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“My producer Mickie Most said, ‘We can’t let a wild boy like Hendrix in there. We have to control the song, Don’”: ’60s icon Donovan tells the story of the “heavy metal folk” song that connects him to Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and The Beatles

But was Hurdy Gurdy Man really the template for Stairway To Heaven?

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"People found out we weren't The Beatles and that came back to haunt us": The curious case of the band whose career was derailed by a rumour

They were The Beatles – or so amillion record buyers thought in 1977

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‘I was called an enemy of the people’: how the US Senate went to war with the biggest rock stars of the 1980s

Forty years ago Prince, Madonna and Judas Priest were among stars dubbed the ‘Filthy Fifteen’ in a high-profile parents’ campaign against ‘objectionable’ music. Some of those artists, and supporters like Alice Cooper, recall a major moral panic

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“John Lennon’s 12-string has a similar trebly edge to it… this guitar passes the ‘Fab Four’ test”: Framus Hootenanny 12-string and 6-string review

John Lennon famously used a Framus 12-string acoustic with the Beatles, and 60 years later the company has reissued the model in all its fab finery – and it comes with a little help from a friend!

Guitar World

Taylor Swift’s Father Figure isn’t a cover, but an ‘interpolation’. What that means – and why it matters

On Taylor Swift’s highly-anticipated new album The Life of a Showgirl, track four, Father Figure, includes the late George Michael as one of the credited songwriters.

The Conversation

“This is humble music for everyone. It’s for people who have sunk a million hours into fighting zombies on Xbox”: Meet University’s Zak Bowker, the punk guitarist who believes your biggest inspiration should be yourself

University might be inspired by the Oasis ethos and the harmonies of the Beatles, but Bowker explains why they're going their own way

Guitar World

‘I don’t worry about traditionalists’: Rishab Sharma, the sitar maestro earning millions of followers for his mindful music

The youngest of Ravi Shankar’s sitar disciples was broken by grief – then his instrument saved him. He’s now on a mission to improve mental health with his peaceful artistry

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Heart's Nancy Wilson: 'The Beatles drove us to our calling'

Heart were inspired by The Beatles to pursue a career in music.

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"I've got blisters on my fingers!" 12 songs that prove The Beatles really rocked

When The Beatles cranked up the guitars, they really cranked up the guitars

Louder

What was the only subject that Monty Python's Eric Idle and Beatles guitarist George Harrison disagreed on?

Monty Python comedian Eric Idle has been remembering his late friend George Harrison, revealing they could discuss anything but they could never agree on the value of religion.

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"It's incredible to see them back together. Paul McCartney was actually there!" Leonardo DiCaprio gives his review of the Oasis reunion show in Pasadena, California

One of the world's most famous actors was present for one of the biggest reunions in history

Louder

“I don’t try to point out stupidity, and I don’t like to make people feel bad – unless they annoy me”: The Beatles-inspired 90s song that finally gave these thrash heavyweights the mainstream hit that had eluded them

Just like the Pied Piper…

Metal Hammer

Beyond regional doubt: why more acts are touring the UK’s far-flung venues – and why it’s worth making the effort

With touring costs rising and venues closing, many acts are only playing big city dates. But as the Beatles and Led Zep showed in the past, more scenic routes can pay off

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

Louder

"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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