a Victoria auction.
Also: Media auction rocks into town
 
Olivia Harrison keeps George Harrison's
legacy alive on visit to Bangladesh
By Arifa S. Sharmin, UNICEF
15 March, 2011
Olivia Harrison, founder of the George Harrison
Fund for UNICEF and wife of the late musician
George Harrison, visited Bangladesh recently
with a delegation that included US Fund for
UNICEF President and CEO Caryl M. Stern and
Apple Corps executive Jonathan Clyde.
Also: Beatle's beloved guitar reborn
 
Disney Kills Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Yellow
Submarine’
By Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter
14 March, 2011
The "Mars Needs Moms" producer is now free
to shop the project to another studio.
 
Yoko Ono And George Takei Urge Help
For Fellow Japanese
Contactmusic
11 March, 2011
Japanese artist/musician Yoko Ono and Star
Trek actor George Takei have urged fans to
support relief efforts in Japan following the
devastating earthquake in the region.
Also: Yoko Ono tells Piers Morgan about her
hopes for the Japan of the future; Yoko Ono:
Japan Crisis and Red Cross
 
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney & Facebook's
Mark Zuckerberg slated for Juarez
appearances, say reports
Allvoices
11 March, 2011
Competitive Juárez event organizers confirmed
today that former Beatle Paul McCartney and
Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg will both
appear at a forum in Juarez that is scheduled for
October 13-25 of this year, according to
information appearing in the Mexican press
Friday evening.
Also: McCartney revisited – 2: After the ball
 
Irish T.V. Host Refused Job As Beatles
Manager
RTT News
11 March, 2011
Gay Byrne, the former host of the Irish talk
show the Late Late Show, has opened up about
an early encounter with the Beatles.
 
Sir Paul McCartney Supports BUAV
Campaign to end Cruel Cosmetics
Tests on Animals
PRNewswire
10 March, 2011
Sir Paul McCartney has declared his support
for BUAV's No Cruel Cosmetics campaign to
end animal testing for toiletries and cosmetic
products sold in the EU.
 
Billy Joel closes down Shea Stadium,
with help from friends, for PBS
By Dave Walker, The Times-Picayune
9 March, 2011
Billy Joel closed Shea Stadium in 2008 with a
couple of concerts and some help from friends.
 
The gospel of John Lennon
By Lindsey Neal, This Land
7 March, 2011
In Search of Lennon’s Lost Letter to Oral
Roberts
Also: Imagine - The Artwork of John Lennon
in Sarasota
 
SXSW interview: Yoko Ono
By Brian T. Atkinson,
The American-Statesman
7 March, 2011
Yoko Ono's remixed "Move on Fast"
refashions her already ebullient 1972 song
with infinite motion.
Also: Yoko Ono's Surprise Rebirth as a Dance
Music Icon; Interview: Yoko Ono dominating
dance floor with remixes; Ten minutes with
Yoko Ono
 
The Guitar That Launched The Beatles
By Andrew Vaughan, Gibson
7 March, 2011
“Love Me Do,” The Beatles’ first-ever single,
announced a revolution in rock and roll.
Also: ‘A Day in the Life’ of a Beatles fan
 
Ringo Starr to play Poland this June
PAP
7 March, 2011
Ringo Starr, one of the two surviving Beatles
and singer of much loved hits such as Yellow
Submarine and Octopus’s Garden, will play
Poland this summer.
 
Had a little Help! Sir Paul? McCartney
shows off impressively full head of hair
By Sarah Fitzmaurice, Daily Mail
6 March, 2011
At 68- years-old his hair should be thinning but
Sir Paul McCartney’s barnet is looking bushier
than ever.
Also: McCartney revisited – 1: A pilgrimage to
Macca; Stella shows latest collection (video);
Pics; Stella McCartney interview - Paris AW
2011 (video - thanks Yardena); Stella show:
Paul McCartney turns out to support designer
daughter at Paris Fashion Week; Corden
films Smithy sketch with McCartney
 
Which Beatle for CPA?
By Sarah E. Needleman, Wall Street Journal
3 March, 2011
Which member of “The Beatles” would make
the best accountant?
Also: The Beatles in Manila & a sick version
of People Power; John Lennon and Jesus,
4 March 1966
 
"Fifth Beatle" gets honorary degreee
Oxford Mail
3 March, 2011
Beatles' producer George Martin is to get an
honorary degree from Oxford University.
 
Lennon's 'How I Won the War' Comes
to DVD March 20
Broadway World
2 March, 2011
John Lennon stars in his only non-Beatles
theatrical performance in HOW I WON THE
WAR available March 20th through MGM's
Limited Edition Collection.
Also: Teenager's dream Lennon autograph sold
for 1,300 euros; Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore
and Yoko Ono Making A Record at Sear Sound;
Yoko Ono Scores Sixth Consecutive Dance
Chart-Topper With 'Move On Fast'
 
Beatles drummer Ringo Starr to return
to Liverpool for concert this summer
By Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo
2 March, 2011
Ringo Starr is making his first visit to Liverpool
since the furore over controversial comments he
made during Capital of Culture year.
Also: Ringo Starr Announces U.K. Summer Tour
Dates; Ringo Starr to play intimate homecoming
gig in Liverpool; Ringo set for first solo city gig
 
I believe in Yester-play
The Sun
1 March, 2011
This piano is set to go for much more than a song
at auction - because Sir Paul McCartney used it
to perform Yesterday for the first time.
Also: Munch bunch do lunch (thanks Yardena)
 
All they are saying is ‘get in bed’
RedBankGreen
1 March, 2011
Need a reason to get out of your pajamas and
leave the house this weekend?
 
 
 
 
 
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