Ring in the New Year with John, Paul, George & Ringo
AND US! The GXO
Along with special guests Dhani Harrison, Zak Starkey and Lennon boys Sean & Julian
In the words of George Harrison…
RING OUT THE OLD!
RING IN THE NEW!
Ding Dong Ding Dong!
and remember kids…
WAR IS OVER! (if you want it)
THE MUSIC:
One Arm Santa from 2021 by Cambridge, England based R.J. Archer & The Painful Memories
New Year’s Day by Switchfoot from their 2022 record “this is our Christmas album”
My Way by Imani Coppola from her 2025 B-Sides & Rarities Compilation Shepherds Pie available exclusively through Coppola via her Bandcamp page
Cups And Cakes by Sir Paul McCartney & Spinal Tap from their 2025 album The End Continues as heard on the latest in the Spinal Tap franchise Spinal Tap II
(Listen To The) Flower People by Sir Elton John & Spinal Tap from their 2025 album The End Continues as heard on the latest in the Spinal Tap franchise Spinal Tap II
I Hope by John Lennon’s eldest son, Julian Lennon from this 2025 “because…” EP
Never Too Late by George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison and his band thenewno2 Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in the very same room his father worked so very fastidiously in with friends John, Paul & Ringo. From the score to the film Beautiful Creatures which Harrison also wrote, produced and recorded
New York City (Ultimate Mix) by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band. The song originally appeared on Lennon’s 10 track Some Time In New York City from 1972. Lennon’s youngest son Sean Ono Lennon remixed/remastered his father’s original album (with the notable exception of one song which the younger Lennon chose to omit from Dad’s original work) – the ELEPHANTS MEMORY BAND IN THE ROOM – The younger Lennon’s “ultimate mix” of Dad’s 1972 Some Time In New York City album (sans one song) has been rather confusingly retitled as “Power To The People – New York City – The Ultimate Mixes”
Never Let Me Go from Beatles drummer Ringo Starr from his 2025 album Look Up
X (Wot You Sayin) by Ringo Starr’s eldest son, drummer Zak Starkey of The Who and Oasis, 2023 track from his supergroup side project Mantra Of The Cosmos
Free As A Bird (2025 Mix) by The Beatles from their latest album Anthology 4 from 2025
Now And Then instrumental orchestral version of The Beatles 2024 song by Epic Orchestra
Gimme Some Truth by George Harrison’s son Dhani Harrison (yes! that’s him slide guitar solo, possibly even played on one of his Dad’s old guitars!) and Bob Dylan’s eldest son Jakob Dylan covering a track from John Lennon’s second solo album Imagine from 1971. This cover originally appeared as part of the single disc album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur. The single disc CD has been recently expanded to include an astounding total of 61 covers of John Lennon songs and is, to date, the finest collection of John Lennon covers ever assembled.
Lullaby single by Nai Barghouti, Brian Eno & Friends
Chanukah Prayer by world renowned professional pop music composer, one of the top selling singer songwriters of all time with her 1971 RIAA Certified 14 times Platinum selling Tapestry album. From her most recent studio album A Holiday Carole
My Dear Acquaintance (A Happy New Year) by Regina Spektor from her single of the same name
It Had To Be You by the Chairman of the Board himself, the one, the only, Mr. Frank Sinatra. Throughout his 1989 film classic When Harry Met Sally, distinguished American film director Rob Reiner weaved Harry Connick Jr’s very fine version of the song It Had To Be You in and out of the film. But, at the pivotal moment of the film, building up to its climax, Reiner brings in the big guns to get the job done. Sinatra’s version of this song is surprisingly rare and can only be found on one album. Sinatra realized late in his career that he had never actually recorded the song It Had To Be You and rectified that with the “Some Things I’ve Missed” disc from his 1979 triple studio album appropriately titled Trilogy: Past, Present, Future, his third final studio album before his last, L.A. Is My Lady, from 1984.
Happy Birthday, Johnny by Polyphonic Spree alumnus and possible savior of guitar based rock n roll itself, the one, the only, St. Vincent from her celebrated album MASSEDUCATION
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This show is dedicated to the memory of David & Robert Ironside, our heavenly Beatles Anthology buddies. Be sure to tell John & George we LOVED the fish…
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