An exhibition of never-before-seen photos taken by the rare shots, taken by American photographer David Spindel, of JOHN LENNON is set to open in London at the Proud Gallery on the 7th December. Remember Love: John Lennon is a series of black and white pictures depicting the former Beatle in a music studio recording his [...]
The Liverpool Echo reports that a photographer who captured the Beatles’ “mad day out†on camera put  the images on show in  Liverpool this week. Tom Murray spent a day messing around in London with the Fab Four in July 1968. “It really was a mad day rushing around London. We’d get half-an-hour, maybe 45 minutes at the [...]
The Houston Chronicle reports that more than 100 pieces, a few of which were only recently unearthed, will be included in Come Together: The Artwork of John Lennon, a three-day exhibit at the Houston Galleria starting tomorrow (October 26th) The pieces will mostly include Lennon’s iconic pen and ink drawings, sometimes with dappled spots of [...]
According to a report on Manchester.com pictures of the Beatles during their heyday are to go on display for the first time in Liverpool’s National Conservation Centre. The shots of the Fab Four were taken during the filming of the Beatles film HELP! in 1965. Entitled Now These Days Are Gone, the exhibition contains black [...]
Rock Art Show is currently offering a limited edition print of a sketch done by Stuart Sutcliffe during the early days of The Beatles, probably around early 1960. “Meet the Beatals†is a watercolor painting (circa 1957 – 1960) featuring the early Beatles in their skiffle days taken from Stuart Sutcliffe’s personal sketchbook. Superimposed on [...]
An auction of Beatles Memorabilia to be held in Las Vegas on July 3 in conjunction with the Beatles Fest will feature several examples of original bassist Stuart Sutcliffe’s art. The lots include Abstract Sculpture, Abstract Figures on Paper, Seagull Painting, Abstract Oil Paintings, Charcoal and Ink Artworks, Handwritten Song Lyrics and Set Lists, Handwritten Poems, [...]
Never before seen photos of The Beatles are to be unveiled at an exhibition in Norwich, UK, commencing June 1st. Taken at Abbey Road Studios in 1967, the photos include images of the fab four relaxing during the recording of, ‘With A little Help From My Friends,’ and eating lunch with producer George Martin. The photos, [...]
PRESS RELEASE – SAN FRANCISCO, CA — (MARKET WIRE) — September 07, 2006 — The Beatles, collectively and individually, are among the planet’s most photographed and recognizable subjects. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr’s incalculable impact on popular culture, revolutionizing of contemporary music and captivating personalities have made them endlessly fascinating — [...]
This week the TIMES newspaper published a first look at some previously unseen photographs of The Beatles taken in and around Liverpool during February 1963.  The photographs were taken by photographer, Michael Ward, who had been commissioned to cover the band, then little-known, for Honey, a now defunct girls’ magazine. There was so little interest [...]
When the Ringo Starr All Star Band perfoms its upcoming gig in Palm Springs California it will be accompanied by a special exhibit of Beatles memorabillia from the Ashcraft collection. Palm Desert resident Ann Marie Ashcraft has been collecting Beatles memorabilia for more than 40 years. She and husband and fellow Beatles fan Richard Ashcraft, [...]
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Alan J. Porter has been a Beatles fan since he first saw them perform on a regional British TV show back in 1963 when he was just a wee lad. He is the author of the critically acclaimed BEFORE THEY WERE BEATLES and occasional contributor to Beatlology Magazine. He now lives in Central Texas and occasionally writes about things other than The Fab Four. You can find out more here.
