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Que. premier tells reporter to ‘relax’ and ‘have a good time’

July 17th, 2008 by pjwa | No Comments | Filed in Uncategorized

By Jesse Robichaud
Times & Transcript Staff

As a young man I do not often need much encouragement to “relax” and “have a good time,” and never have I been spoken of in the same breath as Sir Paul McCartney.
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Some Quebec nationalists upset with decision to invite McCartney

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By: Donald Mckenzie, THE CANADIAN PRESS

MONTREAL – It’s hardly the British military invasion of the 1750s or the Beatles-led musical invasion of the 1960s, but Paul McCartney’s concert in Quebec City is rankling some nationalists in the province.
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Paul McCartney to Play Israel Gig

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By Adam Nutburn

Sir Paul McCartney is set to make history — by playing his first gig in Israel.

The Beatles were banned from the country more than 40 years ago, after being turned away by its then education minister David Zarzevski, who believed a gig by the band would corrupt the country’s morals.
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Branson Beatles Museum May Open This Fall

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Beatles fans may soon want to put Branson on their travel agendas. Branson officials said the nation’s only Beatles museum might open as soon as this fall.
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Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band in Wildhorse Saloon, Nashville

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By Pennman

The ageless Ringo Starr came to a packed Wildhorse tonight along with his All Starr Band. Having to sit through a near two and a half hour set of 27 classic (well, mostly classic) songs performed by six rock stars of high stature is tough work, but someone had to do it.
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