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(Newser) - The Beatles are getting a long-awaited makeover. The group's entire music collection, including all 12 studio albums released in stereo, is being digitally remastered for release in September, the UK Times reports. It will be the first time the first four Beatles albums will be available in their entirety... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • John Lennon • digital music • Beatles • George Harrison • Ringo Starr • Rock Band • digital transfer • remastering

(AP) - An all-star concert on meditation brought Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr together for their first performance together in 7 years. The reunion of McCartney and Starr, the surviving members of the Beatles, was the highlight of the "Change Begins Within" concert last night. The event was held at Radio... More »

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Paul McCartney • Beatles • reunion • Ringo Starr • reunion concert

 Sir Paul's 
 Vegas Gig 
 Sold Out 
 in 7 Seconds 

Must be some kind of record

Mar 11, 09 3:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A spring gig at a Las Vegas casino featuring Sir Paul MCartney sold out in a blink-of-an-eye seven seconds, reports the Telegraph. The former Beatle will rock the rafters for 4,000 fans next month at the opening of the New Joint at the Hardrock Hotel and Casino. The hurricane... More »

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Paul McCartney • Las Vegas • casino • rock and roll • concert • Beatles

 Concert Stirs Reunion 
 Rumors for Beatles 

McCartney, Starr will perform on the same stage next month

Mar 4, 09 2:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will take the same stage during a charity concert in New York next month, though perhaps not at the same time. The show's organizers originally reported that the remaining Beatles would play together—it'd be the first time since a 2002 George Harrison tribute—but... More »

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Paul McCartney • charity • concert • Beatles • Ringo Starr • reunion concert

 Whitney Grooves at 
 A-List Grammy Gala 

Paul McCartney, Kanye West also at Clive Davis tribute

Feb 8, 09 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Whitney Houston emerged from seclusion to headline the star-studded Pre-Grammy Gala last night, and didn’t disappoint, Edna Gundersen writes in USA Today. The diva belted out a “short but lively medley” that included I Will Always Love You and I’m Every Woman. But she wasn’t the... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • Kanye West • Jennifer Hudson • Grammy Awards • Whitney Houston • Barry Manilow

 Sir Paul to Marry Again 

Family, friends excited about Sir Paul's match with new girlfriend

Jan 25, 09 7:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Less than a year after his acrimonious divorce with Heather Mills was finalized, Paul McCartney plans to wed New Jersey trucking heiress Nancy Shevell, the Daily Mail reports. The two are “blissfully happy together," says McCartney, who received the blessing of first wife Linda's family. Even Paul's daughter... More »

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Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • Beatles • Nancy Shevell • celebrity engagements

 Paul: I Was the Political Beatle 

Paul claims he introduced band to anti-war ideas

Dec 15, 08 9:29 AM CST
(Newser) - In a revelation that will likely befuddle longtime Beatles fans, Paul McCartney claims he was the one who turned the band onto politics, the Times reports. Though McCartney was writing pop songs while activist John Lennon penned blatantly political tunes, as McCartney tells it in a Prospect magazine interview, it... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • John Lennon • celebrity • political activism • pacifists • Vietnam War • Beatles • protesters • celebrity interview

'Eleanor Rigby' Document Goes for $177K

Price for Beatles relic misses $750K projection

Nov 28, 08 9:31 AM CST
(Newser) - A 1911 document that lists “E. Rigby” among the employees of a Liverpool hospital sold at auction for $177,000 yesterday, failing to match hopes of a $750,000 haul for the Beatles relic, Reuters reports. The possible inspiration for the song "Eleanor Rigby" is a salary register... More »

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Paul McCartney • auction • charity • memorabilia • Beatles


 Hard Day's 
 Night for 
 Beatles 
 iTunes Deal 

Apple vs. Apple talks fall through

Nov 25, 08 3:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Don't expect to download Hey Jude any time soon. Negotiations between the Beatles' label, EMI, their holding company, Apple Corps, and Apple Inc. to release the legendary band's hits on iTunes and other internet music services have stalled, reports AP. Bad feelings remain between the two Apples over their long-running... More »

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Paul McCartney • iTunes • Apple • copyright • digital downloads • EMI • Beatles • Internet music portal • Apple Corps • Electric Arguments

John, You Are Forgiven—and You Could Sing

Vatican pardons Lennon for infamous Jesus comment

Nov 22, 08 5:53 PM CST
(Newser) - The Vatican forgave John Lennon today for saying the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, Reuters reports. Calling the 1966 remark "a boast,” the Vatican's newspaper said it was made "by a young working-class Englishman faced with unexpected success." The paper also praised the... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • Rome • Vatican • John Lennon • Beatles • Jesus Christ • Roman Catholic Church

GN'R, Sir Paul Release New Albums Early

Eagerly awaited projects debut on MySpace—free

Nov 20, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Fans can get an early online taste—legally—of the latest albums from Guns N’ Roses and Paul McCartney thanks to MySpace, Reuters reports. Members can stream the music free starting today but can't download it. Early reaction to the first GN'R album in 17 years is generally positive; Entertainment ... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • MySpace • celebrity • Beatles • online music • Slash • Guns N' Roses • Axl Rose • MySpace Music • Chinese Democracy

 Paul Wants to Release 
 'Beatles Holy Grail' 

Long-lost experimental track was once vetoed by the other three

Nov 16, 08 3:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Paul McCartney says it's time to release an avant-garde Beatles track that features gargles, shouts, and distorted guitar, the Guardian reports. Recorded during Penny Lane sessions in 1967, the 14-minute Carnival of Light was played publicly only once at an electronic music festival. McCartney, who is releasing his third avant-garde... More »

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Paul McCartney • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • Beatles • George Harrison • Ringo Starr • 1960s • avant-garde • recording

(Newser) - When Paul McCartney famously wondered where all the lonely people came from, he had a pretty good idea for at least one of them. The title character in "Eleanor Rigby"—long proclaimed by Sir Paul to be a fictional person—worked as a maid in a Liverpool hospital... More »

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(Newser) - Paul McCartney takes a stab at ex-wife Heather Mills in a song off his upcoming album, Electric Arguments. “The last thing you do was to try and betray me … I’ll never forget it …” one tune goes, according to the tabloid Sun. “Oh woman betrayed... More »

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music • Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • celebrity divorces

McCartney's
Ex Donates $1M in Vegan Food

Mills gives soy burgers, hot dogs to poor
Bronx neighborhood

Sep 20, 08 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heather Mills certainly has plenty of money after her divorce with Paul McCartney, and she’s spending $1 million of it to buy soy hamburgers, hot dogs, and other vegan meat replacements for one of the Bronx’s poorest neighborhoods, the AP reports. Mills is a vegan animal rights campaigner... More »

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Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • charity • Bronx • Vegan

Mills Hawks 'Novel' of Model Married to Rock Star

McCartney's ex hawking 'fictional' tale about a model's ill-fated marriage to top rock star

Sep 9, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - A gag order can't stop enterprising Heather Mills: She’s working on a "novel” about a model whose marriage to the world's most famous rock star sours, the Daily Mail reports. Paul McCartney’s ex-wife is asking for a nearly $2 million advance. "It doesn't take a genius... More »

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Heather Mills • Paul McCartney • London • fiction • book • celebrity tell-alls

 Ban-Busting
 Sir Paul to
 Play Tel Aviv

McCarthy will rock Israel 43 years after Beatles were barred

Aug 25, 08 3:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paul McCartney will perform in Tel Aviv 43 years after the Beatles were banned by the Israeli government because officials feared their music would corrupt Israeli youth. The only fear today is that ticket prices for the September 25 concert in Park Hayarkon will be too expensive for most Israelis,... More »

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Israel • Paul McCartney • Tel Aviv • Beatles • Leonard Cohen • Bjork • Barry Marshall

Beatles Contract Expected
to Fetch $500K at Auction

Brian Epstein's copy of the original 1962 contract for sale

Aug 13, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(AP) - Brian Epstein's copy of his management contract with The Beatles, a pact that proved to be worth millions, is being offered for sale in London next month. The four-page document, signed by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr in 1962, carries an estimated $480,000 pricetag. McCartney... More »

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Paul McCartney • London • John Lennon • auction • Beatles • George Harrison • contract • Ringo Starr

OPINION

How to Take
the Speed Bumps Out of
a Road Trip

Even if you're Sir Paul, it can be a tough test

Aug 8, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Just months into their relationship, former Beatle Paul McCartney and girlfriend Nancy Shevell are road-tripping across legendary Route 66, but an extended journey spent in a car can be deadly to romance, Mary Schmich writes in the Chicago Tribune. "A road trip is a compatibility test on wheels, one... More »

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Paul McCartney • Nancy Shevell • road trip • Route 66

Giggling
Fab 4 Tape
Discovered

Surprise song session recording to be auctioned off

Jul 26, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 1964 recording of the Beatles laughing too hard to finish a song is to be auctioned, reports the Daily Telegraph. The 30-minute tape captures the Fab Four repeatedly breaking down in giggling fits while trying to record the ballad "I'll Follow The Sun." The comical history tour... More »

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Paul McCartney • rock stars • John Lennon • record • Beatles • George Harrison • rock bands • Ringo Starr

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