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Billy Joel thinks this Beatles album is a 'collection of half-assed songs'

Billy Joel thinks The Beatles lost their way with their 1968 self-titled album.

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“I don't like auditions. Let those boys like Beck and Clapton fight it out with each other. Let me watch and laugh”: Spinal Tap discuss all-star guitar duels, (maybe) influencing the Beatles, and persevering through multiple sudden tragedies

Fresh off of their sterling 1992 comeback album, Break Like the Wind, David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls reflect on (and bicker about) their remarkable creative arc, the tragic fates that befell many of their bandmates, and that humbling documentary they'd prefer to forget

Guitar World

‘Aretha Franklin hits notes that bring me to shivering tears of ecstasy’: Mick Hucknall’s honest playlist

The Simply Red singer gets emotional over Aretha and wakes up to Ravi Shankar. But which record healed his broken teenage heart?

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“David Bowie gave them the song, but Mick wrote the intro – the lick of all licks”: A tribute to Mick Ralphs, Mott the Hoople and Bad Company's rock-steady straight shooter

The underrated guitarist, who died aged 81 in June, had an uncanny ability to blend restraint, melody, and songwriting, giving Mott the Hoople and Bad Company hits that remain on radio decades later

Guitar World

Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson was 'intensely competitive' with bands like The Beatles

Songwriter Van Dyke Parks has described late Beach Boys icon Brian Wilson as "intensely competitive, but so civilised" with other musicians.

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Grapefruit were tipped to be the next Beatles – what happened to the band once loved by John Lennon?

PLAYBACK: If John Lennon and Paul McCartney were to be believed, Grapefruit were poised to be the next big thing in music, with one member even invited to sing on ‘Hey Jude’. Neve Dawson revisits the four-piece band that time forgot

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China’s ‘nightmare’ youth revolution was lit by its neurotic authoritarian leader, Mao Zedong. What can we learn from it?

In the 1960s and 70s, the youth of the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia rebelled by protesting against the Vietnam War, trying psychedelic drugs, embracing free love and discovering the Beatles. Meanwhile, what their contemporaries in China were getting up to was just as transformative.

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Pop music still has a role in political protest, says author of new version of Live Aid poem

In an interview with ‘The Independent’, Rhidian Brook also revealed Bob Geldof’s tongue-in-cheek four-letter reaction to the poem filled with famous song lyrics

The Independent UK

10 years after making The Hobbit trilogy, Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson is working on three different screenplays: "I’m certainly not retired"

Peter Jackson is hard at work

Total Film

"Somebody said to him, 'Did you have a click track?' He said, 'Yes, we did. Ringo, his name was'": Ringo Starr names his proudest moment in The Beatles

And he still feels the slight of not playing on Love Me Do

MusicRadar

“George Martin came up to me that morning and said, ’Oh, I’ve got a poser for you... I know it’s never been done before, can you do it?“: The story of the greatest thing The Beatles ever recorded

How Sgt. Pepper's epic finale was created

MusicRadar

Gameshows, Cliff Richard and Stalin’s most hated play: the British culture sent behind the iron curtain

A thaw in relations during the Cold War led to some surprising collaborations between the two nations, involving everyone from Laurence Olivier and Rudolf Nureyev to Gilbert and George. As relations ice over again, what can we learn from this artistic detente?

The Guardian - UK

Paul McCartney is bringing his Got Back tour back to North America

Beatles legend Paul McCartney will play 19 shows across the US and Canada later this year

Louder

Cedar climbed by Beatles and oak in Woolf poem among Tree of the Year nominees

Trees that witnessed key moments in history, provided inspiration to writers and played supporting roles onscreen made this year’s shortlist.

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Joseph Quinn says Beatles role is beyond his ‘wildest dreams’

The 31-year old Londoner, best known for playing Eddie Munson in the sci-fi Netflix series, will be portraying the Beatles’ guitarist.

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Sir Paul McCartney announces new North American leg of Got Back tour

Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney has announced a brand new North American leg of his Got Back tour that will commence in September.

The Independent UK

How to get tickets as Paul McCartney, 83, announces North America tour

New dates are an extension of former Beatles frontman’s Got Back tour

MusicRadar

“Liam came up and said, ‘Who’s Sally?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about.’ He said, ‘Is that what you’re singing - so Sally can wait?’ I said, ‘No it isn’t… but it is now'”: How Oasis rustled up the ultimate Britpop anthem

A song destined to be bellowed at gigs, pubs, birthdays and wedding receptions for the rest of time, the huge hit crystallised a cultural moment, and verified Oasis as 90s Britain’s most popular band

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George Harrison's Beatles-era photos to be released in new book

A new book of Beatles-era photographs by George Harrison will be released in Fall 2026

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Paul McCartney hints at Got Back Tour 2025

Sir Paul McCartney has hinted at touring this year.

Louder

"I said, what are you talking about? Just step over Keith Richards?!" The cult of Keef: guitar hero, blues scholar, rebel, survivor, self-parody, genius

How Keith Richards influenced several generations of rock’n’rollers – for better or worse

The Independent UK

Statue unveiled in Liverpool to mark Ringo Starr’s 85th birthday

The Beatles drummer shared his annual birthday message of ‘peace and love’

Evening Standard

Paul McCartney wishes ‘very happy’ 85th birthday to Ringo Starr

The Beatles drummer hosts an annual ‘peace and love’ moment on the day of his birthday to promote global unity.

MusicRadar

“I think it’s dodgy to do something like that, to be someone’s friend, and then buy the rug they’re standing on”: How a shrewd power move from Michael Jackson permanently dented his friendship with Paul McCartney

Once friends and collaborators, Michael Jackson’s seizure of the Beatles’ publishing rights from Paul would distance the music heavyweights

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Sir Ringo Starr shares The Beatles' 'biggest fear'

Sir Ringo Starr has revealed The Beatles' "biggest fear" was being asked to read music.

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