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EMI sues BlueBeat.com for selling Beatles downloads

EMI is suing an online music site, BlueBeat.com, for selling mp3s of The Beatles' songs without permission.

Liverpool considers Beatles Trail of iconic locations

Liverpool councillors are to discuss creating a Beatles trail of some of the best-known locations connected to the group.

Yoko Ono unveils Imagine Peace Tower in Second Life

Yoko Ono travelled to Iceland for the annual lighting of the Imagine Peace Tower on 9 October 2009, which would have been John Lennon's 69th birthday. At 10.30pm that evening, Reykjavik time, she also unveiled a new Imagine Peace Tower in the online virtual world Second Life.

The Beatles: officially bigger than Jesus, according to Google

Forty-three years after John Lennon sensationally claimed that The Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus', it finally came to pass.

BBC chart reveals best-selling UK Beatles songs

She Loves You, The Beatles' second number one hit, has topped a chart of the group's biggest selling songs in the United Kingdom.

Beatles fans mark 40 years of Abbey Road photoshoot

Hundreds of Beatles fans gathered at the famous Abbey Road zebra crossing to commemorate 40 years since The Beatles were photographed crossing it.

John Lennon's Hofner Senator guitar sells for £205,250

A 1958 Hofner Senator guitar previously owned by John Lennon has sold for £205,250 (337,226) at auction.

Beatles' first management contract up for grabs

The Beatles' first management contract is to be given away as a competition prize on a UK website.

Paul McCartney launches Meat Free Mondays campaign

Sir Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono are urging people to go meat-free one day each week to help cut carbon emissions.

Paul and Ringo reunite for Beatles Rock Band launch

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have appeared on stage for the first public viewing of Beatles Rock Band.

Beatlemania museum opens in Hamburg

A museum dedicated to The Beatles opened today in Hamburg, Germany, 49 years after the group first performed in the city.

Beatles Trivial Pursuit on sale in August

A special Beatles-themed edition of the board game Trivial Pursuit is to go on sale in August 2009.

Unpublished George Harrison lyrics go on show at British Library

Previously unseen lyrics written by George Harrison, written in early 1967, today went on permanent display at the British Library in London.

Struggling Penny Lane businesses ask for help

Small businesses in Liverpool have called on tourism bosses to improve the struggling area of Penny Lane, made famous by The Beatles in 1967.

Casting begins for Backbeat: The Musical

Backbeat, the biopic of Stuart Sutcliffe's Hamburg relationship with Astrid Kirchherr, is to be turned into a musical.

Liverpool Hope University launches Beatles masters degree

A postgraduate masters course in The Beatles, Popular Music and Society is being launched by Liverpool Hope University.

John Lennon artworks to go on show in Edinburgh

A new exhibition featuring works by John Lennon is to open at The Dome in Edinburgh.

The Beatles' former Apple HQ goes on sale

3 Savile Row, London, the five-storey building which was headquarters of The Beatles' Apple Corps business from 1968 until 1975, has been put up for sale.

Stella McCartney creates Beatles t-shirt for Red Nose Day 2009

Stella McCartney has designed a range of t-shirts for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2009.

Beatles iTunes deal has 'stalled'

Sir Paul McCartney says that negotiations to allow The Beatles' catalogue to appear on Apple's iTunes store have currently "stalled".