Beatles News

• Yoko Ono to write about The Beatles and John Lennon in memoirs? (NME.com)
• Ringo Starr helped by his friends -- including a Beatle (Independent)
• Weekend Events: From Beatles to Pow Wow (The Ledger)
• Ringo's CD delights; but why wouldn't it? (Detroit Free Press)
• Lennon Vs McCartney – BNN Radio Special (Blogger News Network)
• FREE CD: Get your very own Paul McCartney singing the Beatles compilation (Daily Mail)
• George Harrison's son denies Beatles boys group rumours (Contactmusic.com)
  

January 9, 1969 - Can You Hear Me, Commonwealth?

The Beatles perform "Get Back," "Tennessee," "House of the Rising Sun," and the ad-libbed "Commonwealth."

Paul McCartney on "Penny Lane"

"'Penny Lane' is a bus roundabout in Liverpool and there is a barber's shop showing photographs of every head he's had the pleasure to know -- no, that's not true, they're just photos of hairstyles, but all the people who come and go/stop and say hullo. There's a bank on the corner so we made up the bit about the banker in his motor car. It's part fact, part nostalgia for a place which is a great place, blue suburban skies as we remember it, and it's still there.

"And we put in a joke or two: 'Four of fish and finger pie.' The women would never dare say that, except to themselves. Most people wouldn't hear it, but 'finger pie' is just a nice little joke for the Liverpool lads who like a bit of smut."

Beatles News

• Is Leaving “Jersey Shore” Like Quitting the Beatles? (Rolling Stone)
• NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Tim McGraw, Beatles, Reba McEntire, Taylor Swift Prove a Point (CMT.com)
• Five surprises for the music industry in 2009 (Christian Science Monitor)
• Beatles film director Sam Taylor-Wood is expecting her teen finance's baby (Liverpool Echo)
• Yoko Ono Plans Memoir About Life With John Lennon (Ultimate-Guitar.com)

January 8, 1969 - Good Morning

The Beatles have some fun turning "Two Of Us" into a rock song, with John and Paul sharing a microphone. "I've Got a Feeling" takes shape through repeated rehearsals.

Beatles News

• Why did the Beatles break up? Yoko Ono is ready to explain (Christian Science Monitor)
• Swift Beats Boyle, Plus Michael Jackson, Beatles Rule 2009 Charts (Rolling Stone)
• A year in gaming quotes: Kotick, Beatles, Tony Hawk (Ars Technica)
• Rain has played the Beatles longer than the Fab Four were together (Pioneer Press Online)
• All the Beatles in a box (Philippine Star)
• Beatles Stereo Boxset, a perfect gift of all time (Manila Bulletin)
• Sing-A-Long at Newark Airport (Tonic)

January 7, 1969 - Get Back Sessions

The Beatles make their way through "Across the Universe" and "Dig a Pony" as Paul looks disinterested. John asks: "Has anybody got a fast one?"