Report: Unreleased George Harrison tape sells big

Omega Auctions

We don't have confirmation of the final price from Omega, but we have a report that the "Hello Miss Miss Molly Bee" tape sold Sept. 11 for £14,000, which comes out to about $18,440 USD. That doesn't include buyer's premium. (Thanks, David.) 

The tape, which Omega said had never previously heard in public was recorded in 1968 on to a reel to reel tape and was made for his good friend Mary Bee. It described the song as very much in the Indian style of music that George was heavily influenced by and was produced around the time of his first studio album ‘Wonderwall’. Here's a short clip. Unconfirmed reports say the song was linked to Donovan and sounded similarly like his song "Peregrine," but the auction house made no mention of that. 

Here's the Donovan song if you want to compare. 

Tickets for Lennon tribute with Donovan on sale today

Tickets for this year's Theatre Within tribute concert for John Lennon headlined by Donovan go on sale at 1 p.m. ET today (Sept. 23), Theatre Within told us in an email today. The concert, the only Lennon tribute show in North America or Europe sanctioned by Yoko Ono, will be held at 8 p.m. Dec. 2 at Symphony Space in New York. Tickets can be purchased online at www.lennontribute.org or by phone at 212-864-5400. You can find more details in our story about the concert on Billboard.com.