Beatles News

Being the daughter of a Beatle certainly has its perks, and Stella McCartney had plenty of famous faces in the house as she showed off her 2014 Green Carpet range at London Fashion Week on Sunday evening (September 14). Always a fan, Sir Paul McCartney showed up to support his little girl, flirting up a storm with Rita Ora throughout the night. Meanwhile, “Fifty Shades of Grey” gal Dakota Johnson mingled with Drew Barrymore and Salma Hayek and Ellie Goulding looked to be enjoying themselves as well. Of her Green Carpet Collection, Stella explained, “The pieces were designed and produced in accordance to the highest sustainability standards. It’s a very holistic approach for me, it’s the way I live my life and it’s my message.

We’re trying to have just a little more conscious consumption.” Enjoy the pictures from The London 2014 Stella McCartney Green Carpet Collection during London Fashion Week (September 14).

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Ringo Starr has said he believes that bands will always be popular in music and that he has "never believed" that rock music is dying out. The former Beatles drummer tells NME in this week's magazine, which is on newsstands and available digitally, that he doesn't think the rock genre will disappear, and that bands will always "come through in the end". He also added that he is a big fan of Kasabian. When asked about Royal Blood being one of the first bands to make it to the Number One slot in the Official Albums Chart with their self-titled debut album last month, Starr said he has "never believed" that rock music is dying out. "The saving grace for me – I have to admit I'm not a big fan of the boybands dancing and that stuff – but the thing that saves me is there's always bands out there. There's always bands playing somewhere, and they come through in the end." When asked if bands will always come through, he said: "I think so. I think people wanna see people playing and singing. Earlier on I heard Kasabia details

On Tuesday 23rd September global leaders – from government, finance, business, and civil society – will meet at the UN headquarters in New York to discuss climate change. It will be the first time the UN has tackled the subject since Copenhagen in 2009. We want the leaders to commit NOW to agreeing an ambitious climate treaty at the COP 21 Conference in Paris next year.

Let’s show them our commitment to reducing global emissions by making one small and easy change – skipping meat for one day a week. Show your support below by pledging to go meat free on Mondays and together let’s urge world leaders to act!

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For most music lovers, there can be no such thing as “too much Beatles.” But there have been stray notes of skepticism surrounding the much-hyped Beatles In Mono vinyl box set that hit stores last week. Particularly among millennial fans, the very concept of mono recording conjures images of quaint lo-fi discs intended strictly for purists and those stranded in the past. Surely this 14-record set is a dive into minutiae, an extraneous curio designed solely for the Beatlemaniac audiophile? This could not be further from the truth. The Beatles In Mono is perhaps the most crucial Beatles release for those who were not privileged to live in a time when the four Fabs roamed the Earth. For a start, just use your ears. Far from a relic, the sound is more alive, full, and frightfully contemporary than ever before. And that’s not just our opinion-

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Though some, if noIf you're under 40, there's a good chance you've never heard the Beatles' music the way it sounded in the 1960s. All of their music, every note of it, was recorded on analog tape -- but all of the Beatles' CDs and LPs mastered after 1986 were sourced from digital masters. Even the 2012 remastered stereo LPs were cut from digital masters. So the big news here is the 2014 remastered mono Beatles LPs are the first to be 100 percent all-analog albums since the 1980s. If you've never heard the band's older LPs, the new mono, 180-gram LPs will knock you for a loop. I have the limited-edition "The Beatles in Mono" box set, but the mono LPs are also available individually. To put some perspective on why I'm making a big deal about this, almost all new LPs by today's bands are mastered from digital sources, even when they were originally analog recordings!

Digital is cheaper and faster technology. Analog tapes are delicate, locating an analog tape machine in tip top condition isn't easy, and mastering all-analog LPs can be a big hassle. Generations of engineers have details

Though some, if not most, of the children probably didn't grasp the magnitude of Ono's fame, her short remarks got them to stop squirming or playing with their stuffed animals, even if her opening remarks were a bit over their heads. "Many, many things are happening now in our society, but if you keep smiling, that's going to change the world," she told them. Ono, decked out in a silver jacket, black fedora, and tennis sneakers, then read what she called an "affirmation" for the children.

"When you wake up in the morning, go to the mirror and look at yourself. In the morning, you won't look too good for yourself [laughs] but you have to start liking yourself. So, I will say it and then you repeat it: 'I am beautiful. I am very intelligent. I am healthy in my body and in my mind. Today's a good day, thank you, thank you, thank you. It will be like this now, and forever. I love myself. I forgive myself. I will listen to you, no matter what.'"

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During the week of September 22nd, Conan will feature daily performances by artists including Beck, Norah Jones and Dhani Harrison to celebrate the music of George Harrison by singing one of his songs. "George Harrison Week" coincides with the release of the box set, The Apple Years: 1968-75 – also due out September 22nd – which compiles the Beatle's first six solo albums. More artists to perform on Conan have yet to be announced.

 In other celebratory Harrison news, the Beatle's legacy will also be celebrated the week after the Conan engagement at an event dubbed George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison. Scheduled to take place at Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre on September 28th, the event will feature appearances by Conan performers Dhani Harrison and Norah Jones, as well as Brian Wilson, the Killers' Brandon Flowers, "Weird Al" Yankovic and members of the Flaming Lips, Weezer, Heart, Spoon, the Strokes, Velvet Revolver and more. One-hundred p details