Lost Beatles chats to feature in new documentary

October 9th, 2009 LONDON - Members of rock band U2 have revealed they are desperate to follow in the footsteps of other bands like The Beatles and Metallica and have their own video game. Bassist Adam Clayton admits he and his bandmates are impressed with the recently-released "The Beatles: Rock Band", which allows fans to play along to the Fab Four's greatest hits and they want a piece of the action themselves, reports tourdates.co.uk.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Beatles' launch of their remastered albums and the video game The Beatles: Rock Band has apparently helped clear late singer Michael Jackson's debts. The King of Pop had bought the 250-song Beatles catalogue in 1985 for 47.5million dollars and now with the high selling of his own music and the relaunch of the Fab Four's sound, it is estimated that his estate will net more than 250million dollars by Christmas.

September 19th, 2009 LONDON - A former Beatles photographer has filed a lawsuit over the copyright for the first publicity snaps of the band. Albert Marrion turned to court over memorabilia containing copyrighted photos after they were used "without permission" to sell books and DVDs based on the legendary group.

September 17th, 2009 Vaghbatananda’s life has been made into a documentary by PK Sacheendran and was released by social critic Sukumar Azhikode. Vaghbatananda was the one to transform the society in Kerala.

September 9th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney has confessed that when the Beatles started making music, he thought they would only last "at best a couple of years". With the launch of the release of new Beatles computer game, The Beatles: Rock Band, the legendary musician has expressed his pride at the enduring popularity of the band.

September 6th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - The shooting of "The Lost Country", produced by an exiled Tibetan on the condition of exiles and their issues of identity and culture, will start in November, film maker Kargyur Rinpoche said here Sunday. "The shooting of 'The Lost Country' will commence in November.

September 2nd, 2009 LONDON - The Beatles are back with a bang. The Fab Four will now be seen in a video game titled The Beatles: Rock Band.

August 21st, 2009 LONDON - A 3D remake of the 1968 animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine may soon be possible. According to trade magazine Variety, US director Robert Zemeckis is working with Disney to secure rights to use the 16 Beatles tunes that feature in the film.

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - Even after 40 years, 'The Beatles' still remain the most popular music band in America. The Fab Four were among the top four choices across all generations and were most popular in the age group 50 to 64, reports the Daily Express In the survey conducted by Pew Research Centre, late king of pop Michael Jackson was popular among those in late teens and in 20s.

August 8th, 2009 LONDON - Fans of legendary band The Beatles have started walking across the Abbey Road to make the 40th anniversary of the Abbey Road album photoshoot. Organiser Richard Porter, who has been running tours for more than 20 years, said he had decided to mark the special occasion on popular demand.

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - Michael Jackson's sensational final on-screen appearance is being tipped to receive a posthumous Oscar. Footage showing the singer rehearsing for his concerts at London's O2 Arena is being used in a feature-length documentary to be released later this year.

July 2nd, 2009 LONDON - John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has won a lawsuit in which a group of collectors questioned her rights to video footage capturing intimate moments of the former Beatles singer, who was murdered in 1980. Ono's lawyer Jonathan Albano has said that a federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, last week ruled that his client was the rightful copyright holder of the video clips.

June 26th, 2009 LONDON - An exhibition of more than 100 previously unseen images of stars from Jimi Hendrix to the Beatles are set to go on display in a National Portrait Gallery exhibition celebrating the music and fashion of the Swinging Sixties. The exhibition titled 'Beatles to Bowie: The 60s Exposed' runs from October 15 to January 24 in London.

June 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Remaining Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr came together for the world's first public viewing of a karaoke-style game based on the group's music. The icons, along with late John Lennon's partner Yoko Ono and George Harrison's widow, Olivia, shared the stage during MTV and Harmonix's unfolding of the Beatles Rock Band.

May 21st, 2009 LONDON - Brit band Spandau Ballet, formed in the late 1970s, is looking forward to making a movie based on them. The band-comprising Tony Hadley, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Steve Norman, and John Keeble-were in the South of France to finalise a documentary on their lives through the years.