John Lennon classic books to be republished in December

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Canongate to republish Lennon classics
Joshua Farrington
27.06.2014

Canongate will publish facsimile editions of John Lennon's two books, In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works this December.



First published in 1964 and 1965 respectively, the books combine drawing, poetry, and stories. In His Own Write was one of the biggest books of the 1960s, selling 600,000 copies in the UK alone.



An auction of original art and poetry from the books at Sotheby's in New York earlier this month saw the pieces selling from $2.9m.
Publisher Jamie Byng said: "Fifty years on, these two books by Lennon remain wonderfully fresh and memorable and distinctive and it is a great honour to be publishing new editions of them which do justice to the original drawings. Lennon was an exceptional artist and there is a growing appreciation of this which is borne out by the recent, record-breaking sale at Sotheby’s."
The new hardback editions will be published on 8th December 2014, the anniversary of Lennon's death.

  

PAUL McCARTNEY IN IBIZA

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'Feeling great!' Sir Paul McCartney, 72, assures fans he's fighting fit following mystery illness... and proves it by diving into the Med during boat ride in Ibiza 
By JASON CHESTER
PUBLISHED: 25 June 2014

He recently celebrated his 72nd birthday, but aging former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney proved he’s as sprightly as ever during a boat ride in Ibiza on Monday. 
Sporting a pair of blue beach shorts, the legendary musician looked surprisingly agile as he hopped overboard and into the Mediterranean some several feet below. 
Sir Paul’s impromptu plunge suggested he’s well on the road to recovery after a mystery illness forced him to postpone numerous gigs in Japan and South Korea during his Out There world tour in May.


Feeling great! Sir Paul McCartney, 72, proves he's back on form by jumping into the Mediterranean during his current sunshine break in Ibiza

The ailing performer returned to London to recuperate before jetting off to the Balearic party island with Nancy following a low-key birthday celebration in the capital on June 18.
In a video message he assured fans he is now 'feeling great' and had rescheduled a number of axed shows.
'Everybody's been asking me how I feel,' he said. 'I feel great - thank you very much for asking.'


Don't mind me: Macca gets ready to take the plunge during a cruise across the Med with socialite wife Nancy Shevell


Free as a bird: The aging former Beatle looked surprisingly sprightly during his latest outing


Splashtastic: Macca hits the water after plunging several feel from the deck of his boat on Monday

And adding that the postponed shows have been rescheduled for September, he went on: "Come and see us then; we'll come and see you. Feeling great, rocking and rolling.'
Sir Paul will resume his tour in the United States on July 5. 
Elsewhere fans received an insight into the music legend's life thanks to a new excerpt from ‘Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s’ by Tom Doyle.
The snippet, published in Esquire, is focused on a period in the star’s life – following the Beatles split - when he felt he almost had a ‘nervous breakdown’.
Tom Doyle writes: ‘It was as if he’d suddenly and unexpectedly lost his job, been made entirely redundant. 
‘This was an identity crisis in extremis: Who exactly was he if he wasn’t Beatle Paul McCartney?’


Cooling off: The legendary musician is being accompanied by his third wife, wealthy American socialite Nancy Shevell

50 Years After the Beatles' Hollywood Bowl Concert

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50 Years After the Beatles' Hollywood Bowl Concert
BY MICHAEL VENTRE

Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics heads up the Hollywood Bowl's all-star tribute to mark the Beatles' big 5-0...and that legendary first LA concert.


Can you hear me now? On August 23, 1964, the Beatles first played the Hollywood Bowl—although “the eternal shriek from 17,000 healthy, young lungs” made their 25-minute set virtually inaudible.

When they visited Los Angeles for the first time in the summer of 1964, the Beatles went to the Whiskey A Go Go, where George Harrison hurled a glass full of water at an annoying photographer and instead soaked actress Mamie Van Doren, who happened to be walking by. They attended a party in their honor at the Brentwood home of the mother-in-law of then-Capitol Records head Alan Livingston, where well-heeled parents paid $25 a pop (the money went to charity) to have their kids meet the lads, and where stars like John Forsythe, Edward G. Robinson, Groucho Marx, Rock Hudson, and Jack Benny joined the mop-top madness.

But the single most important event of their stay in LA—the one that leaps off the tip of every music-obsessed tongue whenever that time and place and those Liverpudlians are mentioned—was their concert at the Hollywood Bowl. And on August 22, 23, and 24, the Bowl will observe the 50th anniversary of that seismic happening with an equally seismic tribute. Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, an über-Beatles fan, will serve as ringmaster and musical director.

“I’ve heard many stories from George, Ringo, and Paul about their experiences in the USA back in 1964, but the news footage of the Hollywood Bowl remains embedded in my mind,” recalls Stewart, who was a close friend of Harrison. “Olivia Harrison [George’s wife, who told Stewart she was at the Bowl, although she and George would not meet until years later] just recounted to me how crazy it was: ‘Girls jumping into the pond at the front and swimming to the stage, limos with the roof squashed and windows gone, total hysteria.’”

The Beatles first played the Bowl on August 23, 1964 (they returned to the Bowl the following year and played two nights there). As their shows went, it was typical. They opened with “Twist and Shout,” played 11 more songs to the sellout crowd of 18,700, closed with “Long Tall Sally,” and left after about a 25-minute set. As usual, the Beatles had difficulty hearing themselves sing or play. That concert was recorded to become a live album (released much later, in 1977), although their producer, George Martin, later lamented, “the eternal shriek from 17,000 healthy, young lungs made even a jet plane inaudible.”

Yet that concert was historic, primarily because the Beatles themselves considered it so. “That’s the only place they wanted to play,” says radio and television personality Bob Eubanks, the promoter of that original show, who was then a local disc jockey for KRLA. “They wanted to play the Hollywood Bowl because it was the premier place. It still is.” Tickets for the show ranged from $3 to $7, he recalls. They were only available at two outlets: the Bowl box office, and the Automobile Club of Southern California. The event sold out in three and a half hours, Eubanks says, which was lightning speed in pre-Internet days.

“I happen to think the Hollywood Bowl concert in ’64, next to Woodstock, is probably the most famous concert of all time,” Eubanks adds. “That’s my personal opinion.”

While other acts of the day, like Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland, were commanding $10,000 to $15,000 per show, Eubanks says he and his business partner at the time had to take a loan out against a piece of property they owned in order to meet the terms set down by Beatles manager Brian Epstein: $25,000, plus 60 percent of anything over $40,000 at the box office. But, as many years of raves would attest, it was worth it.

Debra Rittmiller, a lifelong resident of Burbank, was 12 in 1964. She not only attended that show, she went to another Beatles concert in 1966, at Dodger Stadium. “I saw them on TV,” she remembers. “I bought their records. Total Beatlemania. I’d get together with my girlfriends, play their records, and scream. We went to see A Hard Day’s Night and we screamed in the theater. At the [Bowl] we were way in the back. You couldn’t hear them sing at all. Everybody was screaming. We had binoculars. It was fantastic.”

In The Beatles Anthology, John Lennon said about that show: “The Hollywood Bowl was marvelous. It was the one we all enjoyed most, I think, even though it wasn’t the largest crowd—because it seemed so important, and everybody was saying things. We got on, and it was a big stage, and it was great.”

Neither Stewart nor Johanna Rees, presentations director for the Bowl, will reveal any secrets about what they have planned for the anniversary festivities. But given the subject matter, it’s a no-brainer that a fab time will be had by all. “It’s fun to work on a show where every song is a great song,” Rees says. And at the Hollywood Bowl, no less. “When I leave town and I tell people [I work for the Bowl], they say, ‘Oh, where the Beatles played,’” Rees explains. “For people who have never been to LA, the Hollywood Bowl is famous. The Beatles’ appearance cemented it in people’s heads. They go together.” The Beatles’ 50th at the Bowl, August 22–24, 323-850-2000

SIR PAUL 'ROCKING AND ROLLING'

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SIR PAUL 'ROCKING AND ROLLING'
By PRESS ASSOCIATION
PUBLISHED: 25 June 2014

Sir Paul McCartney has assured fans he is now "feeling great" after recent health woes which led to the cancellation of a number of gigs.
In a video message posted online, the former Beatles star told how he was now back on form and had rescheduled a number of axed shows.
The musician - who turned 72 last week - pulled out of shows in Japan due to a mystery bug and doctors ordered "complete rest". He pulled shows in the US to allow him to recuperate more fully.
Sir Paul, who will resume his live shows on July 5, said in his YouTube message: "Everybody's been asking me how I feel. I feel great - thank you very much for asking."
And adding that the postponed shows have been rescheduled for September, he went on: "Come and see us then; we'll come and see you.
"Feeling great, rocking and rolling," he added.

Ringo Starr surprised Paul McCartney in the hospital during illness

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‘I just sort of dialed’: Ringo Starr surprised Paul McCartney in the hospital during illness
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JUNE 26, 2014

Paul McCartney had a special friend looking in on him, even as he battled a roaring infection that forced the rare cancellation of a series of concerts. Ringo Starr, McCartney’s treasured former Beatles bandmate, was in constant contact with his ill friend, and from the first.

“I spoke to him, actually, while he was in the hospital,” Starr tells Access Hollywood, laughing. “Not knowing the time, I just sort of dialed. He picked up, and we said ‘hi,’ and he said he was doing OK.”

Since, Starr has kept in touch via text messages as his former bandmate made a slow but steady recovery. On a recent night, while the affable drummer continued his own All-Starr Band dates, McCartney and his wife Nancy even joined Starr’s wife Barbara Bach, Bach’s sister and her husband Joe Walsh for dinner.

“They all say he’s doing good,” Starr adds, and indeed McCartney has rescheduled the slate of postponed shows that followed his illness.

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NEW Video: Paul Getting #OutThere in Costa Rica

Paul recently played the Estádio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica, the third gig of his current tour of Latin America. The show was Paul's first ever concert in the country, and PaulMcCartney.com was on hand to capture his welcome! 

In case you'd forgotten, England play Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte today. We'd like to know who you'll be supporting! 

Watch the video below...

Paul McCartney with wife Nancy Shevell relax on board lavish yacht in Ibiza

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All you need is love! Sir Paul McCartney, 72, shares a tender kiss with wife Nancy Shevell, 53, as they relax on board lavish yacht in Ibiza
By NOLA OJOMU
PUBLISHED:  24 June 2014

They are in the middle of a relaxing sunshine break in Ibiza.
And Sir Paul McCartney and his 53-year-old wife, Nancy, swapped the beach for a yacht on Monday as he continued to make the most of his time off.
The 72-year-old veteran has been in recovery after being struck down with a mystery illness during his tour of the Far East in May.


All you need is love: Sir Paul McCartney and his 53-year-old wife, Nancy, swapped the beach for a yacht on Monday as they were pictured sharing a loving kiss

And it seem some quality time with his wife and friends is doing the star a world of good as they were seen sharing a tender kiss.
The pair had just been for a dip in the lovely blue sea and quickly washed off before they both wrapped up in matching red towels.
Earlier in the week, the couple arrived on the beach in casual attire with Sir Paul opting for red swimming trunks and his wife sporting a floral rash vest paired with animal print bikini bottoms.


Washing off: The pair took a dip in the lovely blue sea and proceeded to wash off once they got back on board the yacht

 
In great form: Nancy looked trim and toned as she wore a rash vest and  navy bikini bottoms

Paul was keen to make the most of the sunshine as he went for a quick dip in the Mediterranean Sea.
The pair waded in the waves for a short while before making their way back up the beach to lounge with their fellow holiday makers.
The group enjoyed the heat as they lay on their sun loungers but opted not to lie in direct sunlight.


A bit of TLC: It's understandable that Sir Paul McCartney opted to get away on a sunshine break


Summer vacation: The musician and a few pals have been lapping up the sunshine on the Spanish island


Healing rays: Sir Paul has been in recovery after being struck down with a mystery illness during his tour of the Far East in May

 
Stylish ensemble: Nancy looked chic in a floral rash vest teamed with animal print bikini bottoms and a panama hat

Fans recently received an insight into the music legend's life thanks to a new excerpt from ‘Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s’ by Tom Doyle.
The snippet - published in Esquire -  is focused on a period in the star’s life – following the Beatles split - when he felt he almost had a ‘nervous breakdown’.


Rock on: Nancy seemed to be seeking to catch the attention of someone further down the beach


Cool blue: Paul was keen to make the most of the sunshine as he went for a quick dip in the Mediterranean Sea


Relax: The pair waded in the waves for a short while before making their way back up the beach

 
Time to dry off: American socialite Nancy looked trim and toned in her beachwear

Tom Doyle writes: ‘It was as if he’d suddenly and unexpectedly lost his job, been made entirely redundant. 
‘This was an identity crisis in extremis: Who exactly was he if he wasn’t Beatle Paul McCartney?
Paul is then quoted saying: ‘I hit the bottle. I hit the substances.’


Laid-back: Sir Paul put on a navy shirt after his dip in the sea


Hats off to them: The couple enjoyed the heat as they lay on their sun loungers but opted not to lie in direct sunlight


Can't take the heat: Nancy soon opted to remove her swimming top and revealed a black bandeau bikini underneath


Opening up: Fans recently received an insight into the music legends life thanks to a new excerpt from ¿Man on the Run: Paul McCartney in the 1970s¿ by Tom Doyle


Feeling better: In May McCartney had to cancel several dates in Japan and South Korea on his Out There world tour after falling ill with a mystery virus

The singer described how he felt at the time saying it was like ‘a barreling, empty feeling rolling across his soul’ but credited his late wife, Linda as the saving grace that helped him through.
In May McCartney had to cancel several dates in Japan and South Korea on his Out There world tour after falling ill with a mystery virus.
But the dedicated performer has turned a corner health-wise and will hit the road again on July 5 for the North American leg of his show.


Not so shady: The trio enjoyed a brisk walk across the sand


Shoes off: The couple prepared to leave their location underneath their parasol


Hats off to them: Paul places a tender hand on Nancy's shoulder


Making tracks: The icon and his wife made their way into the cool blue sea


Easy does it: The singer looked a little wary as he negotiated with the dinghy

'I’m sorry but it’s going to be a few more weeks before we get rocking in America again. I’m feeling great but taking my docs' advice to take it easy for just a few more days. 
'Look forward to seeing you all soon,' the singer said in a statement on his website at the time.
No doubt the little break away will do the rocker the world of good. At one point, he waded out into the water and carefully got into a dinghy with his wife by his side.


All aboard: The group made their way to a larger boat


Keeping afloat: The party got ready to make their way to their next destination


Help! The gentlerman gives his lady a little hand as she leaves the dinghy


Getting a tutorial: Concentrating hard, Paul listened to another member of the crew


Time to relax: The pair chatted on deck as they made the most of their time off

As they sailed out to a yacht, the pair seemed happy and content with their surroundings, with Nancy taking pictures of the view on her camera and Paul doing a muscle man pose. 
The pair were then spotted relaxing on board and chatting to several members of the crew as they stood in his and hers trilby hats and sunglasses. 
Nancy later stripped off to a pretty blue and white bikini to make the most of the sunny weather. The  two-piece showed off her stunning figure.


Safety first: The sensible pair lathered on sun cream to make sure they didn't get burned


Arms up: Nancy made sure she was super thorough with the high factor


Making memories: Paul took photos on his mobile phone as he paced around the deck


Snap happy: Nancy showed off her figure in a stunning two piece as she took lots of photos


He's the champ: The happy rocker gave his best muscle man impression while Nancy took a picture of the view