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Bob Dylan introduced him to The Beatles, he married the girlfriend of a Rolling Stone, and he played with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page and meditated with David Lynch. Donovan looks back...

Folk-rock pioneer Donovan on jamming with Macca and Dylan, butting heads with John Paul Jones and meditating with David Lynch

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Sean Ono Lennon is worried that younger generations will forget about The Beatles

John Lennon's son Sean Ono Lennon is fearful that younger generations could forget about The Beatles and his father's musical legacy.

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“I didn’t even realise it had synthesizer on it for decades”: This deep dive into a classic Beatles song reveals 4 synth parts that we’d never even noticed before

Anthony Marinelli’s video might change the way you listen to George Harrison’s ode to sunny positivity

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The Divisive Beatles Movie Musical Is Finding New Appreciation on Social Media

Come to the Beatles, stay for Bono.

The Mary Sue

‘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

"We were just tired, so we were like, 'Let's go live together in a cabin and take psychedelics', because that'll help, I guess." How The Beatles inspired one of emo's breakout bands to completely reinvent themselves

After taking the world by storm with their debut, Panic! At The Disco looked to the greats for inspiration for their next move

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Stranger Things actor's stop-motion George Harrison video is all heart and soul

Can you spot all the Easter eggs?

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Höfner, the famed instrument maker behind Paul McCartney’s iconic Violin Bass, reportedly files for bankruptcy

The firm was founded in 1887, and designed the legendary Violin Bass that became Macca’s go-to in the Beatles and beyond

Guitar World

How Taylor Swift's 95 Weeks Atop Charts Built $1.6B Fortune Only The Beatles Can Match

Taylor Swift's 95 weeks atop the Billboard 200 made her the first musician billionaire from music alone. Only The Beatles' 132-week record stands between her and chart immortality.

International Business Times UK

From Springsteen to Sabrina: pop stars and the fight for control

What pop stars have learn the hard way offers lessons for every creative.

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“I decided I was going to sing it like Tom Jones”: how one of the greatest rock singers of the 90s channelled a crooning legend and reinvented himself on this epic Bond theme

Casino Royale kickstarted a new era for 007 and producers tapped up a grunge icon to ensure they had a theme tune to match

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“They had no monitors, but when you listen to the recordings it’s so damn good. It was stunning how good The Beatles were live”: Aerosmith’s Joe Perry on The Beatles and the Stones – and why rock stars were not supposed to last beyond 30

"They turned the world upside down!”

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“Dad let me organically follow whatever I wanted. That was his main mantra: ‘Just play.’ It’s that simple”: Wolfgang Van Halen on Allan Holdsworth, unintentional Van Halen-isms, and his go-to guitar-test riffs

As the son of one of the world’s most influential rock guitar players, it’s understandably taken Wolfgang Van Halen some time to feel comfortable in his own skin. Mammoth’s third full-length, The End, is undoubtedly the sound of his confidence growing stronger and stronger

Guitar World

How a song rejected three times by The Beatles became the emotional and musical centrepiece of George Harrison’s classic solo album All Things Must Pass

At one point Harrison considered offering the song to Frank Sinatra

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International Business Times UK

Taylor Swift Humbly Rejects The Beatles Comparison By Stephen Colbert

Taylor Swift politely rejected Stephen Colbert's comparison to The Beatles on The Late Show, stating they 'had a whole thing going,' and discussed her fans' 'post-concert amnesia.'

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"These guys are simply timeless": Triumph's Rik Emmett picks five essential guitar albums

Canadian guitar legend and founding member of Triumph Rik Emmett picks five guitar classics that inspired his own path

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“It was like getting hit in the head with a baseball bat. I fell in love with her instantly. And when that happened, it sparked something”: The new wave classic and No.1 hit that was written in one hour and recorded in one take

“I still make a very good living off of that one song - easily over $100,000 a year"

International Business Times UK

John Lennon's Killer Mark David Chapman to Renew Freedom Bid, But 'No Complaint Whatsoever' If Left Behind Bars For Life

John Lennon's killer Mark David Chapman is trying to get out of prison again after his parole got denied.

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The Guardian - UK

Conan O’Brien serves up a Beatles geekfest: best podcasts of the week

The big-name US talkshow host goes all Fab Four superfan in this historical take on the lives of John, Paul, George and Ringo. Plus, Naomi Fry delivers a rich deep dive into The Doors’ legacy

The Guardian - UK

Brian Cox on Tom Stoppard’s sensational Rock’n’Roll: ‘I looked through the curtain and saw Mick Jagger and Václav Havel’

The actor, who starred as a Marxist academic in the acclaimed 2006 play at the Royal Court, remembers an astonishing writer of ideas and elegance

The Conversation

How the ‘hypnagogic state’ of drowsiness could enhance your creativity

The Beatles’ song Yesterday was written in what psychologists refer to as the “hypnagogic state”. This is the twilight zone between sleep and wakefulness, when we drowsily linger in a semi-conscious state, experiencing vivid mental images and sounds.

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David Morrissey and James Norton join cast of Beatles biopics

David Morrissey and James Norton are among the stars joining the ensemble cast of Sir Sam Mendes' The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event.

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This $99 plugin recreates a classic studio technique invented at Abbey Road for The Beatles – and it's free for the next three days

AIR Music Tech has made Tape Double Track available as a free download until December 8

The Independent UK

The Beatles’ early days to be focus of new BBC series

The Fab Four’s time in Hamburg in the early 1960s was highly influential on their career

The Conversation

The Beatles’ movie Help! featured crude racial stereotypes – but it shouldn’t be hidden away

I sometimes think that my teenage fascination with the Beatles is what drew me to becoming a professional historian. Piecing together what I could find out about them in the years before the internet was a sort of gateway to the history of Britain and the world in the decade…

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