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Beatles News
A new 320-page hardcover book, titled Imagine, will be published Oct. 9—which would have been John Lennon’s 78th birthday—by Grand Central Publishing in the United States and Thames & Hudson in the U.K. Credited simply to John and Yoko, the book explores the making of the acclaimed 1971 album by John Lennon.
Pre-order in the U.S. here; in the U.K. here.
“A lot has been written about the creation of the song, the album and the film of Imagine, mainly by people who weren’t there,” says Yoko Ono in an announcement, “so I’m very pleased and grateful that now, for the first time, so many of the participants have kindly given their time to ‘gimme some truth’ in their own words and pictures.”
The full announcement reads as follows:
Source: Best Classic Bands Staff/bestclassicbands.com
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They have been madly in love for more than a decade.
And Paul McCartney, 75, is clearly keeping the romance alive with Nancy Shevel, 58, as they arrived in Ibiza for an intimate holiday away, on Friday.
Dressed in effortlessly chic ensembles, the pair made a low-key exit out of the airport while they collected their luggage.
Going for a mismatched look, the Beatles star paired red jeans with a navy denim jacket and a white top.
Keeping his greying locks hidden underneath a baseball cap, the rocker shielded his eyes with jet-black shades.
Meanwhile, Nancy looked chic as she stepped out in a khaki jacket and denim jeans, and she added a glamorous touch to her ensemble with a blue floral top.
The wife of the musician displayed her natural age-defying beauty as she left her brunette tresses loose and shielded her eyes with sunglasses.
Nancy accessorised with a stylish black sun hat, while she added a touch of glitter to her ensemble with a pair of dangling earrings.
The Paul and Nancy love story goes back to November 2007 when the lovebirds first started dating.
Source: Daily Mail
On April 10, 1970, the Beatles split up with this announcement: “Spring is here and Leeds play Chelsea tomorrow and Ringo and George and John and Paul are alive and well and full of hope. The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you. When the spinning stops — that’ll be the time to worry. Not before.” Well, in the four decades and more since, we are alive in a world without two of the Beatles, John and George. Paul and Ringo are well and performing, which gives us hope — and the books haven't stopped coming.
Ajoy Bose, best known for his biography of Mayawati (Behenji), and a book on the Emergency, marks the 50th anniversary of the band’s visit to a Rishikesh ashram in Across the Universe: The Beatles in India. He leaves the study of the music to the best known writers chronicling the Beatles like Ian MacDonald (Revolution in the Head).
Source: Sudipta Datta/thehindu.com
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In 1965, Fats Domino and the Beatles were introduced in New Orleans. When Domino was asked later about meeting the world’s biggest rock band, he grinned and answered, “No, they got to meet me.”
From their earliest days of international stardom, the Fab Four never failed to acknowledge the early influences of America’s greatest rock pioneers—Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Little Richard, Buddy Holly. However, one of the recording superstars often overlooked during interviews was Antoine “Fats” Domino.
There’s no doubt that the New Orleans legend once influenced the nascent quartet.
George Harrison recalled Domino’s “I’m in Love Again” as being the first rock ‘n’ roll song he ever heard. “Ain’t That a Shame” became the first tune that John Lennon learned on the guitar.
Source: RANDAL C. HILL/idahoseniorindependent.com
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Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa has announces that, after touring through Europe, Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band will launch the U.S. leg of their 2018 tour at The Joint: Tulsa on Sept. 1. Tickets start at $89 and go on sale Thursday, June 7.
Starr and His All Starr Band will feature classic hit after hit, with each band member bringing to the set their most popular songs.
The 2018 All Starr Band includes Colin Hay ("Who Can It Be Now," "Land Down Under"), Steve Lukather ("Africa," "Hold the Line," "Roseanna"), Gregg Rolie ("Black Magic Woman," "Evil Ways"), and new member Graham Gouldman of 10cc ("I'm Not in Love," "Things We Do For Love"). On percussion and sax is Warren Ham, and on drums is Gregg Bissonette.
Starr has often called the All Starrs "the best 1-800-band in the land." When talking about his 2018 tour, he said, "There is no greater joy for me than playing great music with great musicians. Every night we get to play for all those loving people, and it makes the hassle of touring worth it."
Source: tahlequahdailypress.com
New York City gallery Soho Contemporary Art is welcoming back The Beatles, The Mad Day: Summer Of ’68 Collection, by award-winning photographer Tom Murray. The much-acclaimed exhibition originally debuted in New York and Murray’s full collection is again on public display from today, Thursday, 31 May, with a private VIP reception to celebrate its 50th year. The exhibit will then be open to the public starting on 1 June and it runs through to 16 June.
The photographs in the much-acclaimed collection date from 28 July 1968. On that day, British photographer Murray captured numerous images of The Fab Four. The shoot was done on the run (literally) all over London in order to escape the hordes of screaming Beatles fans that followed them everywhere.
Rushing from location to location inspired the name of the famous collection: The Mad Day: Summer of ’68. These images would become the last publicity shoot of all four Beatles together- and represent the quintessential Beatles at the height of their psychedelic period and are considered the most important color photographs of the group. The Beatles officially disbanded in 1970.
Source: Tim Peacock/udiscovermusic.com
A DENTIST who bought John Lennon’s tooth is looking for potential love children of the late-Beatle in a bid to stake a claim to his £400million estate. Dr Michael Zuk, 45, from Alberta, Canada, purchased the legendary songwriter’s decayed molar at auction in 2011 for around £20,000. Dr Michael Zuk, seen holding John Lennon's tooth, wants to find the Beatles singer's love children
Dr Michael Zuk, seen holding John Lennon's tooth, wants to find the Beatles singer's love children
Lennon, who was shot and killed in New York in 1980, gave the tooth to his beloved housekeeper Dot Jarlett in the 1960s. Speaking with The Sun Online, the dentist has sensationally revealed that he plans to stake a claim to the music icon’s vast estate using DNA from the body part.
He said: “I am looking for people who believe they are John Lennon’s child and have a claim to his estate and hopefully I can legitimise their claim. “John was a very popular guy who was having sex with lots of women and I doubt birth control was on his mind.
Source: Mark Hodge/thesun.co.uk
Never has there been — nor will there ever be — another first week on the job quite like the one Geoff Emerick had nearly 56 years ago. The year was 1962. The location was EMI Records at Abbey Road in London. Emerick was only 15.
An innovative young lad with a love of music since the age of 7, he had stepped out in faith and interviewed for a sound engineering job at the famous studio. His Dad went along with him on that interview.
He wasn’t confident he had made an impression. But, to his delight, Emerick received a call back from the studio and was hired as an assistant engineer. Hard to top that lucky break.
But, fate still had a little more in store for Emerick. On his second day of work, the self-described “button pusher” had the opportunity to sit in on the first EMI recording session of a promising band from Liverpool. They were called The Beatles.
Source: Melissa Goforth/newsandtribune.com
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On Dec. 11, 1969, Beatle John Lennon and Yoko Ono arrived at the Odeon theater in Kensington to attend the premiere of Ringo Starr's movie, "The Magic Christian."
They stepped out of their Rolls-Royce and unfurled a banner that read, "BRITAIN MURDERED HANRATTY."
The banner referred to James Hanratty who had been tried, convicted, and executed for murder seven years earlier. John and Yoko were just two of thousands of people who believed he did not commit the crime.
Lennon became interested in the case after a chance meeting with Hanratty's parents, who convinced him that their son had been railroaded. John and Yoko took on the challenge of clearing his name.
Lennon has been dead for nearly 38 years and many of his causes have been forgotten. But controversy still swirls over the Hanratty case, and the question of whether Britain hanged an innocent man.
Source: Mara Bovsun/nydailynews.com
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On the edge of Rishikesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas, lies an overgrown ashram reminiscent of the great ruins of the Mayans.
Fifty years ago this year, the Beatles arrived at this unlikely location at the invitation of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
The visit has passed into rock'n'roll legend even as the ashram has fallen into ruin. Much of the fabled White Album was composed in these now-derelict halls and bungalows.
Everything is crumbling, overgrown: the kitchen, the printing press, the post office where John Lennon waited for daily postcards from Yoko Ono even though he was travelling with his wife.
The "Beatles' Ashram", as it is colloquially known, serves as a humbling reminder that — as George Harrison once put it — "all things must pass". The line — the title of Harrison's first post-Beatles album — was cribbed from the Maharishi himself.
Source: Matthew Clayfield/abc.net.au
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