The Northern Blog
May 16, 2012
A new theatre and arts centre opens in Liverpool
The Epstein theatre - named after the Beatles' manager - opened last week after a £1.2m refurbishment A newly opened Liverpool theatre and arts centre named after the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein is to feature a play about his life later this year.The Neptune Theatre, a cultural gem in Hanover Street, has been renamed following a £1.2m refurbishment and is now called the Epstein Theatre. More than just a theatre, it will host live music, dance, exhibitions and comedy.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-nor...erpool-beatles
Contact Music
May 16, 2012
Beatles - Rare 'Abbey Road' Beatles Photograph Could Be Yours
A rare photograph of The Beatles walking the "wrong way" across the Abbey Road pedestrian crossing is going up for auction, and should fetch around 9,000 pounds. The version found on the group's 1969 album Abbey Road shows the band walking across the famed crossing from left to right, though the photograph in question sees the Fab Four heading in the opposite direction, back to the studio.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/rar...-yours_1328670
Blog Books
May 15, 2012
Book Review: Revolver: How the Beatles Reimagined Rock 'n' Roll by Robert Rodriguez
The thesis of Robert Rodriguez’s book-length analysis Revolver: How the Beatles Reimagined Rock 'n' Roll is that the Beatles Revolver was a superior album to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. He feels that, stripped of the hype and with a better understanding of historical contexts, the collected songs on Revolver were more innovative, more provocative, and less dependent on the technological wizardry he feels masked the creative thinness on Pepper. This is a valid if hardly new perspective, with much of the argument buried in extraneous cultural history.
http://blogcritics.org/books/article...w-the-beatles/
Examiner
May 16, 2012
'Yellow Submarine' animation director to discuss film at screening
Bob Balser, who was animation director for the Beatles' animated film "Yellow Submarine," will talk about the film following a special screening of the movie at 7:30 p.m. May 29.The screening will be held at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.Balser will be interviewed by the museum's executive director Bob Santelli.
http://www.examiner.com/article/tese
Express
May 15, 2012
PAUL MCCARTNEY GIVES BEATLES SONG MEXICAN TWIST
SIR PAUL McCARTNEY gave BEATLES classic OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA a Mexican twist when he performed in Mexico City last week (10May12) - by bringing out a mariachi band to join him on the track.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/...-Mexican-twist