The Beatles week ahead: Happy birthday John Lennon (and Sean)

October 5, 2013

Your Beatles calendar for the week:

Special:

Paul McCartney listening parties for “New” Oct. 6 in Los Angeles and New York. Details here. In New York, there will be two sessions at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET at Open Road VW/Audi, 802 11th Ave. (at 55th), in the Manhatten section of New York City. The first 100 people to arrive for each event will be able to listen to the “New” album in new cars parked on the rooftop. The Los Angeles event will be held at 7:30 p.m. PT (parking lot opens at 6 p.m.) at the Vineland Drive-In, 443 N. Vineland Ave., City of Industry, CA. Chris Carter of “Breakfast With the Beatles” will host.
John Lennon's 73rd birthday celebration in Hollywood at Lennon Walk of Fame star. Details here.
Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, Oct. 9-13, MGM Grand, Las Vegas. With Laurence Juber, Fab Faux, May Pang, more.

Events:

Ringo “Peace & Love” exhibit: Continues at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles through March.
Beatlesday, Oct. 12, Mons, Belgium.

Movies:

“Good Ol' Freda” is now playing in selected theaters and on the following video on demand services: iTunes, Amazon Prime, DirecTV, Dish Network, AT&T Uverse, Google Play, VUDU, Cablevision, Charter, Comcast Xfinity, Cox, Playstation 3 Store, Sudden Link, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FIOS and Xbox 360/Zune. Information: http://www.goodolfreda.com.

Tours:

Beatles sites in Los Angeles by A Magical History Tour. Website: www.amagicalhistorytour.com.

Concerts:

The Beatles LOVE, Cirque du Soleil, Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas. Performances: Thursdays through Mondays at 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. No performances on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Tickets: http://bit.ly/HRmbk4
1964: The Tribute: Oct. 5: Washington, D.C. Oct. 12: Atlantic City, N.J. Info: http://www.1964thetribute.com.
The Fab Four: Oct. 5: Kansas City, MO. Oct. 12: Houston, TX. More info: http://www.thefabfour.com.
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles: Oct. 23: Bloomington, Ill. Oct. 26: Rosemon, IL. Nov. 1: Shreveport, LA. Nov. 3: Birmingham, AL. Info: http://www.raintribute.com.
Laurence Juber: Oct. 6: Valparaiso, IND. Oct. 9-13: Rock n' Roll Fantasy Camp, Las Vegas. More info: www.laurencejuber.com.
The Fab Faux: Oct. 12: Los Angeles. Oct. 13: Las Vegas. Oct. 19: Glenside, PA. More info: www.thefabfaux.com.
“Just Imagine!”: John Lennon tribute with Greg Piper, through Dec. 29, Hayworth Theatre, Los Angeles.
Bootleg Beatles: Oct. 15: Norwich, UK. http://www.bootlegbeatles.com/gigs.html
Creme Tangerine: Oct. 13: Touchdown City. Nov. 1: Bellevue, Wash. http://www.cremetangerine.com/show-times/ .
Beatles Brunch, 12 p.m. Saturday, B.B. King's, New York City.
“Made In Liverpool Sunday Show,” Beatles tribute, 14:30 London time, The Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: http://www.cavernclub.org
“The Two of Us Monday Show,” weekly tribute to Lennon & McCartney, 18:00 Mondays, the Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: http://www.cavernclub.org.
“Saturday With the Beatles,” weekly Beatles tribute show with the Cavern Club Beatles, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, The Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: Information: http://www.cavernclub.org.
Beatleshow, 5:30 p.m. nightly, Saxe Theater, Las Vegas.

Future events:

Beatmeet, Oct. 27, Best Western Hotel, Leiden, Netherlands.
Dublin Beatles Festival, Nov. 7-10, Dublin, Ireland.
British Invasion 2014, Hard Rock Rivera Maya Hotel, Cancun, Mexico.

Events:

The Art of John Lennon: Website: http://www.lennonart.com/
The Artwork of John Lennon: Website: http://johnlennonartwork.com/

Beatles history:

Oct. 12, 1962: Little Richard headlines a show in New Brighton, England, that features the Beatles, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas and Lee Curtis and the All-Stars (with Pete Best on drums.)

50 years ago this week on the British charts:

10/5/1963: The Beatles' “She Loves You” still #1 on the Official British Charts. Lennon-McCartney's “Bad to Me” by Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas at #15 and “Hello Little Girl” by the Fourmost #18.

Last week's big Beatles stories:

On radio:

“Things We Said Today”: Each week, myself and Ken Michaels of “Every Little Thing” discuss the latest Beatles news topics. The latest show on Fab4Radio.com this weekend and on iTunes and Podbean.com on Monday, is a discussion of John Lennon's life with author Tim Riley (“Lennon”) “Things We Said Today” is available on iTunes (where you can subscribe to us) and Podbean.com, and can be heard at noon ET/9 a.m. PT Saturday and noon ET/9 p.m. PT and 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT Sundays on Fab4Radio.com. You can write to us at thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com.

“Every Little Thing”: Wednesday: Two-hour John Lennon birthday special, plus Paul's “New” single and something Sean Lennon's birthday. The show airs this Wednesday, Oct. 9, 8-10pm (est) on WNHU, which can be streamed at www.wnhu.net.

. More at www.kenmichaelsradio.com

“Fab 4 Free 4 All”: Latest show: “Goodnight Vienna: Analysis and Review.” Available on iTunes and at www.Fab4Free4all.com.
“Beatle Brunch”: Oct. 6: John Lennon birthday tribute. Info: www.beatlebrunch.com.'
“The John Lennon Hour”: Weekly hour of John Lennon music and history hosted by Jude Southerland Kessler. 8 p.m. ET Sunday at Beatles-A-Rama. Available through iTunes. Website: http://www.johnlennonseries.com/radio_home.html.
"Magical Mystery Tour": Two-hour weekly show hosted by James D. Jones with Beatles and solo music. Saturdays at 3 p.m. CST on WKCC-FM (91.1), Kankakee Community College, Kanakee, Ill. Website: http://www.kcc.edu/radio/programs/Pages/mysterytour.aspx.
“Recipe Records”: Weekly podcast by Lanea Stagg that features food and music discussion, and often Beatles discussion. Recent episodes have featured Jim Berkenstadt, author of “The Beatle Who Vanished”; David Bedford, author of “Liddypool: Birthplace of the Beatles”; Al Sussman of Beatlefan; Beatles Examiner Steve Marinucci (aka me); John Lennon Series author Jude Southerland Kessler, and Pat Matthews of Beatles-a-Rama. All shows are here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/recipe-records-cookbook.
“Dennis Mitchell's Breakfast With the Beatles”: Oct. 6: Annual
birthday salute to John Lennon, born 73 years ago next Wednesday with two hours of music and spoken word revolving around John that will include a preview of the "Bermuda Tapes" app, John's obsession with number 9
and an all-live set. Show website.
“Chris Carter's 'British Invasion': Three-hour weekly show on Sirius/XM Ch. 21 at 9 a.m. and midnight ET Sunday.
“Chris Carter's Breakfast With the Beatles”: All-John Lennon show, Tim Piper and band (“Just Imagine”). Beatle call in? On KLOS-FM (95.5) 9 a.m. PT Sunday. Website.
“The Beatledd Fab Four Hour”: The show, hosted by Edd Raineri, airs live each Friday, 7-8 PM EDT, on WRKC-FM in Wilkes-Barre, PA. You can listen live online at: http://wrkc.kings.edu. The program’s Facebook page can be found at: www.facebook.com/beatleddfabfourhour. .
“I've Got a Beatles Podcast”: “Paul McCartney's 'New'.” Information: http://ivegotabeatlespodcast.podbean.com/
Breakfast With The Beatles hosted by Cha-Chi Loprete: 8 a.m. ET Sundays, WZLX-FM (100.7 FM) in Boston or streaming at www.WZLX.com (Click on Listen Live).
“Saturday With the Beatles,” KCSN, 88.5 FM Northridge, CA at 10 am Pacific, 12 noon Eastern, and 6 p.m. London time. http://www.kcsn.org/listen/index.php
“Breakfast With the Beatles": 8 to 10 a.m. CT Sundays, WXRT in Chicago. Also streamed at http://wxrt.cbslocal.com/show/breakfast-with-the-beatles/.
Now and Then": An hour of the Beatles at 8 p.m. ET Monday. The station's frequency is 88.9 FM and is located in the Philadelphia, PA/Southern NJ market. Available online at http://www.Z889.org.
“On the Beat”: Wonderful show hosted by Beatles author Spencer Leigh on BBC Radio Merseyside. Not primarily a Beatles show, but a lot of the discussion focuses on the Liverpool music scene in the '60s, often with those who were there. Airs Saturdays at 17:30 (5:30 p.m.) in the UK and archived online for a week after at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7sj.
"Sounds of the Sixties": Brian Matthews, who interviewed the Beatles on the BBC in the '60s, hosts this weekly show featuring music by the Beatles and others from that decade. Programs air Saturdays and stay online for a week at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wqlv.
"Beatlesongs": Hosted by Rob Leonard airs 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. ET Friday on 90.3 FM WHPC and streaming at www.ncc.edu/whpc.
“Breakfast With the Beatles With Andre Gardner”: The show airs from 7 to 9 a.m. ET Sundays on WMGK-FM 102.9 and 7-9 a.m. PT on KSLX-FM 100.7 in Phoenix.
“The Beatles Complete on Ukelele”: Weekly show featuring new version of Beatle song played on ukelele. Information: http://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail?pid=51729
“Just Four Guys”: New shows available at 4 p.m. ET Tuesdays at www.mvyradio.com.
"Dinner Specials With May Pang and Cynthia Nielsen": More info: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/maypang.
“Mid-Evening With the Beatles,” from the Philippines, 5 to 9 a.m. Saturday morning Eastern time, at their website http://www.pbs.gov.ph/dzsr.
“Across the Universe,” hosted by Glenn Calderone from 8-10 p.m. EST Tuesdays on Inravio.com. http://www.inravio.com/batu.html
“Beatles and Beyond”: Hosted by Pete Dicks. Available at http://www.quaywestonline.co.uk/.

Beatles radio stations:

Fab4Radio.com: http://fab4radio.com
Beatles-a-Rama: http://www.beatlesarama.com
Beatles Radio.com: http://www.beatlesradio.com
MaccaRadio: http://www.maccaradio.com

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