John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

[msLinds]

I agree Nico, those are good photographs.I feel the same way about James McCartney's music as you do.I don't dislike it.I just couldn't feel it either.But James started much older as a musician and songwriter and performer.Than Sean or Julian or Dhani, or Ringo's son who is drummer like his Dad.From what I have read,he started in his early 30's.Which is not old at all.But its going a few years for him to learn what he needs to, become a good musician and performer.I did see that his Dad is one of his producers.So his his dad to will be influence on him as recording artist and performer to.I am glad Paul is supporting his son.To help keep the sharks away from him.You know there is plenty scumbags in the music world.That would love to exploit,burn and screw over one of the Beatles, Kids.I think he will improve with practice and performing with each year in the music business.Lets not forget he has Pauls genes in him to.I have some updates,before the weekend.Everyone have a safe,positive and great weekend and take care.

I got this off of Julian Lennon's official Facebook page.That he posted on
August 4, 2011

posted by Julian Lennon
" Yesterday, I had the pleasure of performing Live with Jools Holland & his band & also had the opportunity to play a few tracks from my forthcoming album 'Everything Changes', as well as a few tracks by other artists I love, like Crowded House, Nerina Pallot & The Blue Nile. You'll be able to tune into Jools' Show, on BBC Radio Two, on the 19th September at 11p.m. x

Just Imagine: A Tribute to John Lennon (Musical)
The Hayworth Theatre
2509 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90057
with parking lot

Sat, Mar 5th – Sunday, August 28th 2011
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM
Sunday 3:00 PM

True Rock Theatre presents a limited engagement of the critically acclaimed rock & roll production of
“Just Imagine” starring Tim Piper as John Lennon.

Imagine John Lennon returns for one last concert and YOU ARE THERE!. "Just Imagine" transports you to another place and time, putting you 'one on one' with the musical legend who shook the world. Experience Lennon's timeless musical genius as Tim Piper takes you through John's life from tumultuous childhood to worldwide pop music superstar to groundbreaking social icon that influenced generations. You'll share a unique perspective on John's life, the stories behind the songs, and revealing insights about the birth of the Beatles, the pressures of super-stardom, and John's relationships with his loves and fellow Beatles.

Includes video trailer of musical

https://www.plays411.net/newsite/sho...p?show_id=2677

Courier - News
August 4th 2011
Beatles fans come together for annual festival

There are family reunions, and then there are “family reunions” with your friends George, Paul, Ringo and John. The latter is something like a surrogate family — a relationship through lyrics and song, at times spanning the 47 years since the Fab Four arrived in the United States and began a musical revolution.When the annual Fest for Beatles Fans returns to the Chicago area Aug. 5-7, Beatles lovers will flock to the Hyatt Regency O’Hare hotel in Rosemont to see old friends, make new ones and celebrate the band that changed music forever.“For me, it’s like summer camp for Beatles fans and I feel like the camp counselor,” says Terri Hemmert, host of WXRT radio’s “Breakfast with the Beatles” and Chicago’s Fest for Beatles Fans emcee for the last 34 years.

http://couriernews.suntimes.com/ente...nual-fest.html

http://www.thefest.com/fest/fest.php

http://www.thefest.com/fest/Current/Chicago/ch.php

Examiner.com
August 4, 2011

Fest for Beatles Fans Chicago guests-win a painting done by Eric Cash
August 4, 2011, Chicago, Illinois – As the Fest for Beatles Fans kicks off at Chicago’s Hyatt Regency O’Hare this weekend, August 5-7, we want to give you a heads up about guests included in the lineup, and suggest you watch for a very special Beatles painter named Eric Cash. He will be working on an as yet-unnamed painting that depicts Paul McCartney and George Harrison singing into the same mic during their Abbey Road era.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-...alerts_article

Sky News
August 5, 2011
McCartney to talk to police over hacking

Former Beatle Paul McCartney says he would contact police over his ex-wife's claim their private communication had been spied upon by a British tabloid.
In comments to US television journalists in Los Angeles delivered via videolink, McCartney said that he would be in touch with police as soon as he was finished with his summer tour.'I will be talking to them about that,' McCartney said, speaking from Cincinnati, Ohio.'I don't think it's great. I do think it is a horrendous violation of privacy, and I do think it's been going on a long time, and I do think more people than we know knew about it. But I think I should just listen and hear what the facts are before I comment,' he said.McCartney was dragged into Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal after his former wife, Heather Mills, alleged that messages he left on her mobile phone had been broken into.

http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/ar...id=646826&vId=

[Nico]

Originally Posted by msLinds

I agree Nico, those are good photographs.I feel the same way about James McCartney's music as you do.I don't dislike it.I just couldn't feel it either.But James started much older as a musician and songwriter and performer.Than Sean or Julian or Dhani, or Ringo's son who is drummer like his Dad.From what I have read,he started in his early 30's.Which is not old at all.But its going a few years for him to learn what he needs to, become a good musician and performer.I did see that his Dad is one of his producers.So his his dad to will be influence on him as recording artist and performer to.I am glad Paul is supporting his son.To help keep the sharks away from him.You know there is plenty scumbags in the music world.That would love to exploit,burn and screw over one of the Beatles, Kids.I think he will improve with practice and performing with each year in the music business.Lets not forget he has Pauls genes in him to.I have some updates,before the weekend.Everyone have a safe,positive and great weekend and take care.

You're right, msLinds. I'll give him time. But what I've heard so far isn't doing a thing for me. I don't know if I can say just because he has Paul's genes that he'll necessarily turn out to be a great artist. Shoot, Dhani Harrison solo never won me. It wasn't until he started working with Ben Harper that I really liked his stuff. I feel like Julian and Sean are just two of the few rock star offspring who just have innate talent and really blow me away. I feel that way about Jakob Dylan to. And I think Harper Simon (Paul's son) who also started his career very late like James, is rather awesome. I recommend you look for Harper's album on Amazon and give it a listen, msLinds. He's one of Sean's best friends. In fact, I believe Sean played on the album, or Harper played on his. In any case, Harper is cool. Jakob is great. Julian and Sean are amazing. Dhani is good. Zak is very good. James...meh...not a bad musician, but I'm not sold yet.

Oh and some other amazing rock star kids: Rufus and Martha Wainright and CARLENE CARTER!!!!! Love her!

[msLinds]

I agree with you Nico.Having his Dad's genes doesn't mean that he'll necessarily turn out to be a great artist.Well see with in the next few years what happens with James music.I also started really liking Dhani's music when he started working with Ben Harper to.I really like Rufus Wainright's music to.I do have some new updates.Everyone have safe and great week and take care.

BBC News Liverpool
August 5, 2011
John Lennon's Quarrymen Cavern debut date questioned

John Lennon's debut at the famous Cavern Club was earlier than that listed by Beatles' historians, a former bandmate has claimed.Rod Davis, who played banjo alongside Lennon in The Quarrymen, says the date of 7 August, 1957 is incorrect.Mr Davis performed in the skiffle group at the club with Lennon, but was on holiday in France in early August 1957."No question about it, I played three or four times at The Cavern and it was definitely before August," he said." I have my dad's passport which says 'Entry to Boulogne 29 July, 1957', so I was definitely not there."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...yside-14406088

Liverpool Echo
August 5, 2011
Liverpool Academy of Arts presents Beatles exhibition Back From the USSR (GALLERY)

It was 1968 when the Beatles sang ‘you don’t know how lucky you are boy, back in the USSR’. But being discovered listening to those lyrics would leave you very unlucky indeed if you lived in the old Soviet Union at the time.The Fab Four were deemed unsuitable for Soviet ears by the Kremlin (they were denounced as ‘capitalist pollution’ and Beatlemania as an ‘ugly manifestation of bourgeois culture’), and possession of their records could get you into big trouble.So much for all you need is love.Still, dedicated Soviet Beatles fans were undeterred and developed some ingenious ways of getting round the restrictions.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-29180589/

The Bookseller
8-5-2011
McCartney contributes to veggie cookbook

Kyle Books is linking up with ex-Beatle Paul McCartney’s Meat Free Mondays endeavour with a new recipe book which aims to encourage readers to go vegetarian one day a week.The proceeds from The Meat Free Monday Cookbook will go to the not-for-profit campaign, which is celebrating its second anniversary this year. Set up by the ex-Beatle and his daughters—fashion designer Stella and photographer Mary—Meat Free Monday encourages people to go “meat-free” at least one day a week in order to reduce their impact on the environment, improve their health and save money. According to UN figures, meat production is responsible for 18% of global carbon emissions.

http://www.thebookseller.com/news/mc...-cookbook.html

Ex-Beatle's All Starr Band add date to BA stopover
July 2011

Ringo Starr, the legendary drummer and former Beatles member, has announced a second date for his All Star Band’s stopover, when the band performs at Luna Park this year. Arriving to Argentina for the first time, the band will perform on November 7 with an added performance on November 8, according to ticket demand.

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/art...tarr-band-add-
date-to-ba-stopover

Linda McCartney's fashion show at Hard Days Night Hotel
August 3, 2011

Proving that the third time's a charm, the annual Linda McCartney Centre Fashion Show, once again held at Liverpool's Beatles-inspired Hard Days Night Hotel has raised over £700 for the charity. Over 100 guests watched models strut their stuff on the catwalk in an eclectic mix of flamboyant, risqué and bold designs. Showcasing their dramatic collections were independent boutiques Gysophila Couture and Total Recall Vintage, as well as designs by local fashion graduates.The show was organised in aid of the Linda McCartney Centre in Liverpool which houses a state of the art breast assessment unit, as well as research and development laboratories, an outpatient unit and chemotherapy centre.

http://www.gossip-monthly.com/news/1...ys-night-hotel

[msLinds]

Japan Today
August 8, 2011
Yoko Ono says Japan should look to geothermal energy

Yoko Ono has an idea for her disaster-scarred country Japan—abandon nuclear energy for renewables and tap the geothermal energy beneath the unstable ground of the volcanic island nation.The artist and widow of John Lennon is in Japan for the first time since the March 11 quake and tsunami sparked a nuclear crisis, and as the country remembers the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.With her new exhibition, “The Road of Hope”, she says she wants to stress that Japan, having rebuilt itself after World War II and the atomic bombings, can also emerge stronger from the quake and Fukushima radiation disaster.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/n...thermal-energy

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/mi...-hiroshima-day

Dangerous Minds
August 6, 2011
Xeni Jardin interviews Yoko Ono in Japan

Boing Boing’s Xeni Jardin, currently traveling in Japan, met up with Yoko Ono and conducted a great interview with the artist/humanitarian, who had just been awarded the 8th Hiroshima Art Prize. The Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art is displaying “The Road of Hope: Yoko Ono 2011,” until October 16, 2011.

http://www.dangerousminds.net/commen..._ono_in_japan/

http://boingboing.net/2011/08/06/yoko.html

Herald Sun
August 8, 2011
Nova boys Fitzy and Wippa stay put for now

NOVA Drive larrikins Ryan "Fitzy" Fitzgerald and Michael "Wippa" Wipfli have poured cold water on a move to Sydney, insisting they are staying put in Melbourne - for now.The pair are famed for antics including last week recreating Yoko Ono and John Lennon's iconic Annie Leibowitz shot and throwing a Volkswagen through the air using a custom made "Bob Katter - pault".

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertai...-1226110419395

[msLinds]

From the upcoming video by Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl ' Victorian Cyborg'
July 2011

http://www.broughtonfilm.com/victoriancyborg.html

http://www.broughtonfilm.com/victoriancyborg/index.html

Genemyers
August 8, 2011
“We All Shine On” an interview with Yoko Ono on John Lennon’s art

Yoko Ono knows what it’s like to have people second guess her work because of who she is. Many who are unfamiliar with her success in the art world before she married John Lennon assume she didn’t earn her avant-garde status. The same kind of people write off John’s ability as a visual artist.

http://genemyers.wordpress.com/2011/...n-lennons-art/

Art daily
August 9, 2011
Japanese Musician and Artist Yoko Ono Awarded the 8th Hiroshima Art Prize

HIROSHIMA.- In 1989 the city of Hiroshima, first place in the world to suffer a nuclear attack, established the Hiroshima Art Prize with the object of promoting through art the "spirit of Hiroshima" that yearns for permanent world peace and prosperity for all humanity. The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is to stage an exhibition showcasing the work of the eighth prize winner, Yoko Ono.

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?in...&int_new=49703

utopiaparkway
August 2011 ?

Ring, ring. ‘Hello?’ ‘This is Yoko Ono speaking.’ (‘The Encounter’, Jan Mot, Brussels)
‘Oh my god, I can’t believe this’, the girl said, after she had put down that white phone. ‘I don’t even remember what she said. Something about buddhism and that she was in Tokyo and that she was sending us her love.’ Or what can happen if you walk into Jan Mot (Brussels) on a Saturday afternoon and the phone rings. Pick it up and you’ll have Yoko Ono on the other end of the line. Even the people at the gallery were slightly amazed: ‘This is actually the first time it rings.’ Yep, while most*galleries are closed for the summer, Jan Mot presents The Encounter*(through September 3, Tue-Sat, 2-8 (!) pm),a small show with just a couple of works, focusing on that element of encounter.

http://utopiaparkway.wordpress.com/2...-mot-brussels/

[Nico]

So wait a minute MsLinds...Sean and Char are now making a video to a song that may feature on their new album? And Julian's new album is coming out in a month? Too much Lennon joy for me.

[msLinds]

Its great news that we have Julian's new album coming out in September.Also Sean and Charlotte are working on a new album to.I read its going to be called ' Victorian Cyborg.' I am not 100% certain of this title.But I think I have read a couple times that Sean has publicly said that this is going to be the title.I have a few new updates now.Everyone have a safe and great night and Wednesday and take care.

Vancouver Sun
August 8, 201
McCartney's magical understanding of music

Song has healing power as Maysles documentary of Beatle's New York tour post 9/11 attests Sir James Paul McCartney was momentarily lost in thought. And even though his thoughts were silent in the empty air of a satellite transmission from Cincinnati, where he would perform a concert later that evening, those thoughts took on an almost vibrant, visible quality.A writer from Postmedia News had just asked the former Beatle - an ardent, tireless supporter of charity benefit concerts and the most commercially successful songwriter in history, according to Guinness World Records - about the transformative, healing power of music, and why music can heal on a global scale following moments of tragedy in a way that politicians' speeches and the late-night comedy shows can't.

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertai...077/story.html

My Fox Memphis
August 9, 2011
Original Beatle Pete Best Opens Elvis Week in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Before The Beatles were known in every corner of the globe, this was The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best."December 19th, 1960 and that was the start of Beatle Mania in Liverpool."At his hotel in downtown Memphis, Pete Best waits for his Tuesday evening show at the Levitt Shell, where he and his band will blur geographic lines between Liverpool and Memphis."We're looking forward to it, this is like the inauguration - we've been picked to represent Liverpool for the tour, we're very proud of that."

http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news...s-rpt-20110808

CubaHeadlines
August 8, 2011
Where Cubans Can Meet the Beatles at Last
Havana Journal. Beatles’ lyrics line the walls of the Yellow Submarine

HAVANA — The hair and accents were wrong, but the audience cared about just one thing: the house band was singing the Beatles, here, in a new bar called the Yellow Submarine, in Cuba, where such an act might have led to arrests in the mid-1960s.People gather outside the Yellow Submarine in Havana.Better yet, perhaps because of that history, the band played like rebels. Fast and raw, they zipped up and down the bass lines of “Dear Prudence” as if the song were new. They raced through “Rocky Raccoon,” and when they reached the opening words of “Let It Be” — “When I find myself in times of trouble” — the entire crowd began singing along, swaying, staring at the band or belting out the chorus with their eyes closed in rapture.“If there’s no Beatles, there’s no rock ’n’ roll,” said Guille Vilar, a co-creator of the bar. “This is music created with authenticity.”

http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2011/08...s_at_last.html

City of Walnut Ridge.com
August 2011
Dedication Set for Beatles Sculpture

(Walnut Ridge, Ark.)- The Beatles are coming back to Walnut Ridge! Plans have been set for a September unveiling of the Beatles sculpture and some special guests have committed to be a part of the ceremony.The Liverpool Legends, a Beatles tribute band from Branson, Mo.,have committed to headline the event, which will be held Sept. 18th 2011 at downtown Walnut Ridge in the parking lot of Regions. (The same place that the Iron Mountain Festival is held) It will then be taken to its permanent home in a “pocketpark” on NE Second Street donated by Charles and Jackie Snapp..“We continue to be amazed at the response we are getting to the Beatles sculpture,as well as our planned guitar plaza downtown. The Liverpool Legends actually contacted us after seeing a story about our plans on a Springfield, Mo.,TV station,” said Charles Snapp, a member of the Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce tourism committee, which is planning the project.The tribute band is operated by Louise Harrison, sister of late Beatles memberGeorge Harrison, and she also plans to take part in the unveiling.

http://cityofwalnutridge.com/dedicat...les-sculpture/