Latest Beatles News - Page 13
John Lennon Wrote Imagine To Outdo Yesterday
John Lennon was obsessed with writing a song better than Sir Paul Mccartney's Yesterday and hoped Imagine would finally replace The Beatles' hit as the world's most-loved song.The guitarist was consumed with his desire to...
By WENN on 27 June 2013
Paul Mccartney's Touring Troubles With Wings
Sir Paul McCartney found it difficult to get gigs with his band Wings.The 70-year-old singer decided to go back to basics after The Beatles split in 1970 and took his new band - which included...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 June 2013
'I'd Ask My Friends To Come And Read An Octopus's Garden With Me': Ringo Gives Permission For Children's Book
With its noodly, upbeat opening and innocent subject matter, 'Octopus's Garden' from 1969s Abbey Roadis an ideal choice for an adaptation to children's picture book illustrated by Ben Cort (Aliens Love Underpants, Pigs Can't Fly!).Ringo...
By Lauren James in Music / Festivals on 11 June 2013
Ringo Starr Uncovered Lost Treasures After Mother's Death
The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr uncovered a "treasure trove of memories" from his time in the band while sorting through his late mother's possessions.The star's mum, Elsie, passed away in 1986, but he only recently...
By WENN on 10 June 2013
Paris Jackson Attempted Suicide After Being Forbidden From Marilyn Manson Gig?
Paris Jackson's shock suicide attempt yesterday (5th June) left her in hospital last night.She reportedly sliced her arm with a cleaver knife and took an overdose of painkillers after a relative forbade her from attending...
By Lauren James in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 06 June 2013
Bob Dylan Nominated For France's Top Honour
Bob Dylan has been nominated to receive France's top distinction.The 72-year-old singer was put forward for the Legion d'honneur to celebrate his artistic achievements by France's culture minister Aurelie Filipetti last month, and the nomination...
By Bang Showbiz on 04 June 2013
Ringo Starr's Brand New Book Of Unreleased Photos Will Catalog The Final Years Of The Beatles
There are already a number of iconic Beatles photographs, circulating the airwaves – but if there’s one thing the public can never get enough of, it’s shots of the Liverpool foursome. Now, Ringo Star is...
By Victoria Pavlova in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 May 2013
Paul Mccartney Leaves Personalized Guitar Pick At Elvis Presley's Grave
Paul McCartney visited the grave of Elvis Presley at Graceland over the weekend, leaving the legendary musician a personalized guitar pick so he "can play guitar in heaven." McCartney paid tribute to the American musician...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 28 May 2013
One Direction Make Jake Bugg Feel 'Disheartened'
Jake Bugg says One Direction make him feel ''disheartened''.The 'Seen It All' singer - who has been involved in a war of words with the 'Little Things' group for several months now - says he...
By Bang Showbiz on 25 May 2013
Yoko Ono Thanks Paul Mccartney For Defending Her
Yoko Ono thinks Sir Paul McCartney is ''sweet'' for saying she didn't cause The Beatles' break up.The 80-year-old widow of John Lennon thanked his former bandmate for insisting she ''could not be blamed for anything''...
By Bang Showbiz on 20 May 2013
Abba Overtake Beatles On Britain's All-time Album Sales List
Swedish pop stars Abba have surpassed The Beatles to score Britain's second biggest selling album of all time.Gold: Greatest Hits by Abba and the Fab Four's 1967 classic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band have...
By WENN on 20 May 2013
Abba Edge Past The Beatles To Claim The Second Biggest Selling Album In UK
ABBA's greatest hits collection, Gold, edged past the The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band this weekend to become the second highest selling album in UK history. The band have now sold over 5.1million...
By Joe Wilde in Music / Festivals on 20 May 2013
Beatles Guitar Smashes Auction Estimates
An electric guitar played by The Beatles legends John Lennon and George Harrison shattered auction estimates and sold for $408,000 (£263,000) in New York on Saturday (18May13).The custom-built Vox instrument, used by the late rockers...
By WENN on 19 May 2013
Liam Gallagher Is Mad For Plants
Liam Gallagher loves gardening. The Beady Eye frontman has asked for tickets to a VIP preview day of the Chelsea Flower Show - an annual gardening extravaganza held in London - on the same day...
By Bang Showbiz on 15 May 2013
Sir Paul Mccartney Was Glad For Wings' 'Raw Talent'
Sir Paul McCartney was glad Wings was formed with ''raw talent'' instead of big names.The former Beatles rocker founded the band once the iconic quartet split up, and the musician was pleased he decided against...
By Bang Showbiz on 13 May 2013
Beatlemania Back On Broadway
The Beatles are set to make a big splash on Broadway this summer (13), as a new musical about the band's early days hits New York.Let It Be became a critical smash when it debuted...
By WENN on 08 May 2013
Bruce Springsteen: 'I Thought Sir Paul Had A Right To Break Curfews'
Bruce Springsteen was amazed when concert bosses pulled the plug on his performance with Sir Paul Mccartney last year (12) as he assumed the Beatles star's knighthood gave him the right to overrun a curfew.The...
By WENN on 01 May 2013
Beatles Record Broken - Emeli Sandé Breaks Album Longevity Record Set By The 60s Pop Icons
Another Beatles record broken, another day goes by. When the 1963 record Please Please Me spent 62 weeks in the top 10 of the British album charts, people thought it was an impenetrable feat, until...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 April 2013
Emeli Sande Breaks Beatles' U.k. Chart Record
Scottish singer Emeli Sande has made U.K. chart history by breaking a record held by The Beatles for almost 50 years.The Heaven hitmaker's first album Our Version Of Events has spent more time in the...
By WENN on 29 April 2013
Emeli Sande Beats The Beatles' Chart Record
Emeli Sandé has beaten a UK chart record set by The Beatles.The 26-year-old singer has set a new record for the longest time a debut album has spent inside the top ten of the UK...
By Bang Showbiz on 29 April 2013
Backstreet Boys Receive Hollywood Star
The Backstreet Boys were ''honoured'' to receive a Hollywood star on the Walk of Fame yesterday (22.04.13).The group - formed of A.J. McLean, Nick Carter, Kevin Richardson, Howie Dorough and Brian Littrell - were presented...
By Bang Showbiz on 23 April 2013
Former Beatle Paul Mccartney Records 'Voices Against Violence' Message
Paul McCartney has lent his considerable voice to the Voices Against Violence campaign, started by Tony Bennett, his son Danny and the Brady Campaign to prevent gun violence. "We the people need to make our...
By Jack de Aguilar in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18 April 2013
Sir Paul Mccartney Urges U.s. Gun Campaigners To Keep Pushing
Beatles star Sir Paul Mccartney has thrown his weight behind Tony Bennett's campaign to tighten gun laws in the U.S.The veteran musician, whose Beatles bandmate John Lennon was shot dead in New York in 1980,...
By WENN on 18 April 2013
Vampire Weekend Compare N-dubz To The Beatles
Rockers Vampire Weekend have expressed their admiration for defunct British hip-hop group N-Dubz and compared the band to music legends The Beatles.Lead singer Ezra Koenig confessed his bizarre obsession with the I Swear hitmakers during...
By WENN on 04 April 2013
Beatles Filmmaker Jack Stokes Dies
Jack Stokes, the brains behind The Beatles' animated films, has died at the age of 92.The animation mogul passed away on 20 March (13). No further details about his death were available as Wenn went...
By WENN on 03 April 2013
Better Than The Beatles? Coldplay Top Radio 2 'Favourite Albums' List
Chris Martin can rest easy. It wasn’t an April Fool’s joke. It turns out that Radio 2’s listeners really do hold his band Coldplay in higher regard that the likes of The Beatles, the Rolling...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 02 April 2013
Coldplay Top Bbc2 Listeners Poll
Coldplay's 'A Rush of Blood to the Head' has been voted BBC Radio 2 listeners' favourite album of all time. 'The Scientist' band's 2002 record beat The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and U2 to claim...
By Bang Showbiz on 02 April 2013
Famous Venue Where The Beatles Played Burns Down
A famous venue where The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who once played has partially collapsed after a fire.The legendary bands performed at the Ritz Ballroom in Kings Heath, England before the club was...
By WENN on 27 March 2013
Paul Mccartney Would Have Reformed The Beatles
Sir Paul McCartney thinks The Beatles would have reformed if they were all still alive.The 70-year-old singer-and-bassist thinks it would ''feel great'' to return to the stage with his old bandmates Ringo Starr, John Lennon...
By Bang Showbiz on 27 March 2013
Paul Mccartney: Oasis Shouldn't Have Made Beatles Boasts
Sir Paul McCartney says Oasis shouldn't have boasted they were the ''next Beatles''.Despite how successful Liam and Noel Gallagher's band went on to become, the music legend thinks the brothers' repeated clams they wanted to...
By Bang Showbiz on 26 March 2013
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