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Living the Beatles Legend by Kenneth Womack review – a long and winding roadie’s tale

He saved them from a car crash, snuck them drugs and inspired Let It Be… The detailed story of the Fab Four’s driver, bodyguard and confidant Mal Evans captures Beatlemania up close

The Guardian - UK

Mal Evans was "Beatles’ first historian"

Kenneth Womack tells Salon about his new book, “Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans”

Salon

Ringo Starr takes fans on a colorful tour of his past in book 'Beats & Threads'

Ringo Starr’s latest project is for fans of music and of fashion

The Independent UK

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10 cover versions that are way more popular than the originals (according to Spotify)

The Beatles, Bowie, Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder have all seen covers of their songs become more popular than the original version

Louder

“You have people who are into computers and synthesisers, and then you get those who are interested in real music”: Geoff Emerick was totally anti-technology back in 1985, but he did correctly predict the future of recording

It was better in his day, he said, and it turned out he was right

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“I said, ‘Really? You don’t practise any more?’ He said, ‘One day I just sort of realised I could play.’ I’m wondering if I’ll get to that level… we’re about to find out!” Pat Metheny just wants to understand music

Multi-faceted pioneer hasn’t played guitar for six months - but he’ll be up and working by 5am every day

Louder

“It’s 'Snow and Then' versus the Christmas Starman”: The Beatles and David Bowie go head-to-head in the festive merch wars

Yes, it’s a ‘snow’ news day… (But it is for charity)

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"George Harrison had set fire to an ashtray and was running around the studio with it above his head": the chaotic creation of The Beatles' wildest song

Rock’s most epic battle was always The Beatles versus the Rolling Stones, yet Helter Skelter was inspired by an imagined square-off with The Who

Louder

Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ Recording Console To Fetch Over £1m At Auction

Historic EMI TG12345 Mk I unit used by Fab Four to record groundbreaking album to be auctioned in London

Zenger

"I looked to John Lennon as a father figure when I was a kid": watch Chris Cornell discuss the influence of John Lennon, and perform a beautiful acoustic version of Imagine, on the Howard Stern show in 2011

The Beatles, and specifically John Lennon, had a huge influence on late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell. Watch him explain why to Howard Stern

Louder

LadBaby bows out of Christmas No 1 race after five consecutive chart-toppers

Record-breaking run comes to an end after raising over £1m for food bank charity The Trussell Trust

The Guardian - UK

Explosions in the Sky: "People call us post-rock, but we just think of ourselves as a bunch of friends with guitars and drums playing loud rock music"

The instrumental rock quartet’s Chris Hrasky tells Danny Turner why Explosions in the Sky’s eighth album, End, isn’t a goodbye

MusicRadar

"He liked the look of the knobs": The extraordinary story of The Beatles' Abbey Road mixing desk that was rescued from a skip and is now worth over a million pounds

Here comes the seven-figure sum - that's what you might have to pay for the desk that was used to record Fab Four's final album, then given to a school that binned it…

MusicRadar

"I'd made the best of what I could with the three chords that I knew": Bryan Adams on how an "extremely average" musician carved out one of rock's most successful careers

These days Bryan Adams says he's "a photographer moonlighting as a singer," but before that came decades of making high-grade classic rock

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"With music, you seem to take it all in and it becomes immersive. Music has a power all its own": The Cure's Reeves Gabrels picks the 10 records that changed his life

Former David Bowie and current Cure guitarist Reeves Gabrels picks ten singles that left a lasting impact

Newcastle Herald

Could Coldplay warm up McDonald Jones Stadium?

IMAGINE 30,000 people at McDonald Jones Stadium singing "look at the stars, look how they shine for you," or a sea of mobile phone torches swaying in unison to the melancholic Fix You. Could English pop-rock megastars Coldplay be the next international act headed for Turton Road? On Monday Chris…

Guitar World

“I was so frustrated that I kicked my amp – the speaker busted, leaving me with this weird buzzing sound. I didn’t know it then, but I helped create the sound of punk-rock guitar”: How an Italian immigrant shaped the sound of US punk to come in the 1960s

Known as the godfather of punk guitar, The Standells’ Tony Valentino was one of the first guitarists to use Vox amps, and, in a fit of rage, created a guitar tone that would be emulated the world over

Guitar World

The 22 most expensive guitars of all time

Fenders owned by Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan, Martins belonging to Kurt Cobain and David Gilmour, and one independently made axe headline the list of most profitable guitars sold at auction

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The history of rock band logos, from the 1960s to the present day

From The Beatles to today's biggest bands, this is how rock band logos continue to evolve.

The Independent UK

Eric Clapton’s psychedelic ‘Fool’ guitar sells for more than £1m at auction

The 1964 Gibson SG electric guitar sold for 1,270,000 dollars.

Louder

The Beatles' final song Now And Then is the fastest-selling vinyl single of the century so far in the UK

The Beatles continue to break UK chart records, 53 years after disbanding

Guitar World

When Stanley Clarke met Paul McCartney: “Paul asked me to show him how to slap!”

Stanley Clarke made a key assist on Paul McCartney's early-80s albums Tug of War and Pipes of Peace

The Independent UK

Dolly Parton review, Rockstar: It’s hard to begrudge the Queen of Country some Dollyoke fun

Following her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Parton gathers the stars together for an A-list karaoke party

The Conversation

New Beatles and Rolling Stones music owes much of its success to the psychology of nostalgia

Throughout the 1960s, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles were engaged in a friendly rivalry. Despite being amicable in person, they were in competition for record sales, cultural influence and aesthetic credibility.

Evening Standard

London's 23 wildest nights out EVER

Ancient Rome? Pah. London is where the wildest parties happen. And below we revisit 23 of the capital’s most outrageous ever

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