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Last month, Sir Paul McCartney released his new album McCartney III, in which he once again sings and plays all the instruments by himself. During the promotion of the new solo record, the 78-year-old took part in a Reddit AMA and fans were asking The Beatles legend who he wished he could collaborate with. A fan wrote: “Hey Sir Paul! If you could collab[orate] with any musician in the future, who would it be?”
Sir Paul replied: “I've always had a sneaky feeling to collaborate with Bob Dylan, but it's never happened. It's intriguing, but…”
The 78-year-old has always been a big fan of his almost 80-year-old contemporary and has been saying for over a decade he’s like to work with him.
Another fan asked: “Paul, if you could choose one artist from any point in history to make an album with, who would it be?”
He replied: “There's an awful lot of them. John Lennon, he's pretty good.”
Source: George Simpson/express.co.uk
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Gerry Marsden died on Sunday, January 3 at the age of 78-years-old after being diagnosed with a blood infection in his heart. The Liverpool FC anthem singer was also the leader of Merseybeat band Gerry and the Pacemakers who were managed by Brian Epstein and recorded by George Martin just like The Beatles. Now Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr have paid tribute to Marsden on Instagram, who Macca says was the Fab Four’s first big rival in the early days.
Sir Paul posted a picture from 1963’s Roy Orbison/Beatles UK tour, which also included Gerry and the Pacemakers.
The two bands and American singer are pictured in what looks like a dressing room.
The 78-year-old Beatle wrote: “Gerry was a mate from our early days in Liverpool. He and his group were our biggest rivals on the local scene.
“His unforgettable performances of You’ll Never Walk Alone and Ferry Cross the Mersey remain in many people’s hearts as reminders of a joyful time in British music. My sympathies go to his wife Pauline and family. See ya, Gerry. I’ll always remember you with a smile. - Paul.”
Source: George Simpson/express.co.uk
Gerry Marsden, lead singer of the 1960s British group Gerry and the Pacemakers that had such hits as “Ferry Cross the Mersey” and the song that became the anthem of Liverpool Football Club, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” has died. He was 78.
His family said that Marsden died Sunday “after a short illness in no way connected with COVID-19” and that his wife, daughters and grandchildren are “devastated.”
His friend Pete Price said on Instagram after speaking to Marsden’s family that the singer died after a short illness related to a heart infection.
“I’m sending all the love in the world to (his wife) Pauline and his family,” he said. “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
Marsden was the lead singer of the band that found fame in the Merseybeat scene in the 1960s. Though another Liverpool band — The Beatles — reached superstardom, Gerry and the Pacemakers will always have a place in the city’s consciousness because of “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
Source: AP News
An Antiques Roadshow guest was completely stunned to learn the value of a helmet once worn by late Beatles legend John Lennon.
The BBC One series returned to screens on Sunday night with new coronavirus safety protocols in place.
One guest brought in a police helmet which belonged to her father but was worn by Lennon when he and his Beatles bandmates, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, visited the Birmingham Hippodrome in 1963 for a performance.
The woman’s father, Ivor Gordon Russell, was one of the officers escorting the Beatles in.
She explained: ‘They had to get them through the screaming girls and they didn’t know quite how they were going to do it. The sergeant had the wonderful idea of, why don’t you put helmets on them and make them look like policemen and we’ll get them through the girls.
Source: Alicia Adejobi/metro.co.uk
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“And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make,” right?
Or so goes the Beatles’ song The End, the final time the Fab Four recorded a tune together, in this case for 1969’s Abbey Road (which was recorded after but released before 1970’s Let It Be.)
Well, “the end” of the Liverpool-formed group began 50 years ago on Dec. 31, 1970 when Paul McCartney filed a lawsuit against his bandmates John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr for dissolution of the group’s contractual partnership.
“Paul just got fed up with it all and he was the one to initiate it,” said Toronto-based author Piers Hemmingsen, 65, who penned 2016’sThe Beatles in Canada: The Origins of Beatlemania. “The shot was fired Dec. 31, 1970.”
And that “shot” marked an iconic moment in rock’n roll history.
“Why didn’t we let go in 1970?” said Hemmingsen. “It carries on.”
Hemmingsen says the split can be traced back to when Lennon performed with the Plastic Ono Band at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival in September 1969.
Source: Jane Stevenson
The Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney has released his new solo album in McCartney III and recently took part in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session. During the fan Q&A, the 78-year-old was asked what his favourite George Harrison song and personal live performance was. Well, the answer to the first is probably not that surprising.
A fan asked: “Hello Sir Paul! I love your music! If I may ask, what’s your favourite song of George Harrison?
The star replied: “Here Comes The Sun. It is a brilliant song and the kind of song that’s really good in times like these.”
Harrison’s song features on The Beatles’ 1969 album Abbey Road and is the most streamed Fab Four track on Spotify globally, with over 350 million streams as of just over a year ago.
The Quiet Beatle sadly died in November 2001 at the age of 58-years-old after a battle with lung cancer.
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The Beatles' Paul McCartney shared that no one cared about his music and songwriting until he met John Lennon, another songwriter.
Lennon had met McCartney through a mutual friend, and the two quickly bonded over the fact that they were both creative songwriters.
On "The Howard Stern Show," Stern asked McCartney if he had been considered a prodigy because of his songwriting abilities. McCartney revealed that no one had really cared about it.
In an interview with Stern, McCartney revealed that he noticed Lennon with his long hair and sideburns moving around Liverpool. The music legend asked him to join his band; however, he had been reluctant and said,
"Let me think about it, I'll get back to you on that."
Source: Laura Beatham/news.amomama.com
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Paul McCartney is opening up about his final moments with George Harrison. Speaking in an NPR interview, which was revealed by Fox News, the 78-year-old rocker recalled being there for his former bandmate amid his cancer battle.
"We were in New York before he went to Los Angeles to die … We were sitting there, and I was holding his hand, and it occurred to me — I’ve never told this — I don’t want to hold George’s hand. You don’t hold your mate’s hands. I mean, we didn’t anyway," he said.
Harrison died on Nov. 29, 2001, from cancer at age 58. He had undergone treatment for a brain tumor and lung cancer, and according to news reports, stunned friends by revealing he expected to die soon.
"He has an indomitable spirit — but he knows that he is going to die soon and he is accepting that," said George Martin, the Beatles' longtime producer, at the time. McCartney recalled Harrison's frustration at traveling around trying to find a cure for his cancer.
Source: Zoe Papadakis/newsmax.com
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Howard Has Been Very Opinionated About Yoko Ono... And Her 'Singing.'
Only Howard Stern's most stubborn fans hate that he has relationships with some celebrities. Most of the time, these fans live in the past. They want Howard to be feuding with celebrities 24/7. The truth is, Howard still has issues with certain famous people (such as Oprah Winfrey) and he makes this known on his SiriusXM radio show. But, overall, he is a much calmer man than he used to be. He doesn't constantly battle people because she doesn't battle himself. This has even allowed him to build connections with people he once feuded with such as Rosie O'Donnell.
But that doesn't stop Howard from having strong opinions of things he doesn't like... And this is precisely what would hold him back from having a relationship with John Lennon if he were still alive.
The very thought of John Lennon not liking Howard hurts him because...
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Ringo Starr says he wanted to give the gift of a little joy at the end of 2020.
The former Beatle released the video to his latest song, “Here’s To The Nights” — penned by writer Diane Warren — along with a message to fans.
“When Diane presented this song to me I loved the sentiment of it. This is the kind of song we all want to sing along to, and it was so great how many wonderful musicians joined in,” he said, “I wanted it out in time for New Year’s because it feels like a good song to end a tough year on. So here’s to the nights we won’t remember and the friends we won’t forget — and I am wishing everyone peace and love for 2021.”
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Paul McCartney has revealed he still talks to his late Beatles bandmate George Harrison — through a tree.
Harrison died aged 58 in 2001 after a battle with lung cancer. But before he died, the “Here Comes The Sun” singer gave McCartney a fir tree that now grows on the grounds of his Sussex estate, and which he believes contains Harrison’s spirit.
McCartney, 78, told NPR’s All Things Considered: “George was very into horticulture, a really good gardener. So he gave me a tree as a present: It’s a big fir tree, and it’s by my gate.
“As I was leaving my house this morning, I get out of the car, close the gate and look up at the tree and say, ‘Hi, George.’ There he is, growing strongly.
“And you know, that takes me back to the time when I hitchhiked with him! They’re [Harrison and John Lennon] an ever-present presence.”
He added: “It’s lovely. He gave it to me, so I just planted it. But then, as the years go by, every time I look at it I go, ‘That’s the tree George gave me.’ George has entered that tree for me. I hope he’s happy with that.”
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Sir Paul McCartney lives in the home he bought in St John's Wood, London in 1965, just a stone's throw away from the famed Abbey Road Studios and the zebra crossing featured on The Beatles 11th album cover, and where he held his wedding reception with Nancy Shevell in 2011. The star bought the property for £40,000 but a neighbouring property recently went up for £16.5million, suggesting it has since skyrocketed in value. He has shared several photos inside over the years, showing plenty of colour and references to the band including framed photographs and instruments. Take a look.
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PIERS Morgan apologised to Sir Paul McCartney for introducing him to ex-wife Heather Mills as he shared a fresh-faced throwback snap with fans.
The 55-year-old star wowed his followers with the black and white picture as he congratulated the 78-year-old music icon on reaching number one in the UK and US album chart.
Both men are smiling in the Instagram throwback, with Paul in a patterned shirt and jacket.
Piers is almost unrecognisable in the youthful post, looking uncharacteristic in a casual T-Shirt, with his thick hair styled into messy waves.
He captioned the image: "Congrats to Sir @paulmccartney on achieving his first solo No1 since 1989 on the UK Album chart and the US Billboard Album Sales chart.
"Incredible achievement at the age of 78."
Source: Stephanie Soteriou/thesun.co.uk
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George Harrison was known as the 'quiet Beatle' during his time with the Fab Four, but he became one of the most popular singer-songwriters in his own right.
Here are some fascinating facts about the legendary musician George Harrison that every fan should know:
When did George Harrison join The Beatles?
Aged 15 in July 1957, Paul McCartney met John Lennon and his band, the Quarrymen, at the St Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.
The Quarrymen performed mostly rock and roll and skiffle music. McCartney was soon asked to join as a rhythm guitarist.
Paul told John about his friend George, and in 1958, he auditioned for the band. Lennon felt George, having just turned 15, was too young. However, he later joined after socialising with the group and became accepted as a member.
After trying several names, they chose The Beatles in August 1960, and signed drummer Pete Best before a residency in Hamburg, Germany.
Within a few years, and with the arrival of drummer Ringo Starr, the Fab Four quickly became the biggest stars on the planet, selling over 800 million records worldwide.
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Under the moniker richie, Madison’s Richie Conway has released three albums of music heavily influenced by The Beatles and other psychedelic rock groups of the ‘60s. A sound that he describes as “trying to create a music that reflects a confluence between the old, nostalgic age of analog music and the current, fast paced world of our modern times, drawn from my own life experiences.” He also plays with the trio Sugar and the Milkman.Being that the musical project richie consists of only one member (me), I have been fortunate enough to be exempt from the various strains and restrictions that the lockdown has imposed on many musical groups. My creative process of making music has been more or less unchanged.
Source: Blaine Schultz/shepherdexpress.com
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