I Read the News This Week: Beatles Headlines Roundup


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'Beatles' Biopic Star Is Unrecognizable as John Lennon in New Images

[Harris] Dickinson can be seen with long auburn hair, a full untrimmed beard, and the small round glasses closely associated with Lennon's final years in the band. Paired with the denim jacket, the look seems to place him somewhere around 1969, closer to the bearded, restless Lennon of the Abbey Road period than the grinning moptop of 1964.

Uncut: How AI lets us hear The Beatles in a whole new way

Suddenly, we can hear the Beatles talk to each other with astonishing clarity turning the viewer themselves into the fifth Beatle – a fly-on-the-wall if you will excuse the insect-related pun. That tech is now being used to re-mix – or even de-mix – the music, with the impending reissue of Rubber Soul the latest to benefit.

The Sun: Savile Row tailors in clash with The Beatles over plans for new museum

PLANS for a Beatles museum have received a dressing-down from tailors.

The Fab Four’s old HQ in London’s Savile Row is set to be a visitor attraction featuring the rooftop where they played their final gig in 1969.

But Mark Henderson, of the Savile Row Bespoke Association, said it could cause “dangerous congestion” and have a “negative impact” on businesses.

He told council planners: “The pavements on the street are narrow — already frequently clogged with visitors.”

BBC: Calls for statue to honour former Wings guitarist

Calls have been made to honour former Wings guitarist Henry McCullough with a permanent memorial in his hometown.

McCullough, who died in 2016, was the only man from the island of Ireland to perform at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, playing with Joe Cocker at the iconic festival.

As well as playing with Sir Paul McCartney with the band Wings, McCullough also toured with acts including Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd.

Born in Portstewart, County Londonderry in 1943, McCullough's career started with a number of local bands including Eire Apparent who toured with Jimi Hendrix.

Galerie: A London Property with Ties to The Beatles and Oscar Wilde Lists for $9.39 Million

A London property with a star-studded history has hit the market for $9.39 million. The listing is a five-bedroom, three-bath Victorian townhouse with 3,014 square feet of living space. Known as Ovington Gardens, this enclave has hosted a number of notable figures over the years, including Oscar Wilde and his mom, poet Jane Wilde, as well as Vera Bate Lombardi, a close associate and muse of Coco Chanel, and Ernestine Bowes-Lyon, cousin to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. It even served as the headquarters for The Beatles’ multimedia company, Apple Corps.

KSLX: Olivia Harrison sets book tour in support of the late George Harrison’s upcoming photo book

Olivia Harrison, widow of Beatles legend George Harrison, is set to take part in a book tour in connection with the release of the upcoming photo book The Third Eye: Early Photographs.

The book, which will be released Oct. 6, is described as “the first ever collection of George Harrison’s personal photos taken between 1963 and 1970.”

The book tour includes two stops. The first, in New York, will be a conversation between Olivia and director Martin Scorsese, happening Oct. 6 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. Then she’ll hit Los Angeles on Oct. 11 for a chat with director Cameron Crowe at Live Talks Los Angeles’ Robert Frost Auditorium.


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