Архив за месяц: Июнь 2012.

Июнь 9, 2012

Paul McCartney booked to play The Apocalypse

Fans of music and doomsday prophecies were celebrating last night after God confirmed that he had booked the former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney to be the closing act at the end of mankind.
A spokesangel for the Lord said ‘we’ve had him pencilled in for a while but he’s so busy we thought we had better […]

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Beatle wrote song on the loo

Cologne - Former Beatle Paul McCartney put the finishing touches to the hit tune Yesterday while sitting on the toilet, according to a former collaborator.
Fans have long known that McCartney woke up one morning in 1964 in his girlfriend’s London flat humming the tune.
Fellow musician Tony Sheridan said in his memoirs released on Friday […]

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Июнь 8, 2012

Iconic Twickenham Film Studios Is ‘Saved’

The Beatles get their hair done before going on set to film at Twickenham Studios
The iconic Twickenham film studios, which made the Beatles films, Blade Runner and War Horse, has been saved from closure following a celebrity-backed campaign.
Big names in the film industry such as Colin Firth, Steven Spielberg and Sir Paul McCartney signed a petition […]

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Olivia Harrison: George Harrison Hologram for Beatles Reunion Never Happening Posted on May

Don’t you wish the Beatles could reunite? So do we, but that would be impossible. However, since Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre performed alongside a projection of Tupac at theCoachella Music Festival last month, bands have been flirting with the idea of bringing theirdead brethren back on stage.
Olivia Harrison, though, isn’t having any of it. The late George Harrison’s widow recently spoke to Mojo […]

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Sir Tom Jones reveals the Beatles hit that was written for him

It’s one of The Beatles most famous songs but if the course of rock ‘n’ roll history had been altered, it’s Sir Tom Jones who would be famous for singing The Long And Winding Road – not The Fab Four.
The Welsh icon has revealed how his fellow knight of the realm, Sir Paul McCartney offered […]

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The Beatles named the UK’s biggest selling singles act of all time

The Fab Four beat Elvis and Cliff Richard into second and third place

The Beatles have been named the biggest selling singles act in the UK, since charts began 60 years ago in 1952.
The Fab Four pushed Elvis Presley into second place and Cliff Richard into third, in a new list compiled by the Official Charts Company, which is being […]

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Beatles museum in Hamburg closing due to ‘lack of interest’

‘Beatlemania’ will be shut down by the end of June

The Beatles museum in Hamburg, Germany will close down at the end of this month, according to reports.
The five-storey ‘Beatlemania’ museum was opened in May 2009 but will apparently be shut at the end of June due to a lack of interest from Fab Four fanatics.
Speaking […]

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Июнь 6, 2012

Paul McCartney to play at Olympics opening ceremony

Paul McCartney has confirmed an Olympic-sized rumor, saying he’ll be the closing act at the London 2012 opening ceremony.
Earlier this year the former Beatle disclosed that he was in talks to play a role in the celebrations. On Monday, he confirmed: “I’ve been booked.”
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Июнь 4, 2012

Paul McCartney launches online remix project for fans

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London: Beatles legend Paul McCartney is giving fans the chance to remix his songs by launching an online version of his home recording studio.
The 69-year-old singer has uploaded four tracks, including the title song from his hit 1973 album `Band on the Run`, on his official website, reported a leading […]

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Июнь 1, 2012

Beatles fans win battle to save Ringo Starr’s Liverpool birthplace

Fans have won a battle to save the home of former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr from demolition and it will be turned into a tourist attraction.
Beatles fans in Liverpool and around the world had battled for three years to preserve the humble terraced house in Madryn Street, Liverpool
It had been scheduled for destruction in a […]

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