Guardian Music — With vocals that are pure Liverpool via Los Angeles, this Merseyside group are more New Order than Beatles old orderHometown: Liverpool.The lineup: Andrew Hunt, Thomas Gorton, Nicholas Hunt, Christopher Hutchinson and David Berger.The background: It ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Photographs of The Beatles' first US concert, in Washington DC, have sold at a New York auction for $362,000 (£224,000). Photographer Mike Mitchell took the pictures at the Washington Coliseum gig in 1964, when he was 18 years old. The... more info

Guardian Music — You sent us some of your favourite songs that leave the stage early ... only to re-emerge for a surprise encore"Some people are on the pitch … they think it's all over. It is now!" It's the element of surprise that we're looking for in our quest fo... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Paul Mccartney is to marry his fiancee Nancy Shevell in a small ceremony in London before flying his new bride to New York for a lavish party, according to a U. K. report. The Beatles legend, 68, proposed to the heiress in May (11) after four yea... more info

ContactMusic — Previously unseen pictures of The Beatles' first ever American concert have made more than $360,000 (225,000) at an auction in New York. The Fab Four were introduced to the U. S. with a slot on The Ed Sullivan Show in February, 1964 and two days late... more info

CNN Showbiz — A collection of 46 never-before-seen photos from The Beatles' first concerts in the United States was auctioned off for more than $350,000 at a New York Auction House on Wednesday. more info

Guardian Music — Film about former Beatle's experience in New York following 9/11 will air on eve of 10th anniversary of terrorist attacksPaul McCartney is at the heart of a new documentary marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The Love We Make, by Gimme Shelter co-d... more info

NME — Prints include rare shots of drummer Ringo Starr more info

Totally Fuzzy — If you're not Australian it probably doesn't mean anything much to you... but for us Aussies it's like the Beatles had just announced they'd reunite and go on tour! And to celebrate it we'll post one Cold Chisel album per day her... more info

Guardian Music — Concerts keep getting bigger – and so do the risks of deadly crushes. On the anniversary of the Love Parade tragedy, experts tell Dorian Lynskey how such disasters could be avoidedIn the city of Duisburg in western Germany there now stands a steel ... more info