Beatle news briefs: All they were saying 40 years ago was give peace a chance

May 31, 10:07 PMBeatles ExaminerSteve Marinucci

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John Lennon rehearses "Give Peace a Chance" (Photo by Roy Kerwood. From Wikipedia Commons)

 

thenewno2 will be playing Lollapalooza 2009. They're listed on the roster page on the festival's website. Among the other names playing the festival: Depeche Mode, Kings of Leon, Lou Reed, Snoop Dog, Tool, the Killers, Jane's Addiction and Ben Harper and Relentless 7. (thanks to Patti Murawski.)

On Sunday, we posted the news that the Liverpool music paper Mersey Beat will be making a special return for Beatle Week in August.

On June 1, 1969, "Give Peace a Chance" was in Montreal. Yoko Ono's Imagine Peace website has an excerpt from Anthony Fawcett's book, "One Day at a Time," that discusses the bed-ins and the song "Give Peace a Chance."  At the bottom of the page is a YouTube video with the song. 

Speaking of Yoko Ono, her latest song, "I'm Not Getting Enough", is No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. An album of a dozen remixes of the song is available through iTunes.

The New York Post has a profile of Nancy Shevell, Paul McCartney's romantic interest.

Sunday's edition of "Andre Gardner's 'Breakfast With the Beatles'" included "Let It Be" by Laurence Juber, the "Lennon Legend" DVD version of "Give Peace a Chance"  and "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" by George Harrison.

The latest edition of “Dennis Mitchell’s Breakfast With The Beatles” is now available by going to www.beatlesradioshow.com.   This week's special guest is Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, who talks about the Beatles, plus the latest about Peter and his band. The show also features advance tracks from "Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison."

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