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19-years-ago on November 29, 2001, George Harrison died. The Beatles star suffered with lung cancer, and after numerous treatments, was confined to his home in Hollywood Hills. The star died at 9.30pm, surrounded by his wife, Olivia Harrison, son, Dhani Harrison, and friends including Ravi Shankar. The star was cremated the same day, and had his ashes scattered in the Ganges River, in India, as per his Hindu tradition dictated.
Just 17 days before Harrison’s death, he with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in a hotel room in Manhattan.
On November 12, 2001, the three Beatles got together to reminisce about old times, and say their goodbyes to one another.
Harrison’s doctor, Gil Lederman, also attended the meeting to monitor the star’s health. He later revealed what happened in the final, fateful meeting between the three Beatles.
Gil explained: “ There were some tears - but there was more laughter than anything else.”
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With a net worth of $1.2 billion, McCartney can afford to splurge a little, but apparently, he watches his expenses like a hawk.
Paul McCartney knows money can't buy him love. The famous ex-Beatle knows this because money is practically no object to him with his $1.2 billion net worth. Or is it?
McCartney has done a lot of different things to get that enormous net worth. His career as a Beatle and beyond has been one of the most successful of all time, and he's accomplished so much in his sixty years in the business. He's raised five kids who have turned out successful themselves and has kept pushing boundaries and holding records into his late '70s.
But is McCartney cheap? Some fans think so. He might be wary of spending his billions, but that could be because he was burned in the past.
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Paul McCartney has shared an excerpt of a new song called "The Kiss Of Venus" via a trailer for his forthcoming "McCartney III" album, which is now set to hit stores on December 18th.
The album's released was pushed back a week due to "unforeseeable production delays," according to the Beatles legend's camp. It was originally set to hit stores on December 11th.
The record will be released digitally, on CD, and on LP manufactured by Third Man Pressing. "Vinyl configurations will range from standard 180g to a Third Man Edition of 3,000 hand-numbered red vinyl copies, a U.S. indie retail exclusive pressing of 4,000 hand-numbered white vinyl LPs, and more." Watch the trailer below:
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The Beatles are widely heralded as one of the greatest, and quite possibly the most influential, bands in history. They wonderfully encapsulated the spirit of the 1960s, transitioning from goodie boy band singing about holding hands to transcendental hippies singing about spiritual freedom and experimenting with advanced studio effects.
Even to this day, their music remains a revelation. Movie producers certainly know this, and The Beatles' music has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows throughout the years. Their incorporation may also prove particularly inspired, benefitting the excellent music on display.
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Don listens to Tomorrow Never Knows
It's fitting that "Tomorrow Never Knows" appeared in Mad Men, as that show also encapsulates the growing trends and changing times of the 1960s. Season five's Lady Lazarus concerns Don Draper feeling particularly out of tune with the youth and counterculture. His wife, Megan, buys Revolver and tells Don to put on "Tomorrow Never Knows". He does so and sits down with a drink to listen to, but he only makes it a minute into the song before standing and turning it off. "The '60s" have arrived, and Don isn't ready for it.
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Luther actor Idris Elba is set to interview former Beatle Paul McCartney for a 60-minute BBC One holiday special.
Produced by The Graham Norton Show outfit So Television, Idris Elba Meets Paul McCartney will be filmed in London over the coming weeks in line with local Covid-19 rules.
Elba, who moonlights as a musician and DJ, will interview McCartney about his career as one of the most successful musicians and composers in pop music history.
Elba said: “When I was asked if I wanted to speak to Paul McCartney, after I realised it wasn’t a joke, I immediately said yes… who wouldn’t?!
“His work has inspired and driven me as a musician, and once I get through the shock of sharing the stage with him, I’m excited to talk about his music and craft. What an honour!”
The special was ordered by chief content officer Charlotte Moore, Jan Younghusband, and Kate Phillips. The executive producers are Graham Stuart, Andy Rowe and Dylan Jones.
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The 50th anniversary of George Harrison’s seminal solo album All Things Must Pass is marked today (November 27) by the release of a new 2020 stereo mix of its title track.
The George Harrison Estate has announced the mix, which was overseen by the Grammy-winner Paul Hicks. He’s recognized for his work with the estate as well as with The Beatles and major album repackages in 2020 by the Rolling Stones (the extended Goats Head Soup) and John Lennon’s GIMME SOME TRUTH. The Ultimate Mixes compilation.
“The new stereo mix of the album’s title track is just a taste of more things to come in 2021 as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of my father’s legendary All Things Must Pass album,” says George’s son Dhani Harrison. “We’ve been digging through mountains of tapes, and they just kept coming – boxes and boxes of them.
“Making this album sound clearer was always one of my dad’s greatest wishes and it was something we were working on together right up until he passed. But with the help of new technology and the work of Paul Hicks on this project, we are now able to make that happen. We can’t wait for you all to hear everything we& details
The 50th anniversary of ‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ rolls around on 11 December and with only two weeks before that date the only official word is hidden in the back of the book released with the recent ‘Gimme Some Truth’ collection (released for what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday in October).
At the back of the ‘Gimme Some Truth’ book it lists the release:
‘John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band’ was John Lennon’s fifth album after the experimental ‘Unfinished Music No 1: Two Virgins’ (1968), ‘Unfinished Music No 2: Life With The Lions’ (1969), ‘Wedding Album’ (1969) and the live album ‘Live Peace In Toronto 1969’ (1969).
The album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London between between 26 September – 23 October 1970
Producers: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Phil Spector
Released: 11 December 1970
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Paul McCartney recently said that he sometimes has to use a teleprompter to remember the lyrics to old Beatles’ songs. The pop music legend opened up on the Smartless podcast recently about his struggles to stay in the moment on stage and recall those tunes.
“Sometimes I’ll be doing a song, like Eleanor Rigby or something, and I’m on autopilot,” the 78-year-old McCartney said, according to NME. “And I’m starting to think, ‘Oh, what am I gonna have for dinner? Maybe you won’t have the soup but maybe you’ll just go for the main course’.
“Then I go, ‘Stop!’ because I’m singing Eleanor Rigby! I’ve separated myself not only from Paul and fame, but a couple of bits in my head are going in different places.”
But that doesn’t always work. McCartney said he sometimes has to turn to technology to help him stay on script.
“Sometimes that breaks down and I forget the song,” he said. “I have a teleprompter.”
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A book that looks at The Beatles from a playful kaleidoscope of angles won Britain’s leading nonfiction literary award on Tuesday.
Craig Brown’s “One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time” was named winner of the 50,000-pound ($66,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at a virtual ceremony in London.
Brown’s “composite biography” juxtaposes the stories of John, Paul, George and Ringo with relatives, partners, artists, imitators, hangers-on and others drawn into their orbit.
Broadcaster Martha Kearney, who chaired the judging panel, said Brown’s “joyous, irreverent, insightful celebration” of the Fab Four was “a shaft of light piercing the deep gloom of 2020.”
“Who would have thought that a book about The Beatles could seem so fresh?” she said.
The award recognizes English-language books in current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts.
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The 2021 Grammy Award nominees have been unveiled. Even though classic rock acts were ignored in the major, general-field categories, many could be found in various other slots.
The Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package category features releases from Paul McCartney, the Grateful Dead, Depeche Mode and Wilco. Movies about ZZ Top and Linda Ronstadt were among the nominees in the Best Music Film category. And David Byrne received a nom for Best Musical Theater Album thanks to his American Utopia on Broadway, while Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea is a nominee for Best Spoken Word Album for the audio version of his memoir Acid for the Children.
Two classic artists received posthumous nominations: John Prine is up for both Best American Roots Performance and Best American Roots Song, while Leonard Cohen's Thanks for the Dance is a nominee in the Best Folk Album category.
The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach received a nomination for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, an honor he previously won in 2013. Also up for Producer of the Year: Andrew Watt, who counts Ozzy Osbourne’s Ordinary Man among his credits.
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Sir Paul McCartney has been famous for more than half his life. As a Beatle, he created songs that turned into iconic anthems and for some, the soundtrack to their lives.
Since the 1960s, the singer-songwriter carved out a career that included his monumental time with the famous British band, as well as a run with Wings and his solo outing.
Beyond his membership in The Beatles, the legendary McCartney also extended his artistry into the food business, musical theater, and books. However, music is what turned him into a super star and he realizes his global fan base holds him—and the other Beatles—in high esteem. When it comes to interacting with fans, McCartney does have a preference.
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On November 27, 1970, one of, if not the single greatest solo record from a former-Beatle was released. Coming from none other than the quiet Beatle himself, I’m of course talking about the sextuple-platinum triple album All Things Must Pass by George Harrison.
This album, in the most basic sense, is Harrison finally breaking free from the creative control of his fellow Beatles John Lennon and Paul McCartney. While certainly legends in their own right (with killer solo albums to boot), they both undoubtedly came down way too heavy on Harrison in the final years of The Beatles.
All Things Must Pass is where Harrison truly just opens the floodgates; it’s the culmination of a built-up back catalog of knock out songs that Lennon and McCartney had rejected over the years, of his unique musical and lyrical influences that had been sucked out of virtually all of the Beatles’ works and of his wide array of talented musical friends, as many of them helped him bring this album to life.
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The Beatles released 22 singles over the course of their careers. While not all of them were show stopping hits, the Fab Four managed to sell over 600 million singles in the United Kingdom alone. Across the board, the band broke records, selling unbelievable amounts of records all the way up until they split. Although they had countless fans across the planet, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were happy to explain what they didn’t like about each other’s music.
Shortly after the death of The Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, the Fab Four released their first single without him.
The single was Hello, Goodbye, the A-side to Lennon’s I Am The Walrus.
Hello, Goodbye was written and mostly performed by McCartney, who later described the track as the “duality of man”.
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A book that looks at The Beatles from a playful kaleidoscope of angles won Britain’s leading nonfiction literary award on Tuesday.
Craig Brown’s “One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time” was named winner of the 50,000-pound ($66,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at a virtual ceremony in London.
Brown’s “composite biography” juxtaposes the stories of John, Paul, George and Ringo with relatives, partners, artists, imitators, hangers-on and others drawn into their orbit.
Broadcaster Martha Kearney, who chaired the judging panel, said Brown’s “joyous, irreverent, insightful celebration” of the Fab Four was “a shaft of light piercing the deep gloom of 2020.”
“Who would have thought that a book about The Beatles could seem so fresh?” she said.
The award recognizes English-language books in current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts.
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Paul McCartney has reflected on how John Lennon‘s 80th birthday made him reflect on his fondest memories of his late bandmate.
The late Beatles icon would have reached the milestone birthday on October 9, prompting an array of famous faces to pay their individual tributes to him last month.
Discussing the celebrations in a new interview with Uncut, McCartney explained how Lennon’s birthday had sparked a mixture of emotions from him.
“That was happy sad. It reminds me he was murdered – but it also reminds me of the fantastic times we had. I tend to think back to early times,” he said.
“I remember, we tried to hitchhike to Spain once, but we only got as far
as Paris. We liked it so much, we stayed there, just the two of us. We were in this little hotel in Paris; it was so cheap it had fleas. My mum was a nurse, we were very hygienic, then you end up there – bloody hell! Those things bring you together.
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n a crossover no one quite expected, Sonny Starkey, grandson of Ringo Starr, and Gene Gallagher, son of Liam Gallagher, are both in big trouble with the law.
Liam Gallagher has always idolised The Beatles (especially John Lennon), but I’m pretty sure having his son and Ringo Starr’s grandson both getting copped with assault charges isn’t the way he’ll want to be associated with his favourite band.
Alright, let’s just quickly recap how Liam Gallagher and Ringo Starr inadvertently found themselves in the headlines for this pretty wild crossover people didn’t expect.
According to The Sun, Starkey, the younger Gallagher, and model Noah Ponte have been accused of attacking staff at a Tesco Express shop in North London (of all places) in 2019.
It is alleged that the attack occurred after Ponte tried to steal a can of beer after the shop’s midnight curfew for buying alcohol.
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The exBeatle George Harrisonclassic “My Sweet Lord”celebrates half a century after its successful appearance in 1970, still surrounded by controversy of allegations of plagiarism and the spiritual aura of his Hindu inspiration.
Harrison was known as the “Quiet Beatle” for his preference to stay away from fame, despite being a rock star, and for his interest in Hinduism, which began to mark his life following the American Beatles tour in 1966.
The guitarist of the Liverpool quartet released the hit single “My Sweet Lord” on his first solo album “All Things Must Pass” (1970), after the separation of the Beatles.
The song, recorded at Abbey Road studios in London under the production of Phil Spector, featured musicians such as guitarist Eric Clapton and fellow ExBeatle Ringo Starr on drums.
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The story of the Beatles did not end happily. Break-ups are seldom cheerful. But it was not, as some of us thought at the time, the end of the damn world.
Craig Brown tells that story in 150 Glimpses of the Beatles, from the early days to 1970, when the four members of the band went their separate ways. But what Brown does best is remind us why the split did seem at the time—to Beatles fans at least—like the end of everything.
I don’t know if Brown’s is one of the best books written about the band because I’ve never managed to finish a book about them, but it’s one of the best books I’ve read on any subject in a good while.
With a handful of exceptions (the autobiographies of Keith Richards and Count Basie, Nick Tosches’ book about Jerry Lee Lewis), I’ve never been too interested in books about bands or musicians, even ones I like. I picked up Brown’s book because I’m a huge fan of his last book, 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret. I had never been much of a royals fan either, but I thought, well, I’ll try a glimpse or two and see how it goes. In no time, Brown hooked me for the whole ride. He did it again with the Beatles.
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Paul McCartney was an ex-Beatle on a mission as he arrived at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Midtown Manhattan on 19 January 1994. He was there for the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of John Lennon, his friend, collaborator and occasional rival.
Also at the ceremony was Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, who would appear that night onstage alongside McCartney. In Beatles lore, the two were sworn enemies (an overstatement, though McCartney had admitted to feeling “threatened” by Ono when she started turning up to band recording sessions with Lennon). So it was seen as hugely significant that they would come together to honour a fallen husband and comrade. This was the hell-freezes-over moment many “Fab” fanatics had never imagined they would witness.
“I wish John could have seen this,” Ono said as she and McCartney publicly patched up whatever differences they had. Later that evening, back at Yoko’s residence, she and her 19-year-old son, Sean, went further with the reconciliation by handing over to McCartney and his wife Linda several battered recordings, dating from the late 1970s. And with that, began the next chapter in the story of The Beatles.
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Joe Wong and Mary Timony have released a new cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s song “Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him” as a 40th anniversary celebration for Lennon and Ono’s album Double Fantasy. Dave Fridmann of The Flaming Lips mixed Wong and Timony’s version of the track.
Wong and Timony create a psychedelic soundscape with deep vocals and transcending synths. Wong slowly sings Lennon’s lyrics, creating a haunting sound that pulls listeners into an alternate dimension. Drums slowly beat beneath to create a softer sound, the track continuing to have an edge within its instrumentals. Timony provides slithering back-up vocals as she and Wong dance and sway amid the plucking guitars and deep bass.
“The song has always felt haunting and profound to me, and is an under appreciated song in the Ono/Lennon oeuvre,” Wong said in a press statement. “Although the song was recorded during the week of Lennon’s 80th birthday (last month), the track continues to inhabit my dreams, and that’s a good thing.
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Paul McCartney was an ex-Beatle on a mission as he arrived at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Midtown Manhattan on 19 January 1994. He was there for the induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of John Lennon, his friend, collaborator and occasional rival.
Also at the ceremony was Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono, who would appear that night onstage alongside McCartney. In Beatles lore, the two were sworn enemies (an overstatement, though McCartney had admitted to feeling “threatened” by Ono when she started turning up to band recording sessions with Lennon). So it was seen as hugely significant that they would come together to honour a fallen husband and comrade. This was the hell-freezes-over moment many “Fab” fanatics had never imagined they would witness.
“I wish John could have seen this,” Ono said as she and McCartney publicly patched up whatever differences they had. Later that evening, back at Yoko’s residence, she and her 19-year-old son, Sean, went further with the reconciliation by handing over to McCartney and his wife Linda several battered recordings, dating from the late 1970s. And with that, began the next chapter in the story of The Beatles.
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Ringo socks it to 'em in this week's anti-bullying campaign
Beatles legend Ringo Starr has marked anti-bullying week by sharing a photo of himself on Instagram in which he wears odd-coloured socks.
In the picture, Ringo, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, is seated on a chair in his backyard, giving one of his characteristically generous smiles for the camera.
He is wearing a blue tracksuit and - wait for it - two different-colored socks, a metaphorical image for individuality and diversity.
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As the whole heavy metal community is hearing postponing news from almost all famous bands all over the world, The Beatles legend Ringo Starr was quite silent about the upcoming shows of his solo band named ‘Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band.’
Today, Ringo broke his silence about the situation and made an official announcement stating that they had to postpone their all upcoming shows because of the abundance of caution.
Here is what Ringo wrote on the statement:
“This is very difficult for me. In 30 years I think I’ve only missed two or three gigs nevermind a whole tour. But this is how things are for all of us now, I have to stay in just like you have to stay in, and we all know it’s the peace and loving thing we do for each other.
So we have moved the Spring tour to 2021. My fans know I love them, and I love to play for them and I can’t wait to see you all as soon as possible. In the meantime stay safe. Peace and Love to you all.”
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head of his anticipated new memoir, A Promised Land, which hits stores tomorrow, Former President Barack Obama shared an accompanying playlist of tunes on Spotify. The 20-track collection spans a variety of genres and includes such artists as JAY-Z, B.B. King, The Beatles, and John Coltrane.“Music has always played an important role throughout my life – and that was especially true during my presidency,” captioned Obama on Instagram. “While reviewing my notes ahead of debates, I’d listen to Jay-Z’s ‘My 1st Song’ or Frank Sinatra’s ‘Luck Be a Lady.’
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More than 40 years after his tragic death, fans are finally getting a look inside John Lennon’s final days.
In BritBox‘s original documentary, “Lennon’s Last Weekend”, the iconic Beatles member’s last moments are detailed, including the interview he gave with the BBC’s Andy Peebles just days before he was shot and killed at his home in New York City in 1980.
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According to the streaming service, “Lennon’s Last Weekend” relives the last weekend the legendary Lennon was alive, with Andy [Peebles] travelling to New York to relive the story of what really happened on those two fateful days in December 1980.”
In BritBox’s first trailer for the doc, “Lennon’s Last Weekend” will also take an in-depth look at his relationship with Yoko Ono, his early career with The Beatles and his past drug abuse.
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