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PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS : ONE HAND CLAPPING  John-Paul ShiverTreblezine Paul McCartney, that post-Beatles dude who looked like Guy Lafleur? Never made it into the house I grew up in. We had The Beatles in the collection for sure—alongside Al Green, Aretha, Elton, CSNY, Miles, Janis, Jimi, Chaka, and those Stones. But the rents did not have a version of Paul on wax that resembled an ice hockey defenseman. READ MORE “I WAS NEVER REALLY A FAN”: IAN ANDERSON’S FAVOURITE BEATLES ALBUM Lucy Harbron/FarOutMagazine Asking a person for their favourite Beatles album often feels like a deeply personal, deeply intimate question. Taste is so subjective and so tied into individual memories that a favourite album can be a favourite album for a whole host of reasons – not just its musical content or artist value.  READ MORE EXCERPT: INSIDE THE BEATLES’ HISTORIC 1964 AUSTRALASIAN TOUR Conor Lochrie/Rolling Stone This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Beatles‘ historical visit to Australia, which

RINGO STARR LETTER ON JOINING THE BEATLES AND OSCAR WILDE'S SCHOOLBOY POETRY BOOK TO AUCTION Finebooks Magazine An autograph signed letter from Ringo Starr on joining the Beatles and the release of their first single Love Me Do which features the sentence "I got a phone call asking me would I join the Beatles and I said yes" is among the highlights of the July 10 Books and Manuscripts auction at Christie’s London. READ MORE ORIGINAL “BIRTHDAY” LYRICS PART OF NEW BEATLES AUCTION KSHE95 A new collection of memorabilia from The Beatles is now up for auction through ANALOGr.  Coinciding with Paul McCartney’s 82nd birthday on June 18, the new auction includes handwritten original lyrics to The Beatles’ “Birthday,” written on the back of an Apple Studio recording sheet. It even includes chord diagrams helping John Lennon and George Harrison with the guitar parts.  The unique piece of Beatles history has an estimated sale price of between $125,000 and $200,000. READ MORE JOHN LE

PAUL MCCARTNEY ANNOUNCES UK SHOWS INCLUDING TWO NIGHTS IN MANCHESTER Dianne Bourne / Manchester Evening News Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney has announced he is to perform four huge UK tour dates in 2024 in Manchester and London. It will fulfil his promise to perform in the UK again, made at his last show here in 2022.  The music legend announced he is to take his acclaimed Got Back tour out on a world tour last week, and today the first UK dates have been added to his 2024 schedule. READ MORE BEHIND THE ALBUM: THE BEATLES TAKE ANOTHER GIANT LEAP FORWARD WITH ‘RUBBER SOUL’ Jim Beviglia/American Songwriter Some albums have cool stories surrounding their making that garner attention for them. The 1966 Beatles’ album Rubber Soul doesn’t really fall into that category. By all counts, it was the same-old, same-old for the Fab Four when they made the record, squeezing it into their busy schedule and churning out the latest material they’d written. READ MORE WHY PAUL MCCARTNEY WROTE HEY JUD

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Pear Entertainment - Pear 1911- 2022 The Beatles Last Live Performance, Recorded 30th January 1969 Can you imagine finding yourself in London at No.3 Saville Row  on a planned sightseeing visit to the Beatles Apple Corps building.  It's a bonus that you will seen all four Beatles arrive abeit seperately at Apple during the morning of  Thursday, 30th January  1969  but surely curious why they are all there. It was around midday that the Beatles emerged from the Apple studios up the steps to appear live in their legendary appearance on the Apple rooftop. The CD contains 26 tracks from the Get Back sessions including multiple versions of Get Back & Don't Let Me Down, the first single eventually released on the 11th April 1969 from the January sessions. The DVD contains  The Rooftop Concert - Single screen The Rooftop Concert - Multi screen from Disney's documentary Paul McCartney - I've Got a Feeling live with John on screen plus Get Back live. I purchased this CD\DVD

The  latest  Beatles single  'Now and Then' was released a mere 27 years after the band's last Top 10 hit Real Love. These lads are just not prolific anymore:-). Strangely, Now and Then was released on Thursday, 2nd November but  still managed to enter  the UK Singles at No.42, rising to No.1 the following week.   The Beatles have achieved the coveted Christmas No.1 record on four occasions although none of the songs carried a Christmas theme. 1963  I Want to Hold Your Hand 1964 I Feel Fine 1965 Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out 1967 Hello Goodbye A week after the release of  I Want to Hold Your Hand, the Fan Club released their first Beatles Fan Club record to their 30,000 members.  In total seven Christmas Records were sent to Bearles Fan Club members: 17th October 1963:  The Beatles Christmas Record 26th October 1964:  Another Beatles Christmas Record 8th November1965: The Beatles Third Christmas Record 25th November 1966: Pantomime: Everywhere It's Christmas 28th Novem