John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

[msLinds]

Your welcome Nice. I have a Goastt update.

culture.wnyc.org
July 29, 201
Gig Alert: David Garland with Sean Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl

David Garland 
" The Long View"
Playing Sunday night at The Stone (Avenue C and 2nd Street, East Village) New York City.
Info: Tickets ($10 at door)

David Garland, who is the host of the WNYC show Spinning On Air and the WQXR show Movies on the Radio, has released this exclusive track, “The Long View,” for download, which is on his forthcoming album Conversations with the Cinnamon Skeleton. On it, Garland plays a uniquely modified 12-string guitar. He is joined on vocals by Sean Ono Lennon and Charlotte Kemp Muhl of the band The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger. Conversations with the Cinnamon Skeleton is Garland’s 10th album and one that Lennon has described as “clearly the result of a lifetime spent investigating the relationship between notes and chords and words."Lennon and Muhl will be joining Garland on Sunday night at John Zorn’s East Village fringe music outpost The Stone along with a string quartet. The duo is also featured in the video below, as The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, playing "Lavender Road" on Spinning On Air.

You can listen to and download the song for free here

http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/mus...david-garland/

[msLinds]

Examiner.com
July 31, 2011
BBC Radio to premiere first single from new Julian Lennon album

"Lookin' 4 Luv," the new single from Julian Lennon's forthcoming album "Everything Changes," will get its world premiere on BBC Radio on Monday, the singer revealed on Twitter Saturday.The song will be played during "The Chris Evans Show" on BBC Radio 2. The album is to be released Sept. 26,2011 Lennon said.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...n-lennon-album

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/chris-evans/

Brooklyn.ny1.com
July 29, 2011
New Book "Imagines" John Lennon And Yoko Ono's Central Park ( with a video about the book )
new book details the history of Central Park’s famous Strawberry Fields landmark. NY1’s Shazia Khan filed the following report.

Their love of Central Park was no secret — it was a place where John Lennon and Yoko Ono found peace and beauty, just steps from their home, the Dakota.The Central Park of today, however, is a far different one than the new residents experienced almost 40 years ago.“When they first moved to the Dakota in 1973, Central Park was not a very happy place, and it didn't look good, and John and Yoko actually had the idea to donate some grass seed to the park,” says historian Sara Cedar Miller.Of course, it would be more than grass seeds that would forever bind the couple to the park.In her new book "Strawberry Fields: Central Park's Memorial to John Lennon," the historian and photographer for the Central Park Conservancy details how the creation of Strawberry Fields, named after the John Lennon-penned Beatles song, would revitalize the rest of the park.

http://brooklyn.ny1.com/content/ny1_...-central-park/

Japan Times
Yoko Ono visits Peace Museum
July 30, 2011

HIROSHIMA — Yoko Ono, the New York-based avant-garde artist and widow of former Beatle John Lennon, visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on Friday morning.Ono, 78, was in Hiroshima to attend an award ceremony and receive the eighth Hiroshima Art Prize for her contribution to world peace through contemporary art. The ceremony was to be held Friday night at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0110730a6.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yokoono...57627187590721

Reuters.UK
July 29, 2011
Beatles barber turns shop into tribute to Fab Four

Beatles fan Gerardo Weiss ran a typical Buenos Aires barber shop until he had a dream that the Fab Four dropped in for a haircut.Seven years later, Weiss has made Beatles-inspired cuts his specialty."The dream got etched on my memory," he said at the modest salon, the walls plastered with photos of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr."I decided to get rid of the pictures these places usually have and just put up photos of The Beatles ... so people could see them and ask for their haircuts," he said.One picture shows Lennon cutting someone's hair, another is of Harrison with curly locks down to his shoulders. It is the stuff of inspiration for Weiss.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/0...76S4FD20110729

Liverpool DailyPost.UK
July 29, 2011
Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney interupts Canada and US tour to appear at LIPA

SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY made a flying visit to Liverpool to take part in the annual LIPA graduation ceremony.The 69-year-old jetted in from Montreal to hand out badges to hundreds of students at the Philharmonic Hall.He was then due to leave again last night, this time for the United States.And he told the young performers to always be grateful for their talent.He said: " You are all pretty brilliant to be here today. You put in all the hard work." But remember it’s a gift, and be grateful for that gift."

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...0252-29146084/

[msLinds]

WLWT News
July 28, 2011
Rumors McCartney Makes Unusual Requests Of GABP

Rumors are flying surrounding Paul McCartney's visit to the Queen City. People are asking News 5 if McCartney is demanding we take the "pork" out of "Porkopolis."McCartney has made waves with his push for sticking to vegetables. His campaign to celebrate "Meat Free Mondays" has had global success. Some of his fans, however, have a beef with the rumored demands for his upcoming concert at Great American Ballpark.Word has spread to Sir Paul's ticketholders that the vegetarian wants hot dog signage at the ballpark covered. He may also be asking that concession stands go meat-free for the concert.

http://www.wlwt.com/news/28687755/detail.html

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[msLinds]

I love Julian Lennon's new song and I'm really looking forward to getting a copy of his new album when its released in September.

' Looking for Luv" single from his upcoming new album by Julian Lennon : on BBC player radio 2. From the Chris Evans Breakfast show.Broadcasted on 8-1-2011

1:46:10 (approximately) into the show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b012rszr

[msLinds]

Liverpool Daily Post.UK
August 1, 2011

Plaque remembering the woman who inspired the Beatles’ hit Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is to be placed in Liverpool

A PLAQUE remembering the woman who inspired the Beatles’ hit, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, is to be placed in Mathew Street.Lucy Vodden, who died in 2009 aged 46, was depicted in a watercolour painting a young Julian Lennon created at nursery school.The artwork was the inspiration for the classic Lennon/McCartney song.The bronze plaque has been commissioned by St Thomas' Lupus Trust, who have worked with Julian to promote awareness of the disease which claimed Mrs Vodden’s life.Campaigns director Angie Davidson said she was “thrilled” that Liverpool City Council had approved the request.

http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/...2534-29152890/

[msLinds]

The Concert For Bangladesh Concert Streaming Here Now !

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Concert for Bangladesh, we are streaming the entire film HERE, GeorgeHarrison.com and on iTunes.com/thebeatles. July 3oth - August 1st 2011. Click " Watch the Stream" to see the film.

http://www.georgeharrison.com/

http://www.theconcertforbangladesh.com/

Guardian.UK
July 28, 2011
The Concert for Bangladesh and its charity pop legacy

Ravi Shankar may be 91 years old, but the memory of June 1971 remains vivid. "I was in Los Angeles," says India's greatest classical musician, "hearing about this terrible tragedy: 100,000 refugees coming into Kolkata, and yet almost nobody knew about it."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...sh-charity-pop

Guardian.co.uk
August 1, 2011
John Lennon's hat and shades go up for auction

Items owned by John Lennon at the height of Beatlemania to go under the hammer on August 9th.He is probably more famous for sporting a Greek fisherman's cap at the height of Beatlemania in the mid-60s. But a floppy "cowboy" hat worn by John Lennon when the band toured the US in 1965 is expected to fetch as much as £8,000 at auction.Lennon gave the hat – along with a toy gun – to his uncle Charlie Lennon, who was a great fan of western films. Uncle Charlie passed them on to Larry Warren, an American who lives in the Beatles' home city of Liverpool.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011...shades-auction

[Nico]

Originally Posted by msLinds

I love Julian Lennon's new song and I'm really looking forward to getting a copy of his new album when its released in September.

' Looking for Luv" single from his upcoming new album by Julian Lennon : on BBC player radio 2. From the Chris Evans Breakfast show.Broadcasted on 8-1-2011

1:46:10 (approximately) into the show

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b012rszr

WOO HOO!!!!

I love it, I love it, I love it!!! I can't wait for September 5th!!

[msLinds]

I am also looking forward Nico to the official release of Julian's new single song and later that month the release of his new album ' Everything Changes '.I have some new updates now for everyone.Just a reminder to everyone again. lol That Fleetwood Mac is still my favorite band.They are my first love in music,my main love in music and allways will be.That includes the band members solo music to.We now return you to your Beatles news, etc music and articles updates.

New James McCartney EP now available for pre-order
CLOSE AT HAND
The New EP
Produced by David Kahne and Paul McCartney
The New EP by James McCartney, produced by David Kahne and Paul McCartney, is now available for pre-order with special content exclusively at iTunes starting today, August 1. Worldwide Release of the EP will be on MaybeNot/Engine Company Records at the end of this month, on August 30th, 2011.

iTunes Pre-Release Starts Monday, August 1, 2011
(Pre-Orders With Special Content Exclusively at iTunes : Available NOW

Read more here:
http://www.enginecompanyrecords.com/JamesMcCartney/

James McCartney :: CLOSE AT HAND - EP :: Sampler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6PWpyx9_ek

Paul McCartney plays Wrigley : Video
August 31, 2011

July 31, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Thousands of fans watched Sir Paul McCartney rock out at Wrigley Field Sunday night.The former Beatle is scheduled to perform there again Monday night at 8 p.m. Crews had been busy for days setting up the stage."He's the top of the food chain in the music business, so he could do 30 songs and leave you with 100 that he didn't do," one fan said before the show.We found fans that had traveled from Iowa to be at Sunday night's show.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...ent&id=8281639

Playbill.com
August 2, 2011
Backbeat, Musical Tracing the Birth of the Beatles, Heads to West End's Duke of York's; David Leveaux Directs

Backbeat, a stage adaptation of the 1994 film about the birth of the Beatles, is heading to the West End’s Duke of York’s Theatre, beginning performances Sept. 24 prior to an official opening Oct. 10th.First seen at Glasgow’s Citizen’s Theatre in 2010, it is co-written by Iain Softley (who directed and co-wrote the film) and playwright Stephen Jeffreys, and will be directed by David Leveaux (Broadway revivals of Nine and Fiddler on the Roof, and most recently represented on Broadway by his production of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia that originated in the West End).In a press statement, producer Karl Sydow commented, "Backbeat at the Duke Of York Theatre will allow people the experience of being at the birth of the Beatles. It tells a story that many music fans may not know, set to a musical backdrop that absolutely defined the early 60s. Next year will mark 50 years since the Beatles released their first single, and I am proud to be bringing their early days to life in the West End."

http://www.playbill.com/news/article...eveaux-Directs

Ultimate Classic Rock
July 30, 2011
10 most shocking albums covers in Rock

Rock stars love to give the proverbial (and sometimes literal) middle finger to the establishment, and there's no better way than with a shocking album cover. As the recent kerfuffle over Nirvana's 'Nevermind' cover being banned from Facebook proves, many of the most infamous album covers are still controversial today. Join us for a look at the 10 Most Shocking Album Covers in Rock Music. (Note: Before you scroll down, some of these images are not safe for work — unless you work at Tommy Lee's house. Then you're probably fine.)

Number 3. John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 'Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins'
The sight of, according to John Lennon, “two slightly overweight ex-junkies” in the nude proved to be too shocking for music retailers, who sold the album in brown wrapping paper. The packaging made it look like John and Yoko were drowning in quicksand.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/shocking-album-covers/

Liddypool.com The birth place of the Beatles
July 25, 2011
Critically acclaimed Liddypool book to release second edition

Liverpool, UK -- July 25, 2011 -- Liddypool, Birthplace of The Beatles, the critically acclaimed book to concentrate solely on the history of The Beatles from their experience of living and growing up in Liverpool, will soon be released in its second and expanded edition.Covering their rise from childhood in the 1940s and obscurity to their triumphant civic reception at Liverpool Town Hall on 10th July 1964, when the city said goodbye to the Fab Four, author David Bedford uses local knowledge and eyewitness testimony to chart every band member and name-change and lineup, from The Black Jacks to The Beatles: the story of the "Fab 27".Bedford, a Liverpool native and noted Beatles historian, has updated what is considered to be the definitive book describing facts and truths of the colorful, formative years of The Beatles, starting many years before they stepped out in suits and mop-top haircuts.

http://www.whoputthebeatinthebeatles.co.uk/

Trib Local
August 2, 2011
World's youngest Beatles tribute band perform free concert

The Hoffman Estates Arts Commission and the Hoffman Estates Park District welcome Stockwood to the Village Green in the western part of the Village. The band takes the stage Thursday, Aug. 4, at 7 p.m. as part of the "Summer Sounds on the Green" concert series.Stockwood brings together a musical proficiency far surpassing their years, and are able to entertain audiences of all ages with legendary music by The Beatles. All four boys sing and play their instruments without accompaniment from anyone or anything.

http://triblocal.com/hoffman-estates...-free-concert/

[msLinds]

A fan posted this on another message board of a mp3 they made of Julian's single ' Looking For Luv ' that was broadcasted on BBC 2 radio this past monday.If you right click on the link.You can download this song.I wish that guy had kept quiet untill Julian had completely finished the song.I am not going to be posting here any free download links of songs off the new album.Once Julian's album is officially released.But since this is from a radio broadcast.I think its ok to post it here.Everyone have a good day and take care.

mp3 link to song : listen here - and right click on the link to save it

http://naturalskeptic.com/audio/jules.mp3

[msLinds]

Sgt. Pepper - Live 8/7/2011 Long Island, NY - Free Concert

Band includes members of : The Hooters; Strawberry Fields; Beatlestock

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7th 2011 7:00 pm – WOUNDROUS STORIES-SGT. PEPPER ALBUM. Wonderous Stories have become the band that people say can play anything. They have done entire albums by the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Paul McCartney and more. They will perform the entire “Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band” LP. They will include real sitars to ensure authenticity. A splendid time is guaranteed for all.

Date: Sunday August 7, 2011
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Where: Hoyt Farm Nature Preserve
Address: 200 New Highway, Commack, NY 11725
Cost: Free
Phone: (631) 543-7804
http://www.smithtowninfo.com/headlin...D=7&Headline=1

NBC Miami
August 3, 2011
Local Couple Recall Life with John Lennon
Cuban and Mexican immigrants revealed an unlikely relationship with a former Beatle -- and his rock 'n roll friends

Maria and Armando Ontivero are Cuban and Mexican immigrants living in Southwest Miami-Dade, who just so happen to have an unlikely rock 'n roll past:*the pair once lived in the same house as John Lennon."When my husband said, 'this is the Beatles,' I*said, 'Oh my God!" I didn't believe it," Maria recalled.In 1974, Lennon and his girlfriend May Pang rented a beach house in Santa Monica, California and moved in with fellow former Beatle Ringo Starr, The Who drummer Keith Moon, and other famous musicians.The Ontiveros were hired as caretakers. In a period of less than four months, they witnessed wild parties and rare post-Beatles jam sessions that included a fellow called Paul McCartney.

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/M...126646528.html

[msLinds]

International Beatle Week Festival : Liverpool UK
August 24th to August 25th 2011

Organised by Liverpool’s leading tour operator Cavern City Tours, International Beatle Week Festival is one of the biggest music events in the world. And it takes place in the city where it all began – Liverpool.

http://beatlesfestival.co.uk/

Examiner.com
August 2, 2011
Beatles Cavern painting by Shannon will be on time--despite tornado scare.

New Jersey - The painting of the Beatles commissioned by the Cavern Club in Liverpool with Beatles artist, Shannon, will be done on schedule after all, despite a horrific tornado that threatened her ranch in New Jersey last Friday (July 29). “I will have the project ready in time for the 50th anniversary of the Cavern in Liverpool August 30,” wrote Shannon today in an email. We reported on this upcoming painting, entitled Toppermost of the Poppermost, July 21.Much havoc was caused by the unexpected and highly damaging tornado that devastated her NJ ranch called “Shannondoah”. Hearing ominous thunder in the distance with some light rain, she wasn't concerned at first, until sudden high winds prompted her to hurriedly begin bringing in her painting supplies and gear from the back porch. She had been working on her painting of George Harrison.

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

[msLinds]

Reason Clothing
SEAN YOKO LENNON
August 2, 2011

Today I had the opportunity to photograph Sean Yoko Lennon alongside his awesome girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl.Kemp was the youngest model to ever grace the cover of Harpers and Queen magazine at the age of sixteen. She’s also been the face of Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, D&G, Maybelline, Swarovski, and just about every other mega-brand out there. Sean’s dad was in some type of insect band or something.In 2008 Sean and Kemp started a band called The Ghost Of a Saber Tooth Tiger. You can check out their music here on their myspace page.

http://www.reasonclothing.com/blog/wordpress/?p=3493

[Nico]

Awesome Sean pics, beautiful Julian song. I tried with the James McCartney music and, I'm sorry, I just can't feel it. I don't know, I think it's his voice. Not feeling it. But I'll give him some more time because he appears to be a really good musician.

[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!