STATUE OF PAUL INSTALLED IN CUBAN RESTAURANT
The statue has been set up at a restaurant where Paul ate 18 years ago in the restaurant El Morro, on the outskirts of the popular tourist attraction of Santiago;…
SGT.PEPPER´S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND ALBUM IS TO GO INTO THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORD
The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album is to go into the Guinness Book of Records for the longest gap between stints at No. 1 in the UK.…
LENNON’S BANJO AT EPSTEIN THEATRE LIVERPOOL
Pete Best will also make a special appearance for three performances during run A further three actors have been confirmed to join the cast of Lennon’s Banjo, which makes its…
RINGO ANNOUNCES SUMMER EUROPEAN TOUR
Ringo Starr Announces Summer European Tour
PAUL WARNS THAT THE “FUTURE OF MUSIC IS IN DANGER”
Paul is backing a new campaign which is seeking to curb the rising number of music venue closures across the UK Senior Labour MP John Spellar, a Government minister under…
ON THIS DAY – A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE BEATLES
1958 The Quarry Men perform at the New Clubmoor Hall, Norris Green, Liverpool. 1962 Performance at the Cavern, with Gerry and the Pacemakers, and the Strangers. 1963 Concert at the…
PAUL ANIMATED FILM “HIGH IN THE CLOUDS” BACK ON TRACK WITH WRITER JON CROKER
Back in 2005, Paul wrote a children’s adventure book called High in the Clouds with author Philip Ardagh, and he’d been developing it into an animated feature since 2009 with…
THE BEATLES STORY: CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF THE BEATLES´VISIT TO INDIA
The award-winning ‘The Beatles Story’ in Liverpool is celebrating 50 years since The Beatles travelled to Rishikesh, India with the launch of a new special exhibition. Opening in February 2018,…
ON THIS DAY: “WONDERWALL MUSIC” SESSIONS BEGAN
“Wonderwall Music” sessions began on this day in Bombay (Mumbai) to record the soundtrack for the film. The musicians included Ashish Khan (sarod), ahapurush Misra (tabla and pakavaj), Sharad Jadev…
‘AS TIME GOES BY’ BY DEREK TAYLOR: REISSUE (APRIL 2018)
On 5 April: reissue As Time Goes By, the memoir of The Beatles publicist, Derek Taylor, first published in 1973. It features a new introduction by Jon Savage and new…
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE JOHN YOKO’S BED-IN FOR PEACE 1969 EXHIBITION IN JAPAN
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE JOHN YOKO’S BED-IN FOR PEACE 1969 PHOTOGRAPHY BY GERRY DEITER JAPAN 2017-2018 today (Monday) at SpaceHACHIKAI 13:30hrs, 15: 30hrs and 17:00hrs. 日程 / 2017 年…
RAY THOMAS DIED ON THURSDAY JAN 4, HE WAS 76
Ray Thomas, the singer and multi-instrumentalist for the Moody Blues, died on Thursday (January 4) after a multi-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 76. Moody Blues multi-instrumentalist Ray Thomas…
“THE BEATLES IN INDIA” ON 50 YEARS OF BEATLES INDIA VISIT TO HIT STORES IN FEBRUARY
A book featuring rare photographs of The Beatles clicked by Emmy award-winning producer-director Paul Saltzman during the iconic groups India visit 50 years ago will hit stores next month. A…
JANE BOWN’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BEATLES IN COLOUR
The Beatles, in Knole Park, Sevenoaks shooting a promotional film for Strawberry Fields from the Magical Mystery Tour Album, 1967 Photograph: Jane Bown GNM Archive has a serendipitous set of…
RON CAMPBELL “YELLOW SUBMARINE” ANIMATOR COMING TO CHATTANOOGA ART GALLERY
Ron Campbell, the artist and director behind the 1960s Saturday morning Beatles cartoon, is coming to Chattanooga art gallery Area 61. Campbell, also the animator of the film “Yellow Submarine,”…
PAUL AND NANCY JET OFF AFTER FUN-FILLED HOLIDAY IN ST. BARTS
They’ve been sunning it up over the Christmas period on the beautiful island of St Barts in the Caribbean. And now Paul and Nancy waved goodbye to their festive getaway…
PAUL PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES ON NEW ALBUM
Asked about his plans for 2018, Paul said, “I’ll probably be putting out a new album.” He added that he was “putting the finishing touches to it now,” in the…
THE BEATLES TAKE TOP TWO SPOTS IN 2017 VINYL SALES
The vinyl revival continued in 2017 — and people clearly needed more Beatles records for their turntables, because the band took the top two spots on the year-end sales chart…
JOHN’S INTERACTIVE HOTEL SUITE IS BOOKING FAST
When John and Yoko Ono booked space in Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel in May 1969, the 29-year-old ex-Beatle paid $1,000 a night for the four rooms that became the setting…
JOHN’S 1969 MONKEY BIKE EXPECTED TO FETCH MORE THAN $48,000
A 1969 Honda Monkey-Trail Bike once owned by John Lennon will soon be on the market. The onetime Beatle used it between 1969-71 to scoot around his Tittenhurst Park estate in the Surrey,…
TONY CALDER, MUSIC PROMOTER WHO WORKED WITH BEATLES DIES
Tony Calder (below left) partnered with Andrew Loog Oldham (right) to form IMAGE, Immediate Records Pioneering British music promoter, manager and PR agent Tony Calder, best known for his work…
RINGO TO HIT TEL AVIV IN JUNE
Ringo formally announced he is to perform in Israel on June 23 at Tel Aviv’s Menora Mivtachim arena. Ringo will perform with his All Starr band, as part of a…
ON THIS DAY – A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE BEATLES
1964 “I Want To Hold Your Hand” number 1, fourth week (UK Record Retailer). “Beatles Christmas Show”, at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London. 1965 Beatles For Sale number 1,…
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 !
Dear Beatle friends: Wishing you a Happy New Year with hope that you will have many blessings in the year to come, may you be happy the whole year through.…
PAUL ON TWITTER: “HUGE CONGRATS SIR RINGO!”
“Huge congrats Sir Ringo! Sir Richard Starkey has a nice ring to it. Best drummer best pal!” X Paul
RINGO JETS INTO LOS ANGELES AFTER BEING KNIGHTED
Ringo looked understandably delighted as he arrived at the Los Angeles International Airport on Friday just hours after receiving the honour.
RINGO TAPPED AS BRITISH KNIGHT
Britain’s Cabinet Office publishes a list of the people receiving honors for merit, service or bravery twice a year: just before New Year’s Eve, and on the Saturday in June…
PAUL REVEALS “VERY FIRST RECORD” HE BOUGHT AS A YOUTH
As part of the End the Silence charity campaign, Paul reveals that Gene Vincent‘s “Be-Bop-A-Lula” had a huge impact on him as a youth. “‘Be-Bop-A-Lula’ was the very first record…
RAVI SHANKAR’s FAMILY GIFTED ONE OF HIS FOUR SITARS MADE IN 1961 TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN LONDON
Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar’s family recently gifted one of his four sitars made in 1961 to the British Museum in London. The gifted sitar was specially designed for the…
