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October 2008
- McCartney Blasts Ex ... in Song
  
  Sun (UK) | Oct 3, 08 10:55 AM CDT
  
  (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 you / I couldn’t resist you / When I made you.” The telling last line: “And you have money / And no manners.” More »
September 2008
- Sean Lennon: Dad Screamed at Me
  
  New York Post | Sep 21, 08 7:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John Lennon's son said his give-peace-a-chance pop once screamed at him so loudly that the boy ended up in the hospital with damage to his ear, reports the New York Post . The famous Beatle became enraged when Sean, then 4, failed to heed his lessons on how to cut steak. "I remember I was lying on the floor and hurting, and him holding me and saying, 'I'm so sorry.' He did have a temper," Lennon, 32, is quoted as saying in an upcoming biography. More »
- Twist Is Top All-Time Hit
  
  Billboard | Sep 12, 08 3:12 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Billboard has produced its definitive list of the top 100 songs of the past 50 years—and it's full of surprises. One is that neither Elvis nor the Beatles made the top five. They were beaten out by Santana, Bobby Darin, and even Los Del Rio's Macarena . Another twist—Chubby Checker's The Twist is the all-time No. 1 hit song. The top 10 are: More »
August 2008
- Ban-Busting Sir Paul to Play Tel Aviv
  
  Haaretz (Israel) | 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, reports Ha'aretz . More »
- Chapman Ashamed He Killed Lennon
  
  Associated Press | Aug 20, 08 11:27 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Mark David Chapman told the parole board that he is ashamed of killing John Lennon, according to transcripts of the hearing released yesterday. "I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is. I have changed a lot," he said in his failed bid, the AP reports. More »
- Beatles Contract Expected to Fetch $500K at Auction
  
  Associated Press | 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 and Harrison's fathers also signed because their sons were underage. More »
- How to Take the Speed Bumps Out of a Road Trip
  
  Chicago Tribune | 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 that many couples have flunked," she writes. More »
July 2008
- Giggling Fab 4 Tape Discovered
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | 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 is expected to fetch at least $20,000. More »
- Lennon Lyrics Sell for $833K
  
  Associated Press | Jul 10, 08 6:45 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Christie's auction house has sold John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to "Give Peace a Chance" for $833,654. Lennon wrote and recorded the lyrics during his 1969 Bed-in protest for peace at the Queens Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. A pajamas-clad Lennon gave the handwritten sheet to a Montreal teenager, who's now a rather flush fan. More »
- BBC Airs Lost Beatles Interview
  
  Associated Press | Jul 1, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  (AP) - BBC Radio today aired a long lost Beatles interview featuring John Lennon and Paul McCartney talking about the day they met and their songwriting partnership. The precious film sat forgotten for 44 years in a garage in south London until film fan Richard Jeffs realized a piece of pop history was contained inside. More »
June 2008
- Rock Band Indeed: Beatles Pursuing Game Deals
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Jun 23, 08 6:27 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Representatives of the Beatles' companies are meeting with video-game outfits to hash out the rights for possible Beatles-themed games. The reps are holding discussions with the makers of Guitar Hero and of Rock Band , the Financial Times reports. Analysts say that a deal might lead to more licensing of Beatles songs in other digital media. More »
- Paul McCartney's next world tour will be his last - Sunday Mirror
  
  Sunday Mirror (UK) | Jun 8, 08
  
  Macca is about to announce plans for a colossal two-year tour, then he wants to spend more time with daughter Beatrice.
- Rolling Stone 's Top Guitar Classics
  
  Rolling Stone | Jun 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - There are those tunes driven by the rhythm section, but nothing lights a fire in the blood quite like the power of the perfect guitar riff. Thus, Rolling Stone suggests its favorite guitar anthems, hitting all stops between BB King and King Crimson. The top five: Johnny B. Goode : Chuck Berry's "true story about how playing music on a guitar can change your life forever." Purple Haze : How Jimi Hendrix "opened a new age of expression." More »
May 2008
- Sir Paul Picks Up Yale Doctorate
  
  Yale Daily News | May 27, 08 3:09 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney was awarded an honorary doctorate in music by Yale University yesterday during the 307th commencement at the Ivy League institution. The identities of recipients of honorary degrees are usually a closely guarded secret, but McCartney's presence on the Yale campus was impossible to keep under wraps, reports the Yale Daily News. More »
- 50 Top Pop Brainiacs
  
  Blender | May 25, 08 11:43 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - "Towering natural abilities" and "exceptional creative powers" infuse the most memorable music of generations, forged by Blender's top 50 pop-music geniuses. The top 10: Bob Dylan: Each of his brave self-reinventions is "an authentic American original." John Lennon: "His drive pushed the Beatles from a covers band to the world’s best-loved and most influential pop act." Chuck Berry: His guitar riffs are still the "bedrock" of rock and roll five decades on. Bob Marley: "No one did more to define and popularize a musical genre." Mick Jagger and Keith Richards: Duo created "decade of classics." More »
- One Step Closer to Officially Single
  
  Sun (UK) | May 12, 08 11:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Paul McCartney is 6 weeks from being officially single again, the AP reports. The same judge who awarded Heather Mills $47.5 million and called her a "less than impressive witness" today granted a preliminary divorce for McCartney, 65, and Mills, 40, that will become final in 6 weeks and a day—if no one objects. More »
April 2008
- Give Peace a Bid: Lennon Lyrics Go to Auction
  
  Reuters | Apr 30, 08 8:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to 1960s mantra "Give Peace a Chance" are going up for auction, reports Reuters. A Canadian woman, then 16, acquired them after sneaking into the famous Montreal "Bed-In" staged by Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969—with Lennon predicting, “One day they will be worth something.” More »
- So That's What's Under the Beehive
  
  Times (UK) | Apr 25, 08 3:50 PM CDT

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McCartney Blasts Ex ... in Song

Sean Lennon: Dad Screamed at Me

Twist Is Top All-Time Hit

Ban-Busting Sir Paul to Play Tel Aviv

Chapman Ashamed He Killed Lennon

Beatles Contract Expected to Fetch $500K at Auction

How to Take the Speed Bumps Out of a Road Trip

Giggling Fab 4 Tape Discovered

Lennon Lyrics Sell for $833K

BBC Airs Lost Beatles Interview

Rock Band Indeed: Beatles Pursuing Game Deals

Paul McCartney's next world tour will be his last - Sunday Mirror

Rolling Stone 's Top Guitar Classics

Sir Paul Picks Up Yale Doctorate

50 Top Pop Brainiacs

One Step Closer to Officially Single

Give Peace a Bid: Lennon Lyrics Go to Auction

So That's What's Under the Beehive