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Extravaganza to Mark Millennium
The surviving Beatles may stay away, but that's not stopping plans for history's biggest television show, the BBC's Millennium Day Broadcast scheduled to begin at midnight, Dec. 31, 1999, on the International Dateline in the Pacific and move around the globe.
A spokesman for the Beatles this week told the BBC that any plans for a reunion as part of the celebrations at the Millennium Dome on the Greenwich Meridian was "outrageous" because the group cannot play "as the Beatles because John (Lennon) is dead."
The BBC wanted to bring the surviving members of the group, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Sir Paul McCartney, together for the big show. Meanwhile, The Telegraph newspaper says latest plans for the Millennium Day Broadcast are being coordinated by the BBC and Boston's Public Television station WGBH.
Major events are expected to include the Three Tenors singing live from three continents along with jazz sessions in Chicago and Moscow. The Telegraph says BBC officials also are searching for a Millennium theme song.
A spokesman for the Beatles this week told the BBC that any plans for a reunion as part of the celebrations at the Millennium Dome on the Greenwich Meridian was "outrageous" because the group cannot play "as the Beatles because John (Lennon) is dead."
The BBC wanted to bring the surviving members of the group, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Sir Paul McCartney, together for the big show. Meanwhile, The Telegraph newspaper says latest plans for the Millennium Day Broadcast are being coordinated by the BBC and Boston's Public Television station WGBH.
Major events are expected to include the Three Tenors singing live from three continents along with jazz sessions in Chicago and Moscow. The Telegraph says BBC officials also are searching for a Millennium theme song.
