9 Februari, 1964, beatlesmanin var på topp, en revolution inom musik, mode och attityd låg i luften. The Beatles gjorde sitt första liveframträdande i USA på Ed Sullivan Show. För Sullivan betydde framträdandet ett rejält uppsving i sin karriär. Programet var, och är fortfarande, ett av de mest sedda programmen i tv historien.
All Together Now, the documentary about the making of The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil's The Beatles: LOVE, is nominated for a GRAMMY Award in the Long Form Music Video category (Adrian Wills, video director; Martin Bolduc & Jonathan Clyde, video producers).
All Together Now details the story behind the unique partnership between The Beatles and Cirque du Soleil that resulted in the creation and 2006 launch of LOVE, the stage production still playing to packed houses at The Mirage in Las Vegas. The film also documents the creation of the show's music, the experimental Beatles soundscape album of the same name which garnered two GRAMMY Awards for producers Sir George Martin and Giles Martin in the categories of Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Medium and Surround Sound Album.
The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards will be presented Sunday, January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles.
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Paul McCartney To Release Brand New Golden Globe Nominated Single '(I Want To) Come Home' Taken From The Forthcoming Robert De Niro Film ‘Everybody’s Fine’
Digital Release – 1st March 2010
This March sees EMI Records release Paul McCartney’s Golden Globe nominated track '(I Want To) Come Home', taken from the forthcoming Miramax film ‘Everybody’s Fine’ starring Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore and Kate Beckinsale. Paul specially wrote and recorded the track after being asked to by director Kirk Jones and seeing an early screening.
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Sir Paul McCartney is planning to wed his girlfriend in a secret ceremony.
The 67-year-old former Beatles star flew his friends and family to the Caribbean earlier this month to inform them of his plans to marry American businesswoman Nancy Shevell (48). He has been dating the beauty for nearly two years and the couple are now planning a "low-key" ceremony in the US next year.
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Harmonix and MTV Games have announced that a three pack of songs from Paul McCartney’s latest live album will be added to the Rock Band Music Store and LEGO® Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
Paul McCartney joins the more than 390 bands currently available through the Rock Band platform which now has more than 1,000 songs available.
On 5th January, Rock Band and McCartney fans will be able to download “New York City Pack 01” in the Rock Band Music Store. McCartney’s solo debut on the Rock Band platform includes “Band on the Run (live),” “Jet (live)” and “Sing the Changes (live)”, all taken from the current “Good Evening New York City” live release. These tracks will be available on 5th January for the Xbox 360 and Wii and 7th January for PlayStation3.
Soundtracket till filmen Nowhere Boy – om Johns tonår och uppväxt med tant Mimi, mamma Julia och grabbarna i Quarrymen och tidiga Beatles - ges ut som dubbel-cd i UK (och nedladdning här tills vidare) med originalen till låtar som grabbarna spelade och som inspirerade John, samt några låtar från filmens replikaband Nowhere Boys. Filmen får svensk premiär i januari eller februari, och den kommer förstås på dvd senare.
Aaron Johnson spelar John Lennon.
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Music Legend Paul McCartney Named Recipient of Third Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today named music legend Paul McCartney as the recipient of the third Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. An all-star tribute concert is planned for spring 2010.
“As a great admirer of the Gershwins’ songs, I am highly honored to be given the Gershwin Prize by such a great institution as the Library of Congress,” McCartney said.
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Many congratulations to Paul this morning as it has been confirmed that his song (I Want To Come Home) Everybody's Fine has been nominated for a Golden Globe Crtitic's Choice Award in the Best Original Song category.
Paul says: " I'm honoured and delighted to be nominated for a Golden Globe. It's not the kind of thing that happens every day."
Best Original Song:
'Cinema Italiano', Nine (Maury Yeston)
'I Want To Come Home', Everybody's Fine (Paul McCartney)
'I See You', Avatar (James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell)
'The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)', Crazy Heart (Ryan Bingham, T Bone Burnett)
'Winter', Brothers (U2)
(I Want To Come Home) Everybody's Fine is taken from the new Robert De Niro film Everybody's Fine.
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The Alliance for Survival peace group will be holding the George Harrison 8th Anniversary Memorial Tribute on this Sunday, November 29, 2009, at 12:00 Noon, at George's new Hollywood Walk of Fame Star.
At this free-to-the-public memorial tribute, George Harrison and Beatles fans will join hands to form a "Human Chain of Hope for World Peace" between Harrison's star and the John Lennon star on the same block.
George Harrison was born in Liverpool, England on February 25, 1943 and passed away on November 29, 2001 in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer.
Also, on Tuesday, December 8 beginning at 6:00PM, a public John Lennon 29th Anniversary Memorial Tribute will take place at Lennon's Walk of Fame Star.
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Legendary Indian musician and peace advocate, Ravi Shankar has been honored with the first-ever George Harrison Humanitarian Award. The award was presented by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and The George Harrison Fund for UNICEF following Shankar's concert at Carnegie Hall in New York on October 10.
Shankar was recognized for his unprecedented efforts in saving the lives of children, and his involvement with the Concert for Bangladesh - organized by George Harrison and inspired by Ravi Shankar, the Concert marked the first time rock musicians collaborated for a common humanitarian cause.




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