Fifty-six years ago, in October 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono issued a self-indulgent souvenir of their own wedding titled “Wedding Album.” The deluxe (for the time) package came in an album-sized white box containing the usual wedding pictures one … Continue reading
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Beatlefan Publisher Bill King reports on the first of two concerts Paul McCartney performed Nov. 2 and 3 at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena. … Sloshing through the easily flooded, traffic-clogged streets of downtown Atlanta isn’t a recommended way of spending … Continue reading
Paul McCartney has more reason to be in the Los Angeles area than just attending an Oasis concert in Pasadena this past weekend. An informed source tells Beatlefan that Macca actually has been in L.A. off and on since early … Continue reading
Here are a couple of reports on the June 13 concert in New York City. First up is Associate Editor Tom Frangione’s review for Beatlefan. … Having kicked off the first leg of their 2025 tour the prior evening in … Continue reading
Back in 1969, Pete Townshend of The Who came up with “Tommy,”widely considered the first “rock opera.” But this past week Townshend found himself involved in a real-life rocksoap opera. The storyline: First, Townshend and fellow Who original member Roger … Continue reading
Here’s contributor Natalie Palumbo’s report on a recent screening of Kevin Macdonald’s documentary film about John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s famed benefit concert and their activities in New York’s Greenwich Village in the early 1970s. … It’s Thursday afternoon at … Continue reading
Al Sussman chats with Bill King about his days covering popular music, as well as some of the big names that are featured in the book “LARGE TIME: On the Southern Music Beat, 1976-1986” (available on Amazon). For those who … Continue reading
Besides the Ed Sullivan Theatre, one of the sites in New York City most associated with The Beatles’ first American visit in February 1964 is the Plaza Hotel, which was surrounded by thousands of screaming, chanting teenagers during John, Paul, … Continue reading
Here’s an angle on The Beatles we hadn’t seen before: Shane O’ Donoghue decided to reimagine four of the Fab Four’s songs as bottles of booze, inspired by the staging of the rehearsal space featured in Peter Jackson’s “Get Back” miniseries. We … Continue reading
Longtime Beatlefan contributor Dave Hinchberger wrote the prologue for Bill King’s new book “LARGE TIME: On the Southern Music Beat, 1976-1986.” Here is an excerpt from it. … When I was 14 in 1976, my family of seven moved into … Continue reading