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In today's celebrity-dedicated culture, it's difficult not to feel tremendous envy for our favorite stars. From their bank balances to the circles they travel in, the A-list lifestyle seems but an impossible paradise. Even the most successful stars, though, have bumpy rides throughout their careers, and sometimes, tragically, all that attention can have deadly results.
On December 8, 1980, the world of music (and beyond) was devastated by the sudden and violent death of the Beatles icon John Lennon, per the BBC. Lennon, reportedly, was returning to his Manhattan apartment with wife Yoko Ono that night, when assailant Mark Chapman shot him from behind. Lennon was shot four times, dying soon afterwards at St. Luke's Medical Center.
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A never-broadcast interview with John Lennon, recorded by a Hull art student in 1964, is to be auctioned.
On the tape, Lennon tells 18-year-old John Hill he does not think The Beatles are “very good musicians” and admitted he got a friend to sit his art exam because the group were touring.
Mr Hill, who was studying at Hull Art College, recorded the reel-to-reel interview before a Beatles gig.
He found the tape in 2014 after it spent 50 years in a drawer.
Graham Paddison, of David Duggleby Auctioneers in Scarborough who are selling the lot, said that Mr Hill “bluffed” his way into the room where the Beatles were talking to the press.
Source: McCartney Times
George Harrison co-founded HandMade Films in 1978 with his business manager, Denis O’Brien, to help his Monty Python friends make Life of Brian. However, neither George nor O’Brien imagined that they’d make a film that scored two Hollywood A-Listers, Madonna and her then-husband Sean Penn.
Shanghai Surprise was not HandMade Films’ best movie, though. Quite the opposite. George said getting a good performance out of an often pissed-off Penn was hard.
In a 1988 interview, Film Comment asked George why he and HandMade Films agreed to make Shanghai Surprise. The film had a $15 million budget and a “temperamental, high-profile husband-and-wife team.”
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Way back in 1969, The Beatles released a brilliant song called 'Something'. The song was featured on their 'Abbey Road' album and written by George Harrison about his wife Patti.
Now, more than 50 years after the release of the song, The Beatles' official Instagram account have shared a rare promo for the song, featuring the band with their wives.
According to the post, the video has only been shown once before in the UK, on Top of The Pops, when it was in black and white. The video was filmed in four different locations for each of the couples.
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It’s a day to celebrate both the music of the Beatles and their message of love and peace.
So, on Saturday 25 June, East Coast Gold proudly joins thousands of other radio stations around the world to mark Global Beatles Day for some Beatlemania! It’s a day to celebrate both the music of The Beatles and their message of love and peace.
Listen throughout the day on East Coast Gold as we celebrate one of the most iconic bands of our generation.
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“Classic rock” might be a subjective term. After all, music history has demonstrated that the definitions of both “classic” and “rock” depend on one’s perspective. However, few music fans would deny Queen and the Beatles are among the bands that epitomize the genre. So perhaps it’s only fitting that new docuseries The Beatles: Get Back resonated so strongly with Queen co-founder Brian May.
The Beatles defined a generation in the 1960s and remains one of the most beloved musical acts of all time. So fans were understandably excited when The Beatles: Get Back was announced. The documentary series culled together hours of never-before-seen footage of the Fab Four as they worked on what would become their final album, 1970’s Let It Be.
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George Harrison rose to massive global success in The Beatles, but he said the fame grew tiresome. By the time the band stopped touring, Harrison said he was relieved. Though the band stayed together to work on music, they broke up in 1970. While fans mourned the breakup, Harrison said that it felt inevitable. He also said that there was a sense of relief to be done with the band.
George Harrison stands on a balcony with his hands in his jacket pockets.
Harrison said that he enjoyed fame when he was young, but it began to wear on him, particularly after he tried LSD for the first time. He said the experience was life-changing for him.
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George Harrison and Paul McCartney didn’t always have the best relationship, but they were never feuding with each other, as the press often claimed. George didn’t like the rumors in the newspapers. When they were boys, George and Paul were tight. Paul was the reason George joined The Beatles. He told John Lennon that George was a great guitarist. In 1963, when the band started to become famous, the bandmates protected each other.
However, their friendship started cracking when George began writing songs. Paul, John, and their producer George Martin acted condescendingly when he came forward with them. Then, George started feeling like a junior member, and Paul started treating him like a glorified session man. Paul told George to play what he wanted, and George could rarely give his input.
Many people have said that George and Paul were the least compatible musically.
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Ringo Starr has sent “peace and love” to his long-standing friend and former bandmate Paul McCartney on his 80th birthday.
The ex-Beatle was among the many famous names sending their best wishes to McCartney as he marked the milestone ahead of headlining Glastonbury next weekend.
Referencing their 1968 song Birthday, Starr wrote on Twitter: “They say it’s your birthday Saturday happy birthday Paul love you man have a great day peace and love Ringo and Barbara love love peace and love.”
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George Harrison was not a fan of American radio and television personality Dick Clark. In 1979, the American Bandstand host and “America’s oldest teenager” produced a biographical film called Birth of The Beatles. Clark needed Beatles songs and footage to complete the project, and George didn’t like it.
George didn’t like people who wanted a piece of The Beatles for their own gain.
During a 1987 interview, J. Kordosh of Creem Magazine told George he’d seen Clark’s documentary. George wasn’t impressed. He said all Clark did was send letters to The Beatles about wanting clips for his own projects. He always wanted a piece of The Beatles, like everyone else. George said Clark was greedy.
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