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BEATLES NEWS - Friday 3rd May 2024

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THE “REAL” BEATLES SONG JOHN LENNON CALLED HIS BEST Lucy Harbron/Far Out Magazine In total, John Lennon wrote 95 songs for the Beatles. But that’s only the officially released effort. It’s estimated that the band’s archive is hundreds of songs deep as John Lennon and Paul McCartney proved to be prolific from the moment their friendship and creative partnership began.  READ MORE PAUL MCCARTNEY’S RARELY SEEN PHOTOGRAPHY GETS A BIG MUSEUM SHOW IN NEW YORK Hollie Mclaughlin-Martin/Art News During the early 1960s, at the height of “Beatlemania,” New York City was taken by storm as The Beatles kicked off their visit to the US. Tens of thousands of fans hurried to the streets, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Fab Four, and band member Paul McCartney was ready to greet them. But McCartney did more than simply posing for pictures—he also shot photographs himself, using his Pentax 35mm film camera. READ MORE LET IT BE BEATLES: THE COMMUNITY RADIO SHOW THAT’S 32 YEARS OLD AND STILL GOING STRONG S
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BEATLES NEWS - Thursday 2nd May 2024

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BEATLES NORWEGIAN WOOD SITAR IS WORTH £53K Colin Ricketts/News.JustCollecting The first sitar owned by Beatle George Harrison and played on Norwegian Wood has sold at auction for more than £53,000 in Los Angeles.  The instrument, bought by Harrison in 1965, is arguably one of the most important and influential in late 60s pop culture.   Although Harrison fairly swiftly passed it on to a friend, it sparked a life-long love affair with Indian classical music that was vividly audible during the later years of the Beatles.   READ MORE HOW YOU CAN SEE JOHN LENNON'S LONG-LOST GUITAR IN IRELAND — FOR ONE WEEK ONLY Denise O’Donoghue/Irish Examiner Irish Beatles fans and music lovers have the opportunity to lay their eyes on John Lennon’s long-lost guitar for one week only, before it is expected to fetch a record price at auction in the United States.  Lennon’s Framus 12-string hootenanny acoustic guitar was recently found in an attic in England after 50 years on the missing list.  READ MOR
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BEATLES NEWS - Wednesday 1st May 2024

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SEAN ONO LENNON, ELVIS COSTELLO ATTEND SPECIAL SCREENING OF THE BEATLES’ ‘LET IT BE’ IN NEW YORK Rural Radio The restored version of The Beatles 1970 documentary, Let It Be, was shown at a special screening in New York City on Monday, April 29, with stars like Sean Ono Lennon, Elvis Costello and Paul Shaffer in attendance.  The evening included a special Q&A with the film’s original director, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, and Apple Corps Ltd.’s Jonathan Clyde. READ MORE NEW DOCUMENTARY LOOKS AT 1969’S ROCK N ROLL REVIVAL MUSIC FESTIVAL kshe95 A new documentary will give music fans a behind-the-scenes look at Toronto’s 1969 Rock N Roll Revival music festival, which featured John Lennon’s first time performing outside The Beatles.  The documentary, Revival69: The Concert That Rocked The World, details how promoters John Brower and Kenny Walker were able to book Lennon for the show and how his appearance almost didn’t happen. In the end he took the stage for a debut performance of The Plastic
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BEATLES NEWS - Tuesday 30th April 2024

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THE BEATLES – “LET IT BE” TRAILER RELEASED whatsondisneyplus Disney has released a trailer for the upcoming release of The Beatles’ film “Let It Be. “The film was originally released in 1970 but will now be available on Disney+ for the first time in over fifty years. First released in May 1970 amidst the swirl of The Beatles’ breakup, “Let It Be” now takes its rightful place in the band’s history.  READ MORE ‘LET IT BE’: DISNEY+ UNVEILS TRAILER & MAY 8 LAUNCH DATE MORE THAN 50 YEARS AFTER MOVIE FIRST AIRED Max Goldbart / Deadline And in this hour of darkness, Beatles movie Let it Be is returning to screens.  The movie that was first released amid the swirl of The Beatles’ breakup in 1970 will launch on Disney+ on May 8 and has unveiled trailer. Once viewed through a darker lens, the film is now brought to light through its restoration and in the context of revelations brought forth in Peter Jackson’s multiple Emmy Award-winning docuseries, The Beatles: Get Back, which was a smash h
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BEATLES NEWS - Monday 29th April 2024

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THE BEATLES ARE COMING! RESTORED “LET IT BE” SCREENING MAY BE LAST CHANCE REUNION FOR FABLED GROUP EXTENDED FAMILY Roger Friedman/Showbiz411 Fans of The Beatles will never “let it be.” Tonight, the movie of that name – restored with added footage — will be screened in New York. Disney Plus starts airing it at the end of the week on their streaming platform. (A Los Angeles screening is planned for later in the week.)  Who’s coming to this last round up? Paul McCartney might be in town. His exhibition of photographs opens later this week at the Brooklyn Museum. READ MORE 10 BEST THE BEATLES SONGS OF ALL TIME Samuel Moore/Singers Room The Beatles, a band whose impact on music transcends generations, continues to captivate audiences worldwide with their timeless melodies and innovative songwriting. Crafting a definitive list of their top 10 songs is no small feat, given the breadth and depth of their unparalleled discography. From the infectious energy of their early hits to the experiment
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BEATLES NEWS - Sunday 28th April 2024

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REDISCOVERED JOHN LENNON GUITAR HEADS TO AUCTION FOR MORE THAN £600,000 Art Dependence It’s a familiar tale because we all secretly hope to have such good fortune. It’s why so many of us eagerly sift through clothing racks at the thrift shop, and why the musty air of a cobweb-ridden attic smells of opportunity to the intrepid antiquarian.  Every freshly-opened box and blanket overturned is a chance at making that next big find, be it a charity shop Picasso, a yard sale film canister that turns out to be an rare original print, or an old guitar with a famous former owner that was hidden away for decades. READ MORE THE BEATLES: HOW A MYSTERY PHOTOSHOOT WITH A 'POP GROUP' LED TO A DAY SPENT WITH THE BEATLES Lionheart TV “Let It Be,” director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s original 1970 film about The Beatles, is set to be launched exclusively on Disney+ this May 8, 2024. This marks the first time the film will be available in over 50 years. First released in May 1970 amid the swirl of The
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BEATLES NEWS - Saturday 27th April 2024

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MICHAEL LINDSAY-HOGG’S ORIGINAL 1970 FILM ABOUT THE BEATLES, METICULOUSLY RESTORED BY PETER JACKSON’S TEAM AT PARK ROAD POST PRODUCTION TO LAUNCH EXCLUSIVELY ON DISNEY+ MAY 8, 2024 Lionheart TV “Let It Be,” director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s original 1970 film about The Beatles, is set to be launched exclusively on Disney+ this May 8, 2024. This marks the first time the film will be available in over 50 years. First released in May 1970 amid the swirl of The Beatles’ breakup, “Let It Be” now takes its rightful place in the band’s history. Once viewed through a darker lens, the film is now brought to light through its restoration and in the context of revelations brought forth in Peter Jackson’s multiple Emmy Award®-winning docuseries, READ MORE HOWARD STERN PICKS THE THREE GREATEST ROCK BANDS OF ALL TIME: “WITHOUT A DOUBT” Tom Taylor/Far Out Magazine Infamous shock jock Howard Stern is a man who is not afraid to voice his opinion, and he’ll likely throw in a slew of expletives while he’s
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