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* Sotheby’s will be auctioning off more than 100 of John’s drawings, sketches, cartoons and poems June 4.

* You can already purchase or rent the newly restored version of A Hard Day’s Night in the US on iTunes (news courtesy of WogBlog). [x-posted to the AHDN50 thread]

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It looks like he’ll have to cancel South Korea too. 

The postponements for illness are unprecedented in McCartney’s career. Though he has postponed single shows in the past, he has never postponed this many shows at once for illness. 

[x-posted to the Out There thread]

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Joe said
Here’s the promo poster:

There’s a new promo poster:

[x-posted to the new Beatles movie thread]

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Official update on Paul posted here.

Statement:

Since contracting a virus last week that led to the postponement of tour dates, Paul received successful medical treatment at a hospital in Tokyo.

He will make a complete recovery and has been ordered to take a few days rest.

Paul has been extremely moved by all the messages and well wishes he has received from fans all over the world.

[x-posted to the Out Thread thread]

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From The Examiner:

* Brian’s diaries will be featured in a new exhibit on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, opening May 31.

* Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead played with Sean during an encore of a show in San Francisco. But also, Sean’s tour bus was burglarized, and the percussionist’s latop stolen, and he posted to Instagram pleading for its return.

* Interview with Christine Van Loo, an aerielist on Paul’s 2004 summer tour at Macca Report.

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Ultimate Classic Rock article on an interview with Mike Myers in GQ in which he mentions that George wrote his last letter to him.

On Nov. 29, 2001, George Harrison  died at the age of 58 after a long struggle with cancer. In a new interview, actor Mike Myers reveals that, earlier that day, he received a piece of fan mail from Harrison, which he says was the last letter the former Beatle ever wrote.

As Myers recounts to GQ, he was on the set of ‘Austin Powers in Goldmember,’ shooting a scene where many Hollywood stars are making a film about Powers’ life the day Harrison’s letter unexpectedly arrived. Myers had never before met or corresponded with Harrison, so he was thrilled to discover that one of his idols was a fan. He says that receiving it was “mind-blowing, dude. For the son of a Liverpudlian, a person who worships the Beatles.”

Myers shared some of the contents of the letter, which he says is “prominently displayed” in his’ home. “He says, ‘…sitting here with my Dr. Evil doll…I just wanted to let you know I’ve been looking all over Europe for a mini-you doll.’ And he says, ‘Dr. Evil says frickin,’ but any good Scouser dad will tell you it’s actually ‘friggin’ as in a ‘four of fish and finger pie‘, if you get my drift.’ He said, “Thanks for the movies, so much fun.”

The ‘Austin Powers’ and ‘Wayne’s World’ star once spoke of how much the last scene in ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ — where photographs of the group fall from a helicopter carrying the Beatles — means to him. Harrison referenced it in the letter by saying, “I’m sorry I left you on the helicopter that day, I promise I won’t do it again.”

Myers says he has since learned the backstory of Harrison’s letter, but would prefer to keep it to himself. “I can’t really speak of it,” he continued. “But it is fantastic and sad and awesome, and this is the magic that I’m talking about that I feel very grateful and privileged to be part of it.”

[x-posted to the This Is Love thread]

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Publicity stills from Paul’s “Early Days ” video have been posted at the Solo Paul pics thread. [x-posted to the NEW thread]

And in case you missed it, meanmistermustard posted a link to an Examiner article about Paul being released from the hospital.

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