Paul McCartney rocks Edmonton, Canada

On 29 November 2012, Paul McCartney performed his last concert of the On The Run tour in Edmonton, Canada

McCartney's band was Paul 'Wix' Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vocals, guitar, bass), Rusty Anderson (vocals, guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (vocals, drums)

The setlist contained two unusual songs: Wonderful Christmastime and Mull Of Kintyre, both in the encore sections. For Wonderful Christmastime the band was joined by North Pointe Children's Choir, while the Edmonton Police Pipe Band made an appearance for Mull Of Kintyre.

Hello, Goodbye
Junior's Farm
All My Loving
Jet
Drive My Car
Sing The Changes
The Night Before
Let Me Roll It
Paperback Writer
The Long And Winding Road
Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five
My Valentine
Maybe I'm Amazed
Things We Said Today
And I Love Her
Blackbird
Here Today
Dance Tonight
Mrs Vandebilt
Eleanor Rigby
Something
Band On The Run
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Back In The USSR
I've Got A Feeling
A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance
Let It Be
Live And Let Die
Hey Jude

Lady Madonna
Wonderful Christmastime
Day Tripper
Get Back

Yesterday
Mull Of Kintyre
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End

The Beatles in Prestatyn

Saturday 24 November 1962 (exactly 50 years ago) was the day that The Beatles performed a 30-minute set at the Royal Lido ballroom in Prestatyn, North Wales. Also appearing that night were Jack Ellis and the Autocrats.

The Royal Lido was once called "the finest ballroom in North Wales" and opened in 1960 and later became The Nova Centre. Many famous Sixties bands played here, including Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer, Freddie and the Dreamers, The Rolling Stones...

From the contract it appears that The Beatles were paid £30 and got a plate of jam sandwiches. It was also Ringo Starr's first Wales concert since joining the Beatles. Of course Ringo knew Wales very well, because he performed at the Butlins holiday camp in Pwllheli in July 1960 with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.

Beatles Remastered on Vinyl

Today Apple Records released the complete remastered Beatles catalogue on 180 gram vinyl.

The box includes all 14 remastered albums, including the definitive versions of 12 UK albums and both "Past Masters" and the US version of Magical Mystery Tour. There is a limited edition box with a 252-pages book.

Somewhere in 2013, Apple will also release the mono versions of the albums, which should please fans of the earlier albums like Please Please Me and Beatles For Sale

Ken Michaels Radio dot com

It was 30 years ago that Ken Michaels first started his Beatles radio show in March 1982. And he is still going strong, co-hosting a new Beatles talk-show called "Things We Said Today" together with Beatles expert Steve Marinucci. Do you wanna know a secret? Just surf to Ken Michaels' website and Things We Said Today.

Last call for the Beatles on the Royal Iris River boat

On 28 September 1962, The Beatles performed for the third (and last) time aboard the Royal Iris.

The boat left Liverpool Pier Head at

In total the Beatles played a River Boat Shuffle 3 times on the Royal Iris. Appearing with them on this occassion were Lee Castle & The Barons, and Freddy (the Teddy) Fowell, who became better known as Freddie Starr. I guess he must have found some inspiration in Ringo's surname.

Price for a ticket was five shillings.

 At a Liverpool Beatles auction an unused ticket was estimated to fetch £1,200


Copyright info for the poster from beatlesauction

1. It's a low resolution copy of an advertising poster.
2. It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the poster in any way.
3. Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the poster.
4. The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox.
5. The image is significant because it was used to promote a performance that has not been well documented.
6. There is a link to the owner's website where the poster can be bought: www.beatlesauction.co.uk

Produced by George Martin is now in the shops

Today, Tuesday 11 September 2012 you can go out and buy "Produced by George Martin", a new DVD that tells the story of the rise to fame of George Martin, probably one of the most famous music producers of all times.

The DVD contains material that was first transmitted by the BBC in 2011 for its "Arena" series. It features interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Cilla Black, Michael Palin, T-Bone Burnett and many more

Sir Paul McCartney receives the Legion of Honour

Great news from Paris, France today when Sir Paul McCartney received the highest honour a foreigner can receive: The "Légion d'Honneur" or Legion of Honour.

Macca received this honour because of his contributions to music from the hands of the French President, mr. François Hollande.

Other famous people who received this award are Clint Eastwood, Liza Minelli and Barbra Streisand.