Desert Trip Festival Producer Reverses Policy on Seating

By Peter Dreier Jun 11, 2016 AEG Live has reinstated its original plan to allow concertgoers to bring blankets and chairs to the sold-out event in October. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Paul McCartney: Free Pussy Riot

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 23, 2013 In a letter to Russian authorities this week, former Beatle Paul McCartney asked them to release the remaining members of Pussy Riot from prison. McCartney's missive comes as the punk band's Maria Alyokhina began a hunger strike after she was not allowed to attend her own parole hearing. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sir Paul the Patient

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The Beatles and iTunes Come Together, Finally

Staff / Truthdig Nov 17, 2010 The Beatles played their iconic songs in countless legendary venues, but until Tuesday their music had yet to conquer one crucial platform: iTunes. That's about to change, thanks to a long-awaited and now done deal between the band and Apple Inc. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Vatican Now Officially Approves of the Beatles

Staff / Truthdig Apr 13, 2010 The Vatican continues to be rocked by a wide-ranging sex abuse scandal, and the pressure it's under could have something to do with its newly revised opinion of The Beatles Although the Holy See's official newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, pointed to the potentially Satanic (continued) Updated. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Was It the Pope — or the Cute Beatle?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2007 No offense to those Catholics who were heartened by the prospect of Pope John Paul II's image appearing in a commemorative bonfire in Poland last April, but the UK's Times Online has helpfully offered some other possibilities as to who else, besides the departed pontiff, may have materialized in that mystical blaze. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )