New Ringo Starr studio album coming in June
Ringo Starr's upcoming studio album, titled Liverpool 8, will be released in June. Longtime producer and collaborator Mark Hudson says that the album, which he co-produced with Starr and Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, features a new "synthetic" direction for Starr, and steers him away from the Beatle-esque direction of his past four albums. The title of the album refers to Starr's original Liverpool postal code.
In addition to working on the studio set with Starr, Hudson has wrapped up work on Starr's still-untitled live album which was the soundtrack to the 2005 Soundstage concert aired on PBS. The show, which was taped in Chicago, is due out on May 8th.
The concert featured Starr and his former band the Roundheads tackling such Beatles and solo classics as "With A Little Help From My Friends," "Octopus' Garden," "Yellow Submarine," "Photograph," "It Don't Come Easy," "Back Off Boogaloo," and others.
In other Beatles-related news:
London's The Daily Mail reported that Michael Jackson has flown to Britain with his children to meet with Paul McCartney, in an effort to sell him his share of Beatles songs. The price for Jackson's portion of the Northern Songs catalogue, which includes nearly all of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's 1960s compositions, is reportedly worth about $390 million.
In 1985, Michael Jackson outbid McCartney and others to buy a controlling interest in ATV Music, which then owned Northern Songs, for a reported $64 million. He has since merged ATV Music with Sony Music's publishing company, to finance ongoing debt.
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In addition to working on the studio set with Starr, Hudson has wrapped up work on Starr's still-untitled live album which was the soundtrack to the 2005 Soundstage concert aired on PBS. The show, which was taped in Chicago, is due out on May 8th.
The concert featured Starr and his former band the Roundheads tackling such Beatles and solo classics as "With A Little Help From My Friends," "Octopus' Garden," "Yellow Submarine," "Photograph," "It Don't Come Easy," "Back Off Boogaloo," and others.
In other Beatles-related news:
London's The Daily Mail reported that Michael Jackson has flown to Britain with his children to meet with Paul McCartney, in an effort to sell him his share of Beatles songs. The price for Jackson's portion of the Northern Songs catalogue, which includes nearly all of John Lennon and Paul McCartney's 1960s compositions, is reportedly worth about $390 million.
In 1985, Michael Jackson outbid McCartney and others to buy a controlling interest in ATV Music, which then owned Northern Songs, for a reported $64 million. He has since merged ATV Music with Sony Music's publishing company, to finance ongoing debt.
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