Guardian Music — Mayor Bloomberg joins the U2 media circus by naming a New York street after the band ... for a weekWell, the street does apparently have a name. U2 were honoured in New York City yesterday, with the mayor temporarily renaming a street after the band.... more info

CNN Showbiz — They helped introduce the world to mop top haircuts, collarless jackets and yellow submarines -- now a British university is launching what it says is the world's first ever masters degree in the Beatles. more info

NME — A masters degree on The Beatles, popular music and society is being offered at the Liverpool Hope University. more info

MTV.com News — Former Beatles have not performed together since 2002.By Lindsay Wallace Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr Photo: KMazur/WireImage Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will reunite onstage for the upcoming "Change Begins Within" concert, which bene... more info

KNVA TV, Austin TX — The city of Liverpool already has a Beatles museum and its airport is named after John Lennon. Now a local university says it rolling out a graduate program entirely devoted to the Fab Four. more info

Detroit Free Press — Liverpool Hope University said Tuesday that its new master's program, "The Beatles, Popular Music and Society," would give students the opportunity to analyze music and culture through the band's work. more info

Guardian Music — I don't know what's taken Liverpool Hope University so long. Serious, academic study of the Beatles has been going on, at colleges and universities all over the world, for almost 30 years. Originally it was dopey little campuses in the US that starte... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketU2 are getting their own NYC street, because ... well, just because. [Brooklyn Vegan]The dudes from Spinal Tap -- unwigged and unplugged! [PopEater]Somebody came to the brilliant realization that Rush lyrics would make gre... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, Exclusive"We're bigger than Jesus now." John Lennon's words -- spoken 43 years ago Wednesday, in an interview with the Evening Standard -- about the Beatles are among the most controversial in rock 'n' roll history. "Christianity w... more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - A university in Liverpool has launched a Master of Arts degree in The Beatles, the city's most famous sons, and called the qualification the first of its kind. more info