Larry King Live hosted Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Olivia Harrison, Yoko Ono Lennon, and Guy Laliberte, the founder of Cirque du Soleil, and celebrated the first year anniversary of the show LOVE, the brainchild of George Harrison and Guy Laliberte, a high tech blend of modern circus theatre set to an exciting mashup of Beatles music remixed by Sir George Martin and his son Giles.
CNN filmed the tribute show from the Beatles Revolution Lounge at the Mirage in Las Vegas last night, Tuesday June 26th. Good interview and great dialog between Paul and Ringo, and an interesting story from Olivia talking about how George and Guy came to be friends and fans of each other’s work, and combined their talents to create the LOVE show, the first of it’s kind to celebrate the art and music of the Beatles.
The soundtrack for the show features the Beatles music remixed by Sir George Martin and his son Giles, from the original Abbey Road studio master tapes. Paul and Ringo both said the sound was so clear that they could hear things they did in the studio that had been buried in their records for years. LOVE The soundtrack album has both the stereo CD and the 5.1 surround sound DVD, which does indeed sound awesome.
40 years after releasing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Beatles are still on the charts and in the hearts of millions of fans around the world.
Paul McCartney just released his new album Memory Almost Full, and a video for the first track “Dance Tonight.” He’s also been playing some small venue gigs and just celebrated his 65th birthday.
Ringo Starr will be releasing his EMI catalog online for digital downloads this August, plus a new greatest solo hits album, “Photograph.” This is the first time any of the Beatles music or solo albums have been available as digital downloads. EMI is releasing more Beatles catalog later this year.
A double disc of John Lennon’s solo songs was just released with current artists trying to reinterpret his music on the benefit album “Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur.” The proceeds go to support Amnesty International.
And Olivia Harrison, widow of former Beatle George Harrison, who succumbed to cancer on November 29, 2001, is executive producer of the reissue of the new Traveling Wilburys collection, Volumes One & Three. The Traveling Wilburys group was George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.
Video: http://www.thebeatles.com/hub/love/site/?sec=love
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Transcript of the show from Larry King Live on CNN:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0706/26/lkl.01.html
Source:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/
This post mirrors Larry King Live with Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr, at CybersMusic.com.
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