Zemeckis Wants Starr And Mccartney For Yellow Submarine RemakeNovember 7th, 2009 Moviemaker ROBERT ZEMECKIS wants surviving BEATLES PAUL MCCARTNEY and RINGO STARR to play themselves in his planned remake of the Fab Four's animated classic YELLOW SUBMARINE. Zemeckis and Disney bosses have brokered a deal that would allow them to rework the 1968 film and create a performance-capture 3-D digital production.
Will Young apologized to Macca for bad rendition of Beatles trackNovember 3rd, 2009 LONDON - British singer Will Young has revealed that he apologized to Sir Paul McCartney earlier this year, for doing a bad rendition of the Beatles' hit track 'The Long And Winding Road.'
The 'Leave Right Now' hitmaker had met the legend in July, after he was given the opportunity to associate with the stage school McCartney helped establish, 'Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts'. Young said that the two had talked about his 2002 duet with fellow Pop Idol contestant Gareth Gates.
Beatles were planning reunion before Lennon's deathSeptember 13th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney has said that the Beatles were planning to reunite before John Lennon was shot dead in 1980. The singer admitted that though they were set to receive huge offers yet they believed it wouldn't be as big as the 60's.
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.
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 Previously unpublished chats of McCartney and Ringo Starr with British journalist Ray Connolly have also been released.
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.
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.
McCartney's schoolboy photo set for auctionAugust 17th, 2009 LONDON - An unseen picture of Sir Paul McCartney, taken in 1952 when he was a schoolboy, is set to go under the hammer on August 29. The snap shows the former Beatle's head buried in a comic while being surrounded by classmates from Joseph Williams School, Liverpool.
Macca dismisses reports that he'll quit after world tourAugust 5th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Paul McCartney has dismissed rumours that he will retire from his music career after his supposed next world tour in 2010. "All I can say is that I'm not retiring.
McCartney returns to New York to christen another Mets stadium in first concert at Citi FieldJuly 18th, 2009 McCartney plays first concert ever at Citi Field
NEW YORK — Sir Paul McCartney knighted another New York Mets ballpark Friday night, playing the first concert ever at Citi Field. "Long time since I've been here," the former Beatle told the crowd, then paused to take it all in.
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'.
'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.
Remaining Beatles come together to promote 'Rock Band' video gameJune 2nd, 2009 Remaining Beatles come together to promote gameLOS ANGELES — Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr came together to promote "The Beatles: Rock Band" video game. The two surviving Beatles, along with Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, appeared Monday at Microsoft's Electronic Entertainment Expo presentation at the University of Southern California's Galen Center.
Beatles share stage for premier of their digital rock band gameJune 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.
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