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Forty seven years ago this month, Please Please Me became the first Beatles single released in the U.S. and also became the title track to the Beatles first LP in the UK. Written solely by John Lennon, John recalled in the 1980 Playboy interview that "it was my attempt at writing a Roy Orbison song, would you believe it?"
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Whenever rock & roll appears in ads, some fans protest. The debate rages every time Dr. Dre teases Detox for Dr. Pepper, or Bob Dylan promotes Pepsi. But in truth, rock stars have appeared in dozens of Super Bowl commercials. Now new car commercial featuring archival footage of John Lennon is currently causing a bit of an uproar in the U.K.
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1 White Street in New York City is for sale. In 1973, John Lennon and Yoko Ono claimed this was the address of their Nutopian Embassy in their bid with the U.N. to avoid deportation from the U.S. Its current owner still receive letters of sympathy intended for Yoko Ono, and the house is occasionally photographed by John Lennon fans.
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Paul McCartney today announces five special massive UK and Ireland shows as part of his 2010 Up and Coming tour, confirming the speculation that he's bringing his all new tour home. Paul said, "It's always brilliant to play for the home crowd and these dates are ones that me and the band are really excited about."
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James McCartney, son of ex-Beatle Sir Paul, is playing to acclaim in the UK and has reportedly been swamped with recording offers.
The 32-year-old, whose mother is the late Linda, has just wound up recording for his debut album, which was produced by his collaborator David Kahn.
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EMI has sold its prestigious Olympic Sound Studios. The studio, where the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin recorded some of their most famous tracks, and where the Beatles recorded two songs in 1967, has been sold for around £3.5m to a businessman who is considering a number of options for the site including opening a cinema.
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Live From Abbey Road on the Sundance Channel returns on Friday. The first episode is a tribute to The Beatles' Abbey Road album, released 40 years ago. Participants include Seal, Counting Crows and Matchbox Twenty. Also on hand is Sir George Martin, who talks a bit between performances and reminisces about the album's famed cover.
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The Black Eyed Peas have revealed that the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus will accompany them on their upcoming US tour dates. Aside from acting as a studio facility for the group, the non-profit mobile recording and multimedia studio will also call at educational projects in each city. The John Lennon Education Bus was launched in January 2008 by Yoko Ono.
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Nowhere Boy portrayed the precocious teenage John Lennon before the Beatles and his complex relationship with his domineering aunt and free-spirited mother. Now, Lennon Naked will be the second film of the past 12 months to tackle the subject of one of British music's most enduring and enigmatic icons.
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Abbey Road Studios, the world's most famous recording studio, announces the introduction of a new range of products for music lovers, musicians, audio enthusiasts and curious fans alike. A range of carefully selected t-shirts, laptop cases and notebooks will be the first products to be featured.
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Yoko Ono, who turned 77 last week, was the perfect choice to open the 2010 Noise Pop festival on Tuesday night at the Fox Theater in Oakland. This homegrown fest, now in its 18th year, is all about celebrating music that resides far left of the mainstream. And it doesn't get any less mainstream than Yoko Ono.
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The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has handed out its Gold Disc Award today. The awards celebrate the artists that have sold the most in various sales categories. On the strength of their re-mastered box sets, the Beatles snatched the Japan Gold Disc Award for international artist of the year
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Cirque du Soleil has finally brought to the stage, a debate once confined to arguments among fans of contemporary music: Who do you prefer, The Beatles or Elvis Presley? After leaving "Viva Elvis," a friend turned to me and said, simply, "Well, that was fun." Those leaving the theater after "Love" were about speechless.
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Fans are outraged that John Lennon's image, with dubbed words by an actor, has been used to promote a Citroen Car in a series of television advertisements in the UK and are calling for a boycott of the cars. Mersey Beat founder Bill Harry said, "This is totally out of order and will be depressing millions and millions of Lennon fans."
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Abbey Road was designated a historic site by the British government on Tuesday to protect the pop music shrine against any plans to radically alter it. Culture Minister Margaret Hodge declared the iconic venue a Grade II listed building, the second-highest category, on the advice of national preservation body English Heritage.
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When Paul McCartney wrote Penny Lane there never was a barber's shop in the world famous road. But forty-three years on, a barber has finally opened-up for the first time in Penny Lane. And Barry Hayden is even making the lyrics come true by displaying a picture of "every head he's had the pleasure to know"... on his online Twitter page.
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Paul McCartney will play the Hollywood Bowl on March 30, his first concert at the venue since 1993, as part of his just-announced 2010 Up and Coming tour. Tickets for the Bowl concert go on sale Sunday, Feb. 28. Details on additional dates and locations are to be announced soon.
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Music company EMI wants to retain ownership of the Abbey Road recording studios, though it is talking to other parties about revitalizing the site, EMI said on Sunday. "EMI confirms that it is holding preliminary discussions for the revitalization of Abbey Road with interested and appropriate third parties," the company said in a statement.
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