Paul McCartney says he invited Taylor Swift to serenade Travis Kelce during their wedding McCartney sang The Beatles classic ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’ at the ceremony in July The Independent UK · Oct 3
“Paul hits this chord and I turn to him and say, ‘That’s it!’ I said, ‘Do that again!’”: How The Beatles made the single that changed everything It was the winning Beatle song that finally unlocked the fabled American market. Life - for both band and fans - would never be the same again… MusicRadar · Jul 31
‘It’ll be like Barbenheimer’: UK gripped by new wave of Beatlemania in lead-up to four biopics Fab Four are still making waves 60 years on – and upcoming Sam Mendes films are expected to turn the hype up to 11 The Guardian - UK · May 31
A Yoko Ono biography that avoids John Lennon... Really? MCCRUM ON BOOKS: Yoko Ono’s art career has seen her wrap orchestras up in gauze and make paintings with numbered instructions – all before she stumbled into Beatlemania. A new book sidelines her partnership with John Lennon, but Robert McCrum argues that her role as the musician’s muse unleashed one… The Independent UK · Mar 13
‘Beatlemania wasn’t like Taylor Swift — it came out of nowhere, like a meteorite’ Sean Ono Lennon has a timely festive message in his Oscar-winning film inspired by his parents’ song, Happy Xmas (War is Over) — and a thumbs-up to the actor who’s about to play his dad Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025
The Beatles biopic is being brought to us by a trio of white men – how boringly predictable STATE OF THE ARTS: As three male writers are announced as the people behind the new, four-part Beatles biopic – along with director Sam Mendes and stars including Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan – Laura Barton asks why women, despite propelling the band to glory, are rarely considered an authority… The Independent UK · May 10, 2025
“If we had tried to plan it, it would’ve never happened. The thing happened just by magic”: From Beatlemania to All Things Must Pass and beyond – the definitive guitar history of George Harrison's greatest recorded works Guitar World's Beatlemaniacs assemble for the deepest of deep dives into the recorded output of a pop-cultural icon and genius player to find that there was no one quite like George Harrison Guitar World · Mar 18, 2025
Beatles '64: Fab Four's maiden US voyage The Disney+ doc is a visual and aural feast capturing how Beatlemania was the harbinger of pop cultural change Salon · Nov 25, 2024
How the Beatles won Australia over minus the razzmatazz In an era of blockbuster tours, a Beatles fan remembers how four boys in plain suits and ties captured Australia's heart without the fuss 60 years ago. AAP · Apr 6, 2024
Living the Beatles Legend by Kenneth Womack review – a long and winding roadie’s tale He saved them from a car crash, snuck them drugs and inspired Let It Be… The detailed story of the Fab Four’s driver, bodyguard and confidant Mal Evans captures Beatlemania up close The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023