The week ahead: Beatles' 'Please Please Me' album released 50 years ago

Your Beatles calendar for the week:

Events:

March 17: John Lennon and George Harrison will be honored with a blue plaque at the site of the former Apple Boutique. Speakers will include Rod Davis of the Quarrymen. Richard Porter of Beatles In London.com says Tony Bramwell and Lizzie Bravo, who sang on “Across the Universe,” will also be present, along with Jeni Crowley, former Beatles Fanclub secretary, who worked in the shop.
March 17: London Beatles Day, The Sherlock Holmes Hotel, Baker Street, London W1U 6LI.

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.
1964: The Tribute: March 22, Carmel, CA. March 23, Salt Lake City. More info: www.1964thetribute.com.
The Fab Four: March 30: Tokyo, Japan. More info: www.thefabfour.com.
Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles: March 17, Binghampton, N.Y. March 18, Albany, N.Y. March 19, Kingston, Ont. March 20, Hamilton, Ont. March 21, London, Ont. March 22-23, Brampton, Ont. Info: www.raintribute.com.
Laurence Juber: April 9-10: Tokyo, Japan. April 12: Osaka, Japan. April 13: Kyoto, Japan. More info: www.laurencejuber.com.
The Fab Faux: March 23: Glenside, PA. More info: www.thefabfaux.com.
Beatles Brunch, 12 p.m. Saturday, B.B. King's, New York City.
“Made In Liverpool Sunday Show,” Beatles tribute, 14:30 UK Time, The Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: www.cavernclub.org.
“The Two of Us Monday Show,” weekly tribute to Lennon & McCartney, 18:00 Mondays, the Cavern Club, Liverpool. Information: 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: www.cavernclub.org.
Beatleshow, 5:30 p.m. nightly, Saxe Theater, Las Vegas. Tickets available here.

Beatles history:

March 19, 1964: A casual remark from Ringo Starr, “Boy, this has been a hard day's night,” turns into the title of the Beatles' first film.
March 22, 1963: The Beatles' “Please Please Me” album is issued in the UK.

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 features a discussion of the forthcoming Ringo exhibit at the Grammy Museum. A new show will be available Monday. The show is available on iTunes (where you can subscribe to us) and http://Fab4Radio.com on the weekends. You can also subscribe to the show's RSS feed or write to us at thingswesaidtodayradioshow@gmail.com.
“Every Little Thing”: On March 20, the show will feature a set of songs with the word "people" in the titles and new music from TheNewNo.2's "Beautiful Creatures" soundtrack CD. Airs from 8 to 10 p.m. EST. The show can be streamed at www.wnhu.net. More info at www.kenmichaelsradio.com. The syndicated version can be heard on both Fab4Radio.com and Beatles-A-Rama.
“Fab 4 Free 4 All”: Latest show: A review of “Strawberry Fields Forever.” Available on iTunes and at www.Fab4Free4all.com.
“Beatle Brunch”: March 17: Events in Beatles history that happened in March. Show website.
“The John Lennon Hour”: March 17: Happy Nat of http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com discussing rare Beatles tracks. 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.
“Bertone Beatle Bonanza”: Episode 19: Part 1 of an interview with Henry McCullough. Website: http://bertonebeatle.libsyn.com/
“Dennis Mitchell's Breakfast With the Beatles”: March 16-17: John’s & Paul’s political songs about Ireland from the early solo years, an interview after landing at Dublin Airport in 1963 and hybrid mixes created for the Anthology project. On radio stations in the U.S., Sweden, Canada, New Zealand, U.K. and Germany and online on MaccaRadio, Fab4Radio and Beatles-A-Rama and LV Classic Rock. Show website.
“Chris Carter's Breakfast With the Beatles”: On both Sirius and KLOS: St. Patrick's Day show with Wings and a celebration of Pattie Boyd's birthday. On both Sirius/XM satellite radio and KLOS-FM (95.5). The Sirius show repeats at midnight ET. Website.
“The Beatledd Fab Four Hour”: The program, hosted by Edd Raineri, airs live on Friday nights, 7-8 PM ET on WRKC-FM in Wilkes-Barre, PA. It also streams live online at: http://wrkc.kings.edu. It's on Facebook at www.facebook.com/beatleddfabfourhour.
“I've Got a Beatles Podcast”: “Agree To Disagree.” 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).
“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/.
“On the Beat”: 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.
“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/.

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