Beatle news briefs: thenewno2 in Grammy Museum program; Harrison disc #1 on Amazon

June 21, 10:23 PMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci

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The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles will spotlight thenewno2 as part of their Emerging Artists series at 8 p.m. July 16. Dhani Harrison and Olli Hecks will discuss their debut album, and their work in music, design and film, plus perform. Proceeds benefit The GRAMMY Museum. American Express presale is now underway through Ticketmaster.com. Presale price is $10 and includes a program ticket, a beer and wine reception on the Museum's Target Terrace (7 to 8pm), and a copy of the CD, "You Are Here."  For more information, see the Grammy Museum website.

Posted Sunday:

• Central Park bed-in event today postponed
• Opening act for McCartney shows in NYC revealed

Paul McCartney is looking for a band, preferably a Canadian one, to open up for the Halifax show, reports MetroNews.ca. The paper said some tickets, including general admission, are still available.

That unavailability in brick-and-mortar stores for "Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison" is paying off for someone: The disc is ranked #1 in Music at Amazon.com.

Dan Peek of the group America comments on their work with Sir George Martin in this blog post. Among the things he says:

It was such an honor and privilege to work with this tremendously talented man. I felt as if I learned a lot from him about Record Producing, arranging and even song-writing.

The playlist for "Andre Gardner's 'Breakfast With the Beatles'" Sunday included "Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (live in Paris 8-1-65)," "For You Blue (alternate take from 1-25-69)," "I’m A Loser (from the BBC)" and "I’ve Just Seen A Face" by Kenny Rankin. 

Ex-Ringo producer Mark Hudson was Aerosmith lead singer Steve Tyler cohort for an appearance at BookExpo, reports New York magazine.

The latest edition of “Dennis Mitchell’s Breakfast With The Beatles” is now available by going to http://www.beatlesradioshow.com. This week's special guest is Olivia Harrison, who discusses the process that went into compiling the new album "Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison." The show was picked up this week by KYA in San Francisco. It will air at 9:00 a.m. Sundays.

(Thanks to John and Monica and Patti M.)