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I am very happy to hear the BB Club is updating their site at the end of January and it will be a new era for Beatle Fans, a more user friendly combined site with easy navigation planned. BBC members have waited a long time for this update and I don’t think they will be disappointed. Many ideas and suggestions from BB members have already been considered or are being used to enhance the site. You will be able to chat on line with people who sometime in their life were touched by The Beatles as were you or by a member of the Beatles. You may chat with an author of a Beatle Book or a Beatle Tribute Band or a smorgasbord of eccentric personalities.

It is promised the site will have new features and will be a 22nd Century Marvel. I hope more members will participate and others will join and get involved with the new and improved site. If you are not sure if you want to join long term you have the option to join on a monthly basis to try it out. Hopefully once you realize how much fun it is you may want to join for a longer time. If you are already a member I hope that when the time comes you will want to renew.

Members who want to ask questions about the site, post them on The Fab Forum, look for the appropriate icon and fire away. If you have suggestions please address that as well.

There is a reason The Beatles music has been around so long and we are lucky to have Joe Johnson at the helm of The Yellow Submarine he handles so well.

Be a part of the fun. I have made friends thru the Beatle Brunch Site as well as Beatle Brunch Club Chat. We are not Geeks just members with passion. I hope you will participate in some way very soon.

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The evening's celebration honors the 48th anniversary of The Beatles coming to America playing The Ed Sullivan Show. A FABulous group from France, Les Scarabees, Tribute To The Beatles, will open the gala.

This will be one gig Brunchers won't wanna miss. Our ol' Beatle Bud, Charles Rosenay from Liverpool Tours is Emcee.

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Beatle fans will need to get over their new year’s hangovers relatively quickly as both Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will be releasing new studio albums in the early weeks of 2012.
First up is RINGO 2012, a surprisingly brief entry (just nine songs, clocking in near the half hour mark). Included will be Ringo’s recent contribution to the Buddy Holly tribute compilation Listen To Me, as well as a song steeped in the early skiffle era of Beatles history, Lonnie Donnegan’s “Rock Island Line”. Ringo’s taste for a little nostalgia extends to his own solo catalog as well, with remakes of “Step Lightly” (from the 1973 classic Ringo album) and “Wings” (no, it has nothing to do with Paul’s band, but is a song that originally appeared on Ringo the 4th in 1977).
The five new tracks were co-written by Ringo with Van Dyke Parks, Dave Stewart and Joe Walsh (among others), including “In Liverpool”, part three of Ringo’s look back at his hometown following “Liverpool 8” and “The Other Side of Liverpool” from his two most recent albums. Other musicians appearing on the record include Edgar Winter and Richard Page from the most current line-up of Ringo’s touring All-Starr Band.

RINGO 2012 hits stores January 31st. An exclusive CD/DVD version of the album will be available from Amazon.com.
The following week, on February 7th and just in time for Valentine’s Day, Kisses on the Bottom, a collection of a dozen standards complemented by two new original compositions arrives from Paul McCartney. One of the new tracks, “My Valentine” was aired for a limited time on Paul’s website, and is the song Paul wrote for Nancy which he sang for her at their October 9th wedding. Anyone who has enjoyed Paul’s songs written in the style of the early dance hall crooners (think: “When I’m 64”, “Honey Pie”, and Wings’ “You Gave Me The Answer, to name a few) will cherish this record, which features Paul on vocals only, backed by Diana Krall (aka Mrs. Elvis Costello) and her band. Eric Clapton and Stevie Wonder make cameo appearances as well.
Interestingly, two of the songs Paul chose to cover – “Bye Bye Blackbird” and “The Inch Worm” – appear in the Apple Records canon of work, having been recorded by Ringo and Mary Hopkin, respectively. Also included: “It’s Only A Paper Moon”, a big hit for the Mills Brothers (of whom Paul was a big fan) and “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive”, co-written by Johnny Mercer, one of the founders of Capitol Records, the Beatles’ US record label.
Listen to Beatle Brunch to hear selections from these exciting new releases, and for your chance to win your copies !

Can you imagine a studio on wheels? Well, the crew of a bus named in memory of the late, great John Lennon did just that. For 10 months each year for the last 14 years, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, a non-profit mobile audio and HD video recording and production facility, has been making its way across North America to teach close to 300,000 youth per year about music, including John Lennon and The Beatles, and enable kids to participate in audio, video and broadcast technologies workshops. According to the Boston Globe, the Lennon bus is equipped with "nearly $5-million worth of donated equipment, including guitars, drums, keyboards ... remote-controlled video cameras and even a green screen." What’s most impressive, though, is the Lennon bus’ commitment to providing youth with increased access to music and digital technologies. That commitment is allowing the next generation of musicians to learn, to create, to imagine.

BeatleBrunchers, if you're tired of listening to James McCartney's music on your computer's less than rockin' speakers, you'll be pleased to know that with the December '11 release of his latest album, "The Complete EP Collection," James' catalogue is finally available on CD (his music was previously only available for download). Combining two previously released EPs ("Available Light" and "Close At Hand") with five unreleased tracks, the album, produced by Paul McCartney and his longtime producer, David Kahne, showcases the younger McCartney's songwriting and musical prowess. Pick up your copy of "The Complete EP Collection".

BeatleBrunch fans, the wait may be over to own your very own copy of “George Harrison: Living in the Material World”: Movies.IE is reporting that the Martin Scorsese-directed BBC two-part documentary film will be available in the U.S. on March 4, 2012. The film tracks Harrison’s incredible life -- from his childhood in Liverpool through his success as a Beatle and solo musician, his travels to India, his interest in meditation and his deep spiritual commitment -- through Harrison's personal archive footage, photography, writing and, of course, his wonderful music. Stay tuned to The Brunch for pre-order information.