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McCartney deported from Germany for condom fire

November 2nd, 2008 by pjwa | No Comments | Filed in News

Pete Best reveals how the pair were accused of arson.
Former Beatles drummer Pete Best has revealed he and Sir Paul McCartney were deported from Germany many years ago for setting fire to condoms.
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Fifth Beatle Pete Best releases first solo album 40 years on

July 16th, 2008 by pjwa | No Comments | Filed in News

By Caroline Gammell

The ‘fifth Beatle’ Pete Best is to release his first solo album – more than 40 years after he was famously kicked out of the band.

Pete Best, now 66, was replaced in 1962 by Ringo Starr, provoking a storm of protest from Beatles fans
Haymans Green is a collection of songs about his life as the original drummer in the Fab Four before they reached worldwide acclaim.
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Pete Best becomes songwriter for new auto-biographical CD

July 9th, 2008 by pjwa | No Comments | Filed in News

Pete Best, the original drummer for The Beatles, will release a new CD entitled Haymans Green on September 16.

The auto-biographical album is Pete Best’s thoughts and feelings as he takes us from the time he was a Beatle, which included the famous Hamburg, Germany tour dates, BBC, Polydor, Decca, and EMI recordings, before mysteriously getting fired, to the anguish of losing the gig and then finding his own way, as the famous band went on to superstardom.
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Pete Best drums up Ticket to Ride Tour

January 18th, 2008 by admin | No Comments | Filed in News

Pete Best yesterday gave his verdict on the Capital of Culture launch led by Ringo Starr, and the 2008 return to the city of his former band mate Sir Paul McCartney, as he took a magical mystery tour around some of the Fab Four’s famous haunts.
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Pete Best gets last laugh in new film

September 24th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed in News

The upcoming movie “The Rocker,” a variation on the Pete Best story, includes Pete in a cameo role.
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