Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Ringo and the Beatles attracting younger fans
By Natalie Knoth
DAYTON — Alexa Lopez said she became “obsessed” with the Beatles when she was a freshman in high school.
On Tuesday, July 8, the 20-year-old Kettering resident was looking forward to attending the sold out Ringo Starr & his All-Starr Band concert at the Fraze Pavilion.
Starr, 68, is “the best drummer out there,” Lopez […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
What’s it Worth? Appraisal for all 4 Beatles autographs on lp cover
4 of the most collectible autographs in
modern history. As a set the are
extremely rare.
Charlie asks:
Please advise your appraisal for the above items. If you need more information, let me know. This item is currently in a safe deposit box, but is accessible if necessary.
AW says: Well that’s certainly quite […]
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Lost ‘Beatles’ interview may soon be aired by Scottish Television
A lost ‘Beatles’ interview, which was broadcast only once over 40 years ago, may soon be aired by Scottish Television.
The band’s first full television interview was given in Glasgow as the Fab Four began their rise to worldwide fame, and was broadcast on May 5 on a children’s teatime TV programme called Roundup.
Scottish […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
All you need is loaf!
Pensioner recalls meeting Fab Four
By Karl Holbrook
A Chorley pensioner has relived the the moment John Lennon carried her loaf of bread.
Even though it’s nearly half a century since the event, great-grandmother Phyllis Hilton has never spoken about the time she saw the Fab Four outside her Chorley Lane home because she didn’t think people would […]
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Peace, love and lyrics
By Antony Thorncroft
Next Thursday is Beatles Day, which will be celebrated fervently in Liverpool, the band’s hometown, and just as enthusiastically at Christie’s in London’s South Kensington. The saleroom is holding its annual British auction of pop memorabilia to mark the event.
The Beatles dominate the pop memorabilia market and around half of the 264 […]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Shea Stadium closing
Shea Stadium in New York City is shutting down after the 2008 baseball season.
The Beatles concert at Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965, was the first concert to be held at a major outdoor stadium and set records for attendance and revenue generation. Over 55,000 people saw the show.
Shea will close after the Mets’ 2008 […]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Bang that turned the Beatles off
Teenybopper caprices … Beatles fans in Sydney in June 1964
A firecracker on stage changed the Beatles’ minds about touring, writes Colin Fleming.
In the summer of 1966, the Beatles had just recorded Revolver, rock’s first full-on foray into what a band could pull off in the studio. But they were still every bit a live, coming-to-your-town […]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Rare Beatles pictures go on display
By Andy Carswell
RARE photos of The Beatles are to go on display in Little Chalfont next week.
And the man who took the snaps on what became known as the band’s Mad Day Out’ will also make a rare public appearance at the Chalfont Art and Framing Gallery.
Tom Murray took the photos in 1968 - which […]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Imagine All The Outtakes
A Box Of Wonders From Lennon’s Solo Years
THIRTY YEARS LATER, RINGO WOULD say he thought John was cracking up, right there in the middle of Shea Stadium. It was August 1965. There was the usual white noise from the stands–56,000 fans screaming in unison–and Lennon seemed convinced no one could hear a thing. Onstage, he […]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Lennon Tells Starr He Should Be “Heard, Not Seen”
Written by: E. Van Dril
The interview was found after 40 years in a garage in South London.
A long-lost interview with The Beatles’ John Lennon reveals that he thought the band’s drummer, Ringo Starr, should have been “heard and not seen” during his time with the band.
Settle down Beatles fans. Lennon was only joking. […]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Unseen Beatles footage found
Unseen film of the Beatles’ visit to the South West in 1967 has been tracked down by a Cornwall-based film producer.Courtesy of Arthouse Pictures
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