Abbeyrd's Beatles Page news headlines for 6/3/08

Update (6/3/08) from our Beatle News Briefs at http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/fabnews.htm.

- Paul McCartney says he's "ready to party" at Anfield Liverpool Sound concert: More of the best and most complete coverage anywhere with exclusive pictures and video.
- Paul planning world tour?: Details on preparations for Kiev concert
- Yoko sues "Expelled" filmmakers over unauthorized use of "Imagine": Judge rules; Yoko loses
- An indepth look at the unique 1968 White Album preview from Monday's WABC Rewound: More on what happened to the tape before it was aired.
- Rock legend Bo Diddley dead at 79
- Author seeks pictures of fans with the Beatles
- Fans' help sought with Mike Douglas Show book
- Breakfast With The Beatles" -- the latest show online
- "Breakfast With the Beatles" KLOS-FM (new home)/Los Angeles playlist: Playlist and program preview.
- Quick news links: A bit of comic relief with the Beatles.
- Check out the first of our contributor Beatle blogs -- "A Hard Day's Byte."
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- Updated listings for Elton John in Beatle Calendar of Events.
- This week in Wolfgang's Vault (updated 5/29/08)
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Anfield Liverpool Sound - 20

Update (6/1/08, 6:18 PM ET) After introducing it by saying, "Here's another place around here," he started "Penny Lane," then stopped after someone made a mistake, then started it again, to the great approval of the crowd. "At this point, we'd like to welcome a special guest to the stage," and introduced Dave Grohl, who guest starred on "Band on the Run and "Back in the U.S.S.R." Grohl left, then they played "Live and Let Die," then "Let It Be." After engaging in a little back-and-forth with the audience, he started into "Hey Jude." (We heard Bill Harry on the radio mention Paul hadn't played "Hippy Hippy Shake" onstage since 1963.) Paul left the stage, then came back with a guitar and sang "Yesterday." The words seemed to ring all too true, considering recent events. Then came the really big surprise -- "A Day in the Life," the first time he's ever sang this one live. He muffed the words a little in the middle, but he laughed it off. Then, he went directly into "Give Peace A Chance," in an obvious tribute to John. We're sure Yoko, who was in the audience, loved this. Next is a rousing version of "Lady Madonna." Paul's obviously pulling out the stops. He then re-introduced Dave Grohl, and the band ripped into the last song, "I Saw Her Standing There."

Anfield Liverpool Sound concert report 19 - exclusive Paul video

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Update (6/1/08, 2:18 PM ET) After introducing it by saying, "Here's another place around here," he started "Penny Lane," then stopped after someone made a mistake, then started it again, to the great approval of the crowd.

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Update (6/1/08 2:15 PM ET) Next, he picked up the ukelele and played "Something" as a tribute to George.

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Update (6/1/08, 5 PM ET) Paul said hello to the Japanese fans in the audience. He talked about the memories flooding back when he comes back to Liverpool, then talked about doing a song that he's never done live. This is "In Liverpool," the bonus song from the "Liverpool Oratorio" DVD. After that was "I'll Follow the Sun" and "Eleanor Rigby."

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Update (6/1/08, 5 PM ET) A voice yelled out "I love you" and Paul said, "I love you, too!," then launched into "Calico Skies."

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Update (6/1/08, 4:55 PM ET) Paul started to tell a story about what he and George used to do fooling around with their guitars, then played a little classical riff and launched into "Blackbird."

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Update (6/1/08, 4:45 PM ET) Next: "C Moon."

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Update (6/1/08, 4:40 PM ET) The next two songs "Let Me Roll It" and "My Love" (we heard Paul's voice breaking a little on this one...)

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Update (6/1/08, 3:30 PM ET)
Liverpool Sound concert programme, formatted like a record. Remember them? (Exclusive to Abbeyrd's Beatles Page by Peter Fitzpatrick.)

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Update (6/1/08, 3:10 PM ET) There are warm-up shots from the show on Paul McCartney's website. (Thanks to João Paulo Petersen.)

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A picture from the scene (thanks to Peter Fitzpatrick)

Paul McCartney says he's "ready to party" at Anfield Liverpool Sound concert

In an interview with the Liverpool Echo, Paul McCartney says he's looking forward to the June 1 show.
“I think it will be a great evening and I’m ready to party. The thing about it was, the concert was talked about last year and there were a lot of exciting ideas like Salthouse Dock. But I said to people, make sure you can do this because I’ve had experience of these great ideas – it’s great to talk them, but to pull them off is something else. I asked, 'Do you leave this facility for the people of Liverpool?' They said it was going to be filled in again, and when the figures came in it was just crazy money. We said, 'we’ve got to do a gig, we ought to do a gig,' and they changed the venue to Anfield, and I said well, that’s more practical – you don’t have to build a venue. I think it will be a really nice show and a great evening.”
He countered rumors that Ringo will join him onstage for the show and said this was unlikely. “That was never going to be on the cards. He opened the year,” he said.
He confirmed Dave Grohl will be performing with him. “We’ve got a few little surprises up our sleeve, it will be a bit different from our normal shows. Dave Grohl is going to do something with us, so that will be nice. That’s it basically. It’s not that long a show. There’s a curfew at this place, but I am doing a full set. It will be a mixture of music. The idea will be to give the audience what I think they would want.”
A few tickets are still available at http://www.liverpool08.com. Highlights of the concert will be aired on BBC2 at 11 p.m. that night.
(Note: The ECHO is also giving away two tickets for the show. Visit the link for more information.)



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Following in the footsteps of the Beatles

The Beatles were quite a world traveling bunch even before they conquered the musical world in 1964. A series of DVDs by Artsmagic retraces those footsteps and gets fans back to where the Beatles once belonged.
The Beatles - Liverpool (Two-Disc Edition), The Beatles London, The Beatles, Hamburg and the Hamburg Sound and John Lennon's New York - A Magical History Tour all focus on Beatles sites in their home country, in Germany where they gained musical experience away from home, and in New York City, where John Lennon spent the final years of his life. Each of the discs features narration by Beatle fans and historians and guest appearances by Beatles associates.
"The Beatles - Liverpool (Two-Disc Edition)," hosted by Liverpool Beatle expert Spencer Leigh and Beatle historian Ray O'Brien, takes you to well-known and little known places in the Beatles hometown and is a pure delight. Along the way, they meet up with Bill Harry, editor of the influential newspaper Mersey Beat, which covered the Beatles early days in print, Allan Williams, better known as the man who gave the Beatles away and Kingsize Taylor, who performed on a Hamburg bill with the band. Harry and Williams have been interviewed numerous times for Beatle history projects, but their stories have an added charm here when coupled with seeing the actual places the Beatles spent their rise to fame. (By the way, all titles reviewed here have been released in two versions, a single "concise" version and a longer expanded. If you're a diehard Beatles fan, go for the longer versions. They're well worth the small extra cost.)

Leigh also hosts "The Beatles, Hamburg and the Hamburg Sound," a special look at the Beatles' sites in Hamburg and their link to British rock 'n' roll. Sites visited include the Indra Club, the Star Club and the Kaiserkeller. The trip concludes with a visit by Kingsize Taylor, now a resident of Hamburg.
In similar fashion, "The Beatles London," takes you around various Beatle-related sites in the British capitol. It's hosted by Richard Porter, whose daily Beatle walking tours take tourists on a magical mystery tour that occasionally have been known to encounter some well-known people. Here, Porter takes viewers to Abbey Road, Decca Studios, where they tried (and failed) to get a pre-EMI record contract, and a few of their earlier homes. He's joined by a host of Beatle experts including Bill Harry, author Keith Badman and special guest Chris Dreja of the Yardbirds. Having led the walking tours, Porter is quite knowledgeable and uses that expertise to guide viewers on the DVD. Lovers of Beatle minutia will love the little-known facts that Porter and friends discuss.
"John Lennon's New York - A Magical History Tour" takes a special trip (over three hours of original footage) around the places in his life that were important to John Lennon during his years in the Big Apple. The Dakota, of course, is included, as is Strawberry Fields in Central Park and the Statue of Liberty, plus many lesser known places. Your tour guides are Trina Yannicos, editor of Daytrippin', and Susan Ryan, editor of the fan fiction webzine Rooftop Sessions. Their guests include photographers Bob Gruen and Allen Tannenbaum, John's Japanese instructor Tamiko Steinberg and musician David Peel, whose interview shows him to be every bit the unique person seen in his music.
Yannicos, in an email to us, commented on the interviews:

Yes, David Peel is quite eccentric. But once you get past that, you see he is a really sincere, nice person and you can see why John and Yoko were friends with him in the early 70s.
All the interviews were fascinating to me. I learned a lot from speaking with each person. The one that stood out was with Tamiko Steinberg. She is a hidden treasure! Here is someone who spent eight hours a day with John Lennon for two straight months. She got to know him quite well and she tells some great stories about her experiences with him.

To sum it up, these are fascinating DVDs. If you've dreamed of getting to Liverpool, London, Hamburg or New York and touring Beatle sites, this is a good way to plan your trip or see what you'll never get to.