August 28, 1966 -- Alaska. The Beatles sure look bored when they were stuck in a hotel in Alaska on their way to Japan. They were grounded due to a typhoon in Japan.
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Sunday, June 28, 2026
Stuck in Alaska
August 28, 1966 -- Alaska. The Beatles sure look bored when they were stuck in a hotel in Alaska on their way to Japan. They were grounded due to a typhoon in Japan.
Mary's Birthday (1972)
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| Photographer unknown but photo taken on August 28, 1972 at Cavendish |
No name article
Written by Kris Martell
With a Little Help From My Friends
December 1972
The date was August 28, Mary's birthday, and also the day I was to leave London. Well, my flight was at 6pm or so. So, where was I? My last hours at Cavendish, of course, waiting up near the hospital at the corner. It was the bank holiday there, and most stores were closed. We were looking frantically for an open bakery, because we wanted to get Mary a cake. We found one that was open on High Street, bought the cake, and went back to Cavendish. It was still early, 10am to be exact.
We wanted to catch Rosie before she went in. We were going to ask her if she thought Paul might be upset over the cake, and if she said yes, we were going to give her the cake to take in. Apparently, she had the day off and never showed up.
At noon, who did we see coming out on bikes, but Paul and Linda! We were taken a bit by surprise. I noticed that Paul's bike had a little back seat, probably for Mary. Anyhow, we decided not to follow, lest they'd get a bit mad if we did. So we just casually strolled on the opposite side of the street, walking in pairs or threes. When about eight minutes later, they took us by surprise and came around the corner. I was a few yards from turning the corner when I saw them. Oddly enough, Paul was sort of smiling. They were riding abreast, but when he saw us, he slowed down a bit and rode behind her, and they turned their heads completely around while riding to their house. I don't know if he rides zigzag or not, but he certainly was that day. I assume it was because he was looking at us backward instead of keeping his eye on the road in front of him. What's more, he was whistling as he rode. By the way, the bikes were the crankiest bikes I ever heard, but I suppose on a Sunday morning on Cavendish, anything can be heard.
Well, after they were in, we rang the bell and spoke to Mrs. Meeken, their babysitter. We said we were leaving Mary's cake at the gate, and she said, "Thank you". When we saw the cake wasn't being taken in, we sent them a telegram that read, "Happy birthday, Mary, your cake is waiting alone outside the gate." Eventually, it was taken in.
Henry McCullough showed up with his wife and little boy, as did some other people and children. I remember walking by the gate. Some people had just arrived, and Paul greeted them at the door, as did all the kids in the house. Mary was having a birthday party. The dishes couldn't have been clanked louder. I had to leave at 2:30pm in order to pick up my luggage at my friend's house and make it to the airport in time for my flight home, but my friend Karen wrote and said they came out a half hour after I left, then they went off to Piccadilly to see a cartoon movie,
A Long Day for Yoko and John in Court (1971)
By Richard Meserole and Lester Abelman
New Long Island
July 29, 1971
Beatle John Lennon, and his Japanese wife, Yoko Ono, made a fruitless trip to Mineola, Long Island, yesterday in her battle for custody of her daughter, Kyoko, 7, the offspring of her first marriage to movie producer Anthony Cox.
She lost another round in the fight. Yoko had obtained a show-cause order in the Nassau Supreme Court in an effort to have the child produced in court. She had believed the girl was living with Cox in Bellport, Long Island. Last Friday, her attorney, Sydney Siben, subpoenaed Cox's father, George of 24 Yaphank Road, Brookhaven, a technical art director for Brookhaven National Laboratories.
The elder Cox showed up in court yesterday and testified that he had seen neither Kyoko nor her father since last August, when they left the state. He said that so far as he knew, they had never returned to the state. He told the court that he knew where Kyoko was, but that the location was not in this state. He refused to say where she was.
Justice Albert Oppido dismissed the suit after ruling that no facts had been shown to show that the court had jurisdiction in the case. Simon told the court that Cox had been using Kyoko as a pawn to extort money from Lennon.
Lennon and Yoko were both in court, but neither would talk to newsmen or to several dozen Beatles fans who hovered around the shiny gray limousine that brought the Lennons to Mineola.
Yoko was dressed in a white mini skirt, green sleeveless sweater, and white boots. Lennon was unusually conservative in a thick, black vested suit, a maroon and white check shirt, and a reddish tie. For him, his hair was not particularly long. He was unbearded.
The Lennons have traveled to many parts of the world in their fight for Kyoko. Last April, they were charged with kidnapping the girl in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. At the time, Yoko said that her temporary removal of Kyoko from the grounds of a hotel was purely an act of a mother seeking to see her child. She said she had no intention of trying to kidnap the girl, but only "wanted to go shopping." When the Lennons arrived here early this month from London, he told Newsmen that the custody fight had already cost him $120,000
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Riot Set Off by Beatle Fans in W. Germany (1966)
Riot Set Off By Beatle Fans in W. Germany
Reuters
June 27, 1966
Thousands of rioting West German fans of the Beatles turned the heart of Hamburg into a battlefield Sunday night as they broke windows, threw tear gas bombs, and caused traffic chaos. Police reinforcements with dogs and loudspeakers barricaded streets around the hall where the British pop group was performing, while ticketless fans roamed the center of West German's largest city.
Appeals for the teenagers to clear the streets were met with a chorus of yells, and police began drenching them with fire hoses. Fans replied with tear gas bombs, and police eventually moved in with dogs and nightsticks to disperse the crowds during the riot.
Teenagers smashed store windows in an elegant shopping center, broke streetcar windows, and tore down trolley wire contacts. An official said 40 youths were arrested by late evening.
By late evening, the city was quiet again as police vans patrolled the streets. The Beatles are at the end of a four-day tour of West Germany
Happy Global Beatles Day!
Wish all of you a happy Global Beatles Day today! Do something to spread peace and love toward others and listen to the Beatles. Thanks to Beatle fan Faith Cohen for orchestrating this day so that the Beatles organization now officially celebrates it. What did you do to celebrate today?
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Rock Talk (Ringo Interview 1976)
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| Ringo at Paul's party, June 24, 1976 |
Rock Talk
By Lisa Robinson
Sun Post News
July 2, 1976
The speculation ran rampant in Los Angeles last week that Wings' final U.S. concert would feature a Beatles reunion, but there never was a chance. As Paul McCartney got on stage for his last LA Forum show, and the four old Beatles LPs were on the charts, John Lennon summered on Long Island. George Harrison finished recording in London, and Ringo Starr prepared to leave his house in the Hollywood Hills and fly the Concorde to Paris.
The day before his departure, Ringo talked about that possible reunion. His casual LA costume, Indian cotton shirt over a bathing suit, was livened up by jewelry, one gold and diamond earring, neck chains, and, of course, his assortment of rings. Ringo's eyes are amazingly blue, and even after all these years, that Liverpool accent is unmistakable.
Sipping white wine in his playroom filled with Gene Autry and Beatles Memorabilia, Ringo said, "Despite what anyone said, we have talked about doing a show together, and we've been offered more than $50 million. But then we said, 'What are we bothered for?' People have told me, 'You've got to do it for the money.' Well, if I wanted to do it, I wouldn't do it for the money, I'd do it for a laugh, I'd probably do it for free.
"But if we did do something, the audience might still want us to be the mop tops." Ringo smiled. "They'd probably expect me to nod my head.
"The only way I could see something happening now would be for all of us to go into a studio where we could sit with each other for a while. But to get the four of us in one room is physically very hard. Paul might visit me, or I'll visit John, but we're never all in the same place at the same time. Even when we were the closest band in the world," Ringo continued, "except for the time when we were on tour, or when we were locked into a recording studio, we weren't together all the time. When we'd go back into the studio, it would take us about a week to be able to relax with each other.
"I'm not the greatest drummer," Ringo added. "John isn't the greatest guitarist, George isn't the greatest lead guitarist. Paul is a fine bass player, but when we were into each other, we were telepathic because we knew each other so well. That's why the music was so good.
"We see each other now, but we have the human right to fight and also to love each other. I can say anything I like about any of them, but don't you put them down. They're family, probably the only family I have ever really had.
"I'm sure I'll be called ex-Beatle until I die," said Ringo. "The guy who reads my urn when it comes out of the ashes will say 'ex-Beatle Richard Starkey'. Sometimes it's a burden, but I'm proud as well." And Ringo smiles, "It gets me a seat at restaurants."
Does he think there could ever be anything quite as big as the Beatles again? "An Italian tenor", Ringo replied, straight-faced. "In 1974, I was sure that an Italian tenor would do a nationwide TV broadcast and be bigger than we were."
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