Beatle news briefs: Roll up for the N.Y. Metro Fest for Beatles Fans beginning Friday!

March 26, 10:35 PMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci

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  The Fest For Beatles Fans runs Friday through Sunday
   in Secaucus, N.J. (Photo copyright Apple Corps Ltd.)

The Fest for Beatles Fans runs Friday through Sunday at the New Jersey Crowne Plaza Meadowlands Hotel in Secaucus, N.J. Guests for this 35th anniversary event include Ronnie Spector, Victor Spinetti, Neil Innes, Greg Hawkes, Earl Slick, Mark and Brett Hudson, Garry Berman, Bruce Spizer, Jude Southerland Kessler, Allan Tannanbaum, Ray Schweighardt, Al Sussman, Jonathan Polk, Nancy Lee Andrews and more. More information is available here.

Mitch Axelrod, author of  "Beatletoons, The Real Story Behind The Cartoon Beatles,"  will be appearing all weekend at the Fest for Beatles Fans with animator/director Ron Campbell. Campbell, making his Fest debut, will be signing animated artwork from "The Beatles" Saturday morning cartoon series and "Yellow Submarine."  He will be at the booth of DenniLu Company, which will be selling cartoon artwork officially licensed by Apple Corps, Ltd. Their website is http://www.beatlescartoon.com.

And if you're at the Fest, tell the world all about it by emailing us at beatlesexaminer@gmail.com. We'll post update columns about the goings on.

With the Fest for Beatles Fans starting Friday in Secaucus, N.J., what could be a better time for a play about Beatle fan convention attendees? That's what "Mop Top Festival," now playing through April 25 in Chicago is all about. Patrick McDonald wrote a review of the show on HollywoodChicago.com.

Sad news: Kathie Molland, the wife of Joey Molland of Badfinger, died earlier this week. Joey and Kathie Molland met in 1970 and married in 1972. She is survived by her husband and two sons. A memorial service will be held Saturday in Minnesota.  Here's her obituary in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. A blog post about her death with a quote from Paul Davie, a member of Molland's back-up band, the Fab Five, is in the Syracuse Post-Standard. Our sincere condolensces to the Molland family. 

A new five-DVD set, Yesterday from Classic Rock Legends, examines the Beatles career from Hamburg to "Let It Be." Those interviewed in the set include Pete Best, one-time manager Allan Williams, Beatles associate Tony Bramwell and recording engineer Norman Smith. 

Don't miss our post from Thursday afternoon about the success of the "Rock Band" video game without the Beatles in the picture.

This week's "Beatles Universe" show looks at the Beatles and their place in the 21st century music scene. Songs include the Beatles' "Free As a Bird," Paul McCartney's "The Songs They Were Singing" and George Harrison's "Looking For My Life." The show is heard at 9 p.m. Sundays (EST) on 94.9, the Rock (www.therock.fm).

Woody Lifton, late of the "Pop Goes the Beatles" radio show, has opened a new Beatles historical website at http://www.the-beatles-history.com. Thesite, still in development, has biographies, a "Covered and Uncovered" section, plus a section on the Beatles in the studio and a timeline. Planned is an area on artifacts, a photographers section and a blog, among other things.

Some acetates by the Beatles and others are being auctioned by Tracks. The link has pictures of the discs.

The Just Four Guys Beatles podcast now has its own blog that includes show archives and other information.

Just to clarify the item we ran last night about the "Change Begins Within" webcast, the webcast will feature backstage footage, but not the concert itself.