Got Back! Paul McCartney says ‘let’s party’ as he announces UK tour dates Beatles star will perform four shows in Manchester and London this winter The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2024
Social care is a timebomb beneath Britain – why does neither main party have a plan to tackle it? Plans to fund adult care have been derided as a ‘dementia tax’ or a ‘death tax’. The carers I visited showed me that what they need is both urgent and simple, says the Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2024
‘Screaming, chanting, struggling teenagers’: the enduring legacy of the Beatles tour of Australia, 60 years on The Beatles began their first and only tour of Australia 60 years ago this week. It remains a landmark event in our social and cultural history. The Conversation · Jun 10, 2024
When the Beatles came to Australia: ‘Letters to the editor were apoplectic about their hair’ Sixty years since the Fab Four arrived to mass hysteria, a new book captures the thousands who lined up for a glimpse, the moral panic and resulting generation gap The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2024
Birdsnest, chicken show, Beatles anniversary and Geek Markets Find something fun to do! The Canberra Times · Jun 5, 2024
"The crowd just went off their brains. It was an amazing, fantastic first show": The story of AC/DC's live debut, told by those who were there On December 31, 1973, the fledgling AC/DC saw in the New Year by playing their very first gig at a bar in Sydney Metal Hammer · Jun 3, 2024
"We were getting more talented and George began to write lots of songs… he was lucky to get a track on an album." The lost 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono interview on the Beatles' split when they insisted Michael Parkinson wore a black sack over his head "It's total communication if you're in the bag" MusicRadar · Jun 2, 2024
Afternoon Update: drones used to track released detainees; China lifts most Australian beef bans; and a first-timer’s burlesque class Immigration minister reveals people released from detention are monitored with ‘spot checks, random house checks, as well as the use of drones’ The Guardian - AU · May 30, 2024
“One of the most important Beatles guitars ever to come to the auction block”: John Lennon’s lost Help! Framus 12-string has become one of the most expensive guitars to ever sell at auction The influential instrument was found in an attic after 50 years, and tipped to oust Kurt Cobain's $6m Martin D-18e in the record books Guitar World · May 29, 2024
Could The Beatles become famous today? "The number of amazing people who could be spectacularly successful, is really, really high," Sunstein says Salon · May 25, 2024
Apple Music announces the best album of all time: Final 10 revealed, and you might be surprised by the top pick The final ten albums in Apple's top 100 have just been released — and the best album of all time might come as a surprise. iMore · May 22, 2024
7 best music biopics streaming on Netflix, Roku and more Amy Winehouse is just the latest musician to get a biopic Tom’s Guide · May 22, 2024
Sir Paul McCartney is Britain's first musician billionaire The Beatles icon Sir Paul McCartney's net worth is now more than £1billion Louder · May 19, 2024
Sir Paul McCartney becomes first UK billionaire musician Musician saw his wealth increase by £50m last year The Independent UK · May 17, 2024
The Independent UK · May 15, 2024 Sin City loses an icon: Casino that spurred 90s boom in Las Vegas is closing The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors on July 17
MusicRadar · May 14, 2024 “The Beatles broke up at the right time… Imagine them going through synth pop in the ‘80s. It would have been shocking”: Paul Weller on how the Fab Four “set the benchmark” and being a Billie Eilish fan “What Was I Made For? is an incredible tune," he says
WhatToWatch · May 11, 2024 Doctor Who season 14 episode 2 recap: Meeting Maestro In Doctor Who season 14 episode 2, the Doctor and Ruby travel back in time to the 60s, crossing paths with the Beatles and Maestro, a powerful new foe.
The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2024 Doctor Who: Space Babies and The Devil’s Chord – season one opening recap With snot monsters, a spaceship powered by nappies and the bad Beatles, the opening double bill of Ncuti Gatwa’s time as the Doctor is full of fun and frolics … if a little forgettable plotwise
The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2024 TV tonight: space babies, the Bogeyman and the Beatles … it’s Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa kicks off his first thrilling series as the new Time Lord. Plus, it’s Eurovision party time, baby! Here’s what to watch this evening
Total Film · May 10, 2024 The 7 best new movies and shows to stream this weekend From new adventures in the TARDIS to a recently restored Beatles documentary, here's what to watch this weekend
Tom’s Guide · May 9, 2024 How to watch 'Let It Be' online — stream restored The Beatles documentary, release date With the restored Beatles doc set to stream across the universe, here's how to watch 'Let It Be' online and exclusively on Disney Plus.
Louder · May 8, 2024 “I’m at work in the petrol station and I read the album is at No. 23. I’d last heard it at a playback in George Martin’s studio”: Stackridge’s Monty Python-like experience with The Man In The Bowler Hat A unique band with a comedy edge, they couldn’t believe it when Beatles producer agreed to work with them in 1973 – but their luck didn’t hold
MusicRadar · May 8, 2024 "It was shocking because they still thought of the Beatles as the mop-tops": Let It Be director Michael Lindsay-Hogg on that Paul vs George argument and his newly restored "break-up" movie "For them it was business as usual"
Tom’s Guide · May 7, 2024 7 best music documentaries to stream right now Feel the beat in these great music and band documentaries
The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024 Bernard Hill obituary Versatile actor whose role as Yosser Hughes in the BBC’s 1982 series Boys from the Blackstuff made him a television star