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Beatles News Briefs

Beatles News Briefs

Written by: Steve Marinucci
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The latest Beatles news and most informative, thought-provoking talk from veteran pioneer Beatles reporter Steve Marinucci, the founder of Abbeyrd’s Beatles Page, the first true Beatles news website online in 1995. Our show focuses on topical Beatles subjects and news that fans are talking about. A frequent guest on our show is the distinguished author Candy Leonard, author of ”Beatleness: How The Beatles and their Fans Remade the World,” an acclaimed book on Beatle history and fandom. Join our pages on Facebook -- Beatles News And Information and Beatles News Briefs - The Podcast and FOLLOW US! Send your comments, suggestions and questions for the show to beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you. You can see and hear all of our shows, both video and audio, at Beatles News Briefs - Steve Marinucci's Archive. (Note: Many of our recent shows on YouTube are captioned in additional languages.)

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  • #120 - Beatlemania gone wild - Author Dave Schwensen to expand "The Beatles in Canada"

    #120 - Beatlemania gone wild - Author Dave Schwensen to expand "The Beatles in Canada"
    May 16 2026

    Our guest this week is author Dave Schwensen,, whose book "The Beatles In Cleveland," is the authoritative work on the two Beatles concerts in that city that were stopped by the police because of riotous fans. Schwensen announces here he's releasing an expanded ecition of that book and he tells us all about it. We also review Paul McCartney's new "The Boys of Dungeon Lane" album. And we'll also some Beatles news briefs as well. Ready? Steady? Go!

    P.S. if you go to our video version of this podcast on YouTube, you'll see two unreleased photos of Micky Dolenz and Davy Jones with Dave Schwensen.

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can binge listen to all of our episodes free at Podbean, on YouTube or on our Beatles News Briefs blog page. CONTACT INFO: You can contact us about the show at beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you with your thoughts and feedback on our shows. We hope you enjoy the shows and we thank you very much for listening. We really appreciate you! NEW! We've created a really fab (we think so!) Beatles News Briefs playlist on Spotify to go with the show that you can contribute to. Send your suggestions to beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com and we may use them to add to the playlist.
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    45 mins
  • #119 - Beatles Anthology insider and archivist Keith Badman on digging for music treasures, upcoming book

    #119 - Beatles Anthology insider and archivist Keith Badman on digging for music treasures, upcoming book
    May 9 2026

    Welcome back, everyone! I’m your host, Steve Marinucci — and today’s episode is a big one.

    We’re joined by someone who was inside one of the most ambitious Beatles projects ever created: Keith Badman, who worked on the original Beatles Anthology and is a veteran of major pop‑music deep‑dives.

    Keith pulls back the curtain on what it was really like to help build the Anthology, the hunt for never‑before‑seen clips, and the detective work required to bring lost Beatles and pop music history back to life. He'll relate the story of showing a found clip to a British singing legend and their reaction. He even teases the subject of his next Beatles history book — a project packed with archival discoveries and now nearing the finish line.

    Plus, we’ll share a review of “John & Yoko: Power to the People” and wrap up with the latest Beatles News Briefs you need to know.

    Here we go.

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can binge listen to all of our episodes free at Podbean, on YouTube or on our Beatles News Briefs blog page. CONTACT INFO: You can contact us about the show at beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you with your thoughts and feedback on our shows. We hope you enjoy the shows and we thank you very much for listening. We really appreciate you! NEW! We've created a really fab (we think so!) Beatles News Briefs playlist on Spotify to go with the show that you can contribute to. Send your suggestions to beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com and we may use them to add to the playlist.
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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • #118 - Spencer Leigh on Liverpool landmarks, plus McCartney listening session, more

    #118 - Spencer Leigh on Liverpool landmarks, plus McCartney listening session, more
    Apr 25 2026

    UK author and broadcaster Spencer Leigh joins Steve Marinucci to discuss the fight to save Liverpool’s music landmarks and shares revealing Beatles stories about Brian Epstein and the firing of Pete Best. We also talk with Luis Lopez, one of the “Lucky 39” invited to the secret Paul McCartney listening session for "The Boys of Dungeon Lane" — complete with a surprise appearance by Paul himself. Luis gives an inside look at the whole adventure. Plus: our review of the new documentary "Peter Asher: Everywhere Man" and early thoughts on Ringo Starr’s new album "Long Long Road."

    If you enjoy this episode, please give us a thumbs up and subscribe — it makes us feel great and helps our work grow. We appreciate you!!

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can binge listen to all of our episodes free at Podbean, on YouTube or on our Beatles News Briefs blog page. CONTACT INFO: You can contact us about the show at beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you with your thoughts and feedback on our shows. We hope you enjoy the shows and we thank you very much for listening. We really appreciate you! NEW! We've created a really fab (we think so!) Beatles News Briefs playlist on Spotify to go with the show that you can contribute to. Send your suggestions to beatlesnewsbriefs@gmail.com and we may use them to add to the playlist.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
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