John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

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International Business Times - Entertainment & Stars
February 9, 2012
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan: It Was 48 Years Ago Today

Forty-eight years ago, an event occurred that shattered the American psyche and permanently altered society as we know it.The Beatles, a long-haired quartet from Liverpool, England, appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in New York and introduced a huge audience of some 73-million people (more than one-third of the entire U.S. population) to the joyous melodies and excitement of the Fab Four.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2958...-york-john.htm

http://theprodigalscribe.com/rr-satu...an-feb-9-1964/

The independent
February 12, 2012
The man who rejected the Beatles

Exactly 50 years ago, Decca's Dick Rowe turned down the Fab Four, so heading an unenviable club of talent-spotters who passed up their biggest chance. But is it all an urban myth? A new book suggests so"Guitar groups are on their way out, Mr Epstein." With that airy dismissal of the Beatles, supposedly directed 50 years ago this month at the group's manager Brian Epstein, Dick Rowe of Decca made himself unwittingly but enduringly synonymous with catastrophic commercial misjudgements.He might be honorary president of an unenviable club that includes all the publishers who turned down a book about a boy wizard by a hopeful young writer called Joanne Rowling, and indeed William Orton, the president of the Western Union, who in 1876 decided not to pay $100,000 for Alexander Graham Bell's patent for the telephone, declaring the apparatus little more than a toy. Two years later an anguished Orton admitted that he would consider the patent a bargain at $25m.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...s-6782008.html

Mail Online.uk
February 11, 2012
I Feel Fine! Paul McCartney beams as a host of stars come together to honour him (including Yoko Ono)

The stars aligned so Sir Paul McCartney could enjoy a Hard Day's Night tonight.For a host of famous faces turned out for a special tribute event honouring the Beatles legend.But front and centre was the 69-year-old Kisses on the Bottom favourite himself, who was accompanied by his wife Nancy.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...-Yoko-Ono.html


‪GRAMMY Live - Yoko Ono‬
Catching up with Yoko Ono at the MusiCares Person of The Year Event, honoring Paul McCartney.

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

Rollingstone Music
February 11, 2012
Paul McCartney Rocks His Own Tribute

How can anyone not be a Paul McCartney fan? Rolling Stone put the question to Bonnie Raitt last night on the red carpet of the MusiCares Person Of The Year gala honoring McCartney. "Are you kidding? This is the time I make no bones about it, I get completely gobsmacked," Raitt said. "I watch the show, I go like this, I do the Scream face by Edvard Munch." The red carpet for this benefit raising funds to help musicians in need inspired many surreal moments. There was Elvis Costello greeting Smokey Robinson with a hug, Neil Young chatting with Yoko Ono, James Taylor dropping by our interview with Raitt to say hello, and on and on. Even Dave Grohl lost it.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...ibute-20120211

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Ice News
February 12, 2012
Lennon drawings coming to Denmark

A collection of drawings by John Lennon are to be exhibited for the first time in Denmark. Yoko Ono has announced that some 100 pieces, depicting the Beatle’s life with his friends and family, will be on display at the Hotel Crowne Plaza, Copenhagen Towers.Before The Beatles became a worldwide pop sensation, Lennon went to art school in Liverpool, and apparently harboured dreams of being recognised as an artist until his death in 1980.Some of the drawings are from Ono’s private collection, and several have been coloured by her.“They give pleasure and show people what a great artist he was. All artists want recognition, and we didn’t draw anything specifically to put it away and forget it,” Ono told Kulturen on News.“Artists want to communicate and John can communicate even now, so I am doing what he wanted to do,” she added.

http://www.icenews.is/index.php/2012...ng-to-denmark/

The Beatles Bournemouth
February 13, 2012
Rare Beatles photos on display in Poole

Poole, England -- An exhibition of rare previously unpublished photographs of The Beatles in Bournemouth and Poole are on display on the top floor foyer at Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts, now through March 10th.The exhibition features photographs, posters and stories from author Nick Churchill's recent publication Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Beatles & Bournemouth, the definitive account of the connections between the greatest rock 'n' roll group that ever was and a small town on the south coast of England. Did you know that the band played more shows at Bournemouth Gaumont than any other UK theatre outside London ? With stunning images of The Beatles taken in and around Bournemouth, photos licensed from Beatles Monthly and never-before-seen images of John Lennon's aunt Mimi at home in Sandbanks, the story is told using first-hand accounts from the people who were there, the fans, reporters, photographers, venue staff and musicians. The exhibition features more than 40 photographs taken of the Fab Four when they appeared in Bournemouth in the 1960s, including Robert Freeman's iconic half-shadow photo that adorned the With The Beatles album sleeve which was taken in the restaurant at the Palace Court Hotel in Westover Road (now a Premier Inn) during the Beatles' week-long summer residency at the Gaumont in August 1963. Other exhibition highlights include posters from Beatles shows at the Bournemouth Gaumont and Winter Gardens, plus a remarkable colour photograph of John Lennon by the Sandbanks Ferry in Poole with his Aunt Mimi and four-year-old son Julian.Lighthouse are also hosting a Beatles Film Special on February 28th, with a screening of Richard Lester's classic A Hard Day's Night, which perfectly captures The Beatles in all their irreverent glory on the road to mega-stardom, while giving a real sense of Sixties London.

http://www.beatlesandbournemouth.com/

Digital Spy
February 13, 2012
Beatles were huge influence on Nirvana, says Dave Grohl

The Foo Fighters star spoke of The Beatles' impact on his life with Access Hollywood at the 2012 MusiCares benefit on Saturday when Sir Paul McCartney was named the organization's 'Person of the Year'. When I was young, that's how I learned how to play music - I had a guitar and a Beatles songbook," he recalled. "I would listen to the records and play along. Of course, it didn't sound like The Beatles, but it got me to understand song structure and melody and harmony and arrangement."Grohl added: "I never had a teacher - I just had these Beatles records… Even in Nirvana - the Beatles [were] such a huge influence.

http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news...ave-grohl.html

NewBury Today
February 12, 2012
Beatle signature turns up in clear-out
Statement signed by George Harrison to "keep Berkshire beautiful" during Newbury bypass creation

IT is amazing what you can find in an old drawer. This ‘Keep Berkshire Beautiful’ slip referencing the Newbury bypass and signed by legendary former Beatle George Harrison was found during a clean-up of the Campaign To Protect Rural England (CPRE) office in London on Tuesday.Dated 1988, the statement outlines a resistence to housing being built across Berkshire at the time, and mentions “the likely route of the Newbury bypass which will destroy some of our finest scenery”, eight years before the construction of the bypass became national news.

http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/A...rticleID=19190

NME
February 12, 2012
Paul McCartney: 'John Lennon and I had the same premonition about The Beatles' success

Songwriting duo both had dream about digging up gold coins, he saysPaul McCartney has revealed that he and John Lennon both had the exact same dream about achieving worldwide success with The Beatles.In an interview with The Big Issue, McCartney – who released his new studio album 'Kisses On The Bottom' last week (February 6) – said that both he and his songwriting partner experienced the same premonition about digging up gold coins in a garden. The singer, who suggested that the dream was a metaphor for the fame they'd achieve with the Fab Four, said: "Life gives you minor premonitions. You don't think of them as premonitions until the dream comes true and you think, 'Hey, I wonder if that was a sign?'.

http://www.nme.com/news/paul-mccartney/61985

Daily Mail
February 11, 2012
Walk on by: Sir Paul McCartney will have a cameo role on hit TV show Mad Men

Rock and roll legend Sir Paul McCartney is set to appear in 1960s drama Mad Men.The singer was approached by the producers of the successful show because they wanted to use some of his solo material in the programme.However, following long talks Sir Paul, 69, ended up agreeing to take on a walk-on role as well as giving the hit TV show permission to use his songs.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...V-Mad-Men.html

The Telegraph
February 11, 2012
Stars perform for Paul McCartney at party in his honour

Music stars from several generations lined up to pay tribute to Paul McCartney on Friday night by performing songs from his 50 year long musical career at a ceremony to honour the former Beatle.Coldplay, Katy Perry, Alicia Keys, Neil Young, Foo Fighters and Tony Bennett all performed in front of the 69-year-old as he received the MusiCares' 2012 Person of the Year award ceremony.The star-studded event was hosted by the Grammy Awards organisers ahead of the major music awards.McCartney himself opened the ceremony with his own rendition of the Beatles hit "Magical Mystery Tour".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...is-honour.html

Customer retailer
February 13, 2012
Harman Debuts Lopez, McCartney Ads on Grammy Awards

As announced last week, Harman International debuted a pair of high-profile television commercials during Sunday's broadcast of the Grammy Awards. The company debuted the "Beautiful Sound" ad, for its Harman Kardon brand and featuring Jennifer Lopez ; the ad had debuted in Europe but Sunday marked its first U.S. broadcast:Also airing for the first time Wednesday was an ad, for the JBL "Hear the Truth" campaign, featuring Sir Paul McCartney. The former Beatle sang his new song "My Valentine," which he also performed on the Grammy broadcast. Video

http://www.customretailer.net/articl...rds-25028681/1

Examiner
February 12, 2012
Beatles 54th Grammys scorecard: McCartney 15th win makes it one out of two

It was one win, one loss for the two Beatles-related nominations included in the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which were given out Sunday night in Los Angeles. *Paul McCartney won the Grammy for Best Historical Album for the "Band on the Run" reissue (Paul McCartney compilation producer, Sam Okell and Steve Rooke mastering engineers). This was the second Grammy for "Band on the Run," which had won one in 1974 for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus. The new award also makes him a 15-time winner.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...one-out-of-two

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CraicOn.com
February 13, 2012
Double Irish BeatlesFest on the Lough this year
Moville

The idyllic little town of Moville in Donegal, which since 2007 has hosted Ireland's only annual festival of Beatles music, has a double treat for Beatles fans this year.The usual BeatlesFest on the Lough will take place in mid-August this year, from the 16th to the 19th, but organiser Gerry McLaughlin has been asked to put on an extra one at the same as the Irish Open Golf tournament across the Lough in Portrush is taking place, but also at the same time as the Clipper Round the World yacht race will be in town.

http://www.craicon.com/moville/1/dou...lesfest-.shtml

Examiner
February 13, 2012
Why Sir Paul McCartney didn't have a Walk of Fame star sooner

LOS ANGELES - Sir Paul McCartney received a star on Hollywood's renouned Walk of Fame recently.* It's not a surprise that the star was awarded in conjunction with Sir Paul performing at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards 2-12-12, Clive Davis' annual pre-Grammy party 2-11-12, and his being celebrated as the MusiCares Person of the Year on 2-10-12.* It's been an exciting trip for the former Beatle.Many reacted to Sir Paul not having had a star sooner as something of a personal insult or a lack of recognition.* The Beatles have a star.* All of the other former Beatles have stars - Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and John Lennon.* Why not Paul McCartney - he's even been knighted by Her Majesty, the Queen of England

http://www.examiner.com/rock-music-i...me-star-sooner

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Happy Valentines Day Everyone.

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AOL Music
February 14, 2012
Yoko Ono: John Lennon and Paul McCartney Are Together in Spirit -- Potent Quotables

"Dear @PaulMcCartney. At last all four stars shine brightly together. I know John is very happy for you on this special day. Lots of Love, Yoko." -- Yoko Ono

http://blog.music.aol.com/2012/02/14...ccartney-star/

Tripping With Marty
February 14, 2012
John Lennon Walking Tour

Al Rizo, the man who was my co-pilot on the 365 Bars blog, gave me an idea about doing a post of going to John Lennon places in New York, back when I was doing MAD. I already had the idea for this blog when he told me, so I told him it would be better suited for this blog, since I could do it in the afternoon, as well as evening. And today’s the day. Here we go off on a John Lennon walking tour of New York City. Can you imagine ?

http://www.trippingwithmarty.com/alm...king-tour.html

Examiner
February 13, 2012
Rare program from Ringo Starr's pre-Beatles days being auctioned on EBay

A pre-Beatles Ringo Starr program for a British holiday camp from 1962 when his group Rory Storm and the Hurricanes was playing there is up for auction on eBay.Pete Nash of the British Beatles Fan Club told Beatles Examiner the program for Butlin's Holiday Camp is from the week of July 21, 1962. Ringo Starr was the drummer for Rory Storm's group as they were playing the 1962 summer season at Butlin's in Skegness in the UK.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...tioned-on-ebay

Oxford University Press
February 14, 2012
Brian Epstein and the quest for a contract

On a cold winter’s day in early 1962, Brian Epstein and the Beatles huddled together contemplating their failed bid for a Decca recording contract and the bitter aftertaste of rejection that left emptiness in their stomachs. But hunger can feed ambition. Disappointments would ensue, but almost immediately Epstein would be the proverbial right man in the right place at the right time and meet a string of people who were looking for something not-quite-exactly unlike the Beatles.

http://blog.oup.com/2012/02/brian-ep...+%28OUPblog%29

Lasorda's Lair
February 13, 2012
50 Years of Dodger Stadium: The Beatles Rock the Ravine

There’s only a few things that I love as much as baseball. Cinema and music are two of them. If there was one concert which I could have had the privilege of attending it would have been the Beatles concert at Dodger Stadium on Sunday, August 28, 1966 at 8:00 pm. The Beatles are my all-time favorite band. I even took a Beatles course in college (yes, that in fact exists). A couple lesser known ska bands, Goldfinger and The Toasters, are also on my permanent soundtrack of life. Yet the music of the Beatles influenced those bands and most other musicians to follow. The Fab Four are forever the quintessential boy band. A Day in the Life is my favorite Beatles song, and I have fond memories of listening to my mother’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album on my record player over and over again in high school. It almost sounded better than the CD version I listen to today. Perhaps I am a bit of a flower child at heart.

http://lasordaslair.com/2012/02/13/5...ck-the-ravine/

Guitar World
February 13, 2012
Video: McCartney, Springsteen, Grohl, Walsh Jam on Beatles 'Abbey Road' Medley at Grammys

One of the highlights from last night's 54th Grammy Awards broadcast on CBS was the event's final moment -- a performance of The Beatles' "Golden Slumbers," "Carry That Weight" and "The End" by Paul McCartney and his band.The medley is from side two of Abbey Road, the last album recorded by The Beatles.During "The End," McCartney was joined on stage by Bruce Springsteen, Joe Walsh and Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, and all six guitarists (including Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray from McCartney's band) took turns playing brief solos, just as McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon did on the original 1969 recording.

http://www.guitarworld.com/video-mcc...medley-grammys

9th Annual Tribute to George Harrison in Westport this Saturday February 18, 2012

The 9th Annual Tribute to George Harrison will take place this Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Whites of Westport, in Westport, Massachusetts beginning at 6:00 (Doors open at 5:30). This annual event is a night filled with music from the 60's, focusing around George Harrison and the Beatles, and includes Beatles memorabilia and artwork available for purchase and raffles.This year's line up include The British Yankees, Sherman & the Waybacks, Psychedelic Relics, Wayne Cabral (former member of Octopus's Garden, a John Lennon Songwriting Contest semi-finalist and performer at the 2011 New England Pop Festival), the Oh Nos, a plastic sporko band! (featuring members of the band GIRL, the first all female Beatle Tribute band to play the Cavern Club in Liverpool).Also appearing will be Beatletracks, the Mockers (Fred Grady and members of CBNE and Stacy Pedrick of THE FOOLS) and from New Jersey, The Cryers (backing band for Denny Laine of Wings and Terry Sylvester of the Hollies) with special acoustic welcome starting at 5:40 by 10 year old guitarist Thatcher Harrison.Advanced tickets ($10.00) are available for purchase at Whites of Westport box office (Route 6, Westport, MA). Tickets ($15.00) will be available at the door the night of the show. Please send any questions by email to GHTribute@aol.com. All proceeds from the event are donated to St. Jude's Hospital and Bristol County Hospice for cancer research and support.

For more information check out Harrison Tribute page on Facebook, Whites of Westport website and Pictures & video of previous Tributes on MySpace.

http://www.myspace.com/officialsiteo...georgeharrison

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The Gazette
February 14, 2012
LOVE director Dominic Champagne gets Peace Award on Valentine’s Day

Quebec theatre director Dominic Champagne was honoured today as the 2011 Artiste pour la paix.Champagne has had a long and varied career that includes two Cirque du Soleil shows (Varekai, and LOVE, the Beatles show in Las Vegas), and numerous theatrical works, including, most recently Le Boss est mort, by Yvon Deschamps, and HA ha!…, by Rejean Ducharme. The award is given annually to artists who have displayed a social conscience, in some way. Champagne has been active in protests against the development of the natural gas industry through fracking in Quebec.

http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/201...alentines-day/

AZCENTRAL
February 12, 2012
Paul McCartney lays wreath for Whitney Houston

Sir Paul McCartney has personally laid flowers for Whitney Houston.The Beatles legend was in Los Angeles when the 48-year-old singer was found dead at the city's Beverly Hilton hotel on Saturday and wanted to leave a personal tribute to the 'I Will Always Love You' star. He was seen with wife Nancy Shevell at the makeshift memorial created outside the hotel Monday dressed casually, and left a bouquet of yellow roses at the scene.When fans tried to congratulate Paul on his performance at the Grammy Awards the previous night, he shrugged it off.Website TMZ reports he insisted: ''This is about Whitney, not me.''

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/a...y-houston.html

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Sun Sentinel
February 15, 2012
'All you need is….art;' Yoko Ono presents work by John Lennon

Yoko Ono, an influential artist and the widow of John Lennon, will present "Remember Love: The Artwork of John Lennon" on Feb. 17-19. For the past 20 years Yoko Ono and Legacy Fine Art and Productions have brought this exhibit across the U.S. as a way to honor the memory of John Lennon and celebrate his messages of peace, love and truth. Visitors will have an opportunity to take a look into his mind and experience him through his drawings, sketches and written words from his days as a Beatle until his death.The exhibit will be on display at 1018 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale. For more information, call 888-278-1969 or email LennonArtwork@aol.com.In the spirit of Lennon and Ono's kindness, the exhibit will benefit the The Pantry of Broward, a local nonprofit that is dedicated to serving seniors on low fixed incomes, and grandparents raising their grandchildren throughout Broward County. A $2 donation at the door is requested. For more information, visit http://www.ThePantryofBroward.org or call 954-358-1481.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/communit...,2469078.story

The Hook
February 14, 2012
Betsey Johnson Catches Beatlemania

Betseymania broke loose in the tents at Lincoln Center! In true Betsey Johnson style, the funky designer paid homage to the 1960's and The Beatles with her whacky touch when she revealed her fall collection Monday (Feb. 13) at New York Fashion Week.Not one for subtlety, Johnson's inspiration was clear from the very beginning as the Rolling Stones reverberated throughout the venue and black and white footage of teenaged girls screaming for some mysterious off-camera icon played. Fab four or Betsey? As the show started, each ensemble appeared to have walked straight from Abbey Road to Lincoln Center, carrying titles such as "Lennon Lux" and "Eleanor Rigby."

http://www.billboard.com/column/the-...06184352.story

JAMROCK Magazine
February 14, 2012
Betsey Johnson Shows London Mod Set To The Beatles

http://www.jamrockmagazine.com/?p=2957

Broadway World - Talk Tunesworld
February 15, 2012

BWW CD Reviews: HERE COMES THE SUN, A Lovely Tribute to the Beatles by David Lanz and Friends. Pianist David Lanz, with able assistance from Gary Stroutsos (woodwinds), Walter Gray (cello) and Keith Lowe (bass), has put together a sequel of sorts to his wonderful album of Beatles songs, Liverpool, with a new collection called Here Comes the Sun. This time around he includes a terrific cut from the quiet Beatle, the late George Harrison (who was/is actually my favorite of the fab four). It's another masterpiece of subtlety and charm, perhaps even more lovely from than the first. Lanz is going to promote the new work with a small tour, so be sure to catch him live if you have the opportunity.

http://tunes.broadwayworld.com/artic...iends-20120215

Examiner
February 14, 2012
Smithsonian / The Ed Sullivan Show: ‘The Beatles' Debut on American TV’, 1964

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery reveals the history of America throughout the generations of individuals who help to shape its culture through each of their unique contributions.*Ed Sullivan posed for a photograph with the Beatles during their rehearsal for the first live Beatles’ U.S. television debut.

http://www.examiner.com/smithsonian-...erican-tv-1964

Laughing Squid
February 14, 2012
The Beatles’ Abbey Road Photo Shoot Outtakes

The Beatles’ iconic (and widely imitated) album cover Abbey Road shows all four band members walking across London’s Abbey Road. At that time The Beatles were recording the majority of their songs and albums at Abbey Road Studios (was then called EMI Studios). On August 8, 1969, Scottish photographer Iain MacMillan captured them simply walking across the street for the album’s cover. The shoot reportedly took just ten minutes but, as you can see, they had walked back and forth across the street before catching that now-famous image. Here is a gallery of outtakes from that legendary photo shoot.

http://laughingsquid.com/the-beatles...hoot-outtakes/

Guitar Worl
February 15, 2012
Spring 2012 Guitar Aficionado Available Now: The George Harrison Collection

The brand-new Spring 2012 issue of Guitar Aficionado features an up-close look at George Harrison’s greatest guitars and the new iPad app, "The Guitar Collection: George Harrison."The app, which was created by Harrison’s son, Dhani, showcases many of the guitarist’s Beatles-era axes in loving detail.

http://www.guitarworld.com/spring-20...son-collection

"Louise Harrison's Help Keep Music Alive
February 15, 2012

"Louise Harrison's Help Keep Music Alive, Inc.," her new non-profit organization that is dedicated to help bring music and the message of the Beatles to kids. Louise incorporated the new non-profit in the State of Florida on Jan 23rd of this year.The goal of "Louise Harrison's Help Keep Music Alive, Inc." is to bring her broadway class Liverpool Legends show to schools, and have the music students play a large role in the second half of the concert by playing on stage with Liverpool Legends. The proceeds of each of their previous high school shows went to the respective schools where the concerts were held, minus the costs of putting on the show, like travel costs and hotel rooms. Through the new non-profit organization, Louise is now looking for sponsors to help defray these costs, so that more of the money taken in at these concerts can go directly to the actual school's music department.Louise wants to hear from you if you're a school music director or school administrator and you'd like to arrange for one their shows to happen at your school. Also, please contact Louise if you're part of a company that can sponsor services to Louise's cause, like air fares and hotel rooms. Louise can be reached at louise@lh-hkma.org or visit their website at www.lh-hkma.org. You can also learn more about the band Liverpool Legends at their official website, www.liverpoollegends.com.

POP DASH
February 15, 2012
Paul McCartney Is NOT A Mad Man
The star will not be making a cameo appearance in the hit US show...

Despite recent reports suggesting otherwise, it has been confirmed that Sir Paul McCartney will NOT be making a cameo in US television show 'Mad Men'.Sir Paul McCartney may have signed a deal with the producers of 'Mad Men' giving them permission to use his songs on the show, but the rocker does not intend to make an on-screen appearance anytime soon.The Sun reported that the Beatles legend would be making a cameo appearance in the programme himself, but a source close to the show has denied that Macca will appear.


http://popdash.com/news/8988/paul-mc...-not-a-mad-man

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The Royal Gazette
February 15, 2012
Do you have any Lennon stories to tell

Were you in Bermuda in 1980 and did you come across former Beatle John Lennon and his son Sean ? Preparations are underway for a number of events this June to commemorate the late musician’s two-month stay on the Island.Organisers are keen to hear from anyone who met or remembers seeing Lennon during his final summer vacation, or who has Lennon memorabilia from that time.The singer stayed in Bermuda in June and July of 1980. He rented a house in Fairylands, Pembroke, and is known to have visited a variety of places on the Island, including the former Disco 40 nightclub, The English Sports Shop on Front Street and Stuart’s electronics store on Reid Street. He also visited Spanish Point and St Peter’s Church in St George. He and his son were also photographed watching the Queen’s Birthday Parade on Front Street.

http://www.royalgazette.com/article/...ND04/702159904

John Lennon Double Fantasy Burmuda Tribute this June 21, 2012

http://www.doublefantasybermuda.com/

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PR Newswire
February 16, 2012
Big Time Rush Releases Soundtrack to Big Time Movie, Pre-order Now Available on the iTunes Store

Six Beloved Beatles Classics Covered for Soundtrack to First-Ever Big Time Rush TV Movie Premiering March 10

NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Columbia Records international recording artists and Nickelodeon TV stars Big Time Rush*bring the Fab Four's legacy to a new generation with the release of an iTunes exclusive soundtrack to their first-ever Nickelodeon movie, Big Time Movie on Tuesday, March 6, available now for pre-order. The Big Time Movie Soundtrack features covers of the beloved Beatles classics Help!, A Hard Day's Night, We Can Work It Out, Revolution, Can't Buy Me Love*and*I Want To Hold Your Hand* (see below for track listing.)*Big Time Movie*will premiere Saturday, March 10 on Nickelodeon.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...139429503.html

Charleston Daily Mail
February 16, 2012
Beatles tribute band to play library concert series

Sunday's free concert series at the Kanawha County Public Library features Rubber Soul, the Beatles tribute band led by Mark Scarpelli.Scarpelli, also known for the musicals he writes with Dan Kehde for the Contemporary Youth Arts Company, organized Rubber Soul in 2003.

http://www.dailymail.com/Entertainment/201202150212

Spinner
February 16, 2012
Paul McCartney Quits Smoking Pot for Daughter, Is Happy Beatles Didn't Reunite

Parental responsibility means sacrifice, even if you're one of the biggest rock stars of all time. To that end, Paul McCartney has revealed that he's quit smoking pot, mainly out of a sense of duty to his 8-year-old daughter, Beatrice."I did a lot, and it was enough. I smoked my share," McCartney said in an interview with Rolling Stone. "When you're bringing up a youngster, your sense of responsibility does kick in. Enough's enough."

http://www.spinner.com/2012/02/16/pa...marijuana-pot/

Music Week
February 16, 2012
McCartney camp planning ‘big event’ for streaming return

Paul McCartney’s management is planning a big unveiling of the former Beatle’s solo catalogue on streaming services in the spring.The news comes from Concord’s director of digital and mobile sales Phillip Bailey, who has commented on Macca’s records being pulled from the few streaming platforms it was still available on last week.

http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?s...de=1048518&c=1

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Scroll down the page for the photographs of Sean Lennon with his Mom Yoko at the 'ThreeAsFour ' fashion show.

PaperMag
ThreeAsFour Blast Off to Outer Space
February 16, 2012

Threeasfour spun the concept of functionality and design to the far reaches of outer space for their F/W '12 show. The avant designers applied over-sized, Milky Way-like swirls and beads to metallic coats and leather lace overlays on skintight dresses and knee-high boots looked both celestial and extraterrestrial at once. With artists Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, Chuck Close, Terence Koh and Kathy Grayson in attendance, it makes us wonder if the look was befitting of a star? See the backstage photos of the Threeasfour show below.

http://www.papermag.com/2012/02/three_as_four.php

Fashion Indie
February 16, 2012
ThreeASFOUR Fall 2012 Comes Full Circle

ThreeASFOUR moves right around in a circular motion, looping from the printed wearability from Spring 2012 to the more experimental outer layers of Fall. The circular thematics broke garments into fragments to assemble spherically. Leather cut laser allowed for a precise interconnectedness, as the pattern looks particularly like a spine spinning in spirals, also partially like wheels turning in a machine. The machine of threeASFOUR –Gabi, Ange, and Adi – work insulated amongst themselves, not adhering to trend cycles, but to their own spherical vision. When Sean Ono Lennon releases the threeASFOUR documentary he is filming, perhaps we will learn more how these circular parts began to turn.

http://fashionindie.com/threeasfour-...s-full-circle/

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Everyone have a safe, positive and great weekend and Presidents day holiday this monday. Take care.

Genemyers
February 16, 2012
“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 ability as a visual artist.“Many people still consider him not a very professionally valuable artist. I’d really like to say that you should get what you can from John’s work because it’s really unique and beautiful,” Ono said. “There’s a spirit shining in it.”And it’s naysayers like that she’s vowed to campaign against. It was a promise she made to Lennon before he died.When John passed away I realized that both of us were artists and we wanted to communicate with the world. John can no more in a way, so I wanted to make sure that his work would be communicated. That is my pledge to John,” she said.

http://genemyers.wordpress.com/2012/...n-lennons-art/

The Go Guide
February 17, 2012
Yoko Ono: Come together with John Lennon art


Yoko Ono calls from the kitchen of her Manhattan home. Her voice is small but words tumble out at a New York pace, like an overturned box of nuts and bolts and deck screws.She is “up to my neck” in projects, she admits, “but we don’t talk about my things, we talk about John’s work.” And for the next few minutes, her voice softens into a graceful glide. After 20 years of talking about it, Ono has lost none of her affection for the touring exhibition “Remember Love: The Artwork of John Lennon.”

http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/ente...r_with_jo.html

SouthWest Riverside News Network
February 17, 2012
John Lennon tribute concert planned in Palm Springs

The songs, sounds, and the sight of John Lennon will come to life on stage in “Starting Over: The Lennon Experience” at 7 p.m. on* Mar. 1-2 at Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs, it was recently announced.The tribute concert starring Joe Stefanelli as John Lennon is a musical performance for the record books.Stefanelli looks, sounds, and acts just like Lennon.* So much so, that Hollywood Film Director Robert Zemeckis handpicked Stefanelli as the official “voice” of John Lennon in the hit film “Forrest Gump.”

http://www.swrnn.com/2012/02/17/john...-palm-springs/

theCMUwebsite
February 17, 2012
Media Junction chief to oversee estate of fifth Beatle

The MD of London based entertainment marketing agency Media Junction, Giles Cooper, has been appointed CEO of the estate of Stuart Sutcliffe, the founder member of The Beatles, whose influence on the band is widely recognised, despite him leaving before the fab four found fame.Sutcliffe, of course, died aged just 21 after suffering a brain haemorrhage in 1962, but he had already created a substantial collection of paintings, visual art being his true passion. Those artworks form a bulk of the estate, which is valued at £5 million, along with an array of memorabilia from The Beatles’ early days performing in Hamburg.

http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article...-fifth-beatle/

ML Jackson
February 16, 2012
Beatles tribute Toppermost set to bring Fab Four's sound to Michigan Theatre

JACKSON — Nearly 50 years has passed since the Beatles first appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and took America by storm.Yet, the Fab Four from Liverpool remain almost as popular and influential as they’ve ever been, which is why tribute bands, such as Toppermost, are such an attraction.Toppermost, whose members are from the Detroit area, will perform at the Michigan Theatre on Saturday in what the group is calling a 50th anniversary celebration of the Beatles.“It’s universal music, really, much like Mozart,” said Toppermost member Tom Diab, 41, who portrays Paul McCartney. “This is a big year for the Beatles.

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/j...rmost_set.html

Examiner
February 16, 2012
Cruisin' With the Beatles -- a ride on Beatles Tribute Cruise 2012

The man behind the just-concluded Beatles Tribute Cruise, Woody Lifton, says the 2012 edition, which ran from Feb. 4-11 and was highlighted by seven concerts in seven nights for 200 Beatle fans, began with a surprise. "Stepping in as George for the house tribute band Revolution was Jimmy Pou, who I consider to be the best George Harrison impersonator in the world," he said. "Jimmy is an old friend of mine and we hit it off right from the start."Lifton said he approached Tim Piper, who plays John Lennon and was the leader of Revolution, and asked him if former Wings guitarist Laurence Juber and former Ringo Starr producer Mark Hudson could join the band on stage for a few numbers. He agreed and that night the trio played on three songs with Revolution. Lifton says the party went on until until the wee hours of the morning.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...te-cruise-2012

Contact Music
February 16, 2012
Sir Paul McCartney - McCartney: 'Don't Believe Everything About The Beatles'

Paul Mccartney has urged Beatles fans old and new not to believe everything they read or watch about the Fab Four - because books and TV documentaries about the band are often full of errors.The Love Me Do singer admits he can't believe how often so-called students of the Beatles and historians get their facts wrong.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/mcc...eatles_1295485

Lost Paul McCartney track unearthed
February 17, 2012
Full-length collaboration with Art of Noise to be released for the first time

"McCartney called in the Art of Noise to remix the track in the summer of 1985," explains project curator (and author of the 2001 biography 'The Unknown Paul McCartney'), Ian Peel. "It was a mad, cut-and-paste retake that turned the song – McCartney's last US top ten hit – into a left-field electronic collage. Members of the band have since recalled how both Paul and Linda McCartney joined them – Anne Dudle, JJ Jeczalik and Gary Langan – in the studio for what sounds like a very experimental session. The finished remix was released on 12" vinyl in November 1985 and has never appeared on CD. Art of Noise are the linchpin to ZTT's Art of the 12" series, so their remix of Spies Like was top of my list of inclusions for this new Volume II."

http://www.macca-central.com/news/37...CK-UNEARTHED!/

[msLinds]

Examiner
February 18, 2012
Special magazine pays tribute to Beatles' 50th anniversary

A new magazine you'll find just out on newsstands is "The Beatles 50th Anniversary Tribute." The publication, the latest in Bauer Publishing's Life Story series, outlines the Beatles' music career in its 100 pages. Beginning with the group's formation in Liverpool, foundation gigs in Hamburg and signing their initial record contract, the magazine is loaded with lots of pictures and an album-by-album with track-by-track review of their record history.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...th-anniversary

[msLinds]

XFOM London
February 20, 2012
Paul McCartney To Play Teenage Cancer Trust Show

The organisers of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity shows have announced a new addition to the already stellar bill.Sir Paul McCartney will kick off this year's series of gigs at the Royal Albert Hall, playing the legendary venue on Thursday March 29.

http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/paul-mccar...cer-trust-show

Ultimate Guitar
February 16, 2012
Paul McCartney: 'We Never Reformed The Beatles In Case It Ruined Our Legacy'

Paul McCartney has revealed that The Beatles considered reforming while they were all still alive, but decided against it in case it ruined their legacy.The singer, who released his new studio album "Kisses On The Bottom" earlier this month (February 6), told Rolling Stone that the Fab Four had discussed reuniting on several occasions but the arguments to do so were "never convincing enough".

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/...ur_legacy.html

Mail Online
February 18, 2012
Kisses on the courtside: Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell indulge in a PDA while watching the New York Knicks

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

Los Angeles Times
February 18, 2012
Paul McCartney's Spotify trade-off

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb...rtney-20120218

Paste Magazine
February 20, 2012
Band Romance: Musical Couples Through the Years

Does it really matter who was the inspiration for the Beatles’ song, “Julia?” After all, the songs that make the biggest impact are not those that tell us the most about the celebrity singer’s life but those that tell us the most about our own lives. “Julia” is a great song not because it provides tabloid gossip about a woman John Lennon knew but because it gives shape to our feelings about someone we know, because it captures the calming delight of morning love, when the lusts and worries of the night before have been exhausted and we are glad to bask in the affection of someone with “seashell eyes, windy smile…her hair of floating sky,” someone as relaxed and optimistic as Lennon’s acoustic-guitar picking.

http://www.pastemagazine.com/article...the-years.html

Gibson Lifestyle
February 20, 2012
Primal Scream: The Trauma Behind John Lennon’s Brilliant Plastic Ono Band

Beatles fans who favored John Lennon’s most deeply personal songs – “Julia,” “I’m a Loser,” “Help!” – could scarcely have imagined the searing introspection Lennon would unleash with his first post-Beatles solo album. Released in December 1970, Plastic Ono Band gave new meaning to so-called confessional songwriting. Framed by rock’s most basic instrumentation – bass (played by Klaus Voormann), drums (played by Ringo Starr) and guitar and piano (played by Lennon himself), the former Beatle presented himself in all his myriad guises, from angry rebel to devoted soulmate to questing artist striving to free himself from the shackles of Beatledom

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyl...non-0220-2012/

The Royal Gazette
February 20, 2012
Yoko Ono to sing on Bermuda tribute CD to Lennon

Yoko Ono has agreed to appear on a Bermuda tribute CD to John Lennon, according to the man behind the project.Tony Brannon told The Royal Gazette yesterday that Lennon’s widow was providing vocals of her song ‘Walking on Thin Ice’ which would be remixed for the CD. He said she’d also shared pictures to be included in the box set.

http://www.royalgazette.com/article/...S/702209940/-1

February 20, 2012
Artist Attack! Yoko Ono is My Hero and I'm Not Sorry
True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely."

"It is hard to write about Yoko Ono as an artist for a few reasons, including but not limited to my inability to separate Yoko Ono's tweets from spoken word poetry. It is also hard because of the sheer length and depth of her artistic career: Yoko was creating art - and feminist art*at that - before she even met that dude John Lennon. Afterward the work she had been doing, and continued to do, kind of got eclipsed by his. And it's a shame, because her work was and remains prophetic, profound, and honest. John Lennon once said everyone knew who Yoko Ono was but nobody knew what she did. But what she does is create art - performance art, conceptual art, fine art, visual art, the written word, music - that moves people deeply and talks about what's going on on the inside.*Yoko Ono's art is about communicating the inward outward, challenging peoplet o think about the world around them, and, of course, peace. I tend to see her pieces as being about peace --world peace, inner peace, peace and quiet.Plus, she's completely and totally provocative. What's not to love ?

http://www.autostraddle.com/artist-a...-sorry-127603/

BBC News
February 20, 2012
Twickenham film studios set to close

Twickenham Film Studios, recently used for The Iron Lady and My Week with Marilyn, has gone into administration.The renowned studio, which was due to celebrate its centenary next year, will be wound down between now and June.Gerald Krasner, who is handling the administration, said the the business had lost money over the past three years.
"I doubt it will be retained as a film studio," he said. Half of the 17 employees have already left.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17094943

Liverpool Echo
February 20, 2012
The Beatles’s connections with Bournemouth are explored in a new book Yeah Yeah Yeah

In their whirlwind, jet-set lifestyle The Beatles played Hamburg, New York, Paris and . . . Bournemouth. Arts Editor Catherine Jones reports on their lesser-known triumphs.THEY played endless dates in the clubs of Hamburg, and a well-documented 292 times at the Cavern. But it turns out that, outside London and Paris, the Beatles’ most regular theatre dates were in . . . Bournemouth.In the apocryphal words of Michael Caine, not a lot of people know that.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-30363409/

Ultimate Classic Rock
February 18, 2012
Rare Vinyl Stamper for Beatles’ ‘Twist & Shout’ Fetches Big Bucks At eBay Auction

A very rare pressing stamper — the metal disc used to press copies of vinyl records — for the A-side of the original Beatles 7″ vinyl release of ‘Twist & Shout’ has sold for $3,499 during an eBay auction. The stamper, which comes in its original shipping envelope bearing the name of the manufacturer, AFM Engineering, is dated Feb. 25, 1964 — less than one week before the single’s March 2, 1964, release.‘Twist & Shout’ was issued by Tollie in America (with the B-side ‘There’s a Place’) and many of the stampers,*mothers (the first metal pressing of the record) and masters (the original lacquer pressing) needed to make the vinyl product no longer exist. “Tollie was a subsidiary of Vee Jay Records and most stampers, mothers and masters

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rare-...t-ebay-auction

Gibson
February 18, 2012
Ringo Starr Says Beatles Remasters Helped his Reputation as a Drummer

One might expect Ringo Starr to be secure in the knowledge that nearly every rock drummer who has come in his wake cites him as an influence. Fact is, however, it took the remastering of The Beatles’ catalog to present him in what he feels was a proper light.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyl...arr-0218-2012/

[Nico]

I am a little late, but for our dear friend MsLinds- who created this amazing thread and puts so much love into it- I have a John and Yoko spam, with a little Sean and Julian. You are wonderful Linds!!!

[Nico]

Thank you for always making this thread matter!

[msLinds]

Thanks Nico for the kind words of support.I really do love this thread.Thanks for the beautiful and cool photographs of John and Yoko and Sean and his brother Julian.Thanks to everyone that has been reading this thread.Everyone have a safe, positive and great week and take care.