Paul headed to Tel Aviv to play for 40,000 people and about 5,000 spooks from Mossad and MI6 – despite protests from several Palestinian groups, while the Israeli press veered between raptures and pontificating on ho Jewish the Beatles actually were.
Beatles Day, the Pops, the Echo and the Arena
In a year when the city is the European Capital of Culture and there’s a whole host of new music, theatre, art and other media going on around the city, the spectacle of its fading celebrities donning mop-top wigs and singing songs written over 40 years ago was a backward step.
Ringo and Liverpool: Saying goodbye to Madryn Street
Ringo Starr’s birthplace number nine Madryn Street in the Dingle has no cultural significance as should be demolished, according to Liverpool City council and the National Trust