U2 want own video game nowOctober 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.
Macca says Beatles overindulged in drugsSeptember 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is amazed he and his band mates survived the excessive drug habit they had in their heyday. The singer admits that the Fab Four overindulged in drugs, often falling asleep during recording sessions.
Macca yet to play 'hard' Beatles computer gameSeptember 9th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney has confessed he is yet to try his hand at the computer game based on The Beatles. The Fab Four's bass player admitted the game 'The Beatles: Rock Band' looked like a tough challenge.
Lennon's tape reveals Macca was most important person to himSeptember 7th, 2009 NEW YORK - A new tape of late singer John Lennon's interviews has him saying that fellow Beatles member Paul McCartney was the most important person to him apart from his wife. "I only ever asked two people to work with me as a partner," the New York Post quoted the Times of London as reporting as to what Lennon said in the tape.
Macca says The Beatles became victims of successSeptember 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Brit singer Sir Paul McCartney has in an exclusive interview spoken out about the final days of 'The Beatles', and insisted that the group became victims of their own success when businessman Allen Klein took over their financial affairs. According to music magazine Mojo, McCartney said that he and his bandmates struggled to come to terms with all the business decisions they were suddenly forced to make as they were recording their final album 'Abbey Road'.
Macca breaks silence over friendship with LennonAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney has broken the silence over his friendship with his 'The Beatles' co-member John Lennon, and denied that they shared a sour relationship. Macca seems considerate about his dead friend's drug use, and believes that the complaints his pal made in interviews that he sabotaged songs in the studio could be excused, as he always expressed his love in the end.
Forty years on, Beatles fans walk across Abbey RoadAugust 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.
Macca pays tribute to Michelle Obama with 'The Beatles' classicAugust 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Sir Paul McCartney paid a special tribute to Michelle Obama with a classic song by his former band 'The Beatles'. The singer dedicated the hit track "Michelle" to the US First Lady while rocking out at FedEx Field, reports the Politico.
Macca still laughing off 40-year-old death hoaxJuly 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Legendary rocker Sir Paul McCartney still laughs off rumours that he had died and was replaced by a lookalike in 'The Beatles' - 40 years after the rumours first surfaced. The Fab Four were photographed walking along a pedestrian crossing on the legendary cover of their 1969 album Abbey Road.
How Macca drifted apart from Jackson over Beatles hitsJuly 17th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson 'kind of drifted apart' after the King of Pop bought the Beatles back catalogue and refused to sell it. McCartney and Jackson became good pals in the early 1980s when they recorded two duets - 'The Girl Is Mine' and 'Say Say Say'.
Macca stages gig outside 'Beatles US debut building' as part of Letterman's showJuly 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Music legend Sir Paul McCartney returned to the famed Ed Sullivan Theater to stage an outdoor concert on Wednesday, as part of his appearance on the 'Late Show With David Letterman'. The Ed Sullivan Theater is the same building where McCartney's former band 'The Beatles' made their U.S.
Macca, John Lennon 'planned Beatles reunion'July 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon had come very close to reuniting The Beatles, according to a new book. In his new book "Paul McCartney: A Life," Peter Ames Carlin says that Macca missed making music with Lennon so much that he made a surprise midnight visit in the spring of 1974 to the Burbank studio where his former band mate was recording, the New York Daily News reports.
Macca never thought MJ would bequeath Beatles back catalogue to himJuly 9th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney has said that he never bought the suggestion that King of Pop Michael Jackson would bequeath the rights to the Beatles back catalogue to him. "Some time ago, the media came up with the idea that Michael Jackson was going to leave his share in the Beatles songs to me in his will which was completely made up and something I didn't believe for a second," the Mirror quoted him as saying.
'New Beatles song set for release'July 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A lost track of legendary rock band 'The Beatles', written in 1978, is set for release. The song 'Now and Then', written by John Lennon in 1978 and later worked on by Sir Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr when they reunited to work on the Beatles Anthology project in 1995, is set for release.
Jacko may leave Macca 200-song Beatles collectionJune 27th, 2009 NEW YORK - King of Pop Michael Jackson's sudden death at a rented Los Angeles home on Thursday has triggered speculation that his 200-song Beatles collection may go to Sir Paul McCartney. An AOL music website report suggested earlier this year that Jackson had plans to leave McCartney the long-contested rights to 200 songs of the Fab Four's iconic repertoire, valued at about 500 million dollars.
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