Category : Beatles

by Super Admin - 4 years ago

Where have all the bands gone? Well, he’s in one

The Maroon 5 singer ruffled feathers with comments about the decline of groups, but going it alone is easier and cheaperAdam Levine, frontman of Maroon 5 – and let’s face it, if “name any member of Maroon 5” were a question on the final round of Poin...

by Super Admin - 4 years ago

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band to get super deluxe reissue

John Lennon’s first solo album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, is to be reissued in a range of formats on 16 April 2021. The super deluxe box set will include 159 tracks across six CDs and two Blu-ray discs, amounting to more than eleven hours of audi...

by Super Admin - 4 years ago

Abbey Road street sign sells for £37,200

A street sign from London’s world-famous Abbey Road has sold for £37,200 at auction. The sign had been predicted to sell for between £1,000 and £2,000. The hammer price was £30,000, but the total came to over £37,000 with the addition of buyer&...

by Super Admin - 4 years ago

Paul McCartney to publish 960-page book The Lyrics

Paul McCartney is to publish a 960-page two-volume book described as “a self-portrait in 154 songs”. The Lyrics will be published on 2 November 2021, and contains lyrics for 154 songs from 1956 to the present, arranged alphabetically. The...

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Paul McCartney to publish 900-page lyrical 'autobiography'

The Lyrics, a ‘self-portrait in 154 songs’, will look at the people, places and circumstances behind songs written in boyhood, with the Beatles and beyondIt will be “as close to an autobiography” as Paul McCartney “may ever come”: the former Beatle i...

by Super Admin - 4 years ago

Brexit: is it au revoir to the aubergine? | Brief letters

Nine Elms | Jab v jag | Ministerial maternity | Classic Beatles | AuberginesIt is a huge missed opportunity; Wandsworth borough council’s mega development at Nine Elms provides so little for local people, particularly housing (Penthouses and poor doo...

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Covid variants don’t have nationalities | Brief letters

Tom Moore and the NHS | Coronavirus | The Stour valley | Eine Kleine Beatlemusic | Groundhog dayIt is sad indeed to hear of the death of Tom Moore (Report, 2 February). His fundraising on behalf of the NHS has been incredible. Let us not forget, howe...

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Audrey Slaughter obituary

Pioneering magazine editor who created Honey, Petticoat and Over 21Audrey Slaughter, who has died aged 91, started work as a shorthand typist and went on to create three of the most successful titles – Honey, Petticoat and Over 21 – of the new age of...

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Phil Spector dies

The music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector has died at the age of 81. Spector died on 16 January 2021 of complications relating to Covid-19, according to his daughter Nicole. On 31 he was transferred to San Joaquin General Hospital in Fre...

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Mary McCartney to direct Abbey Road Studios documentary

Mary McCartney is to direct a documentary on Abbey Road Studios, it has been announced. If These Walls Could Sing is to be released to coincide with the studio’s 90th anniversary celebrations, which will begin in November 2021. The documentary...