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George Harrison‘s Grammy award-winning double live Concert for Bangladesh is finally available to stream on all major digital platforms. Presented over two sold-out shows on Aug. 1, 1971, at Madison Square Garden, this is remembered today as the first major multi-act benefit concert. Harrison’s all-star list of guests included Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, members of Badfinger and Ravi Shankar, among others. See a new album trailer and complete track listing below. Also included as a bonus is the original studio version of Harrison’s Top 10 1971 U.K. charit...
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Beatles live albums didn’t really used to be a thing. They came off the road in August 1966 and the group’s first official concert recording, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, wasn’t released until 11 years later. Three Beatles had issued live LPs in the meantime: John Lennon with 1969’s Live Peace in Toronto, George Harrison with 1971’s The Concert for Bangladesh and Paul McCartney with 1976’s Wings Over America. The knockoff Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany 1962 had only arrived a few months before the Hollywood Bowl recordings. Not much. Then the next decade would see exactly one...
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Paul McCartney zollt dem verstorbenen Beatles-Tourmanager Tony Bramwell Tribut.Der ‚Let It Be‘-Interpret widmete seinem langjährigen Weggefährten einen rührenden Nachruf, nachdem am Donnerstag (6. Juni) bekannt wurde, dass Bramwell einige Tage zuvor im Alter von 79 Jahren verstorben war. In seinem Online-Statement schrieb McCartney: „Traurig, von Tony Bramwells Tod zu hören. Er war uns ein guter Begleiter während der Beatles-Reisen. Er war immer für einen Spaß zu haben und es tut mir weh, ihn gehen zu sehen. Danke, Tony. Ich liebe dich!“ Bramwell kannte McCartney und seine Bandkollegen George ...
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An den früheren Beatles-Musiker George Harrison (1943-2001) wird in seiner Heimatstadt Liverpool nun mit einer Plakette erinnert. Die blaue Gedenktafel wurde an seinem früheren Wohnhaus enthüllt. Seine Arbeit habe weltweit Millionen Menschen beeinflusst, teilte die Denkmalpflegeorganisation Historic England mit. Harrison war das jüngste Mitglied der britischen Band The Beatles. Der Brite war am 25. Februar 1943 in Liverpool geboren worden. Sein Geburtshaus steht an der Adresse 12 Arnold Grove. Harrison verbrachte dort auch die ersten Jahre seiner Kindheit. Er war als der «ruhige Beatle» bekann...
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George Harrison's sitar has been sold at auction for $66,993. The Beatles icon - who died in November 2001, aged 58 - bought the instrument on Oxford Street in London in 1965, and he used it during the recording sessions for 'Norwegian Wood', which featured on the band's 'Rubber Soul' album. The instrument - which was invented in medieval India - ignited Harrison's lifelong passion for Indian music, culture, and Hindu spirituality, while it also sparked a broader interest in sitars among other Western musicians. Harrison visited India for the first time in 1966, where he studied the sitar unde...
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Sir Paul McCartney was "so embarrassed" when he tried to play lead guitar with the Beatles. The 81-year-old music legend was part of the iconic rock group alongside John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr but explained when he tried playing lead guitar during an early gig instead of bass, he "totally froze" on stage. Speaking on the 'Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics' podcast, he explained: "Mind you, when I first met John. He didn’t play guitar, ‘cause I had to show him guitar chords because he’d been taught by his mum [Julia], and she only knew banjo chords. " We had this gig and it was ...
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Pattie Boyd is selling the "desperate and passionate" love letters she received from Eric Clapton and the late George Harrison. The 79-year-old model-turned-photographer finds it "heartbreaking" to read the missives penned by her ex-husbands but she is ready for someone else to "enjoy" the notes. Pattie - who was pursued by Eric while married to his close friend - told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: “I’ve had them all for so many years – far too long. I thought, why don’t I just sell everything and let everybody else enjoy it? “The letters from Eric – they’re so desperate and passionate, a pas...
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John Lennon used to be insecure about wearing glasses, according to Sir Paul McCartney. The 81-year-old music legend shot to fame alongside the late John - who was shot dead at the age of 40 in 1980 - as part of rock group The Beatles in the 1960s but revealed that his bandmate used to have "horn-rimmed glasses" that made him look like boy wizard Harry Potter and would only ever keep them on for fellow musician Buddy Holly. Speaking on Radio 2, he said: "John had these horn-rimmed glasses at the time and if ever there would be a girl coming round John would whip his glasses off and put them in...
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Director David Leland has died aged 82. The BAFTA-winning actor and filmmaker – who wrote movies including ‘Personal Services’ and ‘Wish You Were Here’ and directed an Emmy-winning episode of ‘Band of Brothers’ – passed away on Christmas Eve surrounded by his family. His agency Casarotto Ramsay and Associates said in a statement: “He is survived by his wife, Sabrina, his four daughters, his son and his six grandchildren… all of whom he loved almost as much as Arsenal football club.” David originally trained as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama before co-forming the Drama...
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A Grammy Award given to the late John Lennon is expected to fetch up to $500,000 at auction. The Beatles legend - who was shot dead in 1980 - and his bandmates, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr and the late George Harrison, were given the Grammy Trustee statuettes in 1972 in recognition to their "significant contributions to the field of recording", but the 'Imagine' singer didn't want his trophy, and it is now up for sale. Gotta Have Rock and Roll, a music memorabilia-based auction house, told TMZ that John told the president of the Grammys: "I'm not a Beatle anymore, you can keep it." A d...
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