The British National Trust is now offering a special mini-bus tour that combines visits to Paul and John’s childhood homes in Liverpool. Mendips was the house where John Lennon was raised by his Aunt Mimi and was his home during the Quarry Men days until he moved into an apartment shared with Stuart Sutcliffe in late [...]
The DVD release of the recent documentary “The US vs John Lennon” has been scheduled for February 13th.
John Lennon’s half-sister Julia Baird has a new book on the way. “Imagine This” is scheduled to be published in February. Details of the book can be found here, and despite the “never been told” statement it reads as if the book will cover a lot of the same ground as her 1988 book “John [...]
July 2007 will see the 50th Anniversary of the seminal first meeting between Paul MCCartney and John Lennon at a church fete in the Woolton area of Liverpool, now according to the Liverpool Echo a re-enactment is being planned. On July 6, 1957 the two teenagers were introduced by their mutual friend Ivan Vaughan during the fete [...]
PRESS RELEASE: After 25 Years, FBI Releases Last Ten Documents in John Lennon FBI File LOS ANGELES – The FBI late Tuesday made public 10 documents from their files on John Lennon that have been withheld for 25 years under the claim that releasing them could cause “military retaliation against the United States.” The files, [...]
John Lennon and Chuck Berry …… need I say more?
Apparently Starbucks coffee stores will soon be carrying an exclusive John Lennon CD. “John Lennon Remember” will be a Starbucks exclusive under their Hear Music label and be available in Januray 2007. The track listing will be: 1. #9 Dream 2. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) 3. Working Class Hero 4. Hold On 5. [...]
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 [...]
Britain’s Sunday Mirror ran a story yesterday on the resurgance of interest and collectibility of the 7″ Vinyl Single. As part of the article it listed what it considers to be Britain’s 10 Most Valuable Singles with The Beatles making two appearences on the list. 1. THE QUARRYMEN: That’ll Be The Day/ In Spite Of [...]
Friday, 13th October, 1963 Paul McCartney and John Lennon return to Liverpool from their two week vacation in Paris.
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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.
