by Shelley Germeaux Recently I met (via email) Jude Southerland Kessler, author of “John Lennon: Shoulda Been There”, a historical bio-novel covering the period 1940-1961, the first twenty-one years of John Lennon’s life. Published in 2008, the book is a resounding 788 pages before its extensive bibliography, and includes an interview CD with the Beatles…
“Fab Fourum”, a new half-hour Beatles talk show, is now available on iTunes. The podcast is hosted by four Beatle experts – radio veterans, authors, and lecturers – who have each done substantial research and reporting on the world’s most famous rock band. In each “Fab Fourum” episode, the hosts discuss topics that cover all…
Following a tour of the US this summer, Paul McCartney just announced his first European Tour since 2004. This December will see Macca play seven special arena shows across Europe, culminating with his first ever public performance at London’s O2 Arena, which will be his only UK date of this year. McCartney begins the tour…
by Marshall Terrill(Photos courtesy Chris O’Dell) Chris O’Dell is quick to point out that she was never famous, or even almost famous, but she was there. Indeed. The former Apple secretary and one of rock’s first female tour managers was in the studio when the Beatles recorded The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It…
Chris O’Dell, the former Apple secretary and one of rock’s first female tour managers, has just released her new memoir, Miss O’Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, The Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, and the Women They Loved. Yes, that’s “Miss O’Dell”, the woman who George Harrison wrote a song…
For Purple fashion magazine, Sean Lennon and his girlfriend, model Charlotte Kemp Muhl recreated the legendary Rolling Stone cover of John Lennon and Yoko Ono taken by Annie Liebowitz. The photo shows a nude Lennon clutching a fully-clothed Ono in a subtle gender role reversal with the sensitive Lennon appearing vulnerable and submissive to a serious and…
(from Press Release) Opening on June 17, 2009 in Liverpool, the world famous Beatles Story gives visitors the opportunity to experience a unique personal narration of life with John Lennon – by his son Julian, and Julian’s mother, Cynthia, with the opening of “White Feather: The Spirit of Lennon.” (Photo © Mark McNulty) Beginning in…
Photos and story by Olivia Rodriguez Landing at the Liverpool John Lennon Airport was simply thrilling. I decided to take a bus into Liverpool so that I could see the lush green landscape and come along side the ocean. The bus left me off near the Albert Dock, how perfect is that? I made my…
Photos courtesy Candy Wright Back in 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had just got married on March 20 and decided to spend their honeymoon at the luxurious Amsterdam Hilton (pictured above) in the Netherlands spending a week literally in bed, but without privacy — in fact, inviting the press to hang out with them…
A great amount of time and thought was put into the construction of the Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set CD packaging. This is a refreshing contrast to the minimalist packaging featured in the original CD releases from the late 1980s. The Stereo Box set comes in a rectangular black box with a magnetic flap closure on the…
