![]() "Hey, I'm friendly with German people," Macca said, "and by that argument, I should never go to Germany or they should never come here."īloomingdale's may be the first to sell the new digital mixes of Beatles songs - on a special limited-edition iPod. ![]() But over 200,000 fans put the past behind them and enjoyed a show full of Beatles, Wings and solo tunes.Įarlier, Paul had told Radio Canada it was "time to smoke the pipes of peace." Some politicos had criticized bringing in a British act because the Plains were the site of the 1759 battle which led to Great Britain's conquest of New France. Then it was off to the Plains Of Abraham for Quebec's 400th anniversary celebration. Paul sang "Piano Man" with Joel and closed the "Last Play At Shea" show with "Let It Be." Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Tony Bennett also turned up for the event. The Beatles were the first musical act to play Shea in 1965. July 18th-20th, 2008 was a busy weekend for Paul McCartney.įirst, he showed up as a surprise guest of Billy Joel's at Shea Stadium during a concert marking the end of live music at the venue before it's demolished. He and his wife Valerie have co-hosted the underground-vinyl-era show, Far Out! on 70-90 specialty-format stations for 15 years. Innes is the main attraction at this year's Beatlefest in Chicago.īeatles Basement, a two-hour weekly show hosted by former KQMT/Denver personality Archer, will debut on 114 radio stations worldwide the weekend of August 2nd, 2008.Īrcher hosted KQMT's Breakfast With The Beatles and the station's daily morning show from 2002 to 2008. Spinetti, a friend of the Beatles, had previously appeared in A Hard Day's Night and Help! Neil Innes, who performed "Death Cab For Cutie" with Vivian Stanshall and the Bonzo Dog Band in Mystery Tour, went on to become Dirk Nasty of the Rutles. The film, which was broadcast in black and white despite its dependence on psychedelic color imagery, was panned by the critics but produced a soundtrack which was nominated for a best-album Grammy in 1968. Neil Innes, Tony Barrow, Mike McCartney, Spencer Davis, Tony Bramwell, Freda Kelly and Victor Spinetti are among those sharing memories of the filming and production of the holiday TV film Magical Mystery Tour. Magical Mystery Tour Memories, a DVD recounting the Beatles' 1967 psychedelic TV film project, will be released September 2nd, 2008. Hurt, you'll recall, played the "important impresario" in Paul McCartney's "Take It Away" video in 1982. John Hurt, Cathy Dennis, Nitin Sawhney, Trevor Horn and Lea Anderson were among those dubbed Companions of LIPA at the ceremony. ![]() Sir Paul is the main patron of LIPA, which opened in 1996. Once again, Paul McCartney officiated at the graduation ceremonies at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. The 70-CD full-sized jukeboxes will be available in either "Yellow Submarine" or Beatles-cartoon-show motifs. They'll be marketed under the popular Sound Leisure brand and introduced in Liverpool in August 2008. ![]() under a license agreement between Apple Corps and Lordsvale Sales Ltd. Shevey converted the interview into the book The Other Side Of John Lennon, which was published after John's death.Ī British antiques dealer living in Spain was the high bidder.īeatles jukeboxes are being produced in the U.K. The "Bag One" catalogue, signed by John and Yoko, was given to journalist Sandra Shevey in 1972, after she spent 12 hours interviewing them at their home in New York. An autographed catalogue of John Lennon's rather racy sketches of himself and Yoko Ono has fetched $50,000 at auction.
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