February 13, 2012 Paul McCartney wants to help you have a memorable Valentines Day, and at the same time he's reminding you to go get your copy of his new album 'Kisses on the Bottom'.
And the honors just keep coming for Paul McCartney. On Friday (Feb. 10), McCartney was the man of the hour at the annual 2012 MusiCares gala dinner, where the former Beatle was named the Person of the Year at the star-studded ceremony.
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The next time you feel like listening to ‘Spies Like Us,’ ‘Silly Love Songs,’ or ‘Biker Like an Icon,’ you won’t be able to turn to your favorite streaming service. Thanks to a removal order recently issued by the Universal and Concord Music Groups, all Wings and Paul McCartney solo albums have been pulled from the digital shelves of Spotify, MOG, Rdio, and anybody else who charges a monthly fee for listening to music you don’t actually own.
48 years ago today (Feb. 9), everything changed. Well, maybe not everything, but with the arrival of the Beatles on our shores and their debut performance on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show,’ seeds were most definitely planted.
Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band will once again be hitting the road for a run of shows this summer. The tour kicks off June 14 in Niagara Falls and wraps up July 21 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, Calif. This will be the twelfth incarnation of Ringo’s cast of characters known as the “All Starr Band,” the idea of which, according to Ringo, is that “everybody on stage is a star in their own right.”
So as it turns out, the estate of Michael Jackson doesn’t own the global publishing rights to every Beatles song ever. In fact, the North American rights to six early Fab Four songs have just been snapped up by a company you’ve probably never even heard of.
December 29, 2011 It's one thing to be a fan of The Beatles, or any music group or celebrity for that matter, but it is completely another to be so obsessed that you get multiple tattoos depicting your love of the star.
December 15, 2011 Randy Bachman is just "giddy" over his experience at Apple Studios. Listen to him tell the story of assembling, maybe, the most famous chord in rock history.
December 8, 2011 31 years ago today the world lost a truly great man. In honor of John Lennon check out the video on the next page, and listen to one of the greatest songs of all time.
It may not always come easy, but that hasn’t stopped our beloved Ringo Starr from rocking on year after year. Whether on tour with his ‘All Starr Band’ or in the studio recording new material, the ever youthful Mr. Starr just keep rolling along musically.
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December 6, 2011 Check out this video from last nights show at the 02 Arena in London. Paul McCartney is on his European tour that wraps up on December 12th. At last nights show Paul brought Ron Wood on stage to play guitar on 'Get Back'.
The older sister of George Harrison wants to set the story straight. Because “so much garbage has been written about George and the Beatles,” Louise tells the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, she has decided to write a tell-all memoir about her famous brother and his iconic band. The book, which will also feature never-before-seen photos, letters and documents, is expected to hit shelves no later than 2013.
