Let It Be, an international touring show that celebrates the music of the Beatles, is very much an occasion of nostalgia for the Swinging Sixties.

LIVERPOOL

Absolutely pitiful.

Sir Bruce Forsyth is joining the Rolling Stones and Dizzee Rascal by performing at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

Tesco boss Philip Clarke will tomorrow unveil his blueprint for fixing the supermarket after a year of declining sales and market share erosion.

Low-cost airline easyJet said today that half-year losses would be smaller than expected as its revenues were boosted by higher baggage charges.

WHEN The Rolling Stones toured Ireland in 1965, there was no local music scene.

Tesco said its UK boss will step down later this year as the supermarket group bids to revive its domestic business following a disastrous winter.

MUNSTER will ring the changes for tonight’s clash with Ulster, with only skipper Mick O’Driscoll, fly-half Ian Keatley and right-wing Luke O’Dea remaining from the side which defeated Connacht.

'X Factor' winners Little Mix said they plan to write their own songs and insisted they would not be girl group “clones”.

NEW Ipswich Town boss Paul Jewell has backed his predecessor Roy Keane to go on to be a success in management despite last week’s sacking by the Championship club.

X FACTOR judge Simon Cowell has revealed he plans to launch a weekly chart show on British TV, saying “there’s a market for a new show” and “there’s interest in music again”.

EVERTON have jumped to the head of the queue for the signature of Ireland star defender Richard Dunne.

Former Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce has urged the Magpies not to sack midfielder Joey Barton.

Derby have confirmed the appointment of Chris Hutchings as their new assistant manager.

Paul Jewell has tonight insisted he will not be taking over as manager of Manchester City.

AS Wayne Rooney becomes a man, celebrating his 21st birthday, it is perhaps fitting that he will have the first crisis of his career already behind him.

Liverpudlian Nick Dougherty hopes to ride the crest of a wave of local support at the British Open to boost his fading Ryder Cup hopes.

EVERTON defender Alan Stubbs has signed a new one-year contract to keep him at Goodison Park next season.

Everton defender Alan Stubbs has signed a new one-year contract to keep him at Goodison Park next season.

Bonnie is hot favourite to be one of three Big Brother housemates nominated today for the first eviction of this year’s contest.

Barry Geraghty has opted to ride Puntal for champion trainer Martin Pipe in the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on Saturday.

IT’S NICE when you can bring people together isn’t it? The other two (no prizes for guessing) have been sniping away at each other all season. Enter the Scousers, and all is harmony once more. Ah, bliss.

Manchester City boss Stuart Pearce has warned want-away midfielder Joey Barton there will be no more money on the table in any fresh contract negotiations.

RAFAEL BENITEZ shook his head slowly and let out the faintest of chuckles.

Belfast will play host to New York disco chic today as art scene darlings Scissor Sisters headline a major two-day rock festival in the city.

Kenneth Ferrie had yet another reward today for winning the European Open on Sunday – being paired with Ernie Els in the Barclays Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.

Nick Dougherty, a Liverpudlian who supports Manchester United, grabbed the lead in the Nissan Irish Open today – and then seconds later saw Paul Scholes’ penalty miss in the FA Cup final.

WAYNE ROONEY has warned the rest of the Premiership that he plans to improve on this season’s impressive goal haul next term.

SOMETIMES life can yoke the most disparate events together. In the week Wayne Rooney found a home at Manchester United for over £50,000 per week eagle-eyed readers may have noticed an intriguing advertisement in the Irish Examiner yesterday.

Three preserved Maori heads – one belonging to a warrior chief with 40 wives - and a leg bone hidden away in a museum for almost a century could be on their way back to New Zealand.

A statue to honour world-renowned Irish tenor Josef Locke is being planned for his native Derry.

Candid footage of the Fab Four from the height of Beatlemania is to be seen for the first time to mark the 40th anniversary of their US debut.

The first Britons to receive the ignominy of ‘nil points’ in the Eurovision Song Contest flew back to the UK today adamant they had given the performance their “best shot”.

Liverpudlian duo Jemini were coming to terms today with being the first UK act to score “nil points” in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Girl band Atomic Kitten were celebrating today after they beat American rivals Destiny’s Child to the number one spot in the singles chart.