When George Harrison was posthumously inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame in 2002, his friend Eric Idle said: "I bet he won't show up."
Dhani Harrison, Joseph Arthur and Ben Harper join forces as rock supergroup Fistful of Mercy.
Dhani Harrison cruises past the conference table on his skateboard and pops a trick in the corner of Hot Records -- the label founded by his father, the late Beatle George Harrison. A couple of minutes later, Joseph Arthur skates down the hall. Then Ben Harper walks in, a black-and-white board tucked under his arm.
In February, when Ben Harper, Joseph Arthur and Dhani Harrison arrived at the Carriage House studio in Los Angeles' Silverlake neighborhood, they had three days booked and zero songs to record.
In Rolling Stone's new Special Collectors Edition issue, we count down the 100 greatest songs from the greatest band of all time: The Beatles. Check out the top 10 songs now, before the issue hits stands:
Julia Roberts, star of the new movie "Eat, Pray, Love," which tells the story of a soul-searching character, is now a practicing Hindu.
CNN's Eunice Yoon and Kevin Voigt talk about why the Beatles mean so much to the music industry.
"Number nine. Number nine. Number nine."
The newly remastered Beatles box sets are a treat for a casual fan and a dream come true for die-hards.
From Rock Band to digital remasters, the Beatles come into the 21st century as Jim Boulden reports.
Giles Martin, son of a former Beatles producer, tells CNN's Peter Wilkinson about his role in creating the band's video game.
The video game "The Beatles: Rock Band" is set to be released by Harmonix on Wednesday. Modeled on the already popular "Rock Band" game, and closely supervised by The Beatles and their estates, the game lets players sing and strum along to a huge list of Beatles classics over scenes ranging from Liverpool's Cavern Club to their final performance on a London rooftop.
In compiling a new George Harrison greatest-hits collection, the idea was to focus on the flow, his widow, Olivia, told CNNRadio Monday.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr unveil "The Beatles: Rock Band."
Music producer Phil Spector was sentenced Friday to the maximum sentence of 19 years to life for the murder six years ago of actress Lana Clarkson.
The souvenir booth at the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival said it all.
George Harrison's closest friends and family gathered in Hollywood on Tuesday to dedicate the late Beatle's star on the Walk of Fame.
A jury convicts him of second-degree murder in the death of actress Lana Clarkson
After about 30 hours of deliberation, a jury on Monday convicted music producer Phil Spector of second-degree murder in the death of actress Lana Clarkson more than six years ago.
Phil Spector is found guilty of second-degree murder. Both sides speak out on the decision.
When Yo-Yo Ma enters a room, everything changes.
Girlfriend Nancy Shevell joins the former Beatle at the historic gig
Days before George's death, the former Beatles joke for hours about old times
Celebrity divorce lawyer Vanessa Lloyd-Platt discusses what she expects to come of the McCartney-Mills hearings.
Showbiz Tonight's AJ Hammer discusses whether Heather Mills got what she deserved in her divorce settlement.
Grammy wins help put the troubled chanteuse into the major league of music earners
CNN's Hugh Riminton speaks with Selva Sinnadurai of the Red Cross delegation in Bangladesh about relief efforts.
Bangladesh, low-lying and with isolated villages, is extremely susceptible to the type of conditions Sidr has brought.
Apple Inc. said on Tuesday it would offer the entire solo catalog of John Lennon on iTunes in its second such deal with one of the Beatles, who have been among the highest-profile holdouts to put tunes online.
Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s hit Wii video game consoles will still be scarce this holiday season, a senior executive said on Wednesday.
Former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr clowned around and marveled at their band's amazing impact in an interview Tuesday on CNN's "Larry King Live."
If Paul McCartney was wondering if fans still need him now that he's 64, on Wednesday night New Yorkers answered: "Yeah, yeah, yeah!"
Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife, Heather Mills McCartney, have announced that they are separating after four years of marriage.
Former Beatle Paul McCartney has lashed out at the media, saying there is "not an ounce of truth" to reports that his estranged wife married him for money.
John Lennon had a new song. It was a droning, trippy affair with lyrics adapted from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, and he knew exactly what he wanted.
One wrote songs about village greens, humble homes with names like "Shangri-La," bickering sisters and night descending on Waterloo Station. Pete Townshend once said he should be poet laureate of England.
In the notes to his biography "The Beatles," author Bob Spitz quotes Napoleon: "History is a set of lies agreed upon."
Wax busts of three Beatles used on the "Sgt. Pepper's" album cover have sold at auction for £81,500 ($145,380).
Boy, incipient senior citizenhood certainly is turning out differently for Paul McCartney than he -- or we -- once thought.
Eric Idle freely admits, "No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad."
It's March 1964 and Beatlemania is inescapable.
Rock 'n' roll fans with deep pockets can buy a Beatles guitar or a mugshot of the pop star formerly known as Cat Stevens at what Christie's said Wednesday was its biggest auction of show business memorabilia.
Rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon have appealed to the public to help them recover £2 million ($3.74 million) worth of jewelry stolen from their British country mansion.
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Paul McCartney returned to Madrid for the first time in 15 years and wowed fans with 33 songs, all but 10 of them Beatles' tunes.
Peter Smith tried everything. He played catch. He read books. He tried music.
It was all in the future then.
The estate of rock n' roll legend George Harrison is suing a cancer doctor who treated Harrison in the weeks before he died for allegedly breaching confidentiality and pressuring the ailing former Beatle to sign autographs.
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