Category : Tout sur les Beatles

George Harrison’s estate announces new label HariSongs

The George Harrison estate has launched a new music label, HariSongs, to promote Indian classical music. The first two releases feature Harrison's friend, teacher and collaborator Ravi Shankar. The label is launched in partnership with Craft Recordin...

Readers recommend playlist: songs about writing

The Beatles, Father John Misty, Prince and 10,000 Maniacs among the artists exploring the writing process with musicHere is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from hundreds of your suggestions last week. Thanks for taking part. Read more...

Mick Fleetwood Just Revealed The Simple, Sad Truth Behind Lindsey Buckingham’s Firing

Lindsey Buckingham is out of Fleetwood Mac, a decision that we now know was made by the band as a whole. As we reported just a few short weeks ago, Fleetwood Mac made headlines when they parted ways with longtime guitarist and lyricist Lindsey Buckin...

American English’s Ringo Continues to Study Beatles Style

By Sheryl DeVore News-Sun Tom Gable, who plays the part of Ringo in American English, admits when he first got the gig he thought since he loved the Beatles, he already knew all about the style of the Fab Four’s drummer. “At first, I didn’t really di...

New video for Ringo Starr’s Give More Love

A new video for Ringo Starr's song Give More Love has been released. The promo clip shows Starr and his band performing the song, as well as fan-submitted photos. Give More Love is the title track of Starr's 19th studio album, released on 15 Septembe...

The Beatles? Not Such a Fab Four After All

By RAY CONNOLLY FOR THE DAILY MAIL One morning in 1968, I was sitting at my desk at the London Evening Standard when we got a tip-off that John Lennon had been arrested on a drugs charge. My job at the time was — among much else — to cover everything...

Fab 4 Music Festival in CT Announces Band Line-Up

The Fab 4 Music Festival will “come together” at the Toyota Oakdale Theater in Wallingford, CT on Saturday, June 9 from 1 pm-10pm. The bands playing under the Dome at this year’s festival include Connecticut’s Penny Lane, Numb...

Ringo Starr Inks Music Publishing Deal With Bertelsmann

by Keith J. Kelly New York Post Sir Ringo Starr has inked a worldwide music catalog deal with Bertelsmann that will feature songs from his solo catalog as well as popular Beatles songs where he controlled the rights. The deal for Starr — who finally...

New John Lennon ‘Imagine No Hunger’ License Plates will Support California Food Banks

Yoko Ono Lennon, Southern California-based Beatles tribute band the Fab Four and the California Department of Motor Vehicles have joined forces to combat hunger in the state with the sale of specialty license plates featuring the iconic self-portrait...

Handwritten ‘Hey Jude’ Lyrics on Sale for $375K

A piece of Beatles memorabilia is going up for sale for $375,000 — lyrics handwritten by Paul McCartney for the 1968 classic “Hey Jude” at a recording session. The same lyrics are seen being used by John Lennon in a videotaped recording, hung from a...

Covered in glory: the tribute albums that saved careers and changed lives

This week brings new all-star love-ins dedicated to Elton John and Johnny Cash – marginal releases in the context of their careers, yet tributes to lesser-known acts can prove transformativeThere are, when you boil it down, two kinds of tribute album...

As Time Goes By by Derek Taylor review – life in the Beatles’ magic circle

A new edition of the memoir by the band’s amiable press officer who witnessed Beatlemania and took notes as the breakup happened“Spring is here and Leeds play Chelsea tomorrow and Ringo and George and John and Paul are alive and well and full of hope...

These Shocking True Stories Prove John Lennon Was Actually a Terrible Person

Amanda Harding April 01, 2018 The enduring image of John Lennon depicts the ultimate peace-loving hippie — a man who could only “imagine” a perfect future without possessions, greed, hunger, and war. The world remembers him as a musical genius who lo...

Signed off school with Beatlemania | Brief letters

Klaus Voorman: Yet Another 5th Beatle

by Pat Matthews Most Beatle fans know the story. Klaus Voorman, a young artist/musician from Germany, “discovers” a brash group of rock and rollers from Liverpool in a seedy Hamburg night club. He brought along his roommate, Astri...