Gearing up for The Beatles in the USA
It looks like what we posted about back in May may be forthcoming. The official Beatles Store for USA has launched a virtual shop themed to the Beatles First U.S. Visit with a collection...
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The Beatles Sweden Tour 1963 promoter speaks
Bengt-Åke Bengtsson was the founder and owner of the Swedish concert promoter agency Telstar, and he also managed Swedish group, The Telstars. He was born in 1931 and passed away in 2016, at 85....
Cinematic release for One Hand Clapping
Paul McCartney has filmed a new introduction and the One Hand Clapping film has been expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical release. Possibly now including “Junior’s Farm” and bits from the Backyard filming? It’s...
New book about The Beatles and religion
A new book titled Speaking Words of Wisdom explores the Beatles’ relationship to religion “More popular than Jesus.” Despite the uproar it caused in America in 1966, John Lennon’s famous assessment of the Beatles...
Mind Games sampler CD with magazine
The August issue of Uncut includes a sampler CD with tracks from the DeLuxe edition of “Mind Games”. Also including a 32 page albums guide as well as an alternate “collectors cover”, the magazine...
Tony Bramwell’s obituary
We have been waiting for Mark Lewisohn to pay tribute to Tony and celebrate his association with the Beatles, not to mention say a little about what involvement Tony had with the Beatles, Epstein...
Sixty years since Beatles in Australia
It’s coming up, the sixtieth anniversary of The Beatles’ tour of New Zealand and Australia. So, both fans and mainstream media downunder is taking this opportunity to celebrate. Here’s a film from The Sydney...
Goodbye, Tony Bramwell
I was very saddened to hear that Tony Bramwell has passed away, but I had feared it for a while. I met and interviewed and had a few pints with Tony at the Beatles...
One to one concerts scheduled for documentary
Many years ago, film footage and audio recordings of John and Yoko’s “One To One” benefit concerts for Willowbrook in 1972 was reedited, remixed and remastered by Jack Douglas at Yoko Ono’s request, but...
Mersey Beat Revival
Liverpool’s own music paper “Mersey Beat” was founded and edited by one of John Lennon’s art school friends and member of “The Dissenters”, residing in the Ye Cracke pub. Lennon participated with his own...
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