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Beatles back Rock Band game
The remaining members of The Beatles have appeared on stage to launch a new computer game.
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr attended the E3 Media & Business Summit to unveil the first public viewing of the new Beatles Rock Band game.
Yoko Ono and Olivia
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Bootleg Beatles take to London rooftop
The replica Beatles' rooftop gig in London has been staged today, despite the event being banned by police.
Members of tribute band The Bootleg Beatles had intended to reenact the infamous gig which the original group played on the roof of the Apple building on Saville Row
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Sir Paul issues warning over lost song
Sir Paul McCartney has warned Beatles fans not to expect too much from the band's lost song Carnival of Light.
The singer told the Times the tune will not be to everybody's liking and that it is not another Strawberry Fields.
Last month the 66-year-old told Radio
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Paul McCartney 'politicised the Beatles'
Sir Paul McCartney has claimed it was he who fostered a social conscience within the Beatles and led them into being a political band.
In an interview with Propsect, the bass guitarist said he had a meeting with the philosopher Bertrand Russell in the 1960s and during this
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Beatles film sells for £4,100
A rare video of the Beatles has been sold for £4,100 at auction.
The 8mm film contains footage of the band performing in Kansas on their tour of the US in 1964.
John, Paul, Ringo and George are seen singing on stage at the Municipal Stadium, although there is
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Oasis top Radiohead, Beatles in album poll
Oasis have come out top on a new poll conducted by Q magazine and music retailer HMV to find the nation's favourite British albums.
The Manchester rockers scored both the top two places, ahead of Radiohead and the Beatles, with 'Definitely Maybe' coming top and '(What's The Story)
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HRH The Queen gives Beatles tribute
On Saturday (6th July) Fans of the Beatles gathered at the spot where fifty years previous one of the most important meetings of musical minds took place - and received an unexpected personal message from Her Majesty The Queen.
The Beatles came into being when John Lennon, then
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New Beatles single on the way
An unheard recording originally made by the late John Lennon could find its way to commercial release later this year.
The track, titled "Now And Then", is to be compiled from archive Beatles recordings by the remaining Beatles, and is planned for release as single, reports the
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The Beatles set for chart success
The Beatles are expected to land the first British No. 1 single based purely on download singles later this year.
The band finally reached a settlement with Apple computers this month, allowing the computer company to use the name globally for music sales. And as part of the
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McCartney working on Beatles song
Paul McCartney is looking to complete a song recorded with John Lennon before his death, it has been reported.
The unheard piece "Now and Then" was never finished, with Lennon said to have decided the track wasn't up to the Beatles usual standard. However, McCartney is seeing it
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Unseen Beatles footage to air
Footage of the Beatles last ever official concert appearance is to be shown for the first time later this month by the BBC - giving a revealing glimpse into the unprofessional side of live music throughout the 1960s.
Barry Hood was given authority to film the concert, at San
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New Beatles album due!
The Beatles are set to release a new album later this year, it has been reported.
Consisting of all-new recordings which were produced for the band's Cirque De Soleil show, currently taking residence at the Mirage in Las Vegas. Produced by George Martin and his son Giles, the new
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The Beatles hit EMI for £13m
The Beatles have been given the green light to launch a big-money lawsuit against their former record label to recoup lost earnings.
The suit - launched by Ringo Star and Paul McCartney, alongside the estate of George Harrison and John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono - will see the
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George Martin on Beatles 'Love'
Sir George Martin was among a star-studded turn out at The Mirage in Las Vegas earlier this week for the premier of a new Beatles musical, Love by Cirque du Soleil.
With a roll call of ex-Beatles and their families, including Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison, Sir George
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Synthesiser legend Dr Moog dies
The pioneering sound manipulator succumbs to brain cancer.
The world would sound a very different place without the efforts of Dr Robert Moog, who died yesterday at his North Carolina home, aged 71.
Widely credited as the founding father of modern sound synthesis, Moog
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Queen emerge as UK's most popular act
The band trump The Beatles and Elvis Presley to the top spot.
Chart experts writing for the current edition of the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles have surprised many this week, naming classic rockers Queen as the UK's most popular band of all time.
According to the
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Lost Beatles Track Published Online
A track reported to be a lost
Beatles recording has been published online, soundgenerator can report.
"I'm In Love", was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney buy never released by the Beatles, instead recorded by another band, The Fourmost.
British newspaper the
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Jay-Z/Beatles 'Grey Album' Blocked By EMI
EMI have issued a 'cease-and-desist' order against hip-hop DJ/producer
Danger Mouse to block the release of his 'Grey Album' project, which cuts vocals from Jay-Z's 'Black Album' over The Beatles White Album.
MTV reports that the music corporation, who control the rights to
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Yoko Ono Compiles Lennon DVD
‘Lennon Legend’, which features a comprehensive selection of Lennon footage compiled by Yoko One, is set for release in October.
The DVD release is a visual companion to the ‘Lennon Legend’ CD compilation and features a raft of Lennon footage taken from throughout the Legendary
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Rare Beatles Photo Auctioned
An auctioned photo taken of the Beatles in 1965, apparently the day the Beatles were told they were to receive MBE's, is receiving huge interest and has passed the £9000 bid mark.
The photo was taken by Hungarian photographer Michael Peto, who was given access to the band on the
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George Harrison Guitar Goes On Display
An acoustic guitar that George Harrison bought in the mid fifties has been loaned to a museum in Liverpool. The guitar valued at a round £500,000 will be on display at the Beatles Story Museum in Liverpool after being loaned to the museum by it’s British owner who bought the guitar
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Lennon Home Goes Public
The UK heritage organisation National Trust is planning to open the former home of John Lennon to the general public. The house, where John Lennon spent his childhood and wrote some of the Beatles' first hits will open its doors next month. The wife of the late Beatle Yoko Ono
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Lennon's Killer Fails In Parole Hearing
Mark David Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon, has been rejected for the second time in his bid for parole.
A closed hearing took place on Tuesday in front of the New York State parole board but the request was denied.
Chapman was given a life sentence for the killing of
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Queen Elizabeth Pays Call On Beatles
Queen Elizabeth II took a day trip to the hometown of the Beatles, re-christening its airport in honour of John Lennon and attending an exhibition of paintings by Sir Paul McCartney.
The queen unveiled a plaque Thursday at Liverpool's airport, now named in honor of Lennon, who was
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Queen No.1 Of All Time
Queen's classic rock opera single Bohemian Rhapsody has been voted no.1 in poll to find the UK's favourite hit of all time.
The track, recorded in 1975, was a mixture of operatic-style harmonies with rock, beat off such classics Beatles' tracks such as Yesterday and Hey Jude.
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Beatles Sell-Off Rubbished
Rumours earlier in the week about Michael Jackson selling his Beatles publishing rights have been dismissed as baseless speculation by his label Sony Music.
Jackson, who owns more than 250 songs as part of ATV Music Publishing, was reported to be selling of his complete catalogue
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Beatles - No sale!
After last year's high profile Beatles auction - which saw saw the hammer fall for John Lennon's 'Imagine' piano at £1.45M - a lot was hoped for yesterday's sale, but many were disappointed.
The stage where John Lennon first met Paul McCartney remained unsold after it failed to
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Fifth Beatles Estate Under The Hammer
The complete estate of the legendary fifth Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe is to be auctioned.
The auction house Fleetwood Owen, co-founded by drummer Mick Fleetwood, is to put under the hammer the collection, including Sutcliffe's collection of correspondences with the Beatles.
Also
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