Beatle news briefs: Ringo and Paul for Radio City; not everyone was shut out of Vegas tix

February 14, 10:45 PMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci

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Paul Simon performs at the Beacon Theatre in New York after a seven month, $16 million
dollar restoration on Feb. 13. His former singing partner Art Garfunkel joined him
as a surprise guest later in the evening. Paul McCartney was reportedly
in the audience. (AP Photo/Dave Allocca, StarPix)

The big news Saturday was the story we posted early evening Eastern time that informed sources told us Ringo Starr will appear and he and Paul will be co-headliners at the David Lynch Foundation benefit April 4 at Radio City Music Hall. This caught everyone by surprise. Just a refresher: Ringo and Paul playing on the same show is nothing new.  They played the Concert for George together and Ringo made an appearance to sing along with "Hey Jude" at the Hollywood Bowl Earth Day benefit in 1993. The first comments we heard were a fear about the ticket prices. We hope the general public will get some.

Well, how did you do in the Las Vegas McCartney ticket marathon Saturday? We did hear from a couple of people who got Vegas tickets. They told us it took repeated tries. We also heard people were still able to get tickets an hour after they went on sale. Ticketmaster's Ticket Exchange Area still has them, but prices go as high as $2,500.00 per ticket.

The first day of Sirius' Paul McCartney Fireman Radio series was Saturday and none of the reports we heard were overwhelmingly enthusiastic since nothing really rare was played the first day. McCartney did introduce the songs, though. The "fireside chats" -- with Paul's random comments -- are what some people are waiting for. If you heard the show, send us your comments.

FoxNews.com claims Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell were among those in the audience Friday night for a surprise reunion of Simon and Garfunkel at the newly renovated Beacon Theater in New York City, though New York Business Examiner Pat Sigmon, who also was there, told us in an email she didn't see him. She has her own report on the show and video of the duo singing "The Sound of Silence." In case you didn't hear, Art Garfunkel joined Paul Simon on stage at the climax of the show, singing "The Sound of Silence,” “The Boxer,” and “Old Friends/Bookends."  Here's S&G singing "The Boxer."

Former Byrd Roger McGuinn's latest blog on his site talks about a recent trip to London, but this one from last year talks about how the Byrds originally aspired to be the Beatles. And they did a darned good job of it, too.