World news about “The Beatles” published by euronews.
The Beatles: 50 years, still pleasing, still sellingToday marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ first album ‘Please Please Me’. This first record, consisting of 14 tracks, was released in… 21/03/2013
Yoko Ono tweets picture of John Lennon’s blood-spattered glassesIf a picture paints a thousand words then Yoko Ono’s contribution to America’s gun law debate will be difficult for the firearms lobby to counter. She has… 21/03/2013
New landlord at Abbey Road It has brought the world everyone from The Beatles to Queen, Kate Perry and Coldplay. Now EMI is to have yet another new owner – or actually two. Universal… 12/11/2011
Paul McCartney weds for third time – nocomment Singer Paul McCartney and his bride Nancy Shevell leave the Old Marylebone Town Hall in London after their wedding. 09/10/2011
Unpublished Beatles photos go under the hammer A collection of unpublished photographs of The Beatles’ first US concerts are going under the hammer in New York. Photographer Mike Mitchell, who was just… 16/06/2011
Linda McCartney: life through the lens Paul McCartney and his daughters Mary and Stella have handpicked some of their favourite photographs by their late wife and mother, Linda McCartney, for an… 10/06/2011
Back in the Day: Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play*June 1, 1967.* The Beatles release their eighth studio album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. It was recorded in 129 days after a period in which the… 01/06/2011
Ravi Shankar dies aged 92The celebrated musician who introduced Indian music to much of the Western world, Ravi Shankar has died at his home in California at the age of 92. A composer… 12/12/2012
Liverpool choir sings Beatles’ ‘Love Me Do’ into record booksAn informal choir of more than 1,600 people have set a new world record in the Beatles’ home city of Liverpool on the 50th anniversary of the release of the… 05/10/2012
Sir Paul McCartney receives France’s top awardSir Paul McCartney has been made an officer of the Legion of Honour, one of France’s most prestigious awards. The former Beatle looked delighted with his… 08/09/2012
McCartney finally gets his Hollywood starPaul McCartney has been given a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, making him the last member of the Beatles to get one. At the unveiling, he made sure to… 10/02/2012
Back in the Day: John Lennon shot deadDecember 8, 1980 John Lennon is shot dead outside his residence in the Dakota building in New York City. He was returning from a recording studio with his… 07/12/2011
McCartney ties the knot for third timePaul McCartney married for the third time on Sunday. The 69-year-old tied the knot with the New York heiress Nancy Shevell at Marylebone Register Office… 08/10/2011
Back in the Day: Abbey Road hits the shelvesSeptember 26, 1969. Abbey Road, the last album recorded by the Beatles, goes on sale to the British public. The record – unsurprisingly given the group’s… 26/09/2011
Beatles auction nets photographer quarter million eurosUnpublished photos of The Beatles have fetched more than 250,000 euros at auction in New York. The man who took the shots of the Fab Four’s first concerts in… 21/07/2011
Beatles for sale: unseen Fab Four photos up for grabsA series of never before seen photographs of the Beatles first ever concert tour of the United States in 1964 is to go under the hammer at Christie’s in New… 20/07/2011
Former Beatle to wed for the third timeSir Paul McCartney will be asking another lady to ‘love, love me do’. The 68 year old musician’s engaged to American business-woman Nancy Shevell… 07/05/2011
Beatles For SaleMoney might not buy you love but it could get your own personal piece of the Fab Four. Some of South America’s largest collection of Beatles memorabilia is… 06/10/2010
