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Tour, DVD in store for Beatles fans

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From Associated Press

Beatles fans received a double treat Tuesday with announcements of a new European tour by Paul McCartney and the release of a DVD of a 1994 jam session by McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison.

Seven dates in April have been announced for McCartney’s “Back in the World” tour, including stops in London and Manchester, northern England. He then plans to tour France, Spain, Germany and Scandinavia.

Fans also will be able to buy a DVD of the reunion performance by McCartney, Starr and Harrison that was filmed in 1994. The Beatles broke up in 1970.

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Due to be released at the end of March, the hourlong DVD was shot at Harrison’s studios at his mansion in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

The songs are mainly staples from their early performing days, including “Blue Moon of Kentucky” and “Ain’t She Sweet.”

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