George Harrison: Last News

BBC DJ Johnnie Walker has shared a farewell on his final show after 58 years.The 79-year-old presenter announced earlier this month that he would be retiring from radio after nearly 60 years due to ill health.During his final broadcast of Sounds Of The 70s yesterday (October 27) on BBC Radio 2, Walker told listeners that he wouldn’t be taking requests at the time as he would be closing out his final show by “playing all the ones I love”. The segment also included emotional messages of support from Sir Rod Stewart and Walker’s wife, Tiggy.He opened the show with the George Harrison solo track ‘What Is Life’, before playing Sister Sledge‘s ‘We Are Family’ afterwards and dedicating it to his listeners throughout the years.Walker became the presenter of Sounds Of The 70s back in 2009, but his career in British radio has lasted for 58 years.He started out as a DJ on the pirate station Radio Caroline in the ‘60s, before landing a slot on BBC Radio 1 at the end of the decade.

four individual Beatles movies until “some time in the middle of 2028”.READ MORE: The Beatles’ iconic ‘Abbey Road’ recording console going up for sale on ReverbSpeaking on a recent episode of Variety’s Stagecraft podcast, Mendes briefly mentioned how the Fab Four films were his next big movie-making endeavour, saying: “I’ve got this huge Beatles project that I’m working on for the next several years. So this is the last time you’ll see me until some time in the middle of 2028.”Mendes, whose previous work includes 1917 and James Bond movies Spectre and Skyfall, will direct all four movies.

The Beatles‘ legendary ‘Abbey Road’ has been restored and is up for sale on Reverb.The EMI TG12345 recording console – which was used by the Fab Four to create their final 1969 LP – will be available for purchase starting on October 29 via the official Reverb shop of London recording studio pros and collectors MJQ Ltd.The unique console was created specially for EMI studios in 1968 and was the first of 17 consoles created by EMI. It played an important role in the ambitious sound that The Beatles sought for ‘Abbey Road’.The recording machinery was disassembled and remained unused for over five decades.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The custom-made recording console used on the Beatles’ last recorded album and the members’ early solo recordings has been completely restored and will be for sale on Reverb, the online music marketplace Reverb starting on Oct. 29, the site announced Tuesday.

Ellise Shafer Jeff Lynne‘s ELO has announced that its last ever show will take place at BST Hyde Park in London next summer. The concert — the first to be announced in the annual music festival’s lineup — is set for July 13, with tickets going on sale this Friday at 9 a.m. BST.

Ethan Shanfeld The Beatles‘ 1964 trip to America will be chronicled in a new documentary from producer Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi. Titled “Beatles ’64,” the film will be released on Disney+ on Nov.

Beatles documentary from producer Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi is coming to Disney+ next month – find all the details below.The film, titled Beatles ’64, is set to arrive exclusively on the streaming platform on Friday November 29, it has been announced today (October 14).Per an official description, the forthcoming doc “captures the electrifying moment of The Beatles’ first visit to America” over 60 years ago.It adds: “Featuring never-before-seen footage of the band and the legions of young fans who helped fuel their ascendance, the film gives a rare glimpse into when The Beatles became the most influential and beloved band of all time.”Beatles ’64 is directed by David Tedeschi and produced by Martin Scorsese, Margaret Bodde, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison‘s widow Olivia Harrison, John Lennon‘s son Sean Ono Lennon, Jonathan Clyde (Get Back) and Mikaela Beardsley.Jeff Jones and Rick Yorn serve as executive producers.Prepare to experience the electrifying moment when The Beatles first touched down in America. Beatles ’64, an all-new documentary from producer Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi, is streaming exclusively on #DisneyPlus November 29.

The Beatles have been named as the ultimate British group by BBC Radio 2 listeners, beating the likes of Queen, The Rolling Stones and Girls Aloud.

The Beatles have announced a brand new reissue of their album ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ in celebration of its 60th anniversary.The reissue is also in celebration of National Album Day and will come in the form of a limited edition 180g white pressing of the 1964 LP. The ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ 60th anniversary reissue is set for release on October 19 and can be pre-ordered here.Released as their third studio album, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ was penned solely by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, highlighting the development of their songwriting partnership. The LP also served as a partial soundtrack to the band’s first film of the same name and includes its titular track and ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ which both became transatlantic Number One singles for the group.Side one: 1.’A Hard Day’s Night’2. ‘I Should Have Known Better’3. ‘If I Fell’4. ‘I’m Happy Just To Dance With You’5. ‘And I Love Her’6. ‘Tell Me Why’7. ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’Side two:8. ‘Any Time At All’9. ‘I’ll Cry Instead’10. ‘Things We Said Today’11. ‘When I Get Home’12. ‘You Can’t Do That’13. ‘I’ll Be Back’Elsewhere, Macca recently performed The Beatles track ‘Now And Then’ live for the first time.The music legend introduced the song to his set as he played live at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay on Tuesday (October 1).

A guitar bought by George Harrison for about £58 is expected to fetch more than 1 million US dollars (£753,000) at auction. The Futurama electric guitar was bought by The Beatles star when he was a 16-year-old apprentice electrician in 1959 and was paid for in 44 instalments after his mother signed a hire purchase agreement at Frank Hessy’s music shop in Liverpool.

Paul McCartney has performed The Beatles track ‘Now And Then’ live for the first time. Check out footage of the rendition below.The music legend introduced the song to his set as he played live at the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay last night (October 1).

Paul McCartney looks set to perform The Beatles’ ‘Now And Then’ live for the first time on his upcoming tour.The music legend is bringing his ‘Got Back’ tour to South America, the UK and Europe over the coming weeks and has been sharing snippets of his preparations in the run up to the live stint.As fans wait patiently for the tour to resume, some have noticed that Macca may well be playing The Beatles’ “final” song – released last year with the help of AI technology – live in concert for the first time.‘Now And Then’ was released in November 2023 and is the last Beatles song to feature all members of the Fab Four, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the late George Harrison and John Lennon.Fan-shared footage seemingly reveals that McCartney performed ‘Now And Then’ during soundcheck at the Centenario Stadium, Montevideo in Uruguay on September 30, ahead of his performance there tonight (October 1).Suspicions that it will feature on the official setlist also appeared to be confirmed in the behind-the-scenes footage of ‘Got Back’ tour rehearsals shared to the musician’s YouTube channel.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Traffic co-founder and Rock Hall of Fame member Dave Mason has canceled his fall “Traffic Jam 2024” West Coast tour after doctors detected a serious heart condition requires immediate medical attention, according to an announcement. 
 
 His team of doctors expect a full and successful recovery and Mason plans to resume his touring plans in 2025.
 
 Mason, 78, said, “I’m heartbroken to have to cancel these dates, but it’s Doctor’s orders.

Beatles documentary titled 1964 is coming to Apple TV+ this year to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the band conquering the United States.In February 1964, the Fab Four made their first trip to the US, with over 70 million people watching their debut performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. They led what came to be known as the British Invasion, with Beatlemania taking over the country for the rest of the year.That phenomenon is set to be commemorated in a new film that will reportedly document their rapid rise in American culture, including new interviews and archival footage of the band’s shows.The Sun reports that 1964 will be released onto Apple TV+ on Thanksgiving (November 28).The news comes after the announcement earlier this month that a new boxset comprised of the US versions of the band’s albums in 1964 and 1965 would also be coming out on November 22 via Apple Corps Ltd., Capitol and UMe.

George Harrison‘s 1973 solo album ‘Living In The Material World’ is receiving a 50th anniversary boxset reissue – find out all the details below.The late Beatles guitarist’s fourth album as a solo musician is getting a massive reissue later this year in celebration of the record’s 50th anniversary. The anniversary reissue was announced yesterday (September 19), and is due for release on November 15 via Dark Horse Records/BMG.

The Beatles have announced a new boxset, comprised of their 1964 US albums and celebrating six decades of Beatlemania.The forthcoming collection sees albums by the iconic Liverpool band – originally compiled for US release between January 1964 and March 1965 by Capitol Records and United Artists – re-released to mark the huge milestone.It consists of seven albums made by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, each of which have been analogue cut for 180-gram audiophile vinyl from their original mono master tapes.Titled ‘The Beatles: 1964 US Albums In Mono’, the eight LP, 180g vinyl box set is set to arrive globally on November 22 via Apple Corps Ltd., Capitol and UMe. You can pre-order it here.The albums included are ‘Meet The Beatles!’, which was first shared on January 20 1964, and spent 11 weeks at the top of the charts, ‘The Beatles’ Second Album’, which arrived on April 10 of that same year and had five weeks in the Number One spot, and ‘A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track)’, which came out in June and had 14 weeks atop the charts.Also included are ‘Something New’ (July 20), ‘The Beatles’ Story’ (November 23), ‘Beatles ‘65’ (December 15) and ‘The Early Beatles’.

Elton John, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Cat Stevens, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Bryan Ferry, among others.His start as a musician came in 1956 when, aged 18, he was conscripted into the Royal Air Force. There, he played the tuba as a bandsman, before eventually taking up double bass shortly followed by electric bass.Speaking to Guitar World last year, Flowers shared how his early experiences playing tuba eventually influenced his playing on Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’.

The Beatles will now be able to stay at one of the earliest venues the band played in, as it has been turned into an Airbnb.Located at 8 Haymans Green, West Derby, Liverpool, The Casbah Coffee Club saw the Fab Four perform over 40 times during the start of their career and 13 times by the late John Lennon‘s first band The Quarrymen.The venue first opened in 1956 in the basement of Pete Best’s – the Beatles’ original drummer – family home by his mother Mona. The venue has now become a Grade II building and was developed as a five-apartment Airbnb.

George Harrison’s 1971 ‘Concert For Bangladesh’ live album, featuring Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr and more, is set to arrive across streaming platforms for the first time.Held across two sold-out concerts at New York’s Madison Square Garden back in August 1971, the concerts are considered to be the first major music benefit of its kind and saw the music icon assemble a star-studded event for a common humanitarian goal.Titled ‘The Concert For Bangladesh’, Harrison organised the shows in a bid to raise both awareness and funds for the 10 million East Pakistani refugees who had fled over the border into India, and were facing challenges including the threat of hunger and disease.Setting the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher cause, the MSG shows saw the former Beatle team up with Ravi Shankar, and invite Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell and Billy Preston to perform at the non-profit event.By the point they took to the stage, little public attention had been drawn to the crisis in East Pakistan/Bangladesh and few outside of the region were aware of how to help those affected.“The musicians were great. I mean they completely put down their own egos to play together and to do something because the whole vibe of that concert was that it was something bigger than the lot of us,” Harrison said at the time.

Time Bandits series charts its own clever course through history.The original movie, written by Gilliam and Monty Python mate Michael Palin, and featuring Palin and John Cleese in supporting roles, served up an eccentric, ruefully sardonic take on myth and modern times.The titular bandits, having stolen God’s map of the universe, had decided to use the all-powerful tool to hopscotch through time, ransacking wealth from the likes of Napoleon, Robin Hood, and King Agamemnon.Along the way, the Bandits, portrayed by six talented men of short stature, crashed through a time portal into the present-day bedroom of 11-year-old history buff Kevin, who was whisked off on the adventure of his life.Not only a spirited, escapist fantasy aimed at kids, Gilliam’s movie was a visual marvel that took fearless turns into dark corners of greed, consumerism, loss, and abandonment. The film’s notoriously bleak ending boldly subverted the common fairy tale that as long as the kid hero makes it home safe from Oz, then all will be rainbows and sunshine.The ten-episode series dabbles in such darkness, but series creators Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi don’t let the show live there.This Time Bandits — following the same premise of hurtling through history searching for loot and treasure — leans much harder on the humor, and that’s where it shines.

John Lennon‘s tinted glasses along with a collection of photographs taken of The Beatles at Abbey Road are set to go up for auction.Both the glasses and the collection of photographs taken of the Fab Four at the iconic recording studio in London will be auctioned on Wednesday (July 31) at Farleigh Golf Club in Surrey.According to BBC, Lennon’s glasses – a pair of round specs with blue-tinted lenses – were gifted to a man who was visiting Abbey Road Studios by the late musician himself back in 1968.Speaking about the specs, a Catherine Southon Auctioneers & Valuers spokesperson said that they were handed to the man by Lennon after the man saw them placed on top of a piano.“The young man saw the spectacles lying on the piano and went to pick them up but was told by his then girlfriend to leave them, to which Lennon replied, ‘It’s OK, he can have them’,” they said. They are expected to reach roughly £3,000 at the auction.A collection of 33 black and white photos taken at Abbey Road will also be auctioned along with the copyright for an estimated £200 to £300.