THE BEATLES

LONDON — (AP) — A trove of previously unseen photos taken by Paul McCartney as The Beatles shot to global stardom will go on display in London this year. The National Portrait Gallery announced Wednesday that the exhibition, titled “Eyes of the Storm,” will help mark the gallery's reopening in June after a three-year refurbishment. Gallery director Nicholas Cullinan said McCartney, approached the gallery in 2020 saying he had rediscovered a batch of photos from late 1963 and early 1964 that he had thought were lost. The gallery is due to reopen June 22. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

A trove of previously unseen photos taken by Paul McCartney as The Beatles shot to global stardom will go on display in London this year

An old plea from Queen's Brian May to get The Beatles a "Bohemian Rhapsody"-style biopic divided fans of the iconic band on Twitter last week.

Alexanda Kotey, member of the ISIS cell "The Beatles," has disappeared from the Federal Bureau of Prisons records, Fox News Digital confirmed Thursday.

John Lennon, a beloved member of The Beatles, was killed in New York City on this day in history, Dec. 8, 1980. The location of his death is a global pilgrimage site to this day.

A once-luxurious Miami Beach hotel that hosted the Beatles and President John F. Kennedy during its 1960s heyday has been imploded.

The Beatles performed there in 1964, recording six songs for "The Ed Sullivan Show," drawing an estimated television audience of 70 million people.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — (AP) — A once-luxurious Miami Beach hotel that hosted the Beatles and President John F. Kennedy during its 1960s heyday was imploded Sunday after falling into disrepair and abandonment in recent years. The 17-story Deauville Hotel fell into itself after a series of explosions were set off, sending up a large cloud of dust. The hotel was built in 1957 and Kennedy spoke there to the Young Democrats Convention in 1961. The property fell into disrepair over the years and was closed in 2017 after an electrical fire. Miami Beach officials and the family that owned the hotel sparred over millions of dollars in fines for various code violations.

A once-luxurious Miami Beach hotel that hosted the Beatles and President John F. Kennedy during its 1960s heyday was imploded Sunday after falling into disrepair and abandonment in recent years. The 17-story Deauville Hotel fell into itself after a series of explosions were set off, sending up a large cloud of dust. The hotel was built in 1957 and Kennedy spoke there to the Young Democrats Convention in 1961.

Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr on Thursday announced the postponement of the remainder of his North American tour after testing positive again for COVID-19. “I’m sure you’ll be as surprised as I was I tested positive for Covid,” Starr tweeted Thursday. “The rest of the tour is off I send you peace and love Ringo.”I’m sure you’ll be as surprised as I was I tested positive again for Covid the rest of the tour is off I send you peace and love Ringo. Starr initially canceled a date at Mystic Lake Casino in Prior Lake, Minnesota, the Star Tribune of Minneapolis reported. Starr has also appeared in films, such as “The Magic Christian” in 1969 and “Caveman” in 1981.

The Beatle had previously cancelled dates after catching the virus, before returning to the road.

Brad Yates started his music career at a young age, but Hawaii has a special place in his heart and his instrument collection.

Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr postponed his scheduled Sunday concert date in Minnesota due to illness, the concert venue said. A rescheduled date will be announced in the future.”The Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band concert scheduled for 8 pm Sun. pic.twitter.com/Es3BsM0HWX — Mystic Lake Casino (@mysticlake) October 2, 2022The exact nature of Starr’s illness has not been revealed. While the casino website announced the postponement, there is no mention of it on Starr’s website or social media accounts, the Star Tribune reported. According to TMZ, Starr also canceled his scheduled concert date Saturday night at the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Michigan.

LONDON — (AP) — An alleged member of an Islamic State group hostage-taking cell nicknamed “The Beatles” was charged with terrorism offenses in Britain on Thursday after being deported from Turkey. Aine Davis, 38, was arrested at Luton Airport north of London on Wednesday night after arriving on a flight from Turkey and charged with offenses under the Terrorism Act, the Metropolitan Police Service said. The Crown Prosecution Service said the charges relate to terrorism offences in 2014 and possession of a firearm for a purpose connected with terrorism. Davis was arrested in Turley in 2015 and convicted in 2017 of belonging to the Islamic State group. Mohammed Emwazi, who carried out the executions and was nicknamed “Jihadi John,” was later killed in a drone strike.

An alleged member of an Islamic State hostage-taking cell nicknamed “The Beatles” has been charged with terrorism offenses in Britain on Thursday after being deported from Turkey.

The Beatles: What you need to knowA letter sent from John Lennon to Paul McCartney following the breakup of The Beatles is set for auction, according to Billboard. >> Read more trending newsLennon, in the typewritten letter, slams McCartney in response to an interview McCartney did with the publication Melody Maker. The letter, written in 1971, came after McCartney sued The Beatles following their split in 1970. McCartney had said in the interview he felt Lennon’s songwriting had “too much political stuff.”In the letter, Lennon attacked McCartney for not speaking out against the Vietnam War, something Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, had been doing. “Saying nothing is as loud as saying something.”Bidding on the three-page letter, according to the music memorabilia site Gotta Have Rock and Roll, stands at $22,000.

Ringo Starr - What You Need to Know Ringo Starr - What You Need to KnowRingo Starr paid his dues because he wanted to sing the blues. More than any other rock ‘n’ roll drummer, Starr knew that fame didn’t come easy. The Beatles drummer and solo star asked for his fans to make peace hand signs and say “Peace and love” to one another. The other surviving member of The Beatles, Paul McCartney, shared his best wishes to Starr on his Instagram account. Information from wire services and Ringo Starr’s website was used in compiling this report.

Riff On This: Former musician and music store owner Jim Ownby brings a nostalgic look at how the music scene changed in Daytona Beach over the years.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's film "Get Back" documents the Beatles 22-day creative process that resulted in the album "Let It Be."

Hours of footage of the Beatles' writing and recording have been released after 50 years, part of Peter Jackson's new documentary, "Get Back."

The rock star is playing the festival's Pyramid stage for nearly three hours, a week after his 80th birthday.

What You Need to Know: Paul McCartney What You Need to Know: Paul McCartney (NCD)They say it’s his birthday. Paul McCartney turned 80 on Saturday, and his musical career has been legendary. James Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool, England, on June 18, 1942. Band on the RunRecorded by Paul McCartney and Wings, “Band on the Run” is the title track to the group’s 1973 album. Silly Love SongsWritten by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings, “Silly Love Songs” appeared on the 1976 album “Wings at the Speed of Sound.” McCartney seems to be poking fun at critics during the 1970s who sneered that the former Beatle was writing syrupy ballads and love songs.

An exhibition at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland explores the creation of some of pop's most indelible songs, during the period leading up to the Fab Four's breakup.

Hostages have offered searing testimony about their struggle to survive in the only U.S. trial for a member of an infamous terror cell known as “the Beatles.”

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El Shafee Elsheikh, member of the ISIS group nicknamed "the Beatles," is on trial in Virginia facing hostage and terrorism charges.

Motka testified about the ordeal Thursday at the terrorism trial of El Shafee Elsheikh, a British national charged with taking a leading role in an Islamic State kidnapping scheme that took more than 20 Westerners hostage between 2012 and 2015. Mueller was forced into slavery and raped repeatedly by the Islamic State’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, before she too was killed. Motka is the first surviving hostage to testify at Elsheikh's trial in Alexandria, Virginia. “They said I was a posh wanker because I went to boarding school,” Motka testified. “George was more into boxing,” Motka testified.

A hostage who survived more than a year as a captive of the Islamic State is testifying about the beatings and torture inflicted on him by his captors.

Hours of footage of the Beatles' writing and recording have been released after 50 years, part of Peter Jackson's new documentary, "Get Back."

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's film "Get Back" documents the Beatles 22-day creative process that resulted in the album "Let It Be."

LISBON, Portugal — (AP) — Denis O’Dell, a British film producer and director who worked with The Beatles on the movie “A Hard Day’s Night” and other productions, has died at his home in Spain, his son said Friday. Arran O’Dell told The Associated Press that his father died overnight at his house in Almería, in southeast Spain. He said the family planned a local private service and a memorial service at a later date in the United Kingdom. Denis O’Dell was an associate producer of “A Hard Day’s Night,” the Fab Four’s first film, and “How I Won the War," in which John Lennon appeared as a supporting actor. He produced the 1967 Beatles film “Magical Mystery Tour," as well as “The Magic Christian,” which featured Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr.

Denis O’Dell, a British film producer and director who worked with The Beatles on the movie “A Hard Day’s Night,” has died at his home in Spain

Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary “Get Back” runs for nearly eight hours and the only real criticism you can make is that it doesn't last longer. For the Beatles fanatic, and we are a vast and obsessive community, every moment offers some kind of revelation or random pleasure, along with glimpses of what was to come and what might have been. It's the most in-depth look we've ever had of the Beatles at a given moment, but should not be mistaken for more than a given moment.

While making his Beatles series Get Back, the director learned about the Fab Four's letdown.

Nearly 60 hours of film taken over three weeks existed, mostly unseen, and the band had been considering what to do with it. Jackson took that material, as well as 150 hours of audio recordings, and spent four years building a story. Along the way, Jackson's project dispels and reinforces pieces of conventional wisdom that has solidified through the years. Among the priceless moments he unearthed is the joy on the Beatles' faces as they played on the studio rooftop. The film shows the whole performance, the Beatles rising to the challenge and having a great time doing it.

With a nearly 8-hour documentary series, filmmaker Peter Jackson reexamines the Beatles' ill-fated “Let it Be” recording and film session.

For 50 years, the fixed narrative had the Beatles' “Let it Be” recording session as a miserable experience with a band where members were sick of each other, sick of their work and in the process of breaking up.

Filmmaker Peter Jackson's new film "Get Back" documents the Beatles 22-day creative process that resulted in the album "Let It Be."

Peter Jackson's "Get Back" series rewrites the story of rock's biggest breakup. Sunday, Jon Wertheim reports on the new documentary.

The beloved song by The Beatles, released in 1966, has been rumored to be inspired by a grave marked "Eleanor Rigby" at St. Peter's Church in Woolton.

Music legend disputes long-held belief by many of the super group's fans that he caused its demise.

From left to right: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon. McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, refuting the suggestion that he was responsible for the group’s demise. Speaking on an episode of BBC Radio 4’s “This Cultural Life’’ that is scheduled to air Oct 23, McCartney said it was John Lennon who wanted to disband The Beatles. (AP Photo) (Uncredited)LONDON — (AP) — Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, flatly disputing the suggestion that he was responsible for the group’s demise. “That was our Johnny.’’The band's fans have long debated who was responsible for the breakup, with many blaming McCartney.

Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, disputing the suggestion that he was responsible for the group’s demise.

Paul McCartney swatted down suggestions that he was the one who prompted The Beatles infamous split,

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The musician is remembered as "one of the greatest drummers of his generation".

Britain World Heritage Liverpool The Beatles statues and Royal Liver Building, centre, on the waterfront area of Liverpool, which has been removed from the World Heritage List Wednesday July 21, 2021. The UN World Heritage committee found developments including the new Everton soccer stadium threatened the value of the city's waterfront. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP) (Peter Byrne)LONDON — (AP) — Civic leaders in Liverpool expressed outrage Wednesday after the English port city was stripped of its World Heritage status by the United Nations’ culture organization. UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee voted to remove the designation because of developments in the city center and on its historic River Mersey waterfront. Anderson said the city would explore whether it could appeal, “but, whatever happens, Liverpool will always be a World Heritage city.

His Beatles songs were collaborations with Lennon. The working title for the song was “Scrambled Eggs,” and McCartney sang the song solo, accompanied by a string quartet. Band on the RunRecorded by Paul McCartney and Wings, “Band on the Run” is the title track to the group’s 1973 album. Silly Love SongsWritten by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings, “Silly Love Songs” appeared on the 1976 album “Wings at the Speed of Sound.” McCartney seems to be poking fun at critics during the 1970s who sneered that the former Beatle was writing syrupy ballads and love songs. He duets with Stevie Wonder on the album “Tug of War.”Say Say SayMcCartney sang “Say, Say, Say,” the lead single to his “Pipes of Peace” album in October 1983, with Michael Jackson.

Hong Kong DJ Legend Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong's oldest DJ shows a vinyl record at his home in Hong Kong, Thursday, May 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (Kin Cheung)HONG KONG — (AP) — Ray Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world. In a storied career spanning over 70 years in Hong Kong, Cordeiro has interviewed superstars including the Beatles and Elton John, and even received an MBE — an order of the British empire for outstanding achievement or service to the community — from Queen Elizabeth. His love for music eventually led him to pursue a career in radio, where he joined public broadcaster Radio Hong Kong, now known as Radio Television Hong Kong. He later interviewed the Beatles again when they visited Hong Kong.

Ray Cordeiro considers himself the luckiest radio DJ in the world.

As part of a recent home upgrade project, I moved my stereo and LPs down into the basement and bought an Apple HomePod for the living room upstairs. It was meant to be a solution to play music at meals and other times when the family's together. The HomePod plays any of the millions of songs we want to stream from Apple Music -- we're on the $14.99-per-month family plan -- which lets all of us take turns controlling the music. But soon I ran into a major problem: It just wouldn't play some songs. Many of them are ripped from CDs that are obscure, out-of-print, self-recorded, or otherwise not in the massive Apple Music database.

(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Two British men charged with helping the Islamic State group carry out executions and ransom negotiations for Western hostages pleaded not guilty Friday in a federal court. At a brief hearing Friday in the court just outside Washington, D.C., the two men pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial. No trial date was set after both men waived their right to a speedy trial because of the case's complexity. A status hearing was set for Jan. 15 to set a trial date then. “This involves a long investigation involving multiple countries,” Fitzpatrick said when asked about the volume of evidence that must be weighed.

There is an iconic musician who’s celebrating a big birthday on Tuesday, and Ringo is his name-O. R-I-N-G-O is turning 8-0! R-I-N-G-O is turning 8-0! Excuse the mild spoof on the famous nursery rhyme, “Bingo,” but it’s a good way to describe a big day for a member of arguably the world’s most iconic band. Ringo Starr turns 80 on Tuesday, and what better way to celebrate his life and achievements than by trying your hand at this quiz about the former drummer for “The Beatles,” and solo artist.

Evening Standard | Getty ImagesThe Beatles broke up five decades ago, but you would never know it from looking at the charts. In late September the group reissued the 50th anniversary edition of its 1969 album "Abbey Road," which hit No. 3 spot, the group had sold 81,000 physical albums, but according to Forbes, the group's music has been streamed on Spotify 1.7 billion times in 2019. In 2015 the group's catalog finally came to Spotify and Apple Music, and in 2017 the Beatles Channel came to Sirius XM Radio. If the same thing starts happening to The Beatles, she said that there are ways of recapturing their former glory.

Kramer, 40, is here because of "Abbey Road," the seminal album the band released on September 26, 1969 -- 50 years ago Thursday. To mark the special occasion, an anniversary edition of "Abbey Road" will be re-released on September 27. She has an original copy of "Abbey Road," has met Paul McCartney and even owns a signed guitar of his -- which none of her kids are allowed near. Porter says: "When he got to Abbey Road he just burst into tears -- it was too much for him. Porter added: "Abbey Road is the place that everybody wants to see...You can't do a Beatles tour in London without seeing Abbey Road.

That got us thinking about legendary Beatles songs. But as longtime Beatles fans, we decided to choose 11 to mention here as among the best of the best. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"It's hard to describe this "White Album" song. "A Hard Days Night"Of course, this list comes down to personal preference, and we lean toward the Beatles' later work. Is it even possible to listen to this song without thinking, "Beatlemania has arrived in the United States"?

Music icon Paul McCartney has revealed some intimate details about life after The Beatles. Among them, he said that he was "depressed" after the band's break-up. CBSN's Reena Ninan has more.