Archive for June, 2008

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Rare footage of Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ uncovered after 40 years

A 40-year-old footage of the Beatles has been uncovered, showing band members strolling around a seaside resort during the historical ‘Magical Mystery Tour’.

The previously unseen film shows the Beatles chatting, laughing and pulling faces during a three-day stay in Newquay, Cornwall.
It was unearthed by Newquay producer David Lambert for a documentary about the band,to will […]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

THE NEW BEETLES IN LENNON’S HOUSE

By Stuart Winter
LONG after his music has faded, John Lennon’s old house is still buzzing to the sound of The Beatles… or rather beetles.

Yards from the bedroom where the budding songwriter practised under a poster of his hero Elvis, there’s a whole lot of rustling going on.
This time, the noise is being made by scurrying […]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

Bedtime With the Beatles Part Two

by Christel Loar
Jason Falkner
Bedtime With the Beatles Part Two
(Adrenaline)
US release date: 17 June 2008
UK release date: Available as import

Bedtime With the Beatles Part Two, much like its 2001 predecessor, is billed as being specifically for sending young ears off to dreamland. However, once again, Jason Falkner’s reimagining proves pleasant for infants and insomniacs alike (not […]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

Looking a bit closer at the ‘Fab Four’

By Derek Gentile, Berkshire Eagle Staff
LENOX — It was late in the day at Abbey Road Studios on February 11, 1963. The Beatles were wrapping up the recording of their LP “Please Please Me” for release a few weeks later. The final song was to be a cover of the Isley Brothers’ “Twist and Shout,” […]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

Paul McCartney will perform in Israel

Paul McCartney will perform in Israel in September and the final details are being worked out for the multi-million-dollar show, which would mark his first-ever appearance in the Holy Land. Government officials prevented The Beatles from playing there in 1965, saying the band “didn’t stand on a high cultural and artistic level and had a […]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

Heather Mills lined up for Celebrity Apprentice

ANI
NEW YORK: Heather Mills is in talks to appear on property tycoon Donald Trump’s The Celebrity Apprentice, according to reports.

The charity worker has been asked by keen producers to go on the celebrity version of the popular NBC reality show, but Mills only wants to make a special guest appearance.
“Donald (Trump) really likes her, so […]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

Do you want to know a secret?

Billy J. Kramer and Pattie Boyd spoke at the Vegas Fest.
Billy spoke about getting songs from Paul and John, and his manager, who was also the Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein. He said Brian never got the credit he deserved, and he should be in the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame. He said Brian was […]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

My Secret Life: Mary McCartney, Photographer, age 38

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MaryMcCartney: “I talk too much. I cut in when I’m overexcited and then see the person’s face and realise how irritating I’ve been”

The house/flat I grew up in… was quite busy and fun and always full of life. I have fond memories of a lot of noise and hectic goings-on.
When I was a […]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

Hot secrets of Heather Mills’ new hunk by the ex-love he adored

By James Desborough
HEATHER MILLS’ new lover Jamie Walker has ALREADY cheated on her, the News of the World can reveal.
The hotel gofer bedded his stunning ex-girlfriend just a few days after hooking up with Sir Paul McCartney’s ex in Tenerife last month.
Last night, in an exclusive interview, beautiful Elsa Maneiro spoke for the first […]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

Paul McCartney: ‘I’m a sport wimp and proud of it’

He was useless at football, worse at cricket - but luckily he had other talents to draw on in a city obsessed with sport and music. Now he’s leading a campaign to help the British Paralympic team. Interview Tim Lewis

Ex Beatle Sir Paul McCartney. Photograph: Chris Floyd

It has sometimes seemed that Sir Paul McCartney is […]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

Undimmed Starr: A portrait of the artist

BY MICHAEL HAMERSLY

Ringo Starr will be rocking with the All-Starr Band Thursday night while his art, Abstract Faces, hangs at the Seminole Hard Rock.

IF YOU GO
What: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band featuring Colin Hay, Billy Squier, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Hamish Stuart and Gregg Bissonnette
When: 8 p.m. Thursday
Where: Hard Rock Live, […]

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