John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

[msLinds]

I agree with your views and feelings Nico about this documentary thats coming out soon about George's life.Also about your feelings about John and all them having faults and being only human.Your welcome about my postings in this thread.This has become a special and important thread to me on the Ledge here.I promise I will keep updating it.I know many others are reading and interested in this thread.Because of the amount of views this thread gets everyday and week.I have some new updates now.

Music -Mix
September 6, 2011
Beatles back at no. 1 on iTunes today; major artists share their favorite Fab Four tunes

There are few things surer in life than death, taxes, and the continued selling powers of the Beatles.Today, the Fab Four bowed at no. 1 on iTunes with their mammoth 2000 hits collection 1, handily stealing the top spot from Lil Wayne’s That Carter IV and lording over the likes of Adele’s long-running 21 and Maroon 5′s newly revitalized Hands All Over, among others.

http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/09/06/b...-1-ryan-adams/


Contact Music
September 7, 2011
Beatles - McCartney Is A Granddad Again

Beatles legend Sir Paul Mccartney is a grandfather again - his daughter Mary gave birth to a son on Saturday (03Sep11). Little Sid is Mary's fourth child.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/mcc...-again_1243759

The National
September 7, 2011
The 'German Beatle' completes his 197-song translation effort

BERLIN - Even Klaus Beyer's agent admits the eccentric Berlin performer is not a great singer. But that does not seem to bother Beyer, who has just completed the unprecedented feat of translating all 197 Beatles songs into German.

http://www.thenational.ae/news/world...slation-effort

[msLinds]

PR Newswire
September 7, 2011
Sean Lennon to Score "Alter Egos" Film, Written & Directed By Jordan Galland
The Second Film Score Collaboration For the Duo Currently In the Works

NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Sean Lennon has signed on to score the forthcoming film, Alter Egos, written and directed by Jordan Galland and starring Danny Masterson, Kris Lemche, Brooke Nevin and Joey Kern. Lennon, who also makes a cameo as a super villain, began working on the project earlier this summer, composing what Galland describes as "an epic superhero sound."This is the second time that Lennon has scored a film by Jordan Galland, the first of which was the critically acclaimed Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Undead, an indie romantic comedy about vampires, Shakespeare and the Holy Grail, released in the summer of 2010.Alter Egos, which began production this past spring in New York City and Long Island, follows an underappreciated superhero at a time when superheroes have lost government funding and all public support.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...129424653.html

http://www.alteregosmovie.com/

Three Village Patch
September 7, 2011
Yoko Ono Exhibit Opens at University

A traveling display of artwork by Yoko Ono opened at Stony Brook's University Art Gallery on Tuesday, preceded by a presentation that gave the history of Ono's work for peace, including her worldwide "War is Over If You Want It" campaign with husband and former Beatle John Lennon.

The exhibit will remain open at the university until October 15, when Lennon’s son, Sean, and Charlotte Kemp Muhl will perform there as the group The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.

http://threevillage.patch.com/articl...-at-university

Newday
September 7, 2011
Yoko Ono: Still giving peace a chance

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream/But a dream we dream together is reality"
-- "Now or Never" by Yoko Ono, 1972.Yoko Ono's career spans six decades -- before and now long after her relationship with John Lennon. For two years, Rhonda Cooper, director of Staller Center's University Gallery, has tried to snag the "Yoko Ono Imagine Peace" traveling exhibit since she was tipped off about the show by Stony Brook University sculpture professor Nobuho Nogasawa.Now it's here. And although there's no word yet if Ono herself will appear, her son, Sean Lennon, arrives at Staller for a concert on the exhibit's final day."There's an element of nostalgia to the show," says Cooper, as she was supervising its installation. "But the peace message is very clear."

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment...ance-1.3151489


NewsFix KIAH
September 7, 2011
HOUSTON, TX—

Imagine peace. That`s exactly what John Lennon wanted us to do over 40 years ago. And now, with the 10 year reflection of the 9/11 tragedy, that`s what Yoko Ono is asking us to do.Each morning, if you`re driving south on I-45 heading into town, you`ll see this billboard: Imagine Peace.It`s a temporary ‘peace’, on loan from and signed by Yoko Ono. She`s asking us to not only remember, but pay tribute to the tragedy that happened on September 11. Imagine Peace!

http://www.39online.com/newsfix/kiah...,7576008.story


The Morton Report
September 7, 2011
Pattie Boyd: Rock's Most Beautiful Muse

Pattie Boyd was the face of the '60s. Her blonde hair, deep bangs, long legs, and perfect pout got her on magazine covers and snared her a bit part in the Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night. She met George Harrison on the very first day of filming, and he asked her out—thinking that she looked exactly like Brigitte Bardot.She married the quiet Beatle, living a rarified life that few of us will ever experience. Boyd not only is famous for her iconic beauty, but for introducing the Fab Four to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and also for leaving Harrison for his best friend Eric Clapton and inspiring some of rock's most heart-torn classics like Harrison's "Something," "I Need You,” and Clapton's "Layla" and "Beautiful Tonight."

http://www.themortonreport.com/enter...eautiful-muse/

[msLinds]

Theatre Devon
September 2011
Exeter Cathedral bell ringers to ring in commemoration for 9/11

Imagine - a sound art performance 
by Cleo Evans and The Imagine Project
Venue: Exeter Cathedral
Performance Time: 20:00 
8.00 pm – Peace walk from Exeter Mosque to Exeter Cathedral 8.30pm – Recital and online broadcast (5 mins duration) 
Performance Duration: 1:00 
Full Price: FREE

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11, a recital of John Lennon’s famous anti-war song ‘Imagine’ will be performed on the bells of Exeter Cathedral on Sunday 11th September 2011 and broadcast online so the peal can be heard worldwide.The one-off recital will be performed by Exeter Society of Bell Ringers and preceded by a peacewalk from Exeter Mosque to Exeter Cathedral. The event will be also used to inspire discussion amongst young people through a social media project produced in partnership with education 
specialist DigitalME and the Imperial War Museum. Everyone is welcome at the event by joining the peace walk, which starts at Exeter Mosque on York Road, at 8 pm, and finishes at the Cathedral in time to hear the bells peal ‘Imagine’. Those who can’t*attend can listen live online at [url]www.imagineproject.info

http://theatredevon.net/whats-on/2011/9/11/imagine-a-sound-art-performance

http://www.imagineproject.info/

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by msLinds

...and inspiring some of rock's most heart-torn classics like Harrison's "Something," "I Need You,” and Clapton's "Layla" and "Beautiful Tonight."

Uhhhh...that would be "WONDERFUL Tonight".

[msLinds]

Hi ChiliD thanks for stopping by.Have a safe and great upcoming weekend soon and take care.

News -Antiques-com
September 9, 2011
Bids Soar for Vintage Beatles Album l Top eBay Auction

News-Antique.com - Sep 08,2011 - WhatSellsBest.com, a website tracking rare auction items selling on eBay, is reporting bidding has passed $12,000 on day six of a seven day auction, for a rare (mint condition) vintage Beatles Record Album.The album, 'The Beatles - Please Please Me' is the debut album by the English rock band which was put out by the Parlophone record label on March 22, 1963.

http://news-antique.com/?id=799997

Smithsonian.com
September 8, 2011
Past Imperfect

Anyone who has ever listened to The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band–and that’s a few hundred million people at the last estimate–will know the swirling melody and appealingly nonsensical lyrics of “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite,” one of the most unusual tracks on that most eclectic of albums.For the benefit of Mr. Kite
There will be a show tonight on trampoline
The Hendersons will all be there
Late of Pablo Fanque’s Fair—what a scene
Over men and horses, hoops and garters
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire!
In this way Mr. K. will challenge the world ! But who are these people, these horsemen and acrobats and “somerset turners” of a bygone age ?

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hist...-fanques-fair/

Mojo
September 9, 2011

George Harrison: Living In The Material World is a new, epic film charting the life and times of "the Beatle that changed the most". The full MOJO review will appear in a future issue of the mag (sneak preview - it's great), but in the meantime here are six things you can look forward to seeing when it is released on DVD/Blu-ray this autumn.
1.There is enough unseen footage, photos, audio outtakes and new interviews to satisfy even the most devoted Beatles fans.

http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2011/...ix_things.html

TheCMWeb site.com
September 8, 2011
Sound recording copyright extension could be passed imminently

After many years of very vocal campaigning, the copyright term for sound recordings in Europe may be quietly increased to seventy years next week following a meeting this week of the European Union’s Committee Of Permanent Representatives.As much previously reported, the sound recording copyright term is currently fifty years after release in Europe, compared to 95 years in the US, and the life of the creator plus seventy years for the rights that exist in lyrics and musical score.

The European record industry has been lobbying for some time for the sound recording copyright term to be extended, arguing the imbalance between European and US copyright terms, and between those enjoyed by music publishers and songwriters versus record companies and recording artists are unfair.

Those lobbying efforts became more prolific in recent years as the particularly valuable mid-sixties rock n roll catalogues – including the early Beatles and Rolling Stones recordings – started to approach the end of their fifty year terms. Labels like EMI still rely to an extent on royalties generated by music from that era, in EMI’s case the Beatles catalogue in particular.

http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article...ed-imminently/

Liverpool Echo
September 9, 2011
Yellow submarine model stolen from outside Liverpool church

THIEVES stole a huge model of The Beatles’ iconic yellow submarine from outside a Liverpool church.Fab Four fans from St Barnabas Church in Penny Lane were left upset after the wooden sub was taken.The churchgoers today appealed for it to be returned after it went missing during their Beatles celebrations.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-29389387/

[msLinds]

Village Voice
September 9, 2011
Fashion's Night Out: Beth Ditto Vamps, Sean Lennon Multitasks, Neon Indian Commands The Room

Next, we struck out along Mercer Street, where we saw Anna Wintour herself pass by with her entourage, smartphones aimed at her from every angle. Taking this as a sign we were doing all right, we pressed on, past the weird live-mannequin window displays, to a store where instruments seemed to be getting set up. Who was playing there? Why, it was Sean Lennon's band, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/...ian.php?page=2

September 9, 2011
Sean Lennon loses the bow tie to beat the heat at United Bamboo : Photograph

http://twitpic.com/6iczw8

[msLinds]

Everyone have a safe and great weekend.All the victims and their familys and everyone living in the USA on this 10th anniversary of 9/11 are in my prayers this weekend.

Mail Online
September 10, 2011
Did George Harrison have an affair with Madonna? Explosive film reveals new side to Beatles star

Another night of chaos and excess at Friar Park, George Harrison’s immense Victorian Gothic home in Henley, was seen through a haze of dope, cocaine and alcohol. As the evening in 1973 drew to a close, Harrison’s friend and houseguest Ronnie Wood took him aside and told him that he intended to sleep with the former Beatle’s wife Pattie Boyd that evening.Harrison’s response was to point to the room which Wood was sharing with his wife Krissie and say: ‘And I shall be sleeping there.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...=feeds-newsxml

The Acorn
September 9, 2011
New mystery takes on Beatlemania

What happens when a former teen idol—now a recovering alcoholic looking for a comeback—is accused of murder? That’s the question Moorpark resident and Acorn employee Sally Carpenter was looking to answer when she wrote the first book in her Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol mystery series.In “The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper,” from Oak Tree Press, the protagonist is Sandy Fairfax, a 1970s teen idol who recorded 10 gold albums and starred in the hit TV series “Buddy Brave, Boy Sleuth.”Now (in 1993, when the story is set) Sandy is 38, forgotten and hoping to make a comeback, starting with a guest appearance at a Beatles fan convention in Evansville, Ind.But Sandy is suspected of murder after a member of the Mersey Marvels, a Beatles tribute band, is shot. The former teen idol, who played a detective on TV, becomes an amateur sleuth as he tries to clear his name and solve the mystery.

http://www.theacorn.com/news/2011-09...atlemania.html

MediaCaster
September 9, 2011
Syndicated Series Showcases The Beatles Online and on Corus Radio

The Complete Beatles will air on Corus Radio stations starting this weekend, with supplemental material on the Fab Four presented online.The new syndicated series, The Complete Beatles, is hosted by Jeff Woods of Legends of Classic Rock. The weekly one hour program offers audiences a sweeping and comprehensive overview of the legendary Fab Four's music, their cultural impact and influences on other musical careers.

http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/n...io/1000575458/

West Sussex Today
Helped by The Beatles
September 9, 2011

You To Me Are Everything gave The Real Thing a massive number one hit back in 1976. But for band member Eddie Amoo, it was hardly a case of overnight success.He was more than ready for it after 13 years with The Chants, a Liverpool vocal group discovered by The Beatles, no less.“The Beatles discovered The Chants and launched us,” recalls Eddie who brings The Real Thing to Chequer Mead, East Grinstead, on Saturday, September 10.“The Beatles gave us like an apprenticeship. I was with them for 13 years before I got together with my brother Chris (for The Real Thing).“We were a vocal group in the tradition of American doo-wop and we met Paul (McCartney) at one of The Beatles’ gigs. Paul invited us to come to the Cavern to audition for The Beatles, basically out of curiosity. We just sang; we didn’t play instruments.

http://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/new...tles_1_3039497

[Nico]

Mslinds, Julian's album is coming out soon!!! Are you excited to get it? I think some promo stuff is coming very soon. Keep me updated lady!!

[msLinds]

I'm looking forward Nico to getting my copy of Julian Lennon's new music CD, 'Everything Changes ' to.I preordered my copy on Amazon allready.The UK release date is about a week before the USA release date of October 4th.I am sure the closer it gets to the release date and even after the release there will be some new interviews and articles about Julian and his new album.I will be posting them here as I find them.I do have a couple updates tonight.Have a great evening Nico and everyone.

Hangout
September 10, 2011
Kami Thompson, 'Love Lies' - 24th October 2011

Gorgeous debut album from the latest inheritor of her family’s great musical pedigree, featuring guest appearances by Richard Thompson, Martha and Lucy Wainwright, Sean Lennon and Matt Johnson.

http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/13...er-2011-a.html

Charlotte Kemp Muhl and Sean Lennon : photographs
September 10, 2011

http://what-celebrities-do-lately.po...ennon-19027421

http://www.lookbeauty.info/united-ba...-fashion-week/

NY Arts World commemorates Sept. 11, 2011
September 10, 2011
Scroll down toward end of page for this part of the article

MoMA PS1, one of the nation's oldest and largest nonprofit contemporary art institutions, will open the exhibit "September 11" with 70 works from artists such as Diane Arbus, Christo and Yoko Ono that examine how 9/11 has "altered the ways in which we see and experience the world." The Brooklyn Museum is holding the exhibit "Ten Years Later: Ground Zero Remembered."

http://www2.oanow.com/news/2011/sep/...11-ar-2388756/

The Storyteller's Garden
September 11, 2011

Give Peace a Chance
In my opinion this song should be the world-wide anthem in commemoration of all the thousands and thousands of human beings, who lost their lives due to war and misconceived patriotism.Today I wanna shout it out loud in memoriam of all the victims of 9/11.
May their souls rest in peace.

“Give Peace a Chance” is a song written by John Lennon, originally under the moniker Lennon/McCartney, released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, catalogue Apple 13 in the UK, Apple 1809 in the US. It is the first solo single issued by Lennon, and became an anthem of the American anti-war movement during the 1970s. It peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the British singles chart.The song was written during Lennon’s ‘Bed-In’ honeymoon: when asked by a reporter what he was trying to achieve by staying in bed, Lennon answered spontaneously “All we are saying is give peace a chance”; He sang the song several times during the Bed-In. Finally, on 1 June 1969, in Room 1742 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, André Perry recorded it using a simple setup of four microphones and a four-track tape recorder rented from a local recording studio.

http://thestorytellersgarden.wordpre...eace-a-chance/

[msLinds]

Everyone have a safe and great week and take care.Thank you to everyone that stops by this thread thats interested and reads it.I have some new articles now.

Imachicnation photograph of Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl
September 2011

http://imachicnation.tumblr.com/post/5165949894

Exeter
September 22, 2011
VIDEO: Watch as John Lennon's Imagine rings out from Exeter Cathedral bells

It was a night to remember at Exeter Cathedral last night as people gathered to hear the bells ring out John Lennon’s Imagine in tribute to 9/11.
Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the tragedy, a recital of John Lennon’s famous anti-war song was performed using the bells of the Cathedral.

http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/VIDEO-...ail/story.html

The Telegraph
September 12, 2011
A house where the Beatles once drank

Most old boozers have a celebrity story or two. Corner any publican in a quiet minute and they’ll tell you about the time when Noel Gallagher came in, or the month George Best stayed. But few can have had as glittering a parade of punters through their doors as the Heroes of Alma, in St John’s Wood, north-west London.Located in Alma Square, a mere lofted drive from Lord’s cricket ground, the pub was the local for Abbey Road, the world’s most famous recording studio. When the Beatles were recording there during the Sixties, the Heroes of Alma was where they would beat a retreat for a restorative pint or two.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/...nce-drank.html

Examiner National
September 11, 2011
Abbey Road on the River 2011 was a splendid time for one and all

Olivia Morris Fuchs, who sent us a detailed report on NAMM 2011 in Anaheim, was at Abbey Road on the River over the Labor Day holiday. She sent us some details and pictures.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...or-one-and-all

CNN Entertainment
September 7, 2011
Beatles ‘1’ is No. 1 – again
Beatlemania never really dies, does it?

The Beatles album “1,” a collection of the Fab Four’s No. 1 hits that spent eight weeks as the nation’s No. 1 album in 2000 – and was the top-selling CD of the 2000-09 – premiered on iTunes Tuesday.You won’t need eight days a week to predict where it debuted. Yep, in the top spot.

And not just in the United States. “1” also hit No. 1 in Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, Sweden, Spain, New Zealand and Greece, according to a press release from Capitol/EMI. Not bad for an album of songs that are already available on iTunes, thanks to the release of the Beatles’ entire catalog two years ago.

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09...atles-1-again/

Examiner.National
September 11, 2011
Beatles family responded to 9/11 with music to heal

The extended Beatles family responded to the 9/11 tragedy in the best way they could -- music in the form of two big concerts.On Oct. 2, 2001, John Lennon's music was the centerpiece of "Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music." Performers included Yolana Adams and Billy Preston, Dave Matthews, Cyndi Lauper, Dave Stewart, Lou Reed, Natalie Merchant, Craig David and the Stone Temple Pilots. All the musicians performed Beatles or John Lennon songs.

Also appearing were members of the acting community, including Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, Edie Falco, Ben Stiller, James Gandolfini and Kevin Spacey.The highlight was appearances by Sean Lennon and Yoko Ono. Sean Lennon sang "Across the Universe" with Moby and Rufus Wainwright and joined in at the end on "Give Peace a Chance" and "Power to the People."

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...-music-to-heal

Bill Frisell does John Lennon
On September 27, 2011 jazz guitarist Bill Frisell will be releasing an album entitled All We Are Saying that will interpret 16 of John's compositions.

http://www.savoyjazz.com/sites/savoy/ecard/billfrisell/

Musicrooms
September 10, 2011
Cliff Richards Law will extend copyright

The EU law unofficially named after the Peter Pan of Pop will see artists able to collect performer royalties for up to 20 more years than current laws allow. Well if a law extending music copyrights to 70 years then who else could it be named after but the only man to still be recording in his sixth decade in the business.

The unofficially named Cliff Richard’s Law would mean that musicians would retain the right to take royalties from their music for up to 70 years rather than the current 50. The law is expected to be pushed through in time to save a number of iconic 60s hits from slipping from their recording artists’ hands.Among the stars backing the move are The Who’s Roger Daltrey, who called it “extremely good news” while Dame Shirley Bassey said, “Unlike diamonds, copyright is not forever but I’m happy it will last a little longer.”

Current laws already copyright artist’s work for 70 years following their death, but the new law will concern the performance of tracks before then. Bands like the Rolling Stones and The Beatles were already covered but now the likes of Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey will be able to receive performer royalties for up to twenty years longer than before.

http://www.musicrooms.net/rock-and-p...-70-years.html

Examiner
September 7, 2011
Dedication of new Cavern Beatles painting was hard night's day for artist
See pictures behind the unveiling in the slideshow at left.

During the recent International Beatles Week in Liverpool, Beatles artist Shannon MacDonald, better known as Shannon, unveiled a new painting of the Beatles at the world famous Cavern Club. It took months of planning for the journey to Liverpool for the new painting, which began with a phone call, she says.*

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...rd-night-s-day

Examiner National
September 8, 2011
George Harrison Grammy Museum exhibit will be a window into his world

The upcoming George Harrison exhibit at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles will give fans an inside look at the former Beatle's life, according to details of the exhibit released by the museum Thursday.The exhibit, titled "George Harrison: Living in the Material World," will include guitars used by Harrison during his years with The Beatles and in his solo career, handwritten lyrics, personal journals and sketches, stage outfits and personal photographs shot by Harrison.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...into-his-world

Liverpool Echo.UK
September 12, 2011
Stella McCartney turns 40 with pride in her fashion career and driven by Sir Paul and Linda McCartney's passion

Stella McCartney has defied critics to be a name in her own right.When baby Stella Nina arrived into the world on September 13, 1971, born by emergency caesarean, her dad had just launched a solo music career.A year earlier he had quit the biggest band in the world.As Paul McCartney sat outside the operating theatre, anxiously awaiting his child’s safe delivery, he prayed she would be carried “on the wings of an angel”.And so, out of life and death trauma, the former Beatle gained a precious second daughter and an idea for his new group.Stella Nina was named in loving honour of her two maternal great-grandmothers. Wings were named for her.Tomorrow Stella, whose eponymous fashion label has defied sceptics, will celebrate her 40th birthday.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-29403322/

GazetteLive.co.UK
September 9, 2011
The Beatles at the Middlesbrough Astoria 1963

A few weeks ago we published a feature about the time when The Rolling Stones appeared at The Outlook Club on Corporation Road in Middlesbrough in 1963. This was the first time they had played outside the London area and we have received a lot of letters and emails about the event. But one young teenage member of the club missed out that night because she was broke and could not afford to go out. But just a few weeks earlier Margaret Spark (now Margaret Atkinson) had splashed the cash on seeing the number one band at the time, The Beatles.

http://rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.u...ddlesbrou.html

WNCX Hall Of Fame 2011 Nominee – John Lennon
September 12, 2011
Check out the great photographs of John and Yoko and the Beatles.click on thumbnails

http://wncx.radio.com/2011/09/05/wnc...ennon/#photo-1

http://wncx.radio.com/2011/09/09/she...volver-hits-1/

[msLinds]

Stereoboard.com
September 12, 2011
Julian Lennon Announces Brand New Studio Album

The first solo recording from Julian Lennon since 1998, his brand new studio album entitled ‘Everything Changes’ is released in the UK on October 3rd. Featuring twelve original tracks, the album is preceded by lead single ‘Lookin’ 4 Luv’ (released today) which is currently play-listed at BBC Radio 2.

http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/167704/9


Nick Wood World » Blog Archive » Julian Lennon “Everything Changes” new album release

It’s great to see Julian Lennon is finally releasing his new album called “Everything Changes”. Julian kindly sang on a song of mine called ”Hope” that I’ll release next March for the 1st anniversary of the Tohoku disaster. We also re-recorded an old song of ours called “Children of the World” for ...

http://nickwood.jp/?p=1806

Guardian.UK
September 9, 2011 - with video
Paul McCartney 9/11 film: 'I started thinking: what can I do?'

Documentary The Love We Make, filmed in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, to premiere at Toronto film festival A trailer for Albert Maysles's documentary, which follows Paul McCartney as he prepares a 9/11 benefit concert shortly after the attacks.Early on in the new documentary film that records the days that Paul McCartney spent in New York in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we see him walking down Fifth Avenue surrounded by an increasingly hysterical crowd of New Yorkers baying for his autograph.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...paul-mccartney

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BBC News
September 12, 2011
Rock veterans win copyright fight

On Monday, the EU Council voted to extend the copyright on sound recordings from 50 to 70 years.The move follows a campaign by artists like Cliff Richard as well as lesser-known performers, who said they should continue to earn from their creations.Critics argue that many musicians will see little benefit, with most income going to big stars and record labels.The change applies to the copyright on studio recordings, which is often owned by record labels, rather than the right to the composition, which is owned by the songwriters.Under the 50-year rule, the copyright on songs by The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and The Who would have expired in the next few years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14882146

BBC News Liverpool
September 12, 2011
Beatles' yellow submarine stolen from Liverpool church is found

A model of the Beatles' yellow submarine has been recovered, two weeks after it was stolen from outside a church on Penny Lane in Liverpool.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-14887398

Mirror.UK
September 13, 2011
Paul McCartney set to marry Nancy Shevell "imminently" in UK wedding

SIR Paul McCartney’s wedding to his American heiress girlfriend Nancy Shevell is “imminent”, friends believe.The couple flew in to the UK from New York last week and have been finalising what is expected to be a small family ceremony at the ex-Beatle’s Sussex farmhouse.Macca, 69, wants to avoid the circus that surrounded his doomed marriage to Heather Mills in 2002 in a huge 17th century Irish castle.“They will be marrying imminently,” a source said. “They are very excited and almost everything is in place. Friends and family have been put on standby.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/...5875-23416490/

In Headphones
September 2011
France: New Images Of The Beatles In Concert

http://en.terra.com/music/pictures/N...released/76801

Beatles Freak
September 12, 2011
Song Review: “Look to the One” by The Vals

The Vals are from Belfast, Ireland and appeared in my inbox about 2 years ago when they told me what huge Beatles fans they were and how influenced their music has been by the Fab Four. At first, I thought they were just another band looking for attention, but I went to their site and gave their single “Yesterday Today“ a listen. The song will give you chills! They soon released their first album “Sticks and Stones” in October 2009 which I had fully intended on reviewing but for some reason, I never found the time. The album is amazing for a debut album…there is no doubt it is on my list of favorite albums along with my Beatles collection. There is no mistaking that these guys too are Beatles freaks !

http://beatles-freak.com/2011/09/12/...e-by-the-vals/

[msLinds]

Examiner
September 13, 2011
Julian Lennon says new album was almost an accident

Julian Lennon says his new album, "Everything Changes," came about gradually.”I get twitchy if I don’t pick up a guitar or sit at the piano every now and then...I have to do it; I don’t have a choice,” he says in a press release. Eventually, he had the basic ideas for over 30 songs, 12 of which will be in "Everything Changes," which is produced by Lennon and Grant Ransom. The album was made with a little help from a few of his personal friends.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...st-an-accident

Examiner national
September 13, 2011
Paul McCartney to be honored as 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year

Paul McCartney was named Tuesday as the 2012 MusiCares® Person of the Year and will be honored at its 22nd annual benefit gala early next year. The honor was announced Tuesday by Neil Portnow, President and CEO of the MusiCares Foundation and the Recording Academy, and Scott Pascucci, chair of the MusiCares Foundation Board.*The dinner and concert to honor McCartney will be held in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2012 during Grammy Week. The event will benefit MusiCares, which ensures that music people have a place to turn in times of financial, medical and personal need.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...on-of-the-year

Examiner
September 13, 2011
Richard Hamilton, Beatles White Album designer, dies (video)

Richard Hamilton, a British pop artist whose friendship with Paul McCartney led to his brilliant design of the Beatles White Album cover, has died at age 89.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...-designer-dies

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Clash Music
September 12, 2011
Julian Lennon returns as Sean Lennon announces London show

Julian Lennon has confirmed plans for a new album, while half-brother Sean Lennon has announced a one off London show.It must be difficult living in the shadow of a famous parent. It must be even more difficult if that parent is John Lennon, an instantly recognisable icon whose work has charmed generations over the past fifty years.Julian Lennon has built his own musical career, while also helping to look after his father's legacy in the UK. Working on new material, the singer recently completed work on his first full length album in ten years.

http://www.clashmusic.com/news/julian-lennon-returns

Female First
September 13, 2011
Julian Lennon releasing new solo album

Julian Lennon is releasing his first solo album in over ten years, titled 'Everything Changes'.The son of Beatles musician John Lennon had mainly been concentrating on philanthropic work and his photography career over the last decade, but recently found himself "twitchy" to get back to music, and has set about recording his first album since 'Photograph Smile'.

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/n...non-16657.html

Contemporary Museum of St Louis
September 9, 2011
Yoko Ono: Play it by Trust

Yoko Ono’s Play it by Trust (1966/2011) is an all-white, interactive chessboard that functions as a metaphor for the futility of war and extends the artist’s interest in the expressive potential of chance. By eliminating the color-based opposition of one side versus another, Ono dooms any attempt to successfully “play” the game beyond a series of initial moves to ultimate failure.She thus encourages us to consider the aspects of humanity that unite rather than divide. Play it by Trust joins the many conceptual, musical, and performative works that Ono has created for over 40 years that evoke her dedication to the promotion of peace in our society. It was first exhibited in 1966 at the Indica Gallery in London and since then it has been re-presented in various sizes and for numerous different occasions. This presentation of Play it by Trust has been developed in cooperation with the opening of the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis this fall.

http://camstl.org/exhibitions/front-...y-it-by-trust/

Hollywood Reporter
September 12, 2011
Yoko Ono on Lady Gaga: 'She is Incredible'

The 78-year-old artist, who recently charted her eighth no. 1 dance single, marvels at pop's reigning queen and her own crossover success.Yoko Ono may be known for many things (chief among them: being the love of the late John Lennon's life), but one wouldn’t expect chart-topping dance artist to be one of them. As it turns out, nobody is more surprised than Ono herself.“Isn’t that amazing?” says the 78-year-old Ono. “I can’t believe it.* But it’s a good song.”

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...aga-she-233953

9/11 Remembered: Musicians' Reactions
September 2011
In 2001, artists shared their thoughts – all poignant, some prescient – on the World Trade Center attacks. Yoko Ono "I think we're going to create a new reality together. We are one mind, one body. And we have received an incredible shock to our body. This is a time for us to realize that we should not try, through anger or fear, to cut off another arm. That body has to live and survive. It's true what Mahatma Gandhi said: 'An eye for an eye only leaves the whole world blind.'"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ph...ko-ono-0747183

Rollingstone
September 2011
From rockers to rappers to pop superstars, the stylish musical elite are out in full force in Manhattan this week.Sean Lennon and designer Waris Ahluwalia attend the United Bamboo Spring 2012 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Pier 59 on September 9th, 2011 in New York City.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ph...uwalia-0365453

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East Windsor Patch
September 2011
A Conversation With Yoko Ono

The artist and activist talks with Patch about music, art and an exhibit of John Lennon's art that's coming to Princeton.When asked if John Lennon scheduled time to work on his drawings and artwork, Yoko Ono is quick to say no.

“He was not a scheduled person,” Ono says. Rather than specifying a time to draw, the music legend would start creating whenever he felt like it, she says.

“Gimme Some Truth — The Artwork of John Lennon “is on view at 19 Hulfish St. (next to Kitchen Kapers) in Palmer Square, Princeton, Sept. 16-18. Hours are: Sept. 16, 5-9 p.m., Sept. 17, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sept. 18, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. For information, call 609-406-0503 or visit MercerStreetFriends.org

http://eastwindsor.patch.com/article...o-ono-17e83aa2

The Trentonian
September 14, 2011
Trentonian exclusive: Yoko Ono opens up about life, as late hubby Lennon's artwork comes to Princeton this weekend

Yoko Ono has become iconic in her own right. From dance clubs to the lounge chairs of Baby Boomers, her name is known in every country of the world.I spoke with the legendary 78 year-old proponent of peace and love just prior to the opening of an exhibit of her late husband John Lennon’s art work in Princeton.Each day, she goes about her business of sharing her philosophies and John Lennon’s messages. Talking with her is like meeting your best friend’s best friend for the first time: only briefly unfamiliar.

http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2...b073638730.txt

Keep reading this further down article it gets more positive and understanding.

Huffington Post
September 14, 2011
The Question for John Lennon's 71st Birthday: Did Yoko Ono Really Break Up the Beatles ?

In the annals of American pop music, no human being is more passionately hated by critics and fans alike than Yoko Ono, wife of the late Beatles John Lennon. More than 40 years after the band's break-up, she continues to draw the kind of venomous and hateful reactions usually reserved for child molesters and baby killers. She is reviled as the slithering, calculating harpy who insinuated herself into the life of John Lennon, driving a wedge that finally severed one of music's most productive and brilliant songwriting teams -- Paul McCartney and John Lennon -- and precipitated the break-up of the world's most beloved rock band, The Beatles.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mario-..._b_962518.html

Imperial Valley Press
Beatlefest coming to the Valley
September 14, 2011

CALEXICO — Valley Beatles fans can express their admiration for the iconic band during a Beatles-themed art show and Beatlefest in early October.

The Calexico Chamber of Commerce and John Leo Productions present Beatlefest on Oct. 8th 2011 at San Diego State University-Imperial Valley campus’ Rodney Auditorium. The event features John Leo & The Eggmen of Mexicali and falls one day before what would have been the late John Lennon’s 71st birthday.
“We’re very excited, because this is the first time John Leo Productions will bring this show to the Imperial Valley,” Calexico Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Hildy Carrillo said. “We wanted to make sure it kicked off in Calexico.”Carrillo, a Beatles fan herself, recalls running home to watch the band on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964. She said the chamber saw this as “an opportunity to bring something different to the Valley.”

http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/iv...,2688233.story

Not a lot of new information.But its great to see Julian getting in the press about the
release of his new album.

Entertainment Focus
Julian Lennon To Release First Solo Material In 10 Years
September 12, 2011

The first solo recording from Julian Lennon since 1998, his brand new studio album entitled Everything Changes*is released on October 3rd through Conehead in the UK.* Featuring twelve original tracks, the album is preceded by lead single Lookin’ 4 Luv*on September 12th, which is currently play-listed at BBC Radio 2.Everything Changes*is a mature and insightful collection from a musician who hones his work with dedication and love. This album has been crafted over time and is one to be cherished.

http://www.entertainment-focus.com/n...al-in-10-years

Tourdates.UK
9-13-2011
Julian Lennon releasing new solo album

Julian Lennon is releasing his first solo album since 1998, 'Everything Changes'.
The son of Beatles musician John Lennon had mainly been concentrating on philanthropic work and his photography career over the last decade, but recently found himself "twitchy" to get back to music, and has set about recording his first album since 'Photograph Smile'.

http://www.tourdates.co.uk/news/1971...new-solo-album

Entertainment iafrica.com
September 13, 2011
Lennon releases album

Julian Lennon is releasing his first solo album since 1998, Everything Changes.
The son of Beatles musician John Lennon had mainly been concentrating on philanthropic work and his photography career over the last decade, but recently found himself "twitchy" to get back to music, and has set about recording his first album since Photograph Smile.

http://entertainment.iafrica.com/music/news/751960.html

Digital Spy
September 13, 201
Julian Lennon announces new album 'Everything Changes'

http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...g-changes.html

The List.UK
September 13, 2011
Julian Lennon releasing new solo album

http://www.list.co.uk/article/37431-...ew-solo-album/

Music News Daily
September 13, 2011
Julian Lennon To Release First Solo Album In Over A Decade

http://www.misformusic.com/index.php...over-a-decade/

The CMU web site
September 14, 2011
Julian Lennon discusses new album

http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article...ses-new-album/

NME.com news
September 12,2011
Julian Lennon to release first album in 13 years this October
'Everything Changes' is John Lennon's son's sixth studio album

http://www.nme.com/news/julian-lennon/59170


‪Flaming Lips and Sean Lennon Finish Recording 6 Hour Song For Charity‬

Yesterday, The Flaming Lips finished recording "I Found a Star on the Ground" - better known as their "six hour song." As suggested on twitter (0:16), the track includes the names of people who donated to Oklahoma animal rescue (0:00) and the Academy of Contemporary Music - two causes closely alligned with the band. Sean Lenon helped read the names of the donaters (0:28).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkOS9Ei0tb0

Explain.ca
September 14, 2011

As previously reported, psychedelic weirdos the Flaming Lips are currently working on a song that will clock in at an astounding six hours in length. Now, frontman Wayne Coyne has spoken up about the track, entitled "I Found This Star on the Ground," and it's shaping up to be even more bizarre than we initially thought.I Found This Star on the Ground" will also include a long list of names of fans who donated money for the Humane Society and the Academy of Contemporary Music. Coyne estimated that there are over 200 names, and revealed that many of them are read by John Lennon's son Sean Lennon.

http://exclaim.ca/News/wayne_coyne_t..._six-hour_song