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Aimee Lou Wood and Saoirse Ronan confirmed to star in Beatles biopic films

The four films will follow the lives of the Fab Four and are due to be released in April 2028.

Evening Standard

“It made me want to write a song that, if it ever got back to the people going through those troubles, might just help them a little bit”: The intricate genius and powerful subtext behind a Beatles acoustic gem

At the very heart of the White Album, this tender Beatles masterpiece pulled from the classical music tradition and empathised with the American civil rights movement

MusicRadar

“We don’t want to be just another modern death metal band. Taking ideas from David Gilmour and George Harrison is a big deal for us”: How Blood Incantation are opening the Stargate to take death metal to a higher cosmic plane

On album number four, Paul Riedl and Morris Kolontyrsky are taking their “Morbid Angel meets Pink Floyd” concept to new creative heights

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"He's with that meth lab that he designed, his baby - the lyrics back that up and he is at peace with himself": The story of the minor seventies hit that soundtracked the bloody finale of Breaking Bad

The story of the song that accompanied Walter White's demise

Louder

Beatles Paul McCartney biopic casts Oscar nominee as Linda McCartney

Saoirse Ronan will reportedly reunite with fellow Irish star Paul Mescal for role

The Independent UK

"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

Louder

Zeppelin and Floyd hoped his magic would rub off on them. The Happy Mondays just wanted to kidnap him. Donovan just dropped the most epic, name-dropping answer to a question ever

After all, why reply with a short response when you can weave a long tale involving Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and more instead?

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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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Eric Idle at the Royal Albert Hall review: still finding life's bright side

This veteran comedian’s set brought together Monty Python memories, stories of Elvis Presley and the Masked Singer

Evening Standard

“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

MusicRadar

“That actually came from me and Oz jamming on the piano in my apartment in North Hollywood”: From Ozzy Osbourne to Papa Roach, Fleetwood Mac to George Harrison, here's 5 career-defining songs you didn’t know were written on the piano

We take a deep dive into classic guitar-driven songs that actually started life on the piano

MusicRadar

"I think he'd been looking for Paul": Eric Idle gives horrifying account of George Harrison stabbing

Monty Python star Eric Idle reflects on the 1999 attack on The Beatles' George Harrison, in the latest episode of The Adam Buxton Podcast

Louder

“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

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Eric Idle: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live! review – mock’n’roll star’s night of nostalgia

The Monty Python man revisits his remarkable career, with songs dedicated to George Harrison and Robin Williams – and some ribbing of John Cleese

Guitar World

“I will never forget it as long as I live. I got to play Blackbird with him”: Paul Mescal had to learn guitar left-handed to play Paul McCartney in the upcoming Beatles biopic – but also got to jam with him

Mescal is set to star alongside Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison in the highly-anticipated four-part Beatles biopic

Louder

Motörhead: 50 Years Louder - A celebration, only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Robert Plant, Terry Reid, Grand Funk Railroad, Luke Morley, Spinal Tap, George Harrison, W.A.S.P, Vernon Reid and more

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Domhnall Gleeson tries to save a failing newspaper in new mockumentary

The Gervais- and Merchant-produced comedy The Paper pokes fun at US journalism. Plus, Mitchell and Webb reunite for a new sketch show. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Paul Mescal thinks it's 'crazy' to be playing Sir Paul McCartney

Paul Mescal thinks it is "crazy" that he's hung out with Sir Paul McCartney and will play the Beatles legend on film.

The Guardian - AU

Five Great Reads: deadly reporting, Netflix algorithms and a bullish food critic

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Claire Keenan

Evening Standard

Rearview Mirror at the Gagosian review: This glimpse of the Fab Four is really something

4/5 This collection of Paul McCartney’s photographs, taken over a two-month span before their fame took off, is simply fascinating

Guitar World

“A lot of the music stores didn’t want to touch used instruments back then. They would laugh at me and say, ‘You’re paying more for this old guitar than I am for this new guitar’”: Norman Harris on the nascent days of the vintage guitar market

Harris turned the used guitar market on its head, despite the skepticism of many industry peers

The Guardian - UK

Guitar dealer to the stars Norman Harris on George Harrison, Marty McFly and his secret stash

A new documentary reveals the man behind the unassuming shopfront, who sells instruments to the likes of Slash, Dave Grohl – and Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow

The Independent UK

New Beatles ‘Anthology’ projects will be released this fall

Beatles fans will be feeling some “real love” for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print

MusicRadar

Beatles Anthology compilations, documentary and book all restored, revamped, repackaged and reissued this autumn

But still no Carnival Of Light

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