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Beatles' Signed Sgt. Pepper's Fetches $290K

Shatters previous record

(Newser) - The Fab Four shattered another record yesterday, when a ultra-rare signed copy of their Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album fetched a rather staggering $290,500 at auction—significantly topping the $30,000 that the auctioneer had predicted. "I consider this to be one of the top...

For Sale: Rare Color Pics of Beatles in '64

65 slides from first US tour set for the auction block

(Newser) - Unpublished early color photographs of the Beatles' first US tour will be sold at a UK auction. The photos were taken during the band's 1964 visit to the US, when color film was expensive and most images of the group were in black and white. The collection of 65...

Sitar Hero Ravi Shankar Dead at 92
 Sitar Hero 
 Ravi Shankar 
 Dead at 92 
OBITUARY
Dec 12, 2012 2:47 AM CST

Sitar Hero Ravi Shankar Dead at 92

'60s icon brought Indian music to the West

(Newser) - The Indian sitar maestro George Harrison called the "father of world music" has died in California at the age of 92, Reuters reports. Ravi Shankar was already famous in his homeland when he introduced the Beatles to the sitar, bridging the gap between Eastern and Western music and achieving...

Up for Auction: Biggest Mistake in Music History
 Up for Auction: 
 Biggest Mistake 
 in Music History 
in case you missed it
Nov 25, 2012 12:55 PM CST

Up for Auction: Biggest Mistake in Music History

Beatles' demo tape hitting the block

(Newser) - It's been called one of the biggest mistakes in music history: The Beatles auditioned for record label Decca on New Year's Day 1962 ... and the label passed on the band, signing a group called the Tremeloes instead. Now the demo tape recorded during the band's audition has...

McCartney: Yoko Didn't Break Up the Beatles

John Lennon was going to leave anyway, Paul says

(Newser) - All those years you’ve harbored a grudge against Yoko Ono for breaking up the Beatles … and now it turns out you can let it go. "She certainly didn't break the group up," Paul McCartney says in a new TV interview set to air next month,...

Remastered Beatles Coming to Vinyl

14 albums will be available in November

(Newser) - The Beatles' remastered albums have been released on CD, USB , and iTunes , and now they are coming to ... vinyl, reports Paste Magazine . Fourteen albums—the 12 UK releases plus Magical Mystery Tour and Past Masters—will be released on Nov. 13 in the United States on 180-gram vinyl, either individually...

No Parole for Lennon&#39;s Killer
 No Parole for Lennon's Killer 
Aug 23, 2012 9:28 AM CDT

No Parole for Lennon's Killer

Mark David Chapman denied release for 7th time

(Newser) - The seventh time wasn't the charm for John Lennon's killer. Mark David Chapman was today denied parole, in yet another appearance before a parole board. He was sentenced in 1981 to 20 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder, and has appeared before the...

John Lennon's Killer Up for 7th Parole Hearing

Mark David Chapman killed the former Beatle 32 years ago

(Newser) - For the seventh time since 2000, Mark David Chapman, the murderer of John Lennon, is up for parole, reports Reuters . The parole hearing is scheduled for this week, says a spokesman for New York state's Department of Corrections, and a decision on whether to release him is expected by...

Russia's Top Narc Blames Beatles for Drugs

Their 'mind-expanding' jaunts expanded problem: Yevgeny Bryun

(Newser) - All you need is drugs, drugs, drugs. That seems to be the message the Beatles communicated to Russia's top narcotics-fighting official, who believes the Fab Four were largely responsible for kicking off the global drug problem. "After the Beatles went to expand their consciousness in India ashrams, they...

Coming Soon: Beatles 2, Featuring Beatles' Kids?

James McCartney says he, Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison are up for it

(Newser) - Today in Terrible Ideas: The Beatles' offspring just might form a sort of "Beatles 2" band—at least to hear one of Paul McCartney's kids tell it. "I'd be up for it," James McCartney tells the BBC . "Sean [Lennon] seemed to be into it,...

McCartney Quitting Pot for His Daughter

Beatles seriously considered reunion, he says

(Newser) - Paul McCartney says he has called time on a pot-smoking career that started when Bob Dylan passed him a joint in 1964. In a Rolling Stone interview, the former Beatle says he's giving it up because of his daughter—not one of the three now in their '40s,...

John Lennon Peace Sign Sells for $154K

He made the placard during a 'bed-in' with Yoko Ono

(Newser) - A placard that got prominent play during a "bed-in" peace protest by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969 has fetched the handsome price of $154,000, reports Bloomberg . The sign reading "Bed Peace" was on the window behind the couple as they staged their weeklong protest in...

John Lennon's Tooth Going Up for Auction
  For Sale: John Lennon's Tooth 
Oct 18, 2011 3:18 PM CDT

For Sale: John Lennon's Tooth

It's expected to fetch more than $15K

(Newser) - Looking for some incredibly weird and expensive yet vaguely gross memorabilia for the Beatles fan on your Christmas list? Well you’re in luck, because one of John Lennon’s teeth will go up for auction at Omega Auctions in Stockport, England, next month, where it’s expected to fetch...

At Yard Sale: McCartney Letter Seeking New Beatle

Now at Christie's; may fetch $11K

(Newser) - Looks like the stars were aligned for Ringo. A 1960 letter written by Paul McCartney sought a drummer for the Beatles two years before Starr joined the Fab Four. The note was discovered folded into a book at a Liverpool yard sale, the AP reports. It was a response to...

Paul McCartney Getting Married This Weekend?

He is set to wed American Nancy Shevell tomorrow, say British tabs

(Newser) - Paul McCartney will wed American fiance Nancy Shevell in London tomorrow, say the British tabs Daily Mirror and the Sun . It doesn't seem far-fetched: A tent and party decorations are going up at McCartney's house, notes AP , and the couple last month filed their intent to marry in...

Beatles Refused to Play to Segregated Crowds
 Beatles Refused to Play 
 to Segregated Crowds 
says contract
Sep 19, 2011 8:02 AM CDT

Beatles Refused to Play to Segregated Crowds

Contract also calls for 150 police officers for Cow Palace show

(Newser) - When the Beatles toured the United States, the band had a few concert demands: at least 150 uniformed police officers, a $40,000 fee—and no segregated audiences, according to the contract for the Beatles' 1965 concert at Cow Palace in California, reports the BBC . The contract is set to...

Obituary: Richard Hamilton, 'Father of Pop Art,' Designed Beatles' 'White Album'
 'Father of 
 Pop Art' 
 Dead at 89 
obituary
Sep 13, 2011 4:10 PM CDT

'Father of Pop Art' Dead at 89

Richard Hamilton designed Beatles' 'White Album'

(Newser) - Richard Hamilton, the “Father of Pop Art” who designed the Beatles’ White Album cover, has died in Britain at 89, Billboard reports. Hamilton, who coined the term "pop art" to describe the movement that made heavy use of commercial and pop-culture images, came to prominence in the 1950s...

Aide: Lennon Was Closet Republican

Former Beatle voiced support for Reagan, says last assistant

(Newser) - Hippie icon John Lennon was a secret fan of Ronald Reagan, claims his final personal assistant. Fred Seaman, who worked for the Lennons in the year before the ex-Beatle's death in 1980, says Lennon was embarrassed by his radical past, the Toronto Sun reports. Lennon "made it very...

McCartney: Rolling Stones Envied Us

All the Beatles could sing, he points out, but Stones relied on Jagger

(Newser) - Who’s on top in the epic Rolling Stones-Beatles rivalry? According to possibly-biased Paul McCartney, even the Stones agreed that the Beatles were better in at least one way. “I talked to Keith Richards recently … well, a couple of years ago, and his take on it was: ‘...

Up for Auction: Rare Photos of Beatles' First US Concert

Set of 50 images expected to net $100,000

(Newser) - Two days after their momentous debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, DC, for their first US concert at … a boxing ring. Forty-seven years after that first show, an enterprising photographer has made 50 silver gelatin prints from his...

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