Paul Mescal Gets Real About Why He’s Ready For A Break From The Spotlight: ‘I Hope Nobody Gets To See Me Until 2028’ Paul Mescal is ready to take a break. Cinemablend · Jan 2
Paul Mescal wants to 'ration' work Paul Mescal is considering taking a break and "rationing" his work. BANG Premier · Jan 2
Songs about new beginnings – ranked! From CMAT and the Carpenters’ fresh starts to the Beatles’ Here Comes the Sun and Nina Simone’s Feeling Good, starting again is a rich theme in pop. Here are some of the best examples The Guardian - UK · Jan 1
“I was broke. I only had $200 and we booked a gig. There was this guitar at a pawn shop that had been there for years...” How George Thorogood stumbled across the Gibson that became his go-to guitar – a week before his first gig with the Destroyers Thorogood recounts how he originally opted for a now-discontinued hollowbody – with a little inspiration from the Beatles and Keith Richards Guitar World · Jan 1
Beatles biopic star admits to surprising lack of knowledge about iconic band Mia McKenna-Bruce says she couldn't even name the band members and that their music ’wasn't my jam’ The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2025
"What guitar meant for everyone, he changed it, and he did it with incredible songs": Living Colour's Vernon Reid picks the soundtrack of his life Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals what it's like to be in a stadium filled with people singing War Pigs Louder · Dec 30, 2025
How a disintegrating relationship and a Beatles obsession inspired Kurt Cobain to write his first love song, and to plot Nirvana's escape from punk rock prison Nirvana's first love song offered the world the first real glimpse of Kurt Cobain's songwriting genius Louder · Dec 29, 2025
'We wouldn't have been able to do most of what we did...' Eric Idle says political correctness would stop Monty Python movies Monty Python member Eric Idle says that modern political correctness would mean that their films like The Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life would not be made now. BANG Premier · Dec 29, 2025
“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 MusicRadar · Dec 29, 2025
Sir Paul McCartney in tree row with neighbour over plan to chop down sycamores at London home Beatles legend wants to fell two protected trees at £10m North London home but wealthy investor raises objections Evening Standard · Dec 28, 2025
"The greatest pop record ever made. A record that never dates, because it lives outside time”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever – the experimental masterpiece that John Lennon regarded as the best song he ever wrote for the band Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music” MusicRadar · Dec 27, 2025
“Each of them impacted the instrument in their own way, as luthiers, hitmakers, session players, or air guitar-inspiring soloists”: Remembering the guitarists we lost in 2025 2025 has been a big year for the guitar, but we've also had to sadly say goodbye to dozens of guitar greats, from many eras, and every imaginable genre. Here, we recognize those guitarists, and their contributions to the instrument Guitar World · Dec 26, 2025
"There is no getting around the fact that he repeats the phrase 'simply having a wonderful Christmastime' 17 times": A music professor breaks down the theory behind Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime Our resident music professor takes on McCarney's divisive festive classic MusicRadar · Dec 24, 2025
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 Louder · Dec 24, 2025
BANG Premier · Dec 22, 2025 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.
MusicRadar · Dec 22, 2025 “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
The Mary Sue · Dec 19, 2025 The Divisive Beatles Movie Musical Is Finding New Appreciation on Social Media Come to the Beatles, stay for Bono.
Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025 ‘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
Louder · Dec 18, 2025 "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
Creative Bloq · Dec 18, 2025 Stranger Things actor's stop-motion George Harrison video is all heart and soul Can you spot all the Easter eggs?
Guitar World · Dec 18, 2025 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
International Business Times UK · Dec 16, 2025 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.
Creative Bloq · Dec 15, 2025 From Springsteen to Sabrina: pop stars and the fight for control What pop stars have learn the hard way offers lessons for every creative.
Louder · Dec 14, 2025 “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
MusicRadar · Dec 13, 2025 “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!”