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The Beatles' Management Contract With Brian Epstein Fetches £365,000 At Auction
The original contract signed by The Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein sold at auction for £365,000 on Tuesday (September 29th).The document, dated October 1st 1962, was signed at Epstein’s office in Whitechapel a matter...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 01 October 2015
Beatles Contract Sells At Auction For $553,000
The document is extra special because it was the first signed by Ringo Starr, who had replaced drummer Pete Best in the band just two months before. Auction experts at Sotheby's...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 September 2015
Ringo Starr Discovered Cilla Black's Death On The News
Ringo Starr was devastated to find out about Cilla Black's death on the news.The pair grew up together in English city Liverpool and remained firm friends after they both found fame but Ringo only...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 24 September 2015
The Beatles Contract Sold In New York
The Beatles' first record contract has sold for $75,000 in New York.The contract was signed in Hamburg in 1961 by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and drummer Pete Best - who was later replaced...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 September 2015
Ringo Starr Auctioning Off Over 800 Pieces Of Beatles Memorabilia
The Fab Four star reveals he and his wife, Barbara Bach, realised it was time to offload the many keepsakes they hadn't seen for decades after discovering just how much they had accumulated...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 15 September 2015
Ringo Starr Urges Paul Mccartney To Dig Out Old Beatles Photos
As he prepares to re-release his Fab Four photo book, Photograph, later this month (Sep15), the drummer has started thinking about a follow-up - but he admits he needs a little help from...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 09 September 2015
Ringo Starr & Robert Plant Wish Jerry Lee Lewis A Happy 80th At London Gig
Lewis, who turns 80 years on 29 September (15), is currently hitting U.K. venues as part of his farewell tour, and he had a star-studded finale at the Palladium. Starr and Plant...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 08 September 2015
The Beatles' Brian Epstein Contract Up For Auction
The document, which formally bound the Fab Four to Epstein's management roster for five years, was inked by all five parties in October, 1962, two months after Ringo Starr joined the band as...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 07 September 2015
The Beatles' First Ever Recording Contract Going Up For Auction In New York
A critical piece of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia is to go on sale next month, with the news that the first ever recording contract signed by The Beatles is to go under the hammer in...
By Ed Biggs in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18 August 2015
Beatles' First Record Contract Up For Sale
The Beatles' first recording contract has been put up for auction.The document - which is being sold by the estate of late Beatles historian Uwe Blaschke, who died in 2010 - will be sold at...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 August 2015
Cilla Black To Be Buried With Parents
A funeral service for the singer-turned-TV star, who died aged 72 on 1 August (15), will be held at St Mary's Catholic Church in Woolton on 20 August (15), before Black is buried...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 August 2015
Keith Richards Slams Beatles Lp
Keith Richards has slammed The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' album.The 71-year-old rocker has blasted the band's acclaimed 1967 album - which was previously named Rolling Stone magazine's number one album of all...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 06 August 2015
Music Veterans Send Birthday Wishes To Ringo Starr
The Beatles star celebrated his big day on Tuesday (07Jul15) and fellow veteran musicians flooded social media with birthday wishes. Starr's former bandmate MCCartney dedicated a song to him at a Norwegian...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 08 July 2015
Yoko Ono Loves Beatles Members 'Like Brothers'
Yoko Ono loves the remaining Beatles members ''like brothers''.The 82-year-old artist - who was married to one of the band's stars, John Lennon, until his assassination in 1980 - has insisted there is no bad...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 06 July 2015
Paul Mccsrtney: The Beatles' Success 'Couldn't Happen Again'
Paul McCartney doesn't think any modern day bands can have the success that The Beatles had.The 73-year-old singer has insisted the success of the 'Eleanor Rigby' band - made up of Paul, John Lennon, Ringo...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 02 July 2015
Ringo Starr To Celebrate His 75th At Capitol Records
The rocker annually celebrates his birthday by asking fans to stop at noon wherever they are and offer up a 'peace and love' salute, while sending out positive vibes to the world -...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 June 2015
Roger Daltrey And Liam Gallagher Join Forces For Tv Show
Daltrey and Gallagher performed The Who's classic 1965 hit My Generation with The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie, original Oasis member Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs, and Ringo Starr's drummer son Zak Starkey live on the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 13 June 2015
Liam Gallagher Former Supergroup With Roger Daltrey
Liam Gallagher is forming a supergroup with Roger Daltrey.The Oasis and The Who members are teaming up with The Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie and former Oasis drummer, Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey, to form the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 08 June 2015
Sir Paul Mccartney Feels 'Lucky' To Have Teamed Up With Kanye West
Sir Paul McCartney feels 'lucky' to have teamed up with Kanye West.The former Beatle has confessed he was surprised when the 'Stronger' hitmaker approached him about a collaboration and felt ''flattered'' to have been asked...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 20 May 2015
Sir Paul Mccartney Flattered By Kanye West's Approach
Sir Paul McCartney feels ''lucky'' that Kanye West wanted to work with him.The 72-year-old former Beatle was surprised when the rapper contacted him to ask if he'd be interested in collaborating on some music, and...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 19 May 2015
Eric Clapton Pays Tribute To Bb King
Eric Clapton has led tributes to legendary musician BB King.The 70-year-old singer posted a touching video message on his Facebook page thanking the late guitarist and singer, who passed away in his sleep on Thursday...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 15 May 2015
Sir Paul Mccartney Performs Beatles Song For First Time
Sir Paul McCartney treated Japanese fans to the first ever performance of The Beatles' song 'Another Girl' on Tuesday night (28.04.15). The legendary musician performed at Japan's Nippon Budokan 49 years after The Fab Four...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 April 2015
Alice Cooper's Lp 'Ready To Go'
Alice Cooper's new album - featuring Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl and Johnny Depp - is ''done, mixed and ready to go''.Titled 'Hollywood Vampires', the LP will pay tribute to the social group that the 'Poison'...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 April 2015
Yoko Ono: 'Ringo Starr Was The Most Influential Beatle'
Drummer Starr was the last member of the band to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as a solo artist on Saturday (18Apr15), and John Lennon's widow is shocked he waited years...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 April 2015
Ringo Starr Joins Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
The drummer followed in the footsteps of MCCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison by becoming the last member of the band to be inducted as a solo artist at the ceremony in Cleveland,...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 19 April 2015
Green Day Crash Into Rock'n'roll Hall Of Fame With Emotional Speeches And Powerful Gig
This year's inductees into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame, Joan Jett and Ringo Starr, definitely fall within the "about time" category. And they aren't the only ones. The 2015 inductees also include the cool kids...
By Victoria Pavlova in Music / Festivals on 19 April 2015
Ringo Starr Was "Drunk For 20 Years" After Beatles Breakup
Ringo Starr admits he was drunk for 20 years after the breakup of The Beatles. Starr, who is to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on April 18, admits...
By Michael West in Movies / TV / Theatre on 14 April 2015
Ringo Starr Snubs Autobiography Offers
Ringo Starr refuses to write an autobiography because publishers are only interested in his career with The Beatles.The 74-year-old drummer has been approached to tell his story in a book on numerous occasions but has...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 April 2015
Ringo Starr Returned To Factory To Prove Foreman Wrong
The former Beatles drummer was working to become an engineer at H. Hunt & Son when he got the chance to perform a residency at a holiday camp in England with his pre-Fab...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 03 April 2015
Yoko Ono And Sir Paul Mccartney Pay Tribute To Cynthia Lennon
Yoko Ono and Sir Paul McCartney have led tributes to John Lennon's first wife Cynthia Lennon.The 82-year-old Japanese star praised the late artist, who died at her home in Spain earlier today (01.04.15), for being...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 01 April 2015
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