News from the uninformed
The above pictured photo has been a “news” item for a couple of days, and today it showed up over at BBC News. The reality is, this and many more photos were from a...
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The Beatles & Bournemouth Exhibition
The Beatles & Bournemouth Exhibition Beacon Hotel, Bournemouth Opens 15 August To mark the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ first shows in Bournemouth, on 19 August 1963 when they opened a six-day residency at...
Half a chocolate bar started the Beatles
Paul McCartney reveals to Bono the real story behind the Lennon – McCartney partnership. “Here’s a story. Matt Damon told it. But it’s not about Matt Damon. It’s about Bono. But it’s not really...
Weston Special Edition Newspaper
A special edition of the newspaper Weston Mercury celebrating The Beatles’ visit to Weston in 1963 is now on sale, with exclusive photos and stories of the Fab Four. So if you’re near Weston…the...
A Magical History Tour – Beatling around LA
The Gillymobile This summer, I had the pleasure of visiting California for the first time. Although it was a family vacation with my girlfriend and her daughter, I did find the time to do...
John Kosh Interview
From Paul McCartney’s recreation of the Abbey Road cover, 1993 Friends of this blog will have noticed that we are very fond of the Abbey Road cover photo session. Today I’d like to direct...
Birthday film
Most of the streets in LA were decorated with this Ringo poster during my stay there You may have noticed my absense the first three weeks of July. The reason for this was that...
Amazing discovery
This is “Kansas City” from an acetate recorded at the Cavern Club in 1962. Little survives from the Beatles’ days at the Cavern apart from photos and paper memorabilia, so far we have only...
Paul teams up with Nirvana again
Paul McCartney made rock history on Friday night when he brought out Nirvana’s surviving members during the encore of his show at Seattle’s Safeco Field. It was only the second time that drummer Dave...
The Beatles in Great Yarmouth
The Beatles tours in England in 1963 have spurred several British local newspapers to bring 50th anniversary reports about when the Fabs visited their town. As an example, here’s a report from EDP24: It...
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