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Beatles Contract Sells At Auction For $553,000
The document is extra special because it was the first signed by Ringo Starr, who had replaced drummer Pete Best in the band just two months before. Auction experts at Sotheby's...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 September 2015
John Lennon's Detention Record Up For Auction
The document records the 29 occasions between September 9, 1955 and July 11, 1956 when Lennon, then 15 years old, received detention at Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool, England. Detailed...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 24 September 2015
Ringo Starr Auctioning Off Over 800 Pieces Of Beatles Memorabilia
The Fab Four star reveals he and his wife, Barbara Bach, realised it was time to offload the many keepsakes they hadn't seen for decades after discovering just how much they had accumulated...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 15 September 2015
Beatles Tv Show In The Works
The Fab Four launched their Apple Corps Ltd. company and Apple Records in 1968 amid rumours of the band's impending split, which became official two years later in 1970. Now the drama...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 10 September 2015
The Beatles' Brian Epstein Contract Up For Auction
The document, which formally bound the Fab Four to Epstein's management roster for five years, was inked by all five parties in October, 1962, two months after Ringo Starr joined the band as...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 07 September 2015
Paul Mccartney Drawings Go On Sale For $16,000
The sketches, which are expected to fetch more than $16,000 (£10,000), feature line portraits of three figures who look like members of the band, and were found in an attic by the seller....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 27 August 2015
Miley Cyrus' Breasts Made Sir Paul Mccartney Uncomfortable
Miley Cyrus' breasts made Sir Paul McCartney uncomfortable.The 'Wrecking Ball' hitmaker met the Beatles star when she inducted Joan Jett into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame earlier this year but she was only...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 27 August 2015
Paul Mccartney Recalls Gun Terror
Sir Paul McCartney feared for his own life after John Lennon was murdered.The former Beatles star was constantly on ''high alert'' after his bandmate was shot outside his New York home in 1980, especially as...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 25 August 2015
Paul Mccartney Spooked By Army Gunmen After John Lennon Murder
The Beatles legend was on "high alert" after crazed Mark Chapman gunned down Lennon outside his New York home in 1980, and many of his showbusiness pals dramatically increased their security detail....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 24 August 2015
The Beatles' First Ever Recording Contract Going Up For Auction In New York
A critical piece of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia is to go on sale next month, with the news that the first ever recording contract signed by The Beatles is to go under the hammer in...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18 August 2015
The Beatles' First Recording Contract Expected To Fetch Over $150,000 At Auction
The six-page legal document, signed in 1961 in Hamburg, Germany, is expected to fetch over $150,000 (£94,000) when it goes under the hammer in New York next month (Sep15). The contract led...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 18 August 2015
Beatles' First Record Contract Up For Sale
The Beatles' first recording contract has been put up for auction.The document - which is being sold by the estate of late Beatles historian Uwe Blaschke, who died in 2010 - will be sold at...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 August 2015
Keith Richards Slams Beatles Lp
Keith Richards has slammed The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' album.The 71-year-old rocker has blasted the band's acclaimed 1967 album - which was previously named Rolling Stone magazine's number one album of all...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 06 August 2015
Keith Richards Blasts The Beatles' Iconic Album
The band's groundbreaking 1967 release is considered one of the best records of all time, but guitarist Richards considers it "a load of s**t". In fact the Rolling Stones star feels the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 05 August 2015
Cilla Black Set For Chart Success
Cilla Black is set for a posthumous UK chart hit with 'Anyone Who Had A Heart'.The Liverpool-born singer first released the cover of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's song in 1964, but it has reappeared...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 04 August 2015
Paul Mccartney Surprises In Hits-filled Lollapalooza Set
The duo performed Get Back during MCCartney's lengthy encore at the Chicago music festival, Billboard.com reports. The Fab Four legend later tweeted on Saturday (01Aug15), "Thank you Chicago! Thank you #Lollapalooza! And...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 01 August 2015
Sir Paul Mccartney: I Lose 'Dozens' Of Beatles Songs
Sir Paul McCartney believes he lost ''dozens'' of potential Beatles songs.The 73-year-old musician has revealed he completely forgot numerous tracks he thought up with his bandmate John Lennon in the 1960s because they had no...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 31 July 2015
Christina Applegate Once Stole A Kiss From Paul Mccartney
The Anchorman actress reveals the unlikely pair was among the stars taking part in a staged reading of Shakespeare plays, organised by Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson, in 2013, when she...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2015
Ono And Bono Unveil Tapestry In New York Honouring John Lennon
A tribute to the late John Lennon was unveiled in New York on Wednesday, with a tapestry unveiled in a ceremony attended by a number of stars including Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and U2 stars...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2015
U2 Stars Join Yoko Ono For John Lennon Celebration
Lennon endured a long legal battle to live and work in the States after officials attempted to have him deported to his native Britain in the early 1970s, but he eventually had the deportation order...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 July 2015
Yoko Ono Unveils John Lennon Green Card Tribute
Yoko Ono unveiled a tribute to John Lennon in New York City on Wednesday (29.07.15) to mark the 40th anniversary of him becoming an American resident.The 82-year-old artist, the widow of the Beatles legend, unveiled...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 30 July 2015
Will Young: Kanye West Is 'Awful'
Will Young thinks Kanye West is ''awful''.The 'Pop Idol' winner has insisted he despises the 'Bound 2' rapper for his ''audacious and opulent'' nature and refused to watch the star perform a recent headline set...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 22 July 2015
Fashion Chain Fined For Changing Beatles Building
Clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch moved into the building in central London to open an Abercrombie Kids store, but authorities in the British capital have ruled they broke local planning laws by carrying...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 08 July 2015
Sir Paul Mccartney: 'Martyr' John Lennon Is More Famous Than Me
Sir Paul McCartney thinks ''martyr'' John Lennon is more famous than him.The Beatles star believes his late bandmate, who was shot in New York, is more well known because of the circumstances of his death.He...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 07 July 2015
'Lost' Beatles Concert Film Banned From Release Over Copyright Battle
The Beatles: The Lost Concert had been due to open for a limited run in U.S. theatres in 2012, but bosses at Sony and the Fab Four's label, Apple Corps, took issue with...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 03 July 2015
Sir Paul Mccartney Frustrated By 'John Lennon Was The Beatles' Comments
The 73-year-old musician formed the Fab Four with Lennon and forged a prolific songwriting partnership with his bandmate and friend, but when the Imagine singer was gunned down outside his apartment building in...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 03 July 2015
Paul Mccsrtney: The Beatles' Success 'Couldn't Happen Again'
Paul McCartney doesn't think any modern day bands can have the success that The Beatles had.The 73-year-old singer has insisted the success of the 'Eleanor Rigby' band - made up of Paul, John Lennon, Ringo...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 02 July 2015
Ringo Starr To Celebrate His 75th At Capitol Records
The rocker annually celebrates his birthday by asking fans to stop at noon wherever they are and offer up a 'peace and love' salute, while sending out positive vibes to the world -...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 June 2015
Beatles' Abbey Road Sessions Heading To London Stage
A replica of the building's Studio Two will be built at London's Royal Albert Hall for the production, which is set to open next year (16) and show how Beatles albums such as Revolver and...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 16 June 2015
Paul Mccartney Fundraiser Nets Double Estimated Price
The Beatles star is offering two fans the chance to sit in front row seats at one of his concerts, attend the afternoon soundcheck, and meet the singer after the show. Organisers...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 09 June 2015
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