Beatles, the evergreen all time favourite rock band from Britain's Liverpool, has come to the help of Kolkata Traffic Police in its efforts to instill road safety awareness among the youth. ...
02:23 PM, Feb 18, 2013
The Beatles and Sir Mick Jagger are among 150 famous Brits who are under consideration to become the new face of the 10 pound note. ...
10:58 AM, Dec 26, 2012
The legendary musician and composer, who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaboration with The Beatles, died on December 11 in Southern California. He was 92. ...
10:50 AM, Dec 21, 2012
Los Angeles: Director Dan Fogelman says it was beyond his wildest dreams to get Al Pacino and Julianne Moore to star in his John Lennon-inspired film debut. The film centres on an aging 1970s rocker played by Pacino, who decides to turn his life around, and marks the directorial debut and career highlight of the 'Crazy, Stupid Love' scriptwriter, reported Deadline. "Every writer has 'that one project'... the one they...
10:22 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Just a few days ago, people doffed their proverbial caps and pagdis to mark 50 years since the Beatles' had cut their first record, the ...
04:37 PM, Oct 16, 2012
On October 5, 1962, exactly fifty years ago, four young men recorded a single the words and music of which they had composed themselves, which ...
12:45 PM, Oct 08, 2012
The heyday of Beatlemania may have been nearly 50 years ago, but the Beatles and their music remain loved, scrutinized and relevant to an adoring public forever clamoring for more details of the Fab Four. Here is a playlist of the best of The Beatles. ...
03:35 PM, Oct 05, 2012
New Delhi: It is said that the rocker quartet from the British dockside town of Liverpool, The Beatles, started their big-league journey exactly fifty years back when on September 4, 1962, they recorded their first single 'Love Me Do' at the iconic Abbey Road Studios of EMI in London. Accordingly, tributes have been pouring in from all and sundry. People on social networking sites have had their profile pictures replaced...
01:41 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Albany, N.Y.: John Lennon's killer was denied release from prison in his seventh appearance before a parole board, said New York corrections officials. Mark David Chapman, 57, was denied parole by a three-member board after a hearing, the state Department of Corrections said. The transcript of his latest hearing wasn't immediately released. Chapman can try again for parole in two years. Chapman shot John Lennon in December 1980 outside the...
11:49 AM, Aug 24, 2012
London: Mark Chapman, who was jailed in 1981 for the murder of John Lennon, is up for parole for the seventh time and may be released, a media report said. The 57-year-old inmate at the Wende Correctional Facility will be interviewed by members of the parole board soon, and the board would make a decision on whether to release the murderer, the Daily Mail reported. Chapman shot Lennon in December...
12:02 PM, Aug 20, 2012
London: Beatles legend Paul McCartney believes in the healing power of music and says an Elvis Presley song once cured his headache. The 70-year-old singer said songs have a powerful effect, reported Contactmusic. "The healing power of music is serious. I remember I had a mate called Ian James, just my little teenage mate, school mate, and we used to go down the fairs together and things. "I remember one...
05:56 PM, Jun 29, 2012
The Beatles' former bandmate, Sir Paul McCartney celebrates his 70th birthday on Monday. ...
12:54 PM, Jun 19, 2012
London: Beatles legend George Harrison's sister Louise says she is writing a book about the guitarist and his famous bandmates. Louise Harrison is the older sister of the late guitarist - who died of lung cancer ten years ago on November 29 - at the age of 58. She said that she wants to tell the real story of her brother and his famous bandmates, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and...
06:40 PM, Dec 01, 2011
London: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have launched a new stamp range featuring the likes of the 20 most famous vegetarians of all-time, including veteran singer Sir Paul McCartney. McCartney along with Natalie Portman, Pamela Anderson and Morrissey have agreed to feature on the stamp which will be released in the US Tuesday. "These are very influential people, and not everyone knows that these folks are vegetarian,"...
12:19 PM, Nov 29, 2011
London: Paul McCartney married for the third time on Sunday, exchanging vows with American heiress Nancy Shevell at the same London register office where the former Beatle wed his first wife Linda in 1969. The beaming couple emerged from the grey-stone Old Marylebone Town Hall to confetti and cheers from dozens of fans who had waited hours to catch a glimpse of the music legend and his new wife. Brunette...
11:57 AM, Oct 10, 2011
New Delhi: Today is the 71st birth anniversary of renowned English musician and singer-songwriter John Winston Lennon. He is also known as the one of the founding members of The Beatles. He was murdered at the age of 40, in 1980. Born in Liverpool, England Lennon grew up with his Aunt Mimi and Uncle George. He was hardly in contact with his father, but was very close to his mother...
01:14 PM, Oct 09, 2011
London: A rare copy of the Beatles hit single 'Please Please Me' signed on both sides by all four members of the band has fetched 9,000 pounds at auction in the United Kingdom. The 1963 record was sold by a Liverpool woman who asked the group to sign it after listening to them at the city's Cavern venue as a youngster. The "very, very rare" item was among 322 lots...
06:22 PM, Aug 28, 2011
London: 'The Rolling Stones' envied 'The Beatles' as all four band members could sing whereas they were solely reliant on Mick Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney has claimed. In an interview published in the 'Radio Times', the 68-year-old Beatle musician said the Stones, formed in 1962, were jealous of his band, formed in 1960, and used to call it a "Four-headed Monster". Sir Paul said, "The four of us were unusual....
12:56 PM, May 24, 2011
New York: Fifty lots of unpublished photographs of The Beatles' first US concerts taken by a teenager in 1964 are expected to fetch about $100,000 when they are sold at auction, Christie's said on Friday. The pristine, black-and-white photographs, which had been stored in a box for 45 years, chronicle The Beatles appearances in Washington, DC and Baltimore. They will be sold in individual lots when they go under the...
10:39 AM, May 21, 2011
