LONDON (Reuters) - Abbey Road, the recording studios made famous by the Beatles, was designated a historic site by the government on Tuesday to protect the pop music shrine against any plans to radically alter it. Reports last week that owners EMI were to sell the studios attracted worldwide interest and sparked fears the site might be converted into a residential ...

LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - It's no stretch to say that Elvis Presley doesn't have quite the cultural hold on recent generations that the Beatles do. Then again, the moptops never owned Vegas like he did. And could again. "Viva Elvis," Cirque du Soleil's seventh (!) current show in Sin City, should be an unfettered hit. With the production ...

Struggling music group EMI said Sunday it would not sell off its Abbey Road recording studios, made famous by artists like the Beatles, after a public outcry over reports that it may. EMI said it had rejected an offer for the building last year and was in talks about a project to "revitalise" the studios in north London which "would ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Music company EMI wants to retain ownership of the Abbey Road recording studios, immortalized by the Beatles album of the same name, though it is talking to other parties about revitalizing the site, EMI said on Sunday. A source familiar with the situation told Reuters last week that loss-making EMI had put the studios up for sale and ...