The Beatles News

Allen Klein, whose hard-nosed business style was one of the factors in ongoing disputes between the Beatles in later years, died Saturday after battling Alzheimer's disease, reported Reuters. He was 77.

REO Speedwagon frontman Kevin Cronin performs with the rest of the band at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Friday.

Michael Jackson's death is likely to massively increase the worth of his estate, possibly eclipsing the fortune he made in his lifetime.

The Beatles were the most popular band in the world, but in reality they were much more than a band.

This article originally appeared in the November 17, 1995 edition of the Boston Phoenix .

Florida Stage's world-premiere summer production of a new theatrical concert, Some Kind Of Wonderful! , featuring pop music of the early 1960s, begins July 1. The project is created by Bill Castellino and Christopher McGovern, who collaborated on the local hit musical Cagney! earlier this season at Florida Stage in Manalapan, FL.

It was such a simple song. It said such a simple thing: "I want to hold your hand." An impulse basic as lust, or maybe more basic: contact; the acknowledgement of one for another, two together, the beginning of everything clasped hands.

Between 1960 and 1970, the quartet of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr - better known as The Beatles - recorded more than two hundred songs.

Long before his death, we heard more about Michael Jackson's financial troubles than his incredible music.

1963 - The Beatles recorded "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You." 1978 - Foreigner released their hit single "Hot Blooded." 1981 - John Morey of Steppenwolf died in a car accident at the age of 32.

It is estimated that in money terms, Michael Jackson will be worth much more dead than he was alive.

Imagine it's Feb/March 1969. The Beatles release Get Back with some of the same songs and takes from Let It Be , except "Across The Universe", "I Me Mine", and "The Long And Winding Road". The single version of "Let It Be" remains on the album.

Home --> Music --> Hidden Messages --> Bootleg Pull Bootleg Pull Claim: The Beatles recorded songs entitled "Colliding Circles," "Left Is Right ," "Pink Litmus Paper Shirt," and "Deck Chair," which remain unreleased to this day.

Who Butchered The Beatles? When Capitol Records created a new Beatles album by assembling various leftover tracks and releasing them as a record entitled "Yesterday And Today" on June 15, 1966, the phenomenon was nothing new.

As tributes pour in from fans and celebrities alike, Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney remembered "the massively talented boy man with a gentle soul" as he spoke of his occasional musical partner Michael Jackson.

A ticket to ride, $5 to see the Beatles, not bad. I have no idea why, but "The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl" has never been released on CD in the U.S. Worse yet, I don't think it's going to come out on CD or download when the remastered Beatles albums are released later this year.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Paul McCartney will perform at FedExField - the home of the Washington Redskins - on Saturday, August 1. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 26 at 10:00 A.M. ET and are available at all Ticketmaster locations, by calling 800-551-SEAT, and online at LiveNation.com. Tickets will be available at the FedExField Box Office on ...

Ringo Starr will be a Hollywood star in 2010. Let's put it more directly: Ringo Starr will honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010. The announcement was made this week by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. The nominees were chosen and ratified at a meeting of the Walk of Fame Committee of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce June 15.