All About Jazz — Sony Music is pleased to announce the CD and digital download release of the soundtrack album of the year, Nowhere Boy - the critically acclaimed film biopic about John Lennon's teenage years that led to his music career from the Quarrymen, to his ea... more info

Perez Hilton — As he releases his new album, Y Not, in January, Ringo Starr reveals that he received help from his former bandmate, Paul McCartney. The Beatles share vocals on the first single, Walk With Me! “Paul was doing the Grammys, so he came over to t... more info

Rolling Stone — The golden-pop aura that New Yorkers saw hovering in the night sky on November 18th was from a rare local landing, at Brooklyn Masonic Temple, of the Memphis Beatles, Big Star: singer-guitarist Alex Chilton and drummer Jody Stephens with their reunio... more info

Mersey poet Roger McGough has hinted he may be set for a role scripting dialogue for a remake of the classic Beatles animation Yellow Submarine.McGough, wrote The Beatles lines for the 1968 original.. more info

Guardian Music — Alfredo Marcantonio writes: A signi-ficant omission from Garth Cartwright's fine tribute to Luther Dixon (obituary, 12 November) is his work on Twist and Shout by the Isley Brothers. Attending the Isleys' session at Bell Sound studios to record anoth... more info

Rolling Stone — Ringo Starr grabbed a little help from his friends for his new album Y Not, due January 12th, 2010. The Beatles drummer will be joined by his Fab Four bandmate Paul McCartney on a couple of tracks, including first single “Walk With Me,” which fin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Washington Post reports, that "MySpace will acquire most of the assets of iMeem for a purchase price of around $1 million in cash." Meanwhile, as the NY Times points out, "Hulu, the joint online venture between NBC, Fox... more info

Guardian Music — The former Genesis frontman on fan funding, reliable filters, and why he would commission an alternative to The X FactorWhen I blogged about the lack of women in the music industry, one manager claimed that this is because girls are less interested i... more info

Topix — Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. more info

Guardian Music — And so it ends: the site that was selling digital downloads of Beatles songs - the only ones doing so anywhere in the world - have been shut down at the order of a US judge, reports the NME.We reported before on the legal travails that two interlinke... more info