Manchester Evening News
January 31, 2012
50 years on from the Beatles first real gig in Manchester - and an old poster could be worth £10k
Their name is inextricably linked with that other city Liverpool. But the Beatles were regular visitors to Manchester too, and this week marks the 50th anniversary of their first proper professional gig here, writes Paul Taylor. Pauline Clegg remembers well how Ringo Starr liked his fried eggs...flipped over onto the yolk. She remembers chatting with a young John Lennon, and thinking that he found the business of being a rising pop star “quite daft”. “They were ordinary lads, dead cheeky. John was fascinating to talk to,” recalls Pauline, known affectionately to the Beatles as “Mrs Cloggie”.
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereven...d-be-worth-10k
Contact Music
January 31, 2012
Beatles - The Beatles Considered Final Gig At The Pyramids
The Beatles considered wrapping up their career with a gig at the Pyramids outside Cairo, Egypt, according to drummer Ringo Starr.Promoting his new album at SiriusXM's Town Hall radio event on Monday night (30Jan12) - the 43rd anniversary of the Fab Four's final performance - Starr revealed he and his bandmates thought about going out in style with a spectacular final gig.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/the...ramids_1289285
RollingStone Music
January 31, 2012
Meet the Beatle: Russell Brand Interviews Ringo Starr in L.A.
Drummer on digital music: 'If you made a record, I’d probably pick out tracks that I like and download that'.Ringo Starr will never write a book about his life, he insisted during a "Town Hall" broadcast live yesterday on SiriusXM from the Troubadour in West Hollywood, Calif. "I've been asked to write an autobiography of myself, but they really only want those eight years," he said with a laugh, referring to his time in the Beatles. "And I say, 'But there are 10 volumes before we get to that, and 20 afterwards.'"
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...-hall-20120131
Heritage.com
Janautry 31, 2012
ANN ARBOR: U of M Museum of Art to host exhibit 'Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life' featuring work of Yoko Ono
"Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life," an exhibition of more than 100 works by major artists, including George Maciunas, Yoko Ono and Nam June Paik, will be on view at the University of Michigan Museum of Art from Feb. 25 through May 20.The exhibition is designed for visitors to experience the influential cultural development that was Fluxus, an international network of artists, composers and designers that emerged as an art (or "anti-art") phenomenon in the early 1960s and was noted for blurring the boundaries between art and life.
http://www.heritage.com/articles/201...4120132308.txt
Kool Radio
January 31, 2012
John Lennon Talks About The Beatles Infamous “Butcher Cover” - Audio
When The Beatles Yesterday And Today album was originally issued in the United States, it featured a cover that caused such outrage that Capitol Records immediately withdraw it and replaced the picture thus creating an instant collectors item fetching big $ today from collectors.
http://kool.radio.com/2012/01/31/lis...butcher-cover/