The Danish album
Denmark 1965: The Beatles' Hottest Hits. Parlophone PMCS 306. Photo: ParlogramThis is the rarest and most collectable Danish Beatles album. It was released in the spring of 1965, rumoured to be pressed...
View ArticleMcCartney: Second night in Amsterdam added
Another addition to the tour announced.Ticket sales in Amsterdam has gone so well, a second night has been added at the venue, on 8 June.Updated European tour schedule:Saturday May 23rd – The O2,...
View ArticleRingo postpones concerts due to illness
Ringo sings "Act Naturally" at a recent concert in Alabama. Photo: Rick Glover/BeatlefanRingo Starr and His All Starr Band have cancelled two concerts during their current USA because Ringo has been...
View ArticleRingo - back on the road
Recovered: Ringo and his All Starr Band ends their current tour tonight in Las Vegas.Ringo and his All Starr Band went through with their concert last night at the Pala Casino in Pala, California. Glad...
View ArticleThe poster story
The Norwegian singles collectionWay back in the dark ages, before graphic design was made so easy by computers, some friends of mine and I hit upon the idea of making a giant poster depicting all the...
View ArticleMcCartney's new "Save us" video
Paul McCartney's new video for the song "Save Us" from the "New" album was just published by Ticketmaster as a "UK exclusive". The video was also available on the collector's edition of "New", so the...
View ArticleRingo Starr October dates
Just as we thought, it was just announced that Ringo and his All Starr Band will undertake another tour this autumn. Again, USA and Canada are the countries he will visit. Ringo will be on stage in...
View ArticleBeatles monument in Austria - and an unknown concert
Before the unveilingMarch 14, 2015, a Beatles monument was unveiled in front of the Edelweiss hotel in Obertauern, Austria. The monument was commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the...
View ArticleNME: Beatles issue
NME Beatles SpecialNME is out with a bumper issue with a theme: 100 Greatest Beatles Songs As Chosen By Music's A-Listers.Read the countdown from 100 to 51 online.
View ArticleThe Beatles: Alpha Omega
The Beatles: Alpha Omega 4 disc boxed setIn January 1973, two pirated Beatles box sets appeared in the United States, Alpha Omega Volumes I & II: The Story Of The Beatles.These four-LP collections...
View ArticleRingo's Photograph book - cheap edition
New edition of Ringo's book, "Photograph".In PHOTOGRAPH, Ringo Starr reveals never-before-seen photographs and mementos from his archives, sharing memories of his childhood, The Beatles and beyond....
View ArticleFourfiveseconds out on CD-single
The CD-singleSingles are difficult to find in a physical format these days, normally they are just available as downloads. However, the recent FourFiveSeconds single with Rihanna, Paul McCartney and...
View ArticleOn the cover of Rolling Stone...
Returning to the cover of Rolling StoneRingo Starr returns to the Rolling Stone cover solo for the first time since 1981 this week, musing on everything from a hypothetical Beatles reunion to why he...
View ArticleStar Club raw tape preview
Sounds quite nice to these ears! Your mileage may vary.A preview of samples from the "raw tape" version of The Beatles Live at the Star Club, Hamburg, 1962 was posted on YouTube yesterday. This is an...
View ArticleSetlist from Jan 17, 1963
Memorabilia specialists Tracks has an interesting item for sale, one which gives us a glimpse of what a Beatles concert, two and a half weeks after they had been recorded playing at the Star Club in...
View ArticleAuction tomorrow
The real deal?Tomorrow, April 1st is auction day for various materials relating to the recording of the Beatles in concert at the Star Club, Hamburg from December 1962, including the so called...
View ArticleThe Beatles at the Beeb rebroadcast
BBC Top Of The Pops 1966The BBC has again made available their 1982 original broadcasts of the "Beatles at the Beeb" radio series. Link. Andy Peebles tells the story of the many live session recordings...
View ArticleBill Harry's blog
15 December 1962 at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead:Bill Harry presents the Beatles with The Mersey Beat Poll Winner's Award.Photographer: Graham Spencer, © Bill Harry.Bill Harry, founder and...
View ArticleIn memory of Cynthia Lennon 1939-2015
Cynthia visiting Oslo in 1991, here she poses with members of Norwegian Wood, the Beatles fan club.I was saddened to hear that John Lennon's first wife Cynthia has died after a short struggle with...
View ArticleKanye, Rihanna and Paul in London
The unlikely trioKanye West is hosting another surprise performance in London tonight, this time with PaulMcCartney and Rihanna at The Scotch Of St James! Back in 1965, Paul first met young Stevie...
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