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Liverpool airport to honour Lennon
Ananova
29 June, 2001
John Lennon is to be honoured by his home city with Liverpool Airport being renamed after the star.
Also: Airport renamed after Lennon, Airport named after John Lennon
 
Lennon's Pub Wins Garden Fight
By Sol Buckner, Daily Post
28 June, 2001
A pub beer garden where John Lennon once courted future wife Cynthia Powell has been allowed to stay
open by magistrates following a long-running legal battle.
 
Money Can Buy Me A Love Wagon!
Guiness World Records
27 June, 2001
A 1965 Phantom V Rolls Royce caused a frenzy at an auction when it was sold for $2,229,000
- ten times the estimated price!
 
Beatles' Ex-Manager Battles Back
Daily Post
26 June, 2001
Beatles manager Allan Williams, recovering from a quadruple heart bypass operation, said last
night that it had been the most frightening experience of his life, and that he had feared he might
die.
 
Come Beck
Anorak
25 June, 2001
While our exam questions slag off foreign tourists, our celebrities are trying to entice them in.
Also: Hugh on the screen to boost tourism
 
Lennon's notes on sale for £25,000
Ananova
25 June, 2001
A two-page manuscript of notes handwritten by John Lennon for a stage play he authored
is up for sale for £25,000.
 
Off The Record: Macca Gets Back On Road
Daily Record
23 June, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney is to stage his first concert tour in eight years.
 
Abbey Road
By Lawrence Specker, Mobile Register
22 June, 2001
An all-star band walks down a musical trail blazed by the Beatles
 
Japanese Diplomats Come Together for Beatles Tribute
Chosun Ilbo, South Korea
22 June, 2001
All five members of the "Seoul Boys" work at the Japanese Embassy in Korea by day and
moonlight as rock stars.
 
It's Happy Families At Last For Yoko
Daily Record
22 June, 2001
This is the family photo Yoko Ono thought she would never see.
 
One Day In The Park With George - & The Beatles
By Mary Huhn, New York Post
21 June, 2001
Back  in the summer of 1968, budding Scottish photographer Tom Murray, 25, was given the
chance of a lifetime, only he didn't know it at first.
 
Sir Paul carries on Linda's veggie crusade
Ananova
20 June, 2001
Paul McCartney is carrying on his late wife Linda's crusade by pleading with people to turn
vegetarian.
 
Astrid's Archives
By Emma Gunby, Liverpool Echo (thanks to Bob Gilmartin)
20 June, 2001
Previously un-shown photographs taken in Liverpool during the 1960s go on display next
month.
 
Premium Wireless Services Clinches Music Licenses From Sony
Music for Mobile Phone Ringtones
Business Wire
20 June, 2001
Leading Worldwide Ringtone Provider PWS Will Roll-out Fresh Library of Hit Songs on
Popular Mobile Phone Personalization Services
 
Rockers pay homage to Fab Four
By Rich Nieciecki, Reuters
19 June, 2001
With the Beatles seemingly bigger than ever, former Abbey Road Studios engineer Alan
Parsons had no trouble luring participants to offer up live Fab Four covers (many never
road-tested by the quartet themselves) for a 28-city roadshow.
 
Ex-Beatle’s beach spat settled confidentially
By Gary T. Kubota, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
19 June, 2001
The long and winding road over use of a path through former Beatle George Harrison's Maui
estate has come to an end.
Also: Ex-Beatle settles Hawaiian property dispute
 
Hyper Entertainment Represents the Art of John Lennon
Business Wire
19 June, 2001
Hyper Entertainment has entered a three-year agency agreement with Bag One Arts Inc., the art
marketing and licensing arm of the estate of John Lennon.
 
Beatles producer hits out at Oasis
Ananova
19 June, 2001
George Martin says Oasis were wrong to model themselves on The Beatles.
 
Microsoft, McCartney join hands
By Jim Hu, CNET News.com
18 June, 2001
Former Beatle Paul McCartney is getting a little help from Microsoft.
 
Fashionable genes
Anorak
18 June, 2001
While Penny had to endure 24-hour television surveillance to earn her fleeting moment in the
limelight, one suspects that Stella McCartney owes her fame entirely to the fact that her DNA
is half-Beatle.
 
Paul Who? He's A Real Nowhere Man
By Rita Delfiner, PageSix.com
6 June, 2001
He's not even 64 yet - but Paul McCartney is already unknown to some young Americans, a
new survey shows.
 
George Martin boxed set released
Ananova
15 June, 2001
A boxed set of the work of Beatles producer George Martin contains relatively few tracks by the
Fab Four.
 
Fans Rave At Paul's Gig Gaffe
By Laura Davis, Daily Post
14 June, 2001
When Paul McCartney fluffed the Guitar Boogie Shuffle during his first paid appearance, he must
have hoped it would be forgotten before his next gig.
Also: Macca Goes Back On Tour
 
McCartney wings it
By Edna Gundersen, USA Today
14 June, 2001
When renaissance man Paul McCartney isn't mired in such primeval projects as the Wingspan
retrospective or Beatles 1 compilation, he often dabbles in painting, poetry, classical music and
such pet causes as animal rights and land-mine bans.
Also: click here for some recent photos of Paul McCartney
 
Former Beatle Paul McCartney, Left, and Model Heather Mills...
AP
14 June, 2001
Former Beatle Paul McCartney, left, and model Heather Mills share a moment with landmine
survivor and activist Radosav "Zika" Zivkovic before the Adopt-A-Minefield gala in Beverly Hills,
Calif., Thursday, June 14, 2001.
Also: Paul McCartney and Heather Mills Present Award to Landmine Survivor,
Paul McCartney and Heather Mills at the Adopt a Landmine Benefit, Musician Paul
McCartney Gestures to Photographers during a..., Former Beatle Paul McCartney,
Left, and Model Heather Mills...
 
Misstruth
Allstar
14 June, 2001
Paul McCartney popped into the Brian Wilson/Paul Simon show at the Greek Theater in Los
Angeles on Wednesday (June 13) night.
 
Beatles Put a Bit of ``Yesterday'' Up for Bid on Yahoo!
Business Wire
14 June, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney and Sir George Martin Team up with Yahoo! Auctions to Offer Limited
Autographed ``Yesterday'' Lithographs
Also: Sir George launches fundraiser for volcano island, Associated Press Photo,
Reuters Photo
 
Future Of Meeting Place In Doubt
By Will Batchelor, Daily Post
13 June, 2001
A row is brewing between council officials and church leaders over the future of the stage where
former Beatles John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney first met.
 
McCartney says his reputation suffered after Lennon's death
Ananova
13 June, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney says the death John Lennon has tended to overshadow his own contribution
to music.
Also: McCartney: I still keep Linda's memory alive, Lennon 'Eclipsed' Macca,
Ex-Beatle Says He Likes Rapper Eminem, Reuters Photo, Reuters Photo#2, Reuters
Photo#3, Associated Press Photo
 
Edgar Barber Wins Ticket to Ride
PRNewswire (Thanks to Bob Gilmartin)
12 June, 2001
Hard Rock Cafe Announces Winner of The Magical Mystery Tour Bus Sweepstakes
 
Sir Paul's Vow To Young Misha
By Rob Brady, Liverpool Echo (Thanks to Bob Gilmartin)
12 June, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney is helping a young violinist who came to Britain after the Chernobyl disaster
realise his dreams.
 
Church may sell Beatles stage to highest bidder
Ananova
12 June, 2001
The church-hall stage where John Lennon first met Sir Paul McCartney could be ripped out and
sold off.
 
Thom Yorke says Sgt Pepper is 'a complete mess'
Ananova
12 June, 2001
Radiohead's Thom Yorke thinks the Beatles' classic album Sergeant Pepper is "a complete
mess."
 
Macca writes for Travis
Worldpop
11 June, 2001
Travis' Fran Healy has revealed how Paul McCartney helped him write a track on the band's
new album The Invisible Band but didn't get a credit for it!
 
Imagine Living In Lennon's Home
Daily Post
11 June, 2001
most famous suburban semi-detached house in Britain is to go on the market for the first time in
30 years.
 
Reuters Photo
Reuters
11 June, 2001
Paul McCartney poses with two New York City police officers at a book signing session in a
New York book store, June 11, 2001.
Also: 1, 2,3
 
Buy, Buy Me Do..
Sunday Mirror
10 June, 2001
John Lennon's childhood home is up for sale for the first time in 30 years.
 
Beatles lithographs up for auction
Ananova
10 June, 2001
A set of valuable Beatles' lithographs showing the original 1965 score for Yesterday, will go up
for auction later this week.
 
Rare Beatles cover nets a meaty profit
By Brian McTavish, Knight Ridder Newspapers
9 June, 2001
The holy grail of Beatles collectibles appeared the other day at Recycled Sounds in Kansas City,
tucked under the arm of a woman who had bought it for $45 at a garage sale.
 
Special kiss for mine-fight girl
By Anne Alexander, West Midlands Express and Star
8 June, 2001
A West Bromwich girl was the envy of music fans across the world when she received a kiss
from Sir Paul McCartney for highlighting the issue of landmines.
 
eBay Motors' 'Cars of the Stars' Features Famous Wheels From Legendary
Rockers And Renowned Sports Figures
PRNewswire
7 June, 2001
Drivers nationwide will have a chance to own a car touched by fame when "Cars of the Stars" go
up for bid on eBay Motors (www.ebaymotors.com) beginning June 7.
 
Macca girl dismisses family rift claim
ITN
7 June, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney's girlfriend Heather Mills has dismissed claims that she did not get on with
his family.
 
All you need are songs
By Alex Webb, BBC
7 June, 2001
If the heart does not leap at the thought of a Beatles musical, it is no criticism of the Fab Four
themselves.
 
Martin & Macca Auction Yesterday
Mojo
6 June, 2001
Beatles producer Sir George Martin and Paul McCartney are to auction the first of 500
specially-framed lithographs of the original score for Yesterday.
 
The 10 Essential Paul McCartney/Wings Albums
By Pat Berkery, CD Now
6 June, 2001
"A hard act to follow. Almost impossible. But what could I do?" writes Paul McCartney in the liner
notes to his new two-CD set, Wingspan -- Hits and History.
 
Day Tripper's Cash Return
By Liz Hull, Liverpool Echo
6 June, 2001
A man who kept a signed Beatles album cover in the back of a cupboard for almost 40 years
was shocked to learn it could be worth up to £3,500.
 
Heather's £50,000 Sun Bill (fixed URL)
By Mike Darvill and John Kay, The Sun
6 June, 2001
Sir Paul McCartney's lover Heather Mills landed herself a £50,000 bill after trying to gag The
Sun over a story which was never going to be published.
 
Meet the Beatles expert who started a 30-year hoax
By Edna Gundersen, USA Today (thanks to Jeff Boswell)
5 June, 2001
Beatles fanatics have stalked four unreleased songs for the past 30 years. Colliding Circles and
the polemic Left Is Right (And Right Is Wrong) are attributed to John Lennon.
 
CD download deal for EMI
BBC
5 June, 2001
Music giant EMI is to allow internet users to "burn" music from artists such as Robbie Williams
and The Beatles onto blank CDs.
 
Laurence Juber: Studio Stylings
By Adam St. James, Musician (thanks to Bob Gilmartin)
Acoustic fingerstyle master Laurence Juber and former lead guitarist for Paul McCartney's
post-Beatles group, Wings  has long made a living as a session player.
 
'Wingspan' Double-CD Certified RIAA Double-Platinum
Business Wire
4 June, 2001
Generations of fans new and old discovered the magic of the Beatles' 1 CD and turned it into one
of the biggest multi-platinum success stories of 2000-2001.
 
Lost Beatles track 'will not be released'
Ananova
4 June, 2001
EMI says a long-lost Beatles song will not be released as a single.
 
Ex-Beatle McCartney Leads New Anti-Land Mine Drive
Reuters
4 June, 2001
Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his girlfriend Heather Mills Monday launched a new
campaign to rid the world of land mines.
Also: Reuters photo, Macca's fears for 'brave' Heather
 
Macca Hunt For Relatives To Invite To His Wedding
Sunday People
3 June, 2001
Beatles legend Paul McCartney is asking fans to help track down long-lost relatives before he
weds girlfriend Heather Mills.
 
Coming Up On Larry King
CNN (thanks to Jeff Boswell)
June 12 -- In an exclusive television interview, music legend Sir Paul McCartney will appear
for an in-depth profile. He will also be joined later in the hour by Heather Mills to discuss their
campaign against land mines.
 
Bono 'favourite to replace John Lennon' in Beatles
Ananova
1 June, 2001
Bono has been voted the star most suitable to fill John Lennon's shoes if The Beatles ever
reformed.
 
 
 
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