Posts Tagged ‘The Beatles’
Unseen Beatles photos sell for $360,000
Written by admin on July 21, 2011 – 11:52 pm -| Unseen photographs of The Beatles’ debut American concert have sold at auction for $360,000 (£223,600).
Teenage photographer, Mike Mitchell, captured the images on February 11, 1964 during the band’s historic show at the Washington Coliseum. The negatives had been stored for years in a box in Mitchell’s basement. |
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Scorsese’s George Harrison film to air on HBO and BBC
Written by admin on July 14, 2011 – 6:17 pm -| Martin Scorsese’s much anticipated three-hour documentary on George Harrison will debut on HBO over two nights on October 5 and 6. It will also air in the UK on BBC2 in November to coincide with the 10th anniversary of George Harrison’s death. |
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Test your knowledge of the British Invasion bands
Written by admin on July 7, 2011 – 8:19 am - |
Welcome to the first Classic Pop Icons “Rock and Pop Quiz.” This week’s quiz focusses on the British Invasion bands of the 1960s.
For each of the 20 questions, you are asked to choose the correct answer from four possibilities. Once all 20 have been selected, click the “See results” button to find out how well you did. |
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iTunes debut for Beatles “Anthology” albums
Written by admin on May 31, 2011 – 9:31 pm -The trio of two-CD sets originally released in conjunction with The Beatles’ mid-90s “Anthology” series will be available as remastered downloads exclusively from iTunes on June 14.
Anthology 1, 2 and 3 will be available individually ($29.99/£17.99 each) or as a set ($79.99/£44.99). Individual tracks will cost $1.29 each.
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Elvis and The Beatles exhibit opens in September
Written by admin on May 24, 2011 – 7:05 pm - |
Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc, and The Beatles Story in Liverpool are coming together to develop an exhibit that will examine Elvis’ impact on the Fab Four and commemorate the day in August 1965 that The Beatles visited Elvis at his home in Bel Air, California. |
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