IN THE NEWS:
Just days shy of his 69th birthday, Paul McCartney delivered a marathon performance at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena on Friday (6/10). 
Paul McCartney and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison celebrated the fifth anniversary of Cirque du Soleil's " The Beatles Love" this week in Las Vegas.
Katy Perry, David Bowie, The Beatles, Coldplay, Iron Maiden and Lady Antebellum are among the members of EMI Records Group that are donating exclusive items for a charity auction to raise money for the Japanese Red Cross. 
According to Nielsen SoundScan data, 2.8 million new slabs of vinyl were purchased in the U.S. last year. 
The Beatles landed 14 album titles in the top 200 during the first week their music was offered as digital downloads at iTunes.
More than 450,000 Beatles albums and 2 million individual songs were downloaded via Apple's iTunes Store during the first week the Fab Four's catalog was on sale at the digital outlet, Apple announced.
The Beatles and Apple Computer are finally singing "We Can Work it Out" in harmony.
Peter Asher -- a singer, producer and manager whose career has included work with the Beatles, James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt -- has created a multimedia show about his life that will make its U.S. debut at the Iridium in New York City on Dec. 3.
