One of my other passions, ranking almost alongside The Beatles, is Formula One Grand Prix racing. In fact I even blog about that (and other forms of racing) too. It’s one interest that I shared with George Harrison, and was always delighted when I spotted him trackside during coverage of a race. Finding this video was [...]

StarPulse.com reports on an amusing quote from Ringo about his fading memory.. He tells Rolling Stone, “I played on All Things Must Pass – which is funny because George called me (when he was preparing to reissue the album), and said, ‘Ringo, are you on All Things Must Pass?’ I said, ‘I don’t think so. [...]

Thursday, 12th April, 1962 George Harrison and Brian Epstein arrive in Hamburg to join Paul, John, & Pete in preparation for their upcoming engagement at the Star-Club.

Saturday, 7th April, 1962 The Beatles played a rare Saturday night gig at The Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby before moving on to The Cavern where they joined The Saints Jazz Band on the bill. The Beatles played both gigs as a trio after Brian Epstein insisted that an unwell George stay home and [...]

George Harrison’s hand written lyrics for his classic song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” sold at auction on Monday for $300,000. The lyrics are the earliest known version of the song and contains several lines which were not included on the final recorded version as heard on the 1968 “White Album.”

According to a report in the UK’s Sunday Mirror, a rare signed Beatles album belonging to George Harrison’s sister is going under the hammer – and is expected to fetch more than £50,000.($98,000) Harrison’s only sister Louise is parting with her copy of Meet The Beatles, the first album they released in the US. Louise got it [...]

According to a report on the UNCUT website, A guitar played by George Harrison at the height of his Beatles career sold yesterday at a music auction for a massive £115, 000. ($226,000) Harrison played his Maston MS-500 Mastersound guitar in 1963, just as Beatle-mania was starting.

The NME website reports that  “the Bank of England discovered John Lennon and George Harrison had committed financial offences – but didn’t prosecute them. Secret documents published today (November 9) show that the Bank was intrigued by how the stars were moving big sums of cash in and out of the UK, and concluded they had [...]

The BBC is reporting that ”a gold and silver-plated chess set, modelled on the hands of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr, has gone on show in a Tokyo department store. The piece, commissioned by fellow band member George Harrison in 1973, was displayed at Takashimaya to mark the opening of a new Asprey store. The London jeweller [...]

Strange as it may seem each member of the Fab Four is featured on seperate new CD releases that all hit stores this week. As we mentioned before, the soundtrack to “The US vs John Lennon” is released today as is the Tony Bennet “Duets: An American Classic” featuring a contribution from Paul. Ringo makes [...]