NEW DHANI HARRISON: Dhani Harrison has joined with Ben Harper and Joseph Arthur in Fistful of Mercy. You can hear more here: http://fistfulofmercy.com/. You can see their video below.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THE BEATLES!: Binky Phillips has penned a winsome remembrance of seeing the Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in 1964 on Huffington Post.
GEORGE HARRISON AFTER THE BEATLES: The September issue of Uncut continues its four-part series on the solo Beatles. The first two parts looked at John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The third, by David Cavenaugh, turns to George Harrison and discusses how the Beatles' split was a liberation for him.
BEATLES FESTIVAL AT SANTA MONICA PIER: A three-day Beatlesfest tribute begins Thursday at Santa Monica Pier in Southern California. The event will include music, Beatles movies, karaoke, memorabilia, photo ops, celebrity appearances, radio personalities and more. A concert by Ticket To Ride spotlighting the "Abbey Road" album takes place at Barnum Hall at Santa Monica High on Saturday. Tickets for the concert are available at Ticketmaster locations.
MORE DANCE MUSIC FROM YOKO: “Wouldnit (I'm a Star)" is the latest in Yoko Ono's series of dance remixes. The song has been climbing the Billboard Hot Dance Club Dance Play chart since its debut five weeks ago entering at #32 with a bullet. It stands at #8 with a bullet in the latest (09/04/2010) chart. The song originally appeared on her albums "Blueprint for a Sunrise" and "Rising." The song will be released to the public in a few weeks.
"ABBEY ROAD" ON STAGE: The American Music Theatre Band performs "Abbey Road" from Aug. 26 to Oct. 9 at the theater in Lancaster, Pa. More info is here.
MORE THAN A TOILET: That John Lennon toilet is the only thing spotlighted in most Liverpool Beatle Week auction stories, but there are a lot more (and more interesting, from a collector's standpoint) things in the auction. We published a slideshow with 20 images of items from the auction. It's here.
SUMMER IN THE VILLAGE: Beatles tribute band Creme Tangerine will perform at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Suncadia Lodge in Cle Elum, Wa. Admission is free.
RICHARD LESTER DONATES ARCHIVES: Director Richard Lester ("A Hard Day's Night," "Help!") has donated a collection of his archives, including Beatle memorabilia, to the British Film Institute, the BBC reported. You can read more on the BFI site.
ACROSS THE WIRE: One of the interesting stories around recently is this story about the letter John Lennon sent to a singer that was intercepted and sold and never reached its destination until recently.
Comments
Fistful of Mercy isn't the best song I have ever heard but this is far more interesting than anything thenewno2 did.
I think he is just growing up as well as his music
Song is a bit too long for my taste, but otherwise good.
Fist full of Mercy played out in Santa Monica for invited guests at KCRW. You can see the performance on KCRW's website, it's over an hour long!
What?! More interesting than thenewno2. What's interesting? The 2.567 total seconds where you can gear Dhani? you are here was my favorite album in the last couple of years. Favorites, idle lover, give you love, people, and the joke's on you. The whole album rocks.
If this is the new direction, I'll have to sit it out for a while. He's young, he's got time.
Whoops, typo. I typed gear, I meant to type fab.
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