Davy Jones, frontman of the 60s pop group The Monkees, died today in a hospital in Florida. TMZ broke the news this morning, stating that Jones died after suffering a heart attack. However, an official cause of death has yet to be announced.
New Year’s Eve is always a great opportunity for a fresh start. It’s a chance to get get rid of negative vibes and tell yourself that this year will be your year. Or if you’ve had an awesome year, it’s a time to celebrate and party like it’s 1999. Whatever you’re mood may be, we want you to welcome 2012 with open arms. So we’ve compiled a list of songs that will set the mood just right this New Year’s Eve. Below are 10 songs for your New Year’s Eve Playlist – the list runs the gamut from 60s pop to Indian (yes, Indian) rock n’ roll. Check it out!
George Harrison‘s older sister, Louise Harrison, has decided at the ripe old age of 80 that she would like to clear up some of the rumors about The Beatles by releasing a tell-all memoir. The book is slated to be released in either 2012 or 2013, and will include previously unpublished photographs of George and letters he wrote to Louise. It’s only fitting: she manages a Beatles tribute production called Liverpool Legends in her hometown of Branson, Missouri.
We’ll never know what might have happened – or more specifically what music we might have heard – had The Beatles not disbanded. And for that great rock n’ roll mystery we can thank John Lennon. In a conversation with radio host Geoff Lloyd on Absolute Radio this week, Paul McCartney revealed that it was Lennon who demanded that The Beatles end for good.
The Beatles eventually called it a career in 1970 following the recording of Let It Be. The famous foursome played their final concert on the rooftop of the Apple Records headquarters in London on Jan. 30, 1969.
The British Library is putting a digital spin on its historic collection of documents by launching the Treasures app for smart-phones.
Launched this week for Apple and Android devices, the app provides a digital tour of 100 literary, scientific, musical and historical documents in the British Library’s collection. And right there between original scores by Mozart and an original copy of Beowulf are The Beatles.
Apple has – finally! – reached an agreement to sell Beatles albums on iTunes, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Apple on Monday posted a message on the iTunes homepage that it would make “an exciting announcement” Tuesday morning.
Well, Tuesday morning is here and the Cupertino, Calif. boys did not disappoint; a deal for legal downloading of the Fab Four’s catalog of 200-plus songs recorded from 1962-1970 is finally realized.
Most of the 13 original studio albums in the deal run $12.99, and individual tracks are available for $1.29 each.
In ‘normal’ Coldplay news, the band are putting aside work on the follow-up to 2008’s Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends this holiday season to play two shows to benefit the British homeless charity, Crisis.
The shows will take place in Liverpool on December 19 and Newcastle on December 20. The band will play for just 1,000 people each night, announcing the venue the day before they appear on stage.
In slightly more ‘abnormal’ Coldplay news, Kanye West told The Sun that he thinks the band are “more talented than The Beatles.”
Sigh. I suppose, like the eventual heat death of the universe or the fact that word ‘Snooki’ has now entered the cultural lexicon, that this was bound to happen eventually. That doesn’t make it any easier, though: according to Billboard, Glee has now broken The Beatles’ Hot 100 record:
As we noted last week, John Lennon fandom and Beatlemania continues to the point that even the oddest Fab Four trinket can be sold for a hefty profit if you find the right (or delusional) buyer. Which is why it kind of makes sense that a Lennon fan would be willing to drop $15,500 for a 40-something-year-old toilet once owned – and used, of course – by John Lennon himself. Yup. A toilet.
