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LOVE™ by Cirque du Soleil will make its grand return to The Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Aug. 26, 2021. The iconic show is also celebrating its 15th anniversary. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at cirquedusoleil.com/love.
A Cirque du Soleil creation and co-production with Apple Corps Ltd. and MGM Resorts International, LOVE celebrates the musical legacy of The Beatles. The world-renowned show brings a burst of color to the Las Vegas Strip as a cast of 70 artists showcase aerial acrobatics, vibrant visuals and high energy choreography on a 360-degree stage. Since opening to rave reviews on June 30, 2006, LOVE has performed to more than 10 million audience members and has been honored with three GRAMMY Awards.
The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil performs Thursday – Monday at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. through October 2, and Tuesday – Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. beginning October 5. On sale now, tickets start at $79.
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With their impact on our culture, the legacy of the Beatles transcends music. An impact that is still felt today. The heart of the Beatles was its initial driving force John Lennon.
I’m Mark Martin with "Martin’s Must Reads" and James Patterson in his book The Last Days of John Lennon tells the story of the Beatles formation, rise to superstardom and post breakup days along with the story of Mr Lennon’s assassin, Mark David Chapman.
The story begins in Liverpool England with two teenagers John Lennon and Paul McCartney just eager to make music together. They team up in first one band, then another, then another. Eventually joined by George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the Silver Beatles shorten their name and become the group that will change music forever. Mr Patterson recounts the struggles the band had finding success, then with stardom, and then immortality. While it includes the entire band the focus of the narrative is John Lennon and his struggles with the press, the demons of drugs and alcohol and ultimately with himself both during the Beatle days and post breakup.
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John Lennon had a gift for channeling his negativity into great music. He might have hit a personal peak in that style with “How Do You Sleep?,” his Paul McCartney takedown from Imagine (1971). But Lennon didn’t quit. A few years later, during the sessions for Walls and Bridges (1974), Lennon delivered another one his “nasty” songs.
By that point, Lennon and McCartney had settled their early ’70s beef, so you won’t find any clear intra-Beatles digs. However, many people do hear references to Allen Klein, the last Beatles manager, in Lennon’s lyrics to “Steel and Glass” on the Walls and Bridges LP. Yet Lennon denied the song was specifically about Klein.
When Lennon looked back at Walls and Bridges, he heard the music of a depressed man. During the period just prior to the ’74 New York sessions, Lennon had been living in Los Angeles, separated from Yoko Ono. (Lennon referred to it as his “Lost Weekend,” though it lasted over a year.)
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Paul McCartney and his daughters Mary and Stella will take part in a special streaming event on Tuesday, June 29, celebrating the release of the new cookbook Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen, which features updated versions of some of his late wife Linda‘s favorite meat-free recipes.
The global event will feature Paul, Mary and Stella appearing together as they chat about the book, reveal which dishes are their favorite, those they cook most frequently, and share recollections about Linda and the meals she created for the family.
The McCartneys also will reminisce about life in their household and discuss how Linda’s kindness and compassion inspired them.
Tickets for the event, which include a copy of Linda McCartney’s Family Kitchen, can be purchased now by visiting FANE.co.uk/the-McCartneys. The stream will debut at 1:30 p.m. ET on June 29, will be available to view for a week after the event ends.
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The Beatles and The Beach Boys were two of the most cutting edge classic rock bands of the 1960s. Subsequently, their avant-garde material received a lot of comparisons. Interestingly, one of the most unusual songs from The Beatles’ White Album was a massive influence on the soundtrack of a Beach Boys movie.Love & Mercy is a biopic about The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson which deals with his love life and mental health. It’s an unconventional movie with an unconventional soundtrack. Much of the soundtrack is collages of Beach Boys tunes with haunting music added. During an interview with Uproxx, Bill Pohlad — the director of Love & Mercy — discussed what he learned about Wilson.
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As we celebrate Father’s Day today, some of us will be looking back in memory at our dads who have left us. For Julian and Sean Lennon, it’s been over 40 years since John Lennon was killed. Today, The Beatles legend’s sons have paid tribute to their dad with a couple of touching childhood photos.
Julian Lennon, who John had with his first wife Cynthia, shared a picture as a boy with his dad.
The father and son are seen sitting on a sun lounger, with Julian in a towel from having been for a swim.
While John is shown wearing a Mickey Mouse T-shirt, hat and his iconic round sunglasses.
As for Sean, who The Beatles star had with his second wife Yoko Ono, he shared a childhood photo with his dad across eight Instagram posts.
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Sir Paul McCartney turned 79-years-old yesterday and fans of The Beatles have been sending him their well-wishes on social media. The star has also had tribute posts made to him by the John Lennon and George Harrison estates. As well as fellow surviving member of the Fab Four, Sir Ringo Starr.
The John Lennon estate shared a picture of Paul cutting a birthday cake in what looks like the early 1960s.
Also in the picture is John smiling up at him, and George looking like he can’t wait to get a slice.
The photo was simply captioned: “Happy Birthday Paul! [cake emoji]”
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Disney has opted for a streaming debut for the three-episode series over a theatrical release for the movie about the Fab Four.
Peter Jackson's 'The Beatles: Get Back' Coming to Disney+ for Thanksgiving Debut | THR News
Disney has opted for a streaming debut for the three-episode series over a theatrical release for the movie about the Fab Four.
Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back six-hour documentary series is headed to Disney+ for a Thanksgiving holidays debut.
The Walt Disney Studios, Apple Corps Ltd. and WingNut Films Productions Ltd. unveiled the timing for the bow on Disney’s flagship streaming platform, having opted against Jackson directing a single movie for a theatrical release (it was previously set to hit theater this August).
The Beatles: Get Back will comprise of three episodes, each around two hours in length, and will roll out over three days on Nov. 25, 26 and 27 exclusively on Disney+.
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In a conversation with late-night show host Conan O’Brien, former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr got real about his feelings regarding Beatles fan conventions. The multi-day festivals, much like Comic-Cons or other large-scale fan events, draw Beatles lovers of all ages, nationalities, and persuasions eager to sit back and let the evening go.
The “Photograph” singer throughout the years has had a love/hate relationship with the Fab Four’s devotees but his comments to O’Brien could be taken as a sign that the eldest Beatle, in the end, does care.
Ringo Starr, third from left, signs an autograph for a young fan as his fellow Beatles (left to right) George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney look on | Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images
Starr’s spotty relationship with Beatles’ fans
In 2008, Starr took to his website to formally ask the band’s fans to stop writing him. It wasn’t clear at that point what had set off this request by the “It Don’t Come Easy” artist, but his remarks were anything but unclear. It was an unwelcoming message the artist formerly known as ‘the funny Beatle” issued to fans.
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When Paul McCartney was 24, The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album which includes his track “When I’m Sixty-Four.” During an interview, Paul McCartney revealed why he used the number “64” in the song. In addition, he discussed how he would change the track if he wrote it at a later stage of his life.
What would have been different about The Beatles’ ”When I’m Sixty-Four” if Paul McCartney wrote it during another time in his life
2006 was an interesting year for Paul. The Los Angeles Times reports it was when he turned 64—an age which was especially notable since he wrote “When I’m Sixty-Four” many years prior. In addition, he earned his 64th Grammy nomination.
During an interview, Paul said “It was really an arbitrary number when I wrote [‘When I’m Sixty-Four’]. I probably should have called it ‘When I’m 65,’ which is the retirement age in England. And the rhyme would have been easy, ‘something, something alive when I’m 65.’ But it felt too predictable. It sounded better to say 64.”
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