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Cat Stevens to Return This Summer with a New Album

Legendary British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens will release a new album of original songs this summer that took the “Peace Train” hitmaker over a decade to make and revisits familiar themes of togetherness. The 12-song collection is called “King of a Land” and comes out in June on George Harrison-founded Dark…

Asharq Al-Awsat

John Lennon hated George Harrison's favourite Beatles song

Lennon was not a fan of his song, despite the fact it was inspired by his hero

Liverpool Echo

‘He was central to music history’: the forgotten legacy of Leon Russell

In an illuminating new book, the incredible highs and devastating lows of the influential musician are remembered

The Guardian - US

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Andy Fairweather Low: ‘Jimi Hendrix sidled over and politely told me: you’re in the wrong key’

Kate Bush loved his voice, Clapton hired him and Paul Weller mocked his hair. Having gone from top of the charts to living with his mum, one of rock’s nice guys is back with a new album at 74

The Guardian - UK

George's impact on the Beatles sound

Lennon/McCartney in studio "left little space for George, and it became a bit frustrating," says Pattie Boyd

Salon

Hare Krishna followers join Beatles fans to mark George Harrison’s 80th birthday

Members of the Hare Krishna movement joined more than 100 fans at the Liverpool Beatles Museum on Saturday.

The Independent UK

George Harrison play to hit Mersey theatre in time for ex-Beatle's 80th birthday

The show will celebrate the life of the "quiet Beatle" in the band and beyond

Liverpool Echo

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Beatles' first tour was the start of total madness, says ex of Fab Four legend

Bernadette Byrne, who was dating George Harrison at the time, witnessed the phenomenon unfold at a 1963 gig at Southport’s Floral Hall which kicked off the group's first tour

Daily Mirror

George Harrison 80th birthday: Hundreds of Hare Krishnas in Liverpool today to celebrate 'spiritual Beatle'

The city will remember and celebrate George Harrison on February 25

Liverpool Echo

Beatles famous sister Louise Harrison dies decades after helping band crack America

Louise Harrison, the sister of Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison, has died at the age of 91, with tributes pouring in from heartbroken family and friends

Daily Mirror

"He was selling guitars to raise ready cash to buy dope": The real story of the show that brought Eric Clapton back from the brink

By mid-1971 Eric Clapton was a recluse with a heroin habit, until friends including Pete Townshend and George Harrison intervened to save his life

Louder

Stadium starstruck by Kidman and Urban glamour couple

THE hallowed turf of McDonald Jones Stadium isn't foreign ground when it comes to star power. It's played host to football icon David Beckham, turned green and gold for the Socceroos and Matildas and been the playground of rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns. But Newcastle isn't LA, or even Sydney,…

Newcastle Herald

50 years ago, these were the No. 1 albums of 1973 (and a few other classics, too)

In 1973 the album charts got weird. Sure, there were classic albums by iconic artists such as Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and Elton John that topped the charts that year. Two different ones in Elton’s case.

The Orange County Register

Celebrities who have turned down knighthoods, OBEs and MBEs

Not everyone who is offered an honour has accepted them

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Liverpool Echo

Liverpool celebrities who turned down an honour from The Queen

Famous people who have rejected honours and why they snubbed them

Liverpool Echo

George Harrison was 'bored' by Beatles best-selling album

Despite the album selling 32 million copies, Harrison's frustrations were obvious

Liverpool Echo

Who was Derek Taylor - former ECHO man who gave the final word on Beatles' split

Derek Taylor was first invited into the fab four's inner circle by Brian Epstein

Liverpool Echo

Beatle George Harrison 'never lost his love of Liverpool'

Olivia Harrison said George would return to the city for frequent visits

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George Harrison's widow 'always happy to come back to Liverpool'

Olivia Harrison spoke to the ECHO about one of her favourite spots in the city and her new book of poetry

Liverpool Echo

Moment John Lennon 'knew the Beatles were over'

The band would split in 1970, but John Lennon traced the breakup back to years earlier

Salon

Olivia Harrison's poems for George

At a recent live event with Martin Scorsese, Harrison opened up about her writing and life with the Quiet Beatle

Liverpool Echo

Each Beatles' favourite album that the band made

The Fab Four released 12 studio albums as a band

Liverpool Echo

BBC Antiques Roadshow's most valuable items including £1million flower

John Lennon's guitar were among some of the most expensive items on the show

Liverpool Echo

George Harrison was 'penniless' after being deported from Hamburg

"I got home penniless. It took everything I had to get me back"

Liverpool Echo

George Harrison's wife fought off attacker who stabbed former Beatle in his own home

The former Beatle was attacked by a home invader in 1999

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