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Sir Paul McCartney performs solo Help! in full for the first time

Sir Paul McCartney kicked off his US tour by performing The Beatles' Help! in full for the first time in his solo career.

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Paul McCartney hadn’t played this Beatles classic in full since 1965. That changed last night

The opening night of McCartney‘s US tour saw him perform a Beatles classic for the first time in full since 1965

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“You actually had to be good at your instrument – that doesn’t seem to be a necessary requisite these days”: Roger Taylor and Brian May remember Bohemian Rhapsody

We were taking up “where the Beatles left off”, says May

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“It’s one of George's best songs. His mind is clear and his music is clear”: The genius of the profound 1967 Beatles song that John Lennon held up as George’s greatest

The opening to Sgt Pepper’s second side underlined just how boundless the Beatles’ musical scope had become

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John Lennon ‘resented having to be a Beatle’, says son Sean Ono Lennon

The 49-year-old said his father ‘wanted to move on and be a radical artist and activist’.

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Graham Nash still wants very specific Paul McCartney collaboration

Legendary songwriter Graham Nash has revealed one career goal he still wants to achieve - and it involves The Beatles icon Sir Paul McCartney.

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“I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song. It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable”: The story of the ballad that sparked the breakup of The Beatles

Featuring "atrocious" bass-playing by John Lennon

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"The 80s were our most successful period, but soulless, shallower, and less musically rewarding": How Heart made their rock'n'roll dreams come true and the price they paid

How "Little Led Zeppelin" became global stars and carved out a place for women in rock along the way

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“There's a tendency to misremember as ‘John Lennon was a rock ‘n’ roll badass and Paul was kind of like happy poppy guy,’ but Paul made the weirdest music”: Mark Ronson says that Paul McCartney was just as experimental as any of the Beatles, and still is

“I went to his studio one time and he was literally like step sequencing a Moog keyboard to make the weirdest sounds I've ever heard," he recalls

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Harris Dickinson All But Confirmed Which Actor ‘Humiliated’ Him Early In His Career

Let's read between the lines of this juicy interview, shall we??

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Harris Dickinson humiliated by ‘w*****’ co-star early in his career

Recalling how he was mocked over his working-class background, actor Harris Dickinson has detailed how he was humiliated by a “w*****” co-star early in his career.

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Why John Lennon’s old school removed any trace of him

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‘A perfectly calibrated Swiss watch of cringe’: why Fawlty Towers remains the greatest ever sitcom, 50 years on

It’s the 50th anniversary of the comedy that’s so foundational for TV as a medium, it’s the Beatles for the small screen. Five decades later, John Cleese and Connie Booth’s show is still unmatched

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John Lennon branded a ‘bully’ by teacher after school uncovers Beatles frontman’s past

The former teacher added how staff did not want to acknowledge their link to pop history

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We Talked To Spinal Tap II's Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer And Co. About Ringo Starr Declining, The Condition Of The Latest Drummer, And So Much More

A conversation with the legendary band.

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Bingo halls, nuclear bunkers and the Tom Cruise trail: the best of this year’s Open House

A castle that inspired Dylan Thomas, a former cinema where the Beatles played or Tom Cruise’s filmic legacy are all hidden gems available for a sneak peek – for one day only

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John Lennon’s school desk goes on display at Beatles Museum in Liverpool

Desk from Quarry Bank high school had been hidden by staff as teachers considered Lennon a ‘nuisance’

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"You’d be like, ‘Nah. I like him a lot, but I don’t love him.’ That would be the messaging if I didn’t play left-handed": Actor Paul Mescal reveals the lengths he's going to to perfect his portrayal of Paul McCartney in the upcoming Beatles biopics

He says that meeting the former Beatle and playing Blackbird with him was like "having an out of body experience"

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“The SG and the Les Paul, reimagined in short-scale, 3-string versions”: Gibson teams up with Loog for beginner and child-friendly electrics based on its most famous guitars

Designed for kids aged three and above, these are super-accessible first guitars to give young players a start on the instrument

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“I will never forget it as long as I live. I got to play Blackbird with him”: Paul Mescal had to learn guitar left-handed to play Paul McCartney in the upcoming Beatles biopic – but also got to jam with him

Mescal is set to star alongside Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison in the highly-anticipated four-part Beatles biopic

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"He'd argue with me till six in the morning - he'd do whatever was needed": How Jeff Lynne built the Electric Light Orchestra

The story of a trio of Brummies who created the progressive orchestral pop-rock band that became a global phenomenon

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“Whether or not my fingers bled, I don't remember”: Billy Corgan on the making of Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness – and how one of its biggest hits nearly didn’t make the record

With no let-up for 86 days straight, Mellon Collie was the double album that spooked the label, pushed Corgan to the limit, and would become the ’90s own White Album. This is its story

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“It’s like playing a tree! It’s crazy how far your hands are away from your body”: How Vianova crafted one of the best modern metal debuts in years by making brutal 30" baritones disgustingly fun – and naming songs after cult Squier guitars

Guitarist Felix Vogelsang reveals how he embraced a divisively finished baritone to cut down on the shred and change the way he approached the instrument

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“Imagine if Paul McCartney dies and there’s early 16-year-old Beatles recordings, and then right up to the 10 best of his entire career”: Ed Sheeran reveals that plans for posthumous album are already in his will

He’s got it all planned out

The Guardian - UK

Jared Harris: ‘Dad knocked out an Irishman then brought him round by throwing Guinness in his face’

Ahead of his new film Brave the Dark, the star of Mad Men and The Terror (and the son of Richard Harris) answers your questions about his favourite pub, feeling seasick in Hamlet and playing John Lennon

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