Tom Petty was on the receiving end of many a late-night ukulele jam session with George Harrison. He reserved those sessions for his closest friends. He fell in love with the instrument’s sound and started playing it in the 1980s.

When George started playing the ukulele, he sometimes couldn’t stop. Its sound was tied to his soul somehow. It tuned him into something, almost like chanting mantras tuned him into God. George played so much ukulele that he cleared rooms with his playing.

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After George Harrison left The Beatles, he hoped they’d get back together because it would’ve been “selfish” if they didn’t make music together again. However, once George got a taste of life outside of one of the biggest bands in the world, he started to hate the idea of a Beatles reunion.

George could do anything he wanted outside the band, even if that meant not making music. Regardless of what he did with his life, though, it was always under the watchful eye of the media and fans. He didn’t like doing what music executives, the press, or fans wanted. A Beatles reunion was at the top of everyone’s list.

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On November 29, 2002, one year after the passing of music legend George Harrison, a tribute concert was planned in his honor. Watch Concert for George on WITF TV Friday, June 3 at 9pm or Saturday, June 4 at 1pm.

Held at London’s Royal Albert Hall, the evening featured Harrison’s songs and music he loved, performed by an all-star lineup that included Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Monty Python, Tom Petty, Billy Preston, Dhani Harrison, and many more.

Watch Concert for George Friday, June 3 at 9pm or Saturday, June 4 at 1pm on WITF TV. Prefer to stream? Watch WITF TV live from the PBS Video app or online!

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A collection of previously unseen memorabilia of the Beatles before they became famous has been sold at auction.

It includes photographs taken when the band played in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in 1963.

A huge fan of the Fab Four, 16-year-old Sandra Woodruff (nee Blaken) tracked the group down, after a tipoff, to room number 49 at the Royal Pier Hotel.

"It's so rare to find things signed by all four of them," said Andrew Stowe from East Bristol Auctions.

"There is no other collection on the planet as unique or as important," he added.

John, Paul, Ringo and George were about to take the international music scene by storm in 1963.

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On May 26, 1967, The Beatles' eighth album, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, was given a "rush release" in the UK - this meant that it was delivered to record stores around the country almost an entire week before its official release date of June 1.

Since then, the album has become one of their best-known pieces and includes some incredible singles such as Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, With a Little Help from My Friends and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds to name but a few. It also earned four Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and has since sold more than 32 million copies worldwide.

But the record's inception was a tribute to a Canadian police officer who managed to keep the band out of jail.

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Ringo Starr is drumming up some digital dollars with his NFT collection.

Julien’s Auctions recently announced it is kicking off an exclusive auction offering one-of-a-kind digital works of art with its accompanying signed canvas prints created by the artist, making him the first member of the Fab Four to do so.

The auction, "Ringo Starr NFT Collection – The Creative Mind of a Beatle," will take place Monday, June 13. A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Lotus Foundation, which supports charitable projects "aimed at advancing social welfare in diverse areas," including cancer, homelessness and animals in need, among others.

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