Yoko 'sean Never Knew Lennon Was A Beatle'September 28th, 2009 YOKO ONO and JOHN LENNON kept their celebrity status so far away from family life their son SEAN had no idea his dad was a former member of the BEATLES. Ono has revealed she and her husband were so desperate not to force their son into music, they refused to talk about it at home - and he had to find out about his father's superstardom on his own.
Google confirms: Beatles are 'bigger than Jesus'September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - The Beatles have surpassed Jesus in terms of popularity on the Google search engine. An analysis of search terms showed more people searched for the band on Google than the son of God during September.
Lennon's 'Jesus' quote mag sold for $12713September 18th, 2009 LONDON - A magazine in which John Lennon had scribbled that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus has been sold for 12,713 US dollars. In a 17 day online auction run by RR Auction of Amherst, New Hampshire, an orthopaedic surgeon at New York's Mount Sinai Medical Centre made the winning bid.
So much for dry wit: Cowell says Beatles quip was just that and he's a fan of the Fab 4September 11th, 2009 Cowell says Beatles quip was just that; he's a fanLOS ANGELES — The Beatles once got in trouble over a flip comment about Jesus. Now Simon Cowell has ruffled feathers with a quip about the Beatles.
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.
Exclusive Lennon interviews shed new light on The Beatles' splitSeptember 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A series of exclusive interviews with John Lenon have now been published, giving an insight into the star' views on his bandmate Sir Paul McCartney and the Beatles' split. Previously unpublished chats of McCartney and Ringo Starr with British journalist Ray Connolly have also been released.
Beatles come alive - in video game avatarSeptember 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.
Lennon 'would Have Loved' The Beatles Rock BandAugust 31st, 2009 YOKO ONO has dismissed criticism of the new BEATLES Rock Band game, insisting her late husband JOHN LENNON "would have loved it". Fans of the Fab Four will be able to play along to 45 of their hits when The Beatles: Rock Band hits stores in September (09).
Yoko Ono says John Lennon would have loved Beatles Rock Band gameAugust 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has rubbished all criticism heaped on the Beatles Rock Band game, saying her late husband "would have loved it". Ono said the game would introduce the Beatles' music to a new generation of fans.
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.
Angry Lennon tapes may reveal secret behind Beatles' splitAugust 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Previously unseen interviews with an angry John Lennon have surfaced, offering insight into what may have caused the Beatles to split. The singer made a few revelations about the break up when interviewed by Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner, who released the 1970 tapes for rock journalist Mikal Gilmore's Why The Beatles Broke Up article.
Unseen B andW pics of The Beatles up for grabsAugust 4th, 2009 LONDON - Previously unseen black and white images of The Beatles taken when the band stayed at a south coast hotel in the mid-60s are up for sale. The unusual photographs, which show John Lennon playing with a Box Brownie camera and him and the other band members in a car, were taken when the Fab Four were at the Askers Road House Hotel in Bridport, Dorset.
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.
'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.
Here's your chance to win 'The Beatles' first contractJuly 2nd, 2009 LONDON - If you are a die-hard Beatles fan, here's a chance for you to win the first contract signed by the Fab Four-all you have to do is to guess the estimated price of the document today. n the newly launched competition, contestants have to pay 10 pounds to guess the value of the contract.