News featuring The Beatles
The following news stories mention The Beatles. Stories are compiled from a hand-picked selection of popular music news sites based in Great Britain, Europe and the United States. Updated less than 8 hours ago.
’13 Mar 22 Fri
Friday 22nd March
“Beatles Fan With Half A Gig Ticket From ’62 Hunts Down Old Friend”
A Beatles fan who saw The Beatles in 1962 with her best friend, is searching for that gig-buddy, who’s (hopefully) in possession of the other half...
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“Paul McCartney headhunted Delia Derbyshire”
Former Beatle reveals how he asked electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire to remake one of band's most famous songs
Paul McCartney has revealed how he once asked electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire – creator of the Doctor Who theme music – to remake one of the Beatles' most famous songs, Yesterday.
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“Russell Brand on Xfm – radio review”
He's back, with Noel Gallagher and it's refreshing to recall how bold mainstream radio could be
Listen to Russell Brand
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’13 Mar 17 Sun
Sunday 17th March
“No wonder our ex-soldiers are looking for a fight | Barbara Ellen”
A new survey reveals disturbing truths about members of our armed forces
A report in the Lancet has put together the experiences of almost 14,000 serving and former military personnel with information from the police national computer for the first time.
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’13 Mar 13 Wed
Wednesday 13th March
“Paul McCartney, the last bachelor Beatle, marries: From the archive, 13 Mar 1969”
Heartbreak for young female fans as their fairytale dreams of becoming Mrs McCartney are dashed
Beatle Mr John Paul McCartney, 26, and a millionaire, finally waved a wintry farewell to his bachelor freedom yesterday. He married Miss Linda Eastman, 27, who is apparently not, as was first suggested, the heiress to the Kodak photographic millions.
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’13 Mar 10 Sun
Sunday 10th March
“Good Ol' Freda At SXSW – Beatles Assistant Freda Kelly Gets Her Moment”
Of all the unsung heroes during The Beatles reign as pop kings, none of them are more unsung that Freda Kelly: assistant to the legendary Liverpool...
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’13 Mar 7 Thu
Thursday 7th March
“1967 and the Prog-Rock Progenitors”
If 1967 characterizes a high point where rock music could be appraised as Art, it also initiated an explicit realignment of what was henceforth possible.
Progressive rock reached its full potential in the ‘70s, but its roots trace back to the previous decade. While an attempt to determine when and with whom prog-rock formally originated is impossible (not to mention pointless), it is instructive to consider which artists pointed the way. The official or at least easiest story is that when they released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles ushered in a new era wherein rock music could…
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’13 Mar 6 Wed
Wednesday 6th March
“Paul Sir Paul Mccartney Gets Comic Book Treatment”
Sir Paul Mccartney's decision to leave The Beatles to seek solo fame has been turned into a new comic book.The music icon's story will feature in a...
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’13 Feb 24 Sun
Sunday 24th February
“From the Observer archive, 24 February 1968: the Beatles check into an ashram”
C P Ramachandran reports from Rishikesh, where the Beatles are learning to meditate in style
Beatle George Harrison has shown more progress in meditation than all the other novitiates in the hermitage of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Rishikesh. "George," said the Maharashi, "has more Indian taste than others." This was noticed by observers when George Harrison, who preceded his colleagues to India, was staying in Bombay. He dresses in the flowing pyjamas and kurta worn by people in north India and preferred squatting on the floor Indian fashion to sitting on a chair.
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’13 Feb 13 Wed
Wednesday 13th February
“Pop palaeontologists need your help | Armand Leroi”
The Descent of Pop Project is investigating the evolution of pop music and they're looking for humans to lend their ears
"So … what do you like?" It's the second most important question that you'll ask a prospective sexual partner. The most important question has, of course, exactly the same form, but – whoa cowboy! – we've only just met and we're still talking about the contents of your MP3 player and not your bedside drawer.
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