Pete Shotton the storyline of "Eleanor Rigby" (he suggested that the two lonely people in the song meet, but too late). Shotton also recalls Lennon squinting at the words of a Victorian-era poster for Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal that hung in Lennon's music room at Kenwood while he worked out the tune for "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!". According to writer Stan Williams, Shotton's wife Beth is the "pretty nurse" selling poppies mentioned in the lyrics of "Penny Lane". After the Beatles became famous, Lennon and George Harrison bought a supermarket on Hayling Island, and gave it to Shotton to
Blood for Poppies "Blood for Poppies" was given away free as a digital download by Garbage via their own band website. In a statement issued to mark the free release, the band wrote: "We've always had the most amazingly loyal fans, and we wanted to show them just how much they mean to us by setting it free to them first". "Blood for Poppies" had leaked online earlier in the week. "Blood for Poppies" was sent for "adds" at alternative radio in the United States on March 20, where it was playlisted by nine stations. A week later, the song was playlisted by