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"I'm excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies": Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty/Skyfall) to direct biopics for each of the four Beatles

The Beatles are to be immortalised in not one, but four separate biopics, to hit cinemas in 2027

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Four fab Beatles biopics are on the way: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr will each get a full Sam Mendes movie

Oscar-nominated Bond and American Beauty director aiming to "challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies"

MusicRadar

The critics hated it, Ringo Starr hated it, but over the years its experimental ripples widened: 11 albums that owe a huge debt to Paul and Linda McCartney's Ram

Ram's influence on second-generation Beatles fans-turned-musicians cannot be underestimated

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“I’ve always picked up my dad’s guitars, but I wasn’t that serious about it. Then I realized it was natural to me – it was so deep in my soul I didn’t have a choice”: Thurston Moore loved her demos. Now Devon Ross is journeying from actor to guitarist

Inspired by ‘60s pop and ’90s alt-rock alike, the Fender Mustang-toting Irma Vep star – and daughter of Lenny Kravitz guitarist Craig Ross – brought her debut EP to fruition with help from the Sonic Youth icon

Guitar World

If The Beatles had never discovered drugs, says Killing Joke bassist Youth, then their music would have sounded very different – and so would everyone else's

"It's not hard to imagine how grey all our lives would be today if The Beatles had not paved the way for turning music into a kaleidoscope of colour explosions after the bland, sugar-sweet pop of the early sixties"

Louder

Liam Gallagher John Squire review – their best work since Oasis and the Stone Roses

To the surprise of no one, the duo’s prosaically titled debut sounds like a cross between their former bands – and their fans will love it

The Guardian - UK

“The White Album was the first thing that I connected with as a kid”: Flea picks his top 5 ‘desert island’ discs

The Red Hot Chili Pepper was also asked to name his dream supergroup. Safe to say he picked himself on bass

Guitar World

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“Paul wants it to be fixed up, so he can play it… He was excited as a school boy”: Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner violin bass has been found after 50 years

Paul McCartney has been reunited with “the most important bass guitar in history”, which vanished after the Beatles split up – and was unearthed in an English attic

Guitar World

Paul McCartney reunited with missing Hofner bass after more than 50 years

Former Beatles member says ‘incredibly grateful to all those involved’ after search to find instrument stolen in 1972.

Al Jazeera

"Paul is incredibly grateful to all those involved": Amateur sleuths have located Paul McCartney's long-lost Höfner bass 50 years after it was stolen

Paul McCartney's 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar has been dubbed "the most important bass in history"

Louder

Long-lost bass guitar returned to Paul McCartney after more than 50 years

Violin-shaped Höfner vanished after Beatles split up but has resurfaced in pub in west London after global appeal

The Guardian - UK

"Incredibly grateful": Paul McCartney has been reunited with his Beatles Höfner bass guitar after over half a century

Update: The Beatle says he is "incredibly grateful" for the return of the 500/1 bass that he used in the band's early years

MusicRadar

Paul McCartney reveals stories behind Beatles' hit songs on podcast

Discover the behind-the-scenes stories of Paul McCartney's hit songs in his podcast A Life in Lyrics. Get insights on Maxwell's Silver Hammer and more.

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Paul McCartney's New Beatles Song Honors Band Members' Contributions

Discover how Paul McCartney respectfully incorporated the work of his late bandmates George Harrison and John Lennon in The Beatles' new song, Now and Then...

The Guardian - UK

Paintings, letters … and a John Lennon novel? Archive of ‘fifth Beatle’ Stuart Sutcliffe up for sale

Artworks and Beatles ephemera including an incomplete novel about Lennon among work by visual artist and bass player who died aged 21

MusicRadar

"F**k it – let's go do it": On this day in 1969, John Lennon gave the final green light to The Beatles' legendary rooftop performance

Celebrating an iconic gig on its anniversary: "Someone called from the police station saying, ‘You’ve got 10 minutes'... there was a whole chorus of toilets being flushed.”

The Guardian - UK

The Jesus and Mary Chain: ‘Despite our reputation, we’re gentle – tea and toast guys’

40 years into their career and with a new album out soon, Jim and William Reid answer your questions on sibling rivalry, singing with Shane MacGowan and famous fan Sofia Coppola

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