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Yoko Ono Says Being a Beatle's Wife is a 'Difficult' Life

Will Harris — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:20:12 +0000

As part of Yoko Ono's UK press blitz for her efforts as curator of the 2013 Meltdown Festival in London, the 80-year-old artist/activist acknowledged the pressures inherent in her marriage to the late John Lennon, describing being married to a Beatle as "the most difficult thing to be."

Beatles-Focused Show Coming to Broadway

Nick DeRiso — Fri, 10 May 2013 12:00:28 +0000

The Beatles anthology production ‘Let It Be’ is making the leap from London’s West End to the St. James Theatre on Broadway. Rather than focus on the Fab’s bitter-end finale, however, the show includes songs from throughout their career. Billboard reports that the show combines performances by live musicians with new projection technology, ‘Let It [...]

Paul McCartney Debuts Five Beatles Songs in Concert

Dave Lifton — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:09:51 +0000

If there's any rocker who can rest on his laurels onstage, it's Paul McCartney. After all, with such a huge catalog, he can simply fill up a setlist with dozens of his hits, play them night after night without changing, and nobody complains that they didn't get to hear their favorites.

Except he doesn't. Consequence of Sound noted that, at the op

The Beatles Revived by Greg Kihn in New Novel

Jeff Giles — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:21:34 +0000

For most music fans, Greg Kihn will always be known as the guy behind hits like ‘Jeopardy’ and ‘The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em).’ But he’s also an established writer and all set to publish his fifth novel, the Beatles-inspired ‘Rubber Soul.’ “I asked where the Beatles got their records,” Kihn explained in a [...]

Beatles Top List of Artists Used to Help Students Learn English

Jeff Giles — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:54:34 +0000

English is a tricky language, and no one method is universally accepted as the best way to learn it — but quite a few teachers have found that playing their students Beatles songs can help. A recent study conducted by Kaplan International Colleges surveyed more than 500 English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers from [...]

Paul McCartney Spokesman Shoots Down Rumors of Upcoming Nirvana Collaboration

Nick DeRiso — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:08:25 +0000

It looks like Paul McCartney's not collaborating with the surviving members of Nirvana again, after all. A report from earlier this week, citing an unnamed source at McCartney's label, has been quickly debunked by the former Beatle's spokesman.

Paul McCartney's 'Wings Over America' Reissue to Kick Off With Theatrical 'Rockshow' Viewing

Billy Dukes — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:10:58 +0000

Paul McCartney and Wings will reissue 'Wings Over America' on May 28 in a number of different formats with a cornucopia of bonus features. However, the most intriguing prospect may be the May 15 theatrical release of 'Rockshow,' a live concert film shot in 1975 and 1976 during the Wings Over the World Tour.

40 Years Ago: The Beatles' 'Red' and 'Blue' Albums Released

Michael Gallucci — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:00:39 +0000

The Beatles were broken up for a little more than three years when the ‘1962-1966’ and ‘1967-1970’ compilations were released in April 1973. The two-disc sets – known as the ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ albums, respectively – were neither supplements to nor replacements for the band’s other records. They were merely what they appeared to be: collections of great songs by the greatest band that ever walked the earth.

Signed Copy of The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper' Sells for Nearly $300,000

Jeff Giles — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:29:55 +0000

What would you be willing to pay for a signed copy of the Beatles‘ 1967 masterpiece ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’? According to Heritage Auctions, the firm that handled the bids for a recent sale that included a ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ signed by all four members of the band, the most the seller could expect [...]

Early Bids for Signed Copy of the Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper' Album Shoot Past $110,000

Nick DeRiso — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:19:37 +0000

Money, as the Beatles famously opined, can’t buy you love. What it can get you, however, is a signed edition of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ — though, alas, the price is skyrocketing. It seems this special copy of the iconic 1967 art-rock project has created a frenzy of activity for Dallas, Texas-based Heritage [...]

50 Years Ago: The Beatles' 'Please Please Me' Album Released

Michael Gallucci — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:50:40 +0000

How confident were the Beatles in what they had and how they played it when they entered EMI Studios in February 1963 to record their now 50-year-old debut album, ‘Please Please Me?’ So much so that they recorded almost all of the songs for it in one marathon session that didn’t even last 12 hours. [...]

10 Most Unique Beatles Cover Versions

Dave Swanson — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:40:28 +0000

Since the very beginning, many an artist took note of the songwriting brilliance of John Lennon and Paul McCartney (and later George Harrison), and lined up to record their own versions of a Beatle

45 Years Ago: The Beatles 'Lady Madonna' Video Premieres

Dave Swanson — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:01:22 +0000

On March 14, 1968, BBC1′s ‘Top Of The Pops’ program premiered a new video clip from the Beatles for their then-new single, ‘Lady Madonna.’ Long before MTV-style music videos were the norm, the concept had already gained ground with the Beatles in 1965 and 1966. “Out of convenience we decided we we’re just not going to go [...]

25 Years Ago: The Beatles' 'Past Masters' Albums Released

Michael Gallucci — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:23:33 +0000

EMI’s decision to overhaul the Beatles catalog in 1987, spurred by the CD revolution, was a long time coming. For more than 20 years the world’s most popular band’s albums were known one way to U.S. fans and another way to fans in Europe. The Beatles’ original U.K. output of LPs consisted of 12 albums; [...]

50 Years Ago: The Beatles Record 'From Me To You'

Dave Swanson — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:10:28 +0000

On March 5, 1963, the Beatles began recording sessions that would yield their third single, 'From Me To You.' That afternoon, the band ran through seven takes of the tune. Written just a few days prior to the session, 'From Me To You' found the songwriting team of John Lennon and Paul McCartney moving forward.

47 Years Ago: John Lennon "More Popular Than Jesus" Story Is Published

Dave Swanson — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:09:29 +0000

On March 4, 1966, an article appeared in the London Evening Standard that would cause an uproar and ripple for some time. Journalist Maureen Cleave was doing a series entitled 'How Does a Beatle Live?' and her encounter with John Lennon provided controversy that spread far beyond the London paper.

Beatles 'Abbey Road' Cover Used for Traffic Safety Campaign

Jeff Giles — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:19:25 +0000

Decades after the Beatles turned a stroll across the road — Abbey Road, that is — into one of the most widely copied images of the rock era, police in Calcutta, India are using the Fab Four to try and promote better traffic safety. Calcutta’s Telegraph newspaper reports that after years of trying to combat [...]

New Cookbook Pays Tribute to Beatles' Golden Anniversary

Jeff Giles — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:25:06 +0000

Good news, Beatles fans: While you're reflecting on the passage of a half-century since the release of the band's first LP, you can celebrate the band's groundbreaking music by baking all the meals listed in a brand new Beatles-inspired cookbook.

49 Years Ago: The Beatles Land in America

Dave Lifton — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:02:07 +0000

In October 1963, the word "Beatlemania" was coined in Britain to describe the reactions of screaming young girls every time they heard the Beatles' music, either in performance or on the radio. On Feb. 7, 1964, the U.S. got its first proper taste of Beatlemania, as the group arrived in America for the first time.

55 Years Ago: George Harrison Joins John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the Quarry Men

Dave Lifton — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:15:40 +0000

The third part of the equation that would become the Beatles fell into place on Feb. 6, 1958. George Harrison joined the Quarry Men, the John Lennon-led group that Paul McCartney had joined as a second guitarist and singer the previous summer.