McCartney Times

Archive

Find the Beatles backstage pass from 1964 – exhibition champions relics of popular Kiwi culture | Stuff.co.nz

    Find the Beatles backstage pass from 1964 – exhibition champions relics of popular Kiwi culture | Stuff.co.nz

A new National Library exhibition breathes life into old relics from popular culture. A tramways timetable and drivers’ license wouldn’t have been thought of as precious objects when they were

0 comment Read Full Article

Ringo Starr’s modified boots sell for £6,900 – BBC News

    Ringo Starr’s modified boots sell for £6,900 – BBC News

A pair of Beatle boots worn by Ringo Starr on stage in 1963 have sold for £6,900 at auction in Liverpool.Unlike the leather boots worn by the rest of the

0 comment Read Full Article

Eleanor Rigby’s grave deeds to be sold at Beatles auction

    Eleanor Rigby’s grave deeds to be sold at Beatles auction

The deeds for Eleanor Rigby’s grave-space will go under the hammer at a Beatles memorabilia auction in Warrington next month. The deeds will be sold alongside a miniature bible dated

0 comment Read Full Article

Chris Whorf Dead: Grammy-Winning Art Director Was 76 | Hollywood Reporter

    Chris Whorf Dead: Grammy-Winning Art Director Was 76 | Hollywood Reporter

He worked for Casablanca music impresario Neil Bogart and helped design album covers for John Lennon, David Bowie, Donna Summer and Cher. Chris Whorf, a Grammy Award-winning art director who

0 comment Read Full Article

Incredibly rare guitar, one of only 75 in entire world, has just sold for thousands in this Truro music shop – Cornwall Live

    Incredibly rare guitar, one of only 75 in entire world, has just sold for thousands in this Truro music shop – Cornwall Live

An incredibly rare guitar, one of only 75 ever made, has just been sold off for £9,000 – in Truro

0 comment Read Full Article

Annie Lennox Will Receive the George Harrison Global Citizen Award – Vogue

    Annie Lennox Will Receive the George Harrison Global Citizen Award – Vogue

Over the past few years, the Global Citizen Festival has cemented its status as one of New York’s cultural highlights.

0 comment Read Full Article

Songs with chord changes light up brain’s reward centre | Daily Mail Online

    Songs with chord changes light up brain’s reward centre | Daily Mail Online

Record bosses have spent millions trying to create the perfect pop song.They find heart-throb singers who will set teenagers’ hearts

0 comment Read Full Article

The Beatles lost millions because of manager Brian Epstein’s blunders | Life | Life & Style | Express.co.uk

    The Beatles lost millions because of manager Brian Epstein’s blunders | Life | Life & Style | Express.co.uk

FIFTY years after his death, Brian Epstein is still known as the man who made the Liverpool band a phenomenon

0 comment Read Full Article

Mull of Kintyre – Looking back on a Scottish mega-hit – BBC News

    Mull of Kintyre – Looking back on a Scottish mega-hit – BBC News

The late summer might seem like a strange time to write and record a Christmas number one but that is

0 comment Read Full Article

Lenin becomes Lennon: As US struggles with Confederate legacy Ukraine announces end to communist monuments

    Lenin becomes Lennon: As US struggles with Confederate legacy Ukraine announces end to communist monuments

Statues and busts of Vladimir Lenin, once ubiquitous in Ukraine, have been torn down in every city across the country as part of a “decommunisation” drive.Volodymyr Vyatrovych, head of Ukraine’s

0 comment Read Full Article