BEATLES NEWS ROUNDUP

11/18/2009

Former Beatles wives Cynthia Lennon and Pattie Boyd appeared together for the first time in decades on November 8th in Yerevan, Armenia for the grand opening of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts. The pair took part in a live interview with the museum's director and spoke openly about their lives while being married to John Lennon and George Harrison, respectively.
Boyd, who was married to Harrison from 1966 to 1977 -- and then Eric Clapton from 1979 to 1988 -- recalled her days of being caught up in "Beatlemania," revealing, "With a lot of help from a psychotherapist I have learned and am a much stronger person now. I am thankful to be free."

When Cynthia was asked about her favorite Beatles album, she answered: "They're all so different. It's here, there, and everywhere. But I think that Sgt. Pepper's (Lonely Hearts Club Band) was the most unbelievable album." (Reporter.am)
We asked Pattie Boyd of her impressions of Cynthia in the '60s while she was still married to John: "She wasn't very outgoing. She was in a difficult relationship. And I always thought the she found it quite difficult to try and control John, or, y'know, be with him."

On November 5th, original Beatles drummer Pete Best returned home to his native India and performed with his band in front of an estimated 250,000 people in Delhi. Best, who was born in Madras and lived in India until he was four, performed as part of a campaign to bring more tourists from India to Liverpool. Best explained, "Liverpool is my hometown. It is a great city with great people. I am proud and privileged to be able to travel the world and let people know what a unique and wonderful place Liverpool is." (Liverpool Daily Post)

Best says that he's long moved past dwelling on missing out on being the drummer for the biggest band in the world: "I put it to bed many, many years ago. Don't get me wrong it wasn't a 24-hour situation, it took a while to adjust to. But you've got to wake up one morning and just go, 'Hang on. It's no good reflecting about yesteryear all the time,' it's very much about today and tomorrow. And there's loads of things in life which compensate for it. I've got a great family. Great family life. I've got four beautiful grandchildren which I totally idolize and spoil. I think life's good for me."

As if there wasn't enough Beatles product to choose from this holiday season, MTV.com reported that the group's company, Apple Corps. has teamed up for new line of Beatles-themed garments with Comme des Garcons. The collaboration features a variety of t-shirts, bags and jackets, and will hit stores later this month.

Apple has also inked a deal with the ultra-hip clothing brand A Bathing Ape (Bape) to produce shirts, sweaters -- and of course -- a coin pouch. There's been no word when the "Beatles-Bape "collection" will hit outlets.

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