John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

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Examiner
March 4, 2012
"Tales from Development Hell" - The Lord of the Rings almost starred The Beatles

Tails from development hell is a recently released book detailing many behind-the-scenes horror stories tracking the convoluted process of bringing a script to the big screen. Here's the official description:A compulsively readable journey into the area of movie-making where all writers, directors and stars fear to tread: Development Hell, the place where scripts are written, actors hired and sets designed... but the movies rarely actually get made! Among many of the scripts discussed are Neil Gaiman's Sandman films and a Planet of the Apes by James Cameron. One excerpt details a possible Lord of the Rings adaptation, with The Beatles as frontrunners for major roles, stating:Lennon was interested in the role of Gollum, with McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr opting for Frodo, Gandalf and Sam respectively.As this idea was being considered, the possibly arose to present it as an animated piece, with the designer and art director of the Yellow Submarine film, Heinz Edelman, at the helm. Edelmann has said that his version of The Lord of the Rings would not have been stylistically similar to Yellow Submarine: “The artwork would have been completely different: much less colour, and unrealistic, but without the art nouveau touch Yellow Submarine has.”

http://www.examiner.com/tolkien-in-n...ed-the-beatles

Examiner
March 4, 2012
INTERVIEW: Roberta Flack says the Beatles' music is full of universal love

Roberta Flack's new album, "Let It Be Roberta" on 429 Records, her first in eight years, transforms the Beatles music. She takes the songs, all Beatles tunes except for one solo tune by George Harrison, and adds her very distinctive style. It's the same type of feeling she gave to "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" when she had a hit with it in 1972. In a phone interview, Flack said she decided to do the Beatles album after getting involved in another project.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...universal-love

ContactMusic
March 5, 2012
John Carter Director Makes 'The Beatles' Comparison

'John Carter' director Andrew Stanton says the Edgar Rice Burroughs books that his movie is based on, had as much influence on the genre at The Beatles had on the music industry. The 'Finding Nemo' filmmaker made the comments at a recent UK press conference to publicize Disney's forthcoming Sci-Fi epic.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/joh...arison_1300190

HeraldScotland
March 5, 2012
Nutini's role for teenage Lennon musical

A LEADING Scottish movie producer has confirmed plans to turn his John Lennon film Nowhere Boy into a musical with original songs from pop star Paolo Nutini.The project is a departure for Edinburgh-born Douglas Rae, managing director of Ecosse Films, who is best known for producing the BBC TV series Mistresses and historical films including Mrs Brown, Charlotte Gray and Becoming Jane."One of my favourite composers and singers is Paolo Nutini, and Paolo is helping us with the music and the words so it will be original songs," said Rae, speaking for the first time about the project.His 2009 film version was directed by Sam Taylor-Wood and focuses on Lennon's teenage years and his relationships with the two dominant women in his life: his aunt Mimi, who brought him up, and his mother, Julia.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/h...sical.16830558

CW33
March 5, 2012
John Lennon Bus Tour: Educational bus makes stop at Molina High in Dallas
DALLAS—

The world lost John Lennon more than 30 years ago but, fortunately, his legacy is still on tour. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus made a stop at Moises E. Molina High School in Dallas today, giving students a look at a state-of-the-art music and video production facility. The bus tour is a non-profit mobile audio and High Definition video production facility on wheels that travels around the country giving young people tours and participation in songwriting workshops.

http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-joh...tory?track=rss

Mail Online
March 3, 2012
Here comes the Son: Paul McCartney's daughters have embraced the limelight now his 34-year-old son steps out of the shadow

For a virtual unknown, being granted the star spot on America’s hugely popular David Letterman Show to launch his debut single was a terrific coup. But though the young singer’s demeanour was a little stiff and shy, his talent shone out.The powerful voice, the huge vocal range, the accomplished guitar work all commanded attention, as did something familiar about the round, boyish face and mournful, hooded eyes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar....html?ITO=1490

Express.co.uk
March 6, 2012
SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY FINDING IT HARDER TO BE FAMOUS

SIR PAUL McCARTNEY and wife Nancy Shevell showed their support for his daughter Stella’s Paris fashion show on Monday.They happily posed for photos but Sir Paul, 69, admits: “It’s never been as hard as it is nowadays to be famous.” The former Beatle said in an interview that sometimes his fans can be a bit much when he wants a quiet moment, though he understands people are eager to meet him and take photos.

http://www.express.co.uk/features/vi...r-to-be-famous

WallStreet Journal
March 5, 2012
Paul McCartney Rocks at Stella McCartney’s Show

Call me a sucker for a proud-daddy moment, but I felt the best part of Stella McCartney’s runway show came when Sir Paul McCartney leapt into the air and pumped his arms just as the designer took her bow.Sir Paul appears to have been more enthusiastic about the collection than I. It was quite nice—rich textures, expert tailoring in architectural man-cut coats, and a couple of smart printed suits—one with pants and the other with a skirt. I particularly liked a dusty pink knit skirt suit—cable knit and cozy. But it didn’t lead anywhere special.

http://blogs.wsj.com/runway/2012/03/...cartneys-show/

Mail Online
March 5, 2012
Paul McCartney lets wife Nancy take centre stage in hot pink dress at daughter Stella's fashion show... as he moans about being famous

She doesn't shy away from bold fashion choices and today was no exception as Nancy Shevell arrived for the Stella McCartney fashion show in Paris wearing a hot pink dress. Nancy showed off her slender figure in the modest but fun long-sleeved shift as she posed up with husband Sir Paul McCartney outside his daughter Stella's Fall/Winter 2012-2013 women's ready-to-wear fashion show.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz....html?ITO=1490

CNW
March 5, 2012
Ringo Starr and All-Starr Band Returning to Fallsview to Launch North American Tour

NIAGARA FALLS, ON, March 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Rock legend and former Beatle Ringo Starr returns to Fallsview Casino Resort with his newest All-Starr Band to kick-off their summer tour with a pair of sure-to-sell-out concerts on June 14 and 15. Fallsview Casino will be the only Canadian venue on the 24-stop tour.

http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/9325...-american-tour

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Examiner
March 5, 2012
Lennon author talks about upcoming event at Shreve Memorial Library March 10

March 5, 2012 – If you love John Lennon and will be in Louisana this weekend, head over to Shreve Memorial Library on March 10 from 2-4pm. Jude Southerland Kessler, author of Lennon bio-novels Shoulda Been There and Shivering Inside, will be giving a presentation and book signing about John Lennon and the Beatles.Jude gave us the details about this exciting Lennon event, saying the presentation will be different from prior book talks. “It will consist of three segments,” she said. “First I will discuss my research techniques, tell about some funny interviews I did in Liverpool, and why I chose to write this series (of Lennon novels).” The presentation will turn lively with rare photos, music, and Ms. Kessler's re-enactment of a 1963 scene in her book. A book signing will follow a Q&A with the author.

http://www.examiner.com/john-lennon-...brary-march-10

Billboard.com
February 29, 2012
Exclusive: Listen To Big Time Rush's 'Big Time Movie' Soundtrack

On-the-rise pop quartet and Nickelodeon stars Big Time Rush will deliver their best John, Paul, George and Ringo impressions in their London-set feature film debut, "Big Time Movie," which premieres on Saturday, March 10 on Nickelodeon. The "Big Time Movie" official soundtrack, which features the BTR boys covering six Beatles classics, will be released on March 6 (you can pre-order the iTunes-exclusive album here), but take an exclusive listen to all half-dozen songs a week early:

http://www.billboard.com/#/features/...06305352.story

Mail Online
March 5, 2012
Get back! Savile Row shops resist U.S invader opening children's shop in former home of Beatles' record label

Not since the Beatles played on the roof of the building 43 years ago has there been such a kerfuffle in the street below.But the old-school tailors of world famous Savile Row are being forced to band together to halt the march of vulgar commercialism.In exclusive shops and cutting rooms throughout the historic heartland of top class menswear, they are opposing a plan by Abercrombie & Fitch, the racy U.S. clothes chain, to open a kids’ store in an office building that was once the Fab Four’s Apple headquarters.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ord-label.html

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Examiner
March 5, 2012
Free CD collects some of the Beatles' best music influences in one spot

Magazines with the Beatles' pictures on the cover usually manage to get our attention. (OK, make that always.) A lot of the time, we'll buy them.*But the March issue of Uncut, now on newsstands in the U.S., is one you may want to get for the CD, if nothing else. The CD, called "Sounds of the Star-Club," with a well designed cover that resembles many of the legitimately released Star Club compilations, collects 16 original versions of songs covered by the Beatles.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...ences-one-spot

SiftingsHerald
March 6, 2012
Liverpool Legends to perform at Ouachita

Arkadelphia, Ark. The Liverpool Legends, a Beatles experience group, will be in concert at Ouachita BaptistUniversity on March 15 at 7 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center. The two-hour show will feature the Ouachita Baptist University Band as part of the Liverpool Legends’ “Help Keep Music Alive” program that promotes the importance of music in schoolsLiverpool Legends was founded by Louise Harrison, sister of former Beatle George Harrison. When they are not performing their popular Branson show, the Liverpool Legends travel to various schoolshelping raise money for music departments.

http://www.siftingsherald.com/featur...rm-at-Ouachita

Times Standard
March 6, 2012
Come Together: The Beatles Concert Experience returns to Humboldt

This Saturday night, all of Humboldt County's most avid Beatles fans can “Come Together” and “Let It Be” for another night dedicated to the world's most iconic and influential rock band of all time.Come Together: The Beatles Concert Experience is returning to the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts to allow fans to “Help!” themselves to another serving of a tribute show in its most authentic form. While “All You Need Is Love” (and you can't buy it), you can buy the next best thing: a “Ticket to Ride.”It's been close to a year since Come Together performed in front of Humboldt most spirited 'Beatle-maniacs.

http://www.times-standard.com/entert...ldt?source=rss

Huffington Post - Los Angeles
March 5, 2012
3rd Annual Los Angeles Animation Festival Brings A Community Together

The 3rd Annual Los Angeles Animation Festival takes over the Regent Showcase next week, bringing to the screen a collection of new classics and fresh work from up and coming animators.The schedule of the festival is like a fever-dream wish list for animation fans: screenings of "Akira" and "The Iron Giant", revivals of the anarchic "Team America: World Police" and Studio Ghibli's melancholic "Grave of the Fireflies," the West Coast premiere of the French film "A Monster in Paris," and events honoring Bill Plympton and the revitalization of Liquid Television, the show that introduced a generation of MTV watching teens to experimental animation.While this year's festival is under the artistic direction of Sean Lennon -- who has brought his love of French and Japanese animation to the slate -- L.A.A.F. is the creation of co-founders John Andrews and Miles Flanagan. The pair shared with us the secret origin of the festival.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/turnst...b_1322598.html

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The Telegraph
March 7, 2012
John Lennon suffered from bulimia and food fetishes, according to a new book.

The former Beatle showed all the signs of the eating disorder but because he was never diagnosed with the disease went untreated in his years of fame.At the height of Beatlemania the singer's weight fluctuated wildly. But when he was shot dead in 1980 outside his New York apartment he had lost a huge amount of weight.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...d-bulimia.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...s-new-bio.html

Examiner
March 6, 2012
Doing all the fingerwork: In the studio with Wings guitar maestro Laurence Juber

With 20 solo albums to his credit, fingerstyle guitarist Laurence Juber is never content to remain idle. An erstwhile member of Wings during their Back To The Egg period, Juber contributed a memorable classical solo on the extremely catchy "Goodnight Tonight" single.

http://www.examiner.com/pop-culture-...laurence-juber

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NME
March 7, 2012
Yoko Ono denies claims that John Lennon had bulimia

Yoko Ono has denied claims that John Lennon suffered from bulimia. According to the Daily Telegraph, a new book from author Debra Sharon Davis titled BackStage Pass VIP claims that the Beatles legend loved to eat food such as bowls of Rice Krispies topped with ice cream, but forced himself to be sick afterwards as he "hated the feeling of being full". "Lennon was confused about his obsession with food," she said. "Lennon was surrounded by talented musicians, but many had drinking and drug problems – so it was hard for them to see Lennon's purging behaviour as extraordinary."One must also realize that at that time the public and the media were unaware of bulimia as an addiction and health risk – which made it all the more frightening for John Lennon," she added. "He literally had no point-of-reference on what he was experiencing."However, Ono has now denied the allegations, with the singer telling the Daily Mirror that her late husband "was always on a very healthy diet". She added:

http://www.nme.com/news/yoko-ono/62474

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Arkansas Times
March 7, 2012
Yoko Ono subject at art history symposium

Dr. Kevin Concannon of Virginia Tech's School of Visual Arts will deliver the keynote address, "War is Over If You Want It: John & Yoko's Year of Peace," tomorrow night at the University of Central Arkansas for its 22nd Arkansas College Art History Symposium. He'll talk at 7:30 p.m. in the Art Lecture Hall of McCastlain, on the UCA campus.Concannon, whose scholarship focuses particularly on the work of Yoko Ono, will give another lecture, at 4:30 p.m. Friday, "Yoko Ono's Touch Piece: A Work in Multiple Media, 1960-2008." His talk will come after the presentation of student papers that begins at 8:30 a.m. Friday.

http://www.arktimes.com/EyeCandy/arc...tory-symposium

FortMyers BeachTalk
March 7, 2012
IMAGINE there's no hunger: John Lennon Art Exhibit returns to Southwest Florida
Yoko Ono speaks of her love’s upcoming show

Now in its third year in Naples, Southwest Floridians will have a chance to browse and even take home a piece of the Artwork of John Lennon collection, coming to Fifth Avenue South, at the Inn on Fifth, Friday to Saturday, March 9 to 11. During that time, art show guests may view the extensive, more-than-2,000-piece collection that has traveled thousands of miles across the country, spreading joy and love to all who have a chance to view it.For the last 20 years, Yoko Ono and Legacy Fine Art and Productions have brought this exhibit across the country as a way to honor his memory and celebrate his messages of peace, love and truth.

http://www.fortmyersbeachtalk.com/pa....html?nav=5058

Music News
March 8, 2012
Abbey Road studios public presentation dates added

As part of their 80th Anniversary celebrations, Abbey Road Studios will be opening its doors to the public for a unique experience. Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan - authors of the critically-acclaimed, definitive book 'Recording the Beatles', will give an insightful and highly enjoyable presentation specifically for the anniversary event. 'Recording The Beatles' has won huge praise from Abbey Road Studios alumni including Alan Parsons, Norman Smith, Ken Townsend and John Kurlander, whose engineering/production CVs count The Beatles, The Hollies, Pink Floyd, The Pretty Things and the Lord Of The Rings trilogy between them.

http://www.music-news.com/shownews.a...&nItemID=49644

his is Local London
March 7, 2012
Beatles-mania to raise money for Princess Alice Hospice, Esher

A father and son have organised a Beatles tribute concert to raise money for Princess Alice Hospice.Butchers Paul and Mark Cunningham, of PJ Dale in Bridge Road, East Molesey, have roped in Phill Marshall from theatre show Beatles 4Ever UK to help them with the fundraiser.The event is already widely supported and several local businesses have come forward with raffle prizes.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/l...ice/r/?ref=rss

Contact Music
March 7, 2012
Sir Paul Mccartney - Sir Paul Mccartney Stranded In Eurostar Breakdown

Sir Paul McCartney was stranded for six hours in the French countryside after his Eurostar train broke down.Sir Paul McCartney was stranded in the French countryside for six hours after his Eurostar train broke down.An overhead power cable snapped under the weight of five inches of snow, leaving Paul, his wife Nancy Shevell, 51, and daughter Stella, 40, stuck in the middle of nowhere.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/sir...akdown_1301056

MFB Star
March 7, 2012
Will Robert Pattinson Star in Paul McCartney’s Animated Film ?

Paul McCartney’s new upcoming animated movie based on novel ‘High in the Woods’.Recently, Robert Pattinson and his girlfriend Kristen Stewart had lunch with the legendary former Beatle ‘Paul McCartney’ in Paris. And it is speculated that McCartney’s upcoming film project was the hot topic of discussion at their table.

http://www.mjbstar.com/news/2012/03/...animated-film/

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WFMA
March 7, 2012
Martin Guitar rocks museum with exhibit of legendary instruments

NAZARETH, Pa. - You have the chance to see some guitars that rock in the Lehigh Valley.*The Martin Guitar Museum in Nazareth, Northampton Co., is showing off tons of guitars as part of the Rock Through the Valley exhibits."We have the distinction here of having a tremendous collection of more than 1,000 guitars, many of which are artist signature models or special guitars played by specific artists," said Dick Boak, director of the museum and archives.The museum is set up year-round, but the special rock and roll exhibit is up until only May 13.Some of the things you'll see include the D28, a commonly used Martin acoustic. For example, replicas of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's twin D28s are on display.*

http://www.wfmz.com/news/news-region...z/-/index.html

The Bottom Line
March 8, 2012
Maker of Fender guitars to rock the market with $200 million offering

The company that makes the guitars that have graced some of the biggest stars of rock and pop -- including The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton -- has filed for a public stock offering worth $200 million.Fender is “closely associated with the birth of rock 'n' roll and has a strong legacy in music and in popular culture,” the company said in a registration filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_new...ck-the-market-
with-200-million-offering

Spinner
March 8, 2012
Lester Chambers: '60s Musician Gets Support From Yoko Ono Over

There are too many stories of musicians signing rights away to songs and future royalties, and now a member of '60s group the Chambers Brothers -- best known for their classic 'Time Has Come Today' -- is taking his plight to the masses via YouTube and Facebook, attracting the support of Yoko Ono.

http://www.spinner.com/2012/03/08/le...ers-royalties/

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MansfieldNewsJournal
March 8, 2012
Performers will bring 'Abbey Road' to life

MANSFIELD -- Classic Albums Live will present a re-creation of the Beatles' "Abbey Road" album -- note for note, cut for cut -- at 8 p.m. March 16 at the Renaissance Theatre, 138 Park Avenue West.Tickets, starting at $21.50, are on sale at the Renaissance Box Office and www.mansfieldtickets.com (ticketing fees apply); $10 tickets for back-row balcony seats may be purchased two hours before the performance, in person only, cash preferred.Founded in 2003 by Craig Martin, Classic Albums Live has become the ultimate destination for music lovers wanting to hear the greatest rock albums performed live without all the gimmickry and cheesy impersonations.

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/...MENT/203080329

The Tribune
March 8, 2012
Sandals hotel targets Beatles memorabilia

SANDALS Royal Bahamian is in the process of acquiring memorabilia from the February 1965 visit of the legendary rock band, The Beatles, to the Bahamas.On March 1, Sandals Royal Bahamian welcomed its first guest into its newly refurbished Manor Building, now renamed the Balmoral Tower. The name change harkens back to a time when the block of rooms were part of the Balmoral Club, a property famed for hosting the crème-de-la-crème of 1940's society.The Balmoral Club is famed for hosting British Royalty of another kind. In 1965, The Beatles embarked on filming their second feature film, "Help!". This movie was to be different from their first feature film, 'A Hard Day's Night'. 'Help!' had an increased budget and was filmed in colour.

http://www.tribune242.com/business/0...business_pg5-2

New-Press
March 8, 2012
Legendary Lennon and his Art

Although they had very different styles as artists, Yoko Ono remembers how often husband John Lennon would halt work on a piece and call her over, saying something like, “‘Yoko, Yoko, just come look at this.’ And he’d throw it in the trash can, sometimes,” she said.But plenty of his works survived, as Southwest Floridians will be able to see today through Sunday at “Imagine There’s No Hunger,” an exhibit benefiting the Harry Chapin Food Bank and consisting of Lennon’s drawings, sketches and written word.“We had very different ways of expressing our creative endeavors,” Ono said. Lennon was the more conventional and figurative of the two. “But I have a very critical eye and I’m very finicky. I was really surprised that he was so good.

http://www.news-press.com/article/20...Lennon-his-art

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Everyone have a safe, positive and great weekend and take care.

1059SunnyFM Radio
March 9, 2012
Abbey Road Studios Celebrates 80th Anniversary - Photo's

The EMI studios where The Beatles recorded the classic 1969 album Abbey Road wasn’t officially named Abbey Road Studios until a year after that album’s release, but the recording studios at No. 3 Abbey Road in St. John’s Wood, London will forever be remembered for their address. Abbey Road Studios will be celebrating their 80th anniversary on Sunday.

http://1059sunnyfm.radio.com/2012/03...rsary/#photo-1

Inside TV
March 9, 2012
Big Time Rush sings the Beatles 'A Hard Day's Night' in Nickelodeon's 'Big Time Movie' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Back in November, we told you that Nickelodeon-crafted boy band would be covering four Beatles classics in their first TV movie, Big Time Movie, which they shot in Vancouver last fall. Now, we’re delivering you a little bit of that Big Time Rush-on-Beatles realness. Behold: A clip from the movie — which airs this Saturday, March 10, at 8 p.m. on Nickelodeon — is below. The best part: The clip features the boys singing “A Hard Day’s Night.”

http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/09/bi...rd-days-night/

Examiner
March 8, 2012
New documentary delves into Beatles' Apple Records era

The Beatles' Apple Records label wasn't the only artist-backed label to ever seek out new talent. But the wide range of artists signed under its umbrella was unique. And the commercial success that people like Mary Hopkin and Badfinger achieved made the project even more so. *A new documentary, "Strange Fruit -- The Beatles Apple Records,"*that will look at the behind-the-scenes story of the Beatles' label is to be released April 24 on DVD. The film will look at its history and how the label was founded, how it operated and the music it releasedSee a video preview of "Strange Fruit -- The Beatles Apple Records" at left.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...le-records-era

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/9041...le-Records-Doc

BBC Acumen
March 2012
UK Stars Support Tokyo Charity

One of Japan’s leading cancer charities has launched a fundraising album featuring British artists Sir Tim Rice, Maxi Priest and Julian*Lennon, together with other global stars. The brainchild of Tyler Foundation for*Childhood Cancer founders Mark Ferris and Kim Forsythe, “Shine On! Songs Volume One” also stars Alan Menken, Amber Lily, Monday Michiru, Tin Cup Gypsy and Wendy Parr, among others.

http://bccjacumen.com/issues/2012-01...tokyo-charity/

Paul McCartney
March 8, 2012
Paul's 'iTunes Live from Capitol Studios' is Out Now

http://www.paulmccartney.com/web/gue...cA00&#p_33#top

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Examiner
March 8, 2012
Yoko Ono and May Pang insist: John Lennon did not have bulimia

March 9, 2012 – The two women closest to John Lennon are speaking out against claims that the former Beatle suffered with bulimia. A new book entitled Backstage
Pass VIP by Debra Sharon Davis claims that John Lennon suffered from crippling eating disorders, specifically bulimia.

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

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Everyone have a safe, positive and great upcoming week and take care.

Examiner
March 10, 212
SXSW's 3rd annual Beatles complete on Ukulele invites all to join in

The third annual BEATLES COMPLETE ON UKULELE will be held this year on Thursday, March 15th noon-6pm at Hickory Street in Austin during SXSW. This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

http://www.examiner.com/music-in-nat...all-to-join-in

Tampa Bat Times
March 11, 2012
Beatles tribute band with Largo tie will re-enact 1969 rooftop concert

LARGO - For the three brothers, it's a homecoming of sorts.They spent their teenage years in Largo. They have aunts, uncles and cousins who live there, and it's the place where their father spent his final days.On Tuesday, the three will return to Largo as performers in the Beatles tribute band Yesterday and Today. The band is performing a free rooftop concert at the Largo Cultural Center to help celebrate the performance hall's 15th anniversary.Billy, Ryan and Matthew McGuigan, who play guitar, will perform as Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison during the lunchtime concert. The band, based in Omaha, Neb., also has five other musicians on drums, horns and keyboards

http://www.tampabay.com/news/humanin...oncert/1219212

NJ.COM
March 11, 2012
Caldwell man lent Beatles his beat

CALDWELL — Here is what other musicians love about Andy White: He’s cool. Always was, still is. He is what cool was in the beginning, before the word — like musicians — became overexposed and commercialized. A coolness earned with his wrists that doesn’t need to be reinforced with his mouth.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/201...atles_his.html

Examiner
March 10, 2012
Abbey Road Studios open doors to public for 80th anniversary (photos)

On Saturday a guided group of music enthusiasts walked through one of the most noted studios of all time. The 80th anniversary of the Abbey Road Studios in London, England has fans coming for a two-hour guided tour to check out the famous studio. The two hour tours are limited in number of tickets and only available during the dates March 9-11 and March 23-25.

http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-he...versary-photos

Examiner
March 11, 2012
Roberta Flack 'lets it be' with new album of Beatles songs

Calling her new album Let It Be Roberta: Roberta Flack Sings The Beatles serves a dual purpose for Grammy-winning pop legend Roberta Flack.As the title indicates, the album, released last month on 429 Records in a partnership between the label, Sony ATV Music Publishing and Flack’s RAS Records, is all Beatles songs--including the multi-format first single "We Can Work It Out." But as it also suggests, Let It Be Roberta does just that: The songs may be the The Beatles, but the performances are all Flack.

http://www.examiner.com/local-music-...-beatles-songs

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ModernDrummer
March 12, 2012
Discovered: Ringo Starr’s Drum Case Used with the Beatles

Dig announced the discovery of a unique piece of Beatles Memorabilia: the drum case used by Ringo Starr to carry one of his drums on tour with the Beatles.The case is stenciled RINGO STARR, THE BEATLES in two places and has various freight labels attached, one of which is autographed by Ringo Starr. The case was used to carry a tom drum from Ringo Starr’s 1967 Ludwig Hollywood kit which he first used during sessions for the White Album in the Summer of 1968 and later during the Let It Be sessions in 1969. One of the labels is stamped with the date 8-5-71, suggesting that the drum*case was used to ship Ringo’s drum kit to New York for The Concert For Bangladesh on 1 August, 1971.

http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/20.../#.T14178yj1bk

The Daily News
March 12, 2012
Q&A: Castile woman met Beatles while living in Thailand

Jan Wiseley’s teen years could be called nothing short of amazing.Jan and her sister Susie were the daughters of Air Force Col. Robert Uhrig and his beloved wife “Toots.” They moved to Thailand in 1963 when her dad took a Southeast Asia assignment.Uhrig was a patriot, historian and exceptionally-skilled officer. He was friends with Gen. Chuck Yaeger among many others.After his Air Force service, Uhrig spent a few years with Air America — the CIA’s covertly-sponsored airline — and later represented the Northrop Corporation in Southeast Asia until his retirement.Uhrig wanted his daughters to see the world and its events for themselves — including a special trip to meet the Beatles.

http://thedailynewsonline.com/news/a...9bb2963f4.html

Examiner
March 11, 2012
Beatles book inspires Abbey Road Studios to open to the public (Photos)

For a brief time this March, Abbey Road Studios is allowing the public to visit the iconic Studio Two where The Beatles, Pink Floyd and other acts have recorded. The monumental book, Recording The Beatles, which documents every piece of equipment The Beatles used in the recording studio, played a large part in opening the studio to the public.To celebrate the 80th anniversary of Abbey Road Studios, authors Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan will conduct presentations inside Studio Two alongside famous instruments and recording equipment used by The Beatles and other famous musicians at Abbey Road. Rare archive photos, film and audio will illustrate the 80-year history of the studio tracing its progression from classical music to rock and the evolving technology.

http://www.examiner.com/celebrity-ev...-public-photos

Ian Martin
March 12, 2012
Names Not Numbers Portmeirion And The Beatles

Apologies, posting has been light here. It’s the combination of starting political blogging at the Telegraph and a long weekend in Wales at Portmeirion for the Editorial Intelligence Names Not Numbers conference. It was three fascinating days of discussion hosted brilliantly by Julia Hobsbawm. The location was simply stunning. If you haven’t visited Portmeirion, go walk on the sands. Examine the architecture, a response to the tyranny of modernism, and have a nice cup of tea.Even as a Beatles fanatic I had not realised there was several Portmeirion connections. Brian Epstein stayed there regularly in the early 1960s and George Harrison took over the place for his 50th birthday celebrations.

http://www.iainmartinpolitics.com/

MLIVE
March 12, 2012
Paul McCartney's music with Beatles and Wings comes to DeVos Hall for Grand Rapids Symphony show (video)

GRAND RAPIDS – The Beatles were the Fab Four, but there was a fifth Beatle.George Martin was a creative force of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”As Paul McCartney in “Beatlemania,” Tony Kishman was appearing with the Broadway show in London when The Beatles’ legendary producer caught a performance and met the cast.

http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/g..._with_bea.html

Examiner
March 11, 2012
Review: Pianist returns to Beatles songs for follow-up album out this week

David Lanz's "Liverpool ... Re-Imagining the Beatles" album, released in 2010, was a beautiful tribute to the music of the Fab Four. The album featured Lanz doing songs including "Things We Said Today," "Rain," "Eight Days a Week," "Lovely Rita," "Norwegian Wood" and "Yes It Is."*As a followup, Lanz went back and recorded more Beatles songs. The resulting album, "Here Comes the Sun,"*is out Tuesday.Actually, we should say albums. The album will be available in two versions, *one featuring accompaniment with flutist Gary Stroutsos, cellist Walter Gray and bassist Keith Lowe and the other with just Lanz and his piano. The solo piano version is available through his website.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...is-week-review

Examiner
March 11, 2012
U. S. DVD release of George Harrison doc in sight if online clues

Though there's been no official announcement, the long wait for the U.S. release of the Martin Scorsese film "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" may finally be coming to an end, assuming some online listings are accurate.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...nd-online-clue

AZCentral.com
Things To Do/Music
March 11, 2012
Soulfly interview: Max Cavalera on 'Enslaved,' 'Revengeance'

Max Cavalera has been sitting on the concept for Soulfly's new album, "Enslaved," for 14 years, picking up on the slavery theme that ran through a handful of highlights on Soulfly's self-titled debut. He went off-topic for the final track, though, bringing in his kids for reinforcements on an angry cry for justice in the death of Dana Wells, his stepson, who died in 1996 in a North Phoenix car crash. Cavalera and his family believe another vehicle intentionally ran Wells off the road. The Brazilian rocker who first rose to fame in the '80s as the guitar-playing vocalist for heavy-metal icons Sepultura moved to Phoenix in the '90s after marrying Wells' mother, Gloria. Soulfly's latest effort is the first he's recorded in Phoenix, working with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris at Tallcat Studios.
Here's Cavalera on "Enslaved," to be released on Tuesday, March 13.

Q: Speaking of home, how did Phoenix come to be your home ?
A: It was inspired by my wife. We met in 1989 when Sepultura played New York and she was managing Sacred Reich. She had a bar here called The Bootlegger. Bands used to play there all the time, like Nuclear Assault and Exodus. Even Poison, I think. So I met her and she started managing Sepultura. Then, eventually, we started going out and we ended up getting married. So my logical move was to move here with her. We lived in Paradise Valley, two blocks from where I live now, which is also in Paradise Valley. Then, we have a house in New River, which is kind of a weekend house -- very beautiful, seven acres. That's where I wrote the song with Sean Lennon for "Primitive," called "Son Song." I took Sean to the mountain house and we came up with all the riffs and most of the lyrics in this mountain house, which is really beautiful, surrounded by cactus and everything. So I love Phoenix, man. Outside Brazil, this is my home.

Q: That song with Sean Lennon is great.
A: He'd never been to Arizona his whole life so he was very excited. He'd never been to the desert, so I drove him around. And he didn't want to stay in a hotel. He wanted to stay in my House. I was like, "OK, if you can put up with my kids waking up at 7 in the morning and dogs barking" (laughs). He didn't care. He was here for, like, a week.

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/...-enslaved.html

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The Salt Lake Tribune
March 13, 2012
Beatles tribute show ‘Rain’ will shine at Kingsbury
Musical theater » “Rain” is the next best thing to a musical time machine.

The Rutles no doubt got The Beatles memorabilia ball rolling, but with a "mockumentary" cutting-edge satire of the hippy ethos that made Beatlemaniacs cringe and laugh in equal measure.By most accounts "Rain" precedes that sort of impolite nonsense, with roots as an early 1970s "club band," then known as "Reign." Then, with some help in 1979 from Dick Clark, things really got rolling when original members of the tribute band were enlisted from the film "Birth of The Beatles." The rest, as they say, is history when we flash forward to Broadway, where "Rain" the tribute show became a stage sensation.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/enterta...e-com.html.csp

Examiner
March 12, 2012
Exhibit looks at life in San Francisco the year the Beatles invaded U.S. (pics)

It was 1964 and for those living in San Francisco, it was an exciting time for many reasons. One was the Republican National Convention was coming to the city in July. The other was that a group called the Beatles was launching their first American tour there in August.*A new exhibit that just opened in San Francisco called "Arthur Tress: San Francisco 1964," now on display at the De Young Museum, features photos of life in the day. The pictures depict political and civil rights demonstrations, young fans excited about the Beatles and just everyday life in the city. *

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...nia-began-pics

Broadway World
March 12, 2012
RAIN Returns to Chicago Theatre June 26 - July

Broadway In Chicago announces RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, returns at the Oriental Theatre (24 West Randolph) for a limited one-week engagement June 26 – July 1, 2012. Individual tickets go on-sale Friday, April 27, 2012 at 10 a.m.RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles performs the full range of The Beatles' discography live onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience. Together longer than The Beatles, RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles delivers a totally live, note-for-note performance.

http://chicago.broadwayworld.com/art...uly-4-20120312

The Examiner
March 13, 2012
Report: Paul McCartney concert rumored for Costa Rica

Paul McCartney has been booked for a show in May in Costa Rica at the Palacio de Deportes in Heredia, according to an unofficial report on Inside Costa Rica. The show has not yet been officially announced.The website report says Bob Dylan has also been booked there that month. Bob Dylan Examiner Harold Lepidus says*the Dylan show also has not been yet been confirmed. Both shows may be confirmed as soon as Wednesday, according to the Costa Rica website.

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...for-costa-rica

Ultimate Classic Rock
March 11, 2012
Ringo Starr – Then and Now

Growing up, every girl in the 1960s had their favorite Beatle — and while drummer Ringo Starr was frequently overshadowed by his bandmates Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon, he charmed fans worldwide with his sad puppy-dog eyes and funny, goofy personality.Back then, Starr’s drumming was often drowned out by the piercing screams of concert-goers, but recent remasters have proven just how crucial Starr’s work was to the Beatles’ overall success.

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/ringo...-then-and-now/

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Los Angeles Times
March 14, 2012
Lennon Tour Bus streaming live from South by Southwest

More than a dozen musicians who are in Austin, Texas,this week for the South by Southwest Music Conference will collaborate with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, which is hosting a series of live-streamed interview and performance sessions from the festival each afternoon through Friday.Highlights still to come include streams on Wednesday from Ian Moore and Kasabian, on Thursday with Lissy Trullie and Friday with Birds of Chicago. Fans can submit questions for consideration during the interview segments by tweeting them to #lennonbus. Music and talk will be streamed at www.lennonbus.org/live, and there’s also a free Lennon Bus App available for iPhone and Android phones at http://road.ie/lennon-bus

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/musi...southwest.html

SYS.com Media
March 14, 2012
The Beatles' Music To Be Released on TouchTunes Interactive Networks
The Legendary Band's First Appearance on Digital Jukeboxes Across North America Debuts April 1, 2012

LAS VEGAS and NEW YORK, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Corps Ltd., EMI Music, and TouchTunes Interactive Networks, the largest out-of-home entertainment network in North America, announced today that the music of The Beatles, the most iconic band of all time, will now be featured across their network of over 50,000 digital jukeboxes. Starting April 1, 2012, TouchTunes will add The Beatles' 13 legendary studio albums to its catalog.

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2204915

http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-n...eginning-april

Todaysthv.com
March 14, 2012
Louise Harrison, sister of Beatle George Harrison, presents 'Help Keep Music Alive' - Video

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (March 14, 2012) - Growing up with the music of The Beatles can make a music lover of most people. For the older sister of famed musician George Harrison,the importance and unifying appeal of music is even more apparent.It's for that reason that Louise Harrison has launched 'Help Keep Music Alive', a charitable endeavor that links Liverpool Legends, one of the nation's top Beatles tribute bands, and herself as a direct biological link to the Beatles, with any high school, middle school or college interested in raising awareness and money to 'keep music alive' in their schools.

http://www.todaysthv.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=200009

SMH.COM.AU
March 14, 2012
Get back, get up and get down ... Sydney gets Beatleish for a day

The Beatle Boys, a tribute act who will appear in the show Cliff Joins The Beatles in May of this year, took to the roof (well the balcony) of the MCA in Sydney today to recreate the famous final concert of the Fab Four atop the Apple building in London.The occasion, we were told, was ‘‘the 50th anniversary of John, Paul, George, and Ringo - The Beatles’’.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/...314-1v24f.html

Mirror News
March 13, 2012
Behind the scenes at Abbey Road: The history of The Beatles' famous studio as it celebrates 80 years of music

From Star Wars soundtracks to The Beatles, the historic Abbey Road studios has played a key role in some of the most influential music of all time.Now, as part of their year-long 80th anniversary celebrations, the iconic recording studios in North London have been letting the public in for a series of talks.The Gramophone Company bought the Georgian townhouse for £100,000 in 1929, before opening it as a state-of-the-art recording studio in November 1931.Sir Edward Elgar conducted London Symphony Orchestra at the opening ceremony, and it was mainly used for classical recordings for the first few decades.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...beatles-756763

The Echo
March 14, 2012
Art History Sympossium features lecture with Yoko Ono and student presentations

The Yoko Ono’s Touch Piece: A Work in Multiple Media, 1960-2008 presentation was shown on Friday, March 9th in the McCastlain Lecture hall at 4:30 p.m.Ono’s collection presentation was a part of the 22nd Arkansas College Art History Symposium. Kevin Concannon from Virginia Tech University took students, staff, and visitors through Ono’s fine arts timeline, including a detailed focus on her “touch poems.” The lecture was given in a relaxing setting on a project with the lights turned low. The slides reflected different pieces of her artwork, clips of Ono on television, and snippets of her featured songs.One focus piece was a touch poem from 1960 that was presented at the New York Living Theatre. Cocannon quoted Ono about her style of art saying “I was thinking about braille.”

http://ucaecho.net/news/art-history-...presentations/

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Music News
March 14, 2012
Julian Lennon - Guess It Was Me

Sometimes as a reviewer it is probably better not to know who you are listening to before passing judgement. Julian Lennon must be used to being compared - musically - to his father by now, but it must be hugely irritating. But those comparisons are hard to avoid.Having released his first album for more than 10 years, Everything Changes has been well received. Guess It Was Me is the second single lifted from it; a gentle slice of pop rock with a fuzzy little guitar solo thrown in. It never quite gets out of second gear but contains more than a whiff John Lennon and The Beatles. The production only adds to the obvious vocal comparison."I had to learn my own way" is a repeated refrain and it couldn't be more pertinent. Proving to have diverse interests and talents, Lennon has recently been focussing on his photography, with exhibitions around the world. So perhaps he has found his own way.

http://www.music-news.com/showreview...nReviewID=7965

Mail Tribune
March 14, 2012
Taymor to be honored at festival - director of "Across the Universe,"

An inside view of the Kennedy family, the crusade to keep Detroit going, a cold, hard look at global warming — all are part of the lineup for April's Ashland Independent Film Festival, which promoters hope will draw more than 19,000 viewers in its 11th season.The big splash will be guest Julie Taymor, director of "Across the Universe," the fantastical review of Beatles music, which will be shown and followed by a question-and-answer session. Taymor directed Helen Mirren in "The Tempest" and won a Tony for Best Director in a Musical for "The Lion King."She joins Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch in "Essential Transformation: In Conversation with Julie Taymor" at 6 p.m. Friday, April 13, and on Sunday evening will receive the AIFF Artistic Achievement Award.The popular movie festival and its panels runs April 12-16 and is noted for its accompanying social scene, in which viewers and filmmakers get to know each other at local restaurants and watering holes, says Anne Ashbey Pierotti, who is in her first season as AIFF executive director.

http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs...NEWS/203140321

CA.COM
March 15, 2012
'Norwegian Wood' - Isn't It Good? Yes, It Is: Japanese Film Screens at Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.

A Japanese story of tragic love and sexual awakening and longing and frustration directed by Vietnam's Tran Anh Hung, "Norwegian Wood" is as melancholy and fragile and at times even as lovely as the*John Lennon composition*from which the movie borrows its name (heard in its original Beatles version during the closing credits, and performed, in part, in a voice like a butterfly's wing by actress Reika Kirishima during the film).

http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/th...um-of-art.html

The Westaskiwin TImes
March 14, 2012
Eight Arms to Hold you leaves audience laughing

Its a shame more people haven’t seen the Wetaskiwin Theatre Society’s production of Eight Arms to Hold You.If you haven’t seen it yet, take some time this Friday or Saturday night and go see the co-production between the theatre society and Sacred Heart Catholic School.While most of the cast is made up of students from various schools in the city, it is far from just another school production.The show features Waterworks veterans Dennis Taekema, Ross MacGregor, and writer/co-director Ken Mastel in supporting roles.But the real stars are the youth.The show, which was first staged by the Wetaskiwin Theatre Society more than 10 years ago, follows the arrival of the Beatles in America on Feb. 7, 1964.For those two young to know about the hysteria that followed the Beatles back in the day, just think what it would be like if Justin Beiber came to town.In the musical, which closes this weekend, a group of friends is bound and determined to see the singing sensations up close and personal.Hilarity ensues as the teenage girls lie their way into the Beatles’ hotel room, complete with ”borrowed” maids outfits. But do they actually get to meet their idols? You’ll just have to go see the show for yourself to find out.

http://www.wetaskiwintimes.com/Artic...aspx?e=3500878