Is reggae superstar Bob Marley bigger than Jesus? That's debatable, but the music legend who died 28 years ago is about to challenge Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson for the title of richest dead celebrity.
One morning, nearly 20 years ago, I was lying in bed. It was late. I was supposed to be working, but I seemed glued to the mattress. I hated myself for my laziness.
On your next trip, you could be checking into a wine cask, a salvaged 727 airplane, or a room where the furniture defies the law of gravity.
John, Paul, George and Ringo are getting the band back together, in a manner of speaking, with a new Beatles-themed video game and digital upgrade of the group's entire catalog both released Wednesday.
"Number nine. Number nine. Number nine."
The newly remastered Beatles box sets are a treat for a casual fan and a dream come true for die-hards.
There I was, trying to wedge a microphone under my arm while simultaneously pressing colored buttons on a plastic guitar with my left hand, strumming it with my right hand and crooning, "I want to hold your hand ..."
The actress exchanges vows with agent David Bugliari in a romantic garden wedding
First the rumor went around that Michael Jackson was leaving the Beatles catalog to Paul McCartney in his will. Then the rumor was that McCartney was upset that Jackson didn't leave the Beatles catalog to the Beatle in his will.
Is reggae superstar Bob Marley bigger than Jesus? That's debatable, but the music legend who died 28 years ago is about to challenge Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson for the title of richest dead celebrity.
One morning, nearly 20 years ago, I was lying in bed. It was late. I was supposed to be working, but I seemed glued to the mattress. I hated myself for my laziness.
On your next trip, you could be checking into a wine cask, a salvaged 727 airplane, or a room where the furniture defies the law of gravity.
John, Paul, George and Ringo are getting the band back together, in a manner of speaking, with a new Beatles-themed video game and digital upgrade of the group's entire catalog both released Wednesday.
"Number nine. Number nine. Number nine."
The newly remastered Beatles box sets are a treat for a casual fan and a dream come true for die-hards.
There I was, trying to wedge a microphone under my arm while simultaneously pressing colored buttons on a plastic guitar with my left hand, strumming it with my right hand and crooning, "I want to hold your hand ..."
The actress exchanges vows with agent David Bugliari in a romantic garden wedding
First the rumor went around that Michael Jackson was leaving the Beatles catalog to Paul McCartney in his will. Then the rumor was that McCartney was upset that Jackson didn't leave the Beatles catalog to the Beatle in his will.
Music manager Allen Klein, whose clients included the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease, his publicist said. Klein was 77.
They've revolutionized music for nearly five decades. Now, some of the Beatles songs are about to hit video-game consoles.
Another day, another castle. But no one's complaining.
George Harrison's closest friends and family gathered in Hollywood on Tuesday to dedicate the late Beatle's star on the Walk of Fame.
The on-again, off-again jury deliberations at Phil Spector's Los Angeles murder retrial are on again.
"I like L.A., but there sure are a lot of ugly bastards running around here," says James Hunter, with a set of grotesque joke teeth in his mouth -- and tongue firmly in cheek.
Maybe it wasn't John Lennon's best musical effort, but a tape of an apparently inebriated Lennon warbling a cover of Lloyd Price's "Just Because" brought a sobering $30,000 at auction Sunday in Los Angeles.
When John Lennon remarked in 1966 that the Beatles were then "more popular than Jesus" his comments prompted outrage in the United States. But this weekend the Vatican's newspaper paid tribute to the band on the 40th anniversary of the release of the "White Album" in an article interpreted by some as a papal pardon for Lennon.
A "lost" Beatles track recorded in 1967 and performed just once in public could finally be released, according to Paul McCartney.
For the first time the public will get to see 27 pencil and pen drawings along with five lithographs and serigraphs -- all authenticated -- at the Waukesha County Historical Society Museum in suburban Milwaukee
John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, was denied parole for the fifth time Tuesday.
John Lennon's killer was denied parole for a fifth time Tuesday by a board that said he remains a threat to the public
A tape recording of The Beatles chatting and breaking into giggles during an early recording session is to be sold next week in England
Annie Leibovitz on Monday defended her provocative photograph for Vanity Fair magazine of teen heartthrob Miley Cyrus -- aka Hannah Montana -- who has expressed embarrassment about the pose.
"It's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles," she says
The actress signs on to play a Manson Family member in her next film
"The more I see the less I know for sure." John Lennon's thoughts on life could easily be applied to this year's Formula One season.
A coffee shop once frequented by John Lennon and Yoko Ono is closing its doors Sunday, more than 30 years after it began attracting customers in the heart of New York's Upper West Side.
As his divorce battle drags on, Sir Paul McCartney took to the stage Wednesday night at the Brit Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys, and announced: "I need to get back to what I do best – and that is what I'm going to do."
Last week, we offered a quick tour of New York's downtown neighborhoods. Following is a peek at the rest of the city. Next week we'll supply a few different itineraries to help get your planning started.
The jury in the murder trial of legendary music producer Phil Spector has "reached an impasse" after more than a week of deliberations, the trial judge said Tuesday.
So you're between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock 'n' roll. Maybe some cash, or at least the car keys.
Apple Inc. said on Tuesday it would offer the entire solo catalog of John Lennon on iTunes in its second such deal with one of the Beatles, who have been among the highest-profile holdouts to put tunes online.
Former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr clowned around and marveled at their band's amazing impact in an interview Tuesday on CNN's "Larry King Live."
In case you used your commencement as an opportunity to catch up on your sleep, here's what you missed from this year's graduation speaker circuit ...
If Paul McCartney was wondering if fans still need him now that he's 64, on Wednesday night New Yorkers answered: "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"
Sharon Stone put George Clooney on the auction block Wednesday for a good cause: AIDS research.
A new release from the small Picture Players studio, "The Killing of John Lennon" is a gem from the world of independent cinema.
"Children of Men" takes place as the world is falling apart.
Last week, two self-proclaimed Jedi Knights appealed to the United Nations to recognize their faith as an official religion and accordingly rename the International Day for Tolerance to Interstellar Day of Tolerance.
The Scene met up with the Zutons to talk gigs, music and school days ...
Kick off with vertigo-inducing vistas -- choose between the mighty Anglican Cathedral, the largest in Britain, with 100m high panoramic views over the city, or the Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral, affectionately nicknamed "Paddy's Wigwam" by the locals, with its kaleidoscopic stained glass windows and Lutyens crypt.
1692: The last person is hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts.
The Bangles and the Replacements are two bands that normally wouldn't come up in the same article, much less the same sentence.
Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife, Heather Mills McCartney, have announced that they are separating after four years of marriage.
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John Lennon had a new song. It was a droning, trippy affair with lyrics adapted from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and he knew exactly what he wanted.
The 20th Winter Olympics has got under way in Torino with an opening ceremony filled with "rhythm, passion and speed" to showcase Italian culture.
Lindsay Lohan has been released from a Miami area hospital after being treated for an asthma attack, her publicist said.
"High Risk," my security advisory report ominously glared in bold type, as I read the estimated dangers for the anti-WTO public rally Tuesday in Hong Kong.
And so it is Fed day, and Alan Greenspan, Christmas and John Lennon are dancing in my head....
Yoko Ono paid a rare public homage to her late husband on Thursday as scores of others lit candles, played songs and shared their memories of John Lennon.
New York and Liverpool -- two cities forever associated with John Lennon -- are the focal points for bittersweet celebrations of the life and death of the former Beatle.
In 1964, a 21-year-old radio reporter bluffed his way into the official entourage of the first U.S. concert tour by the Beatles. Forty years later, he's still talking about it.
ABC's "Lost" and CBS's "King of Queens" took top family-friendly honors Wednesday at the seventh annual Family Television Awards.
You've probably seen the commercials for "Aeon Flux": Charlize Theron, decked out in tight clothes and black hair, flipping and flying all over the future.
Yoko Ono has apologized to Paul McCartney for insinuating that his songs are trite.
Wax busts of three Beatles used on the "Sgt. Pepper's" album cover have sold at auction for £81,500 ($145,380).
Let's start with that album title, shall we?
Yoko Ono picked up an award on behalf of John Lennon -- and appeared to take a dig at his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney.
John Lennon would have turned 65 years old Sunday. The occasion -- and the impending 25th anniversary of his death on December 8 -- has unleashed a flood of books about his life and his music.
Long before anyone was called "the fifth Beatle," Cynthia Powell could rightfully have claimed the title for her own.
The FBI thought John Lennon was too stoned on drugs to be a real revolutionary, according to secret files recently released.
Aaron Neville says he hasn't been back to New Orleans, but images of flood waters show his native city has turned into a "toxic gumbo."
Sixty-five years after John Lennon's birth, items from the late Beatle's childhood will go on display at his former Liverpool home.
In the predawn darkness of a Saturday in 2003, neurosurgeon Henry Perowne looks out the upper-story windows of his enviably grand London home and sees a burning plane streak across the sky: ''Above the usual deep and airy roar is a straining, choking banshee sound growing in volume -- both a scream and a sustained shout, an impure, dirty noise.''
The children's home that inspired the Beatles' hit song "Strawberry Fields Forever" is to close.
Rock 'n' roll fans with deep pockets can buy a Beatles guitar or a mugshot of the pop star formerly known as Cat Stevens at what Christie's said Wednesday was its biggest auction of show business memorabilia.
John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, has been denied parole for the third time.
As long as the crowds keep coming, Will Smith will be ready to walk down the red carpet to promote his latest movie.
In 1957, as the gritty sounds of rock 'n' roll started filling the airwaves, two teens named John and Paul met for the first time just outside the industrial English town of Liverpool, trading riffs and setting the stage for a musical revolution.
Paul McCartney returned to Madrid for the first time in 15 years and wowed fans with 33 songs, all but 10 of them Beatles' tunes.
Their work finds the Beatles at the beginning and the end.
It was all in the future then.
The Go-Betweens Bright Yellow, Bright Orange (Jetset) Another modest masterpiece from the woefully underappreciated Australian duo, who have been cranking out elegant albums on and off since the l...
While TV networks broadcast round-the-clock coverage of the terrorist attacks, some radio stations reportedly took a different approach: pruning their play lists. Shortly after Sept. 11, radio stat...
"Un Nombre de Mujer" by Los Zafiros, from Bossa Cubana (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
Every college has a student who turns out to be the self-anointed music authority, and at my school that student was me. I was the college newspaper's rock columnist, I managed the on-campus record...
There's a hot show in Hamburg, but it isn't the World's Fair. While Expo 2000 is drawing one-tenth of the visitors expected, organizers of Autostadt--in nearby Wolfsburg--expect two million people ...
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