Read more Beatles stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10418/beatles.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:46:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73343/beatles-break-free-of-cds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBeatles songs still aren't available on iTunes, but you can get them on an apple—a USB drive shaped like an apple, that is. EMI is charging a mere $279.99 for all of the band’s remastered studio albums, previously available only on CD, and a slew of video, photos,...http://www.newser.com/story/73343/beatles-break-free-of-cds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 11:10:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73183/lost-beatles-song-finally-finished.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForty years after the Beatles split and eight after George Harrison died, a new Beatles song has been completed. Harrison gave the first ten lines of Silence (Is Its Own Reply) to a biographer in 1969, but they were put aside and forgotten until recently, the Telegraph reports. A BBC...http://www.newser.com/story/73183/lost-beatles-song-finally-finished.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Nov 2009 4:35:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73047/spice-girls-will-help-kick-off-2012-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen the eyes of the world turn to London for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics, the land of Shakespeare and the Beatles will present ... the Spice Girls. "They stand for so much in British music history and I can’t think of a better time for them to get...http://www.newser.com/story/73047/spice-girls-will-help-kick-off-2012-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 01 Nov 2009 15:22:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70727/i-know-what-killed-daddy-paris.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagParis Jackson and her aunt La Toya both have theories on Michael’s death—one sad, one a little wacky. “What happened is they worked him too hard,” La Toya remembers Paris telling her. “They kept working him and Daddy didn't want that, but they worked him constantly.” La Toya, however,...http://www.newser.com/story/70727/i-know-what-killed-daddy-paris.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 8:57:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70460/lucy-in-the-sky-dead-at-46.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLucy O’Donnell, the girl who supposedly inspired John Lennon and Paul McCartney to write “Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds,” has died of lupus at age 46. Though the song was controversial when it debuted on Sgt. Pepper for its purported reference to LSD, Lennon’s eldest son Julian has said...http://www.newser.com/story/70460/lucy-in-the-sky-dead-at-46.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 11:24:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69554/with-new-no-1-jay-z-grabs-record-from-elvis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJay-Z and the Beatles lit up the charts this week, Billboard reports. Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 sold 476,000 copies, easily capturing the top spot for the week, and giving the rapper his 11th No. 1 album. That nabs him the record, previously held by Elvis, for the solo act...http://www.newser.com/story/69554/with-new-no-1-jay-z-grabs-record-from-elvis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 11:31:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69083/beatles-poised-to-rule-uk-charts-once-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s a flashback to Beatlemania in Britain after the release of remastered versions of the band’s discography, Reuters reports. The Fab Four are expected to hold at least five of the top 20 spots on the pop charts when the sales week closes Saturday, along with 15 of the top...http://www.newser.com/story/69083/beatles-poised-to-rule-uk-charts-once-again.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 14:35:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68923/stones-legend-bashes-guitar-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe growth of video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band means fewer real guitar heros in the future, complains former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman. Playing the games "encourages kids not to learn, that's the trouble. It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and learn...http://www.newser.com/story/68923/stones-legend-bashes-guitar-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 4:54:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68867/beatles-remasters-pack-a-wallop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Beatles just got better: every one of their original albums and a batch of collected singles has been remastered, boosting the quality to the level “the Beatles themselves would have heard and intended,” writes Matt Hurwitz in the Washington Post . The stereo CDs remind us that the Beatles were...http://www.newser.com/story/68867/beatles-remasters-pack-a-wallop.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 13:40:00 CDT