McCartney biography update
U.K. edition.Philip Norman is publishing his new biography on Paul McCartney May 5th in the U.K. as "Paul McCartney: The Biography", May 6th in USA as "Paul McCartney: The Life", and for newspaper The...
View ArticlePaul McCartney records for special edition of BBC Radio 4 series Mastertapes
Get your tickets for a special recording session with Sir Paul at BBC Maida Vale Studios!The radio series Mastertapes returns to BBC Radio 4 later in the year, and a special edition of Mastertapes with...
View ArticleDanish Beatlemania
The boys are checking out reviews of the previous night's concerts in Copenhagen. Photo: Tage Nielsen.Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende, BT for short, has been in print a hundred years in 2016,...
View ArticleThe 1998 Beatles pick-up CD player and radio
Packing case.How about a piece of memorabilia from the late nineties? Back in 1998, licensed by Apple Corps Ltd as an official Beatles product, a portable Beatles pick-up CD player/Radio was...
View ArticleEight Days A Week - The Beatles Live
The title of Ron Howard's Beatles live documentary has been settled on.Word just reached us that Ron Howard's documentary film, previously known as "The Beatles Live Project" has gotten its final...
View ArticleMega festival confirmed
Festival logo or poster.The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney have now both confirmed that this festival named The Desert Trip is taking place, and festival passes go on sale Monday, May 9 at 10am PT....
View ArticleSecret Imagine single
John Lennon's Imagine, with original artwork by Jason Little.Amnesty International UK has launched a campaign where 100 unique copies of John Lennon's "Imagine" single is available from ebay. The...
View ArticleThe Beatles Live project strays from path
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl.Rant:It's so disappointing to see that the documentary originally focusing on The Beatles as a touring band has been turned into a film about the general career of The...
View ArticleBeatlemania in St. Louis
Sara Schmidt's book about The Beatles' concert in St. Louis.Why did Paul McCartney call the 1966 concert at Busch Stadium in St. Louis "the worst little gig the Beatles ever played?" Find out the true...
View ArticleTony Barrow
Tony Barrow outside The Beatles Story museum in Liverpool.Anthony Frederick James "Tony" Barrow (11 May 1936 – 14 May 2016) worked as The Beatles'"press officer" between 1962 and 1968. He invented the...
View ArticleFrom Me To You jubilee
From Me To You, issue #50.The Russian Beatles fanzine "From Me To You" celebrates its fiftieth issue. The fanzine has been published quarterly since 2005 - in Russian.The back cover of issue #50...
View Article1985 online
"Cover" for the online release of the remixed tracks.If you were unable to secure a physical copy of the remixed versions of Paul McCartney & Wings'"Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (Paul McCartney...
View ArticlePaul McCartney on BBC Radio 4's Mastertapes
McCartney on BBC 4The recently taped interview with Paul McCartney on a special edition of BBC Radio 4's Mastertapes will be available today on the BBC iPlayer. Paul McCartney talked to John Wilson...
View Article18 promotional videos on YouTube
Edited into the new version of the "Penny Lane" film.Six days ago, without any fanfare, The Beatles published eighteen "preview videos" on YouTube, taken from last November's release of the 1 and 1+...
View ArticleJohn Lennon's promotional videos
JOHN LENNON THE PROMOTIONAL VIDEOSby Mike CarreraWe did it with Beatles and McCartney, now is time for Lennon. During his solo career, John taped or produced or gave permission to create promotional...
View ArticleGeorge Martin's documentary series airs
George Martin and The Beatles.Before his death, Sir George Martin was involved in the making of a television series called Soundbreaking. The series has now started to air in a few markets, notably...
View ArticleMuhammad Ali and The Beatles
When The Beatles met Muhammad Ali, February 1964.Friday, boxing legend Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay) left this planet, at 74. Ali was a major icon when he was alive, not only because of...
View ArticleNew Beatles in Japan bootleg CD+DVD
New from HMC.Coming up from the HMC bootleg label is a new edition of their TMOQ Gazette series, this time focusing on The Beatles' concerts in Tokyo in 1966. The contents are supposed to be as good as...
View ArticleBBC Radio 4 - Great lives: John Lennon
A new series, "Great lives" debuts with a closer look at John Lennon. This may be old news from 2010, but it's available now from BBC Radio 4. Journalist John Harris, author of influential books on...
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