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The Guardian - UK

Yoko Ono 'John Lemon' dispute turns to marketing gold for Breton craft brewer

A small craft brewery in western France has found an unexpected silver lining after a legal clash over its tongue-in-cheek beer name – turning a potential setback into a sell-out success.

Radio France Internationale

‘It’s a bit emotional’: Paul McCartney plays new songs to fans at Abbey Road

The ex-Beatle hosted a playback previewing his next album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, telling stories along the way

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Paul McCartney surprises fans at Abbey Road Studios during secret album playback

Beatles legend shared stories about childhood crushes, memories of John Lennon and George Harrison, and collaborating with Ringo Starr

The Independent UK

New John Lennon documentary to feature AI-generated scenes

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The Independent UK

John Lennon documentary director Steven Soderbergh defends using AI-generated scenes in film

The Beatles star’s final interview is the subject of Steven Soderbergh’s new documentary

The Independent UK

“I asked Sean and he said, ‘Oh, he would’ve wanted to engage’”: Steven Soderbergh on his John Lennon doc and its use of AI

It won’t try to bring Lennon back to life, he insists

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John Lennon's son believes he'd have embraced AI

Steven Soderbergh has Sean Lennon's blessing to use AI technology in his documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono because he believes his late father would have embraced the tools.

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“I didn’t like playing music because my band were successful, or I’d get noticed as a guitar player. I just played because I missed my dad”: How Sean Lennon's legendary father inspired him to pick up the guitar

For Sean Lennon, the guitar was a means of connecting to the father who was taken from him when he was barely five years old. Though, he added in a new interview with GW, their playing styles are noticeably different

Guitar World

Tony Wilson obituary

Bassist and singer with Hot Chocolate who co-wrote some of their biggest hits, including You Sexy Thing

The Guardian - UK

Letters and photos from Beatles’ early days to go on show in Hamburg

The collection, including donations from Paul McCartney’s brother, Mike, shows the band’s development from 1960-62

The Guardian - UK

Guns N’ Roses guitar fetches more than £230,000 at auction

A gold microphone presented to rock band Queen and used by frontman Freddie Mercury also sold for £151,200.

Evening Standard

Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC review – fascinating star-studded concert film

Footage from John Lennon’s only full-length performances after the Beatles – at Madison Square Garden, for charity, with the Plastic Ono Band – has been edited and restored

The Guardian - UK

Please Please Me review – fascinating tale of Brian Epstein, the Beatles and that trip to Torremolinos

Tom Wright’s play explores how the Fab Four, and a rumoured affair with John Lennon, helped shape their manager’s tragically short life

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Evening Standard

Please Please Me review: Clumsy look at Brian Epstein's sexual obsession with John Lennon

2/5 Tom Wright’s play at the Kiln takes on the life and times of The Beatles’ manager in a stripped-back production

Metal Hammer

"It was like a little vacation." The Tool and Failure side project which dissolved before most people knew it had ever existed

Ever heard Maynard James Keenan singing a Paul McCartney song? Now is your chance

Space

'For All Mankind' alternative timeline vs reality: How Apple TV's sci-fi show diverges from history

How do "For All Mankind"'s six decades of space exploration "history" compare with the real thing?

Guitar World

“Paul McCartney likes to control things under the guise of saying, ‘Play as free as you like.’ Then he’ll start to pick it all apart”: Chris Spedding’s favorite sessions

From handling Jack Bruce’s temper, to Brian Eno’s budget studio and Macca’s post-Beatles era, the UK session veteran picks his most treasured moments

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The Independent UK

Sex Education’s Asa Butterfield lost Beatles gig to Gladiator star: ‘There are roles you really, really want’

Sony is making for four films about the Beatles, set for release in 2028

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'I'm just not threatened by it': Steven Soderbergh is defiant about AI use in filmmaking

Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh insists that he doesn't feel "threatened" by AI and is willing to use the technology if it improves the quality of his work.

MusicRadar

“It was the way for me to learn to approach the guitar a different way, because Jeff Beck was not an early influence”: Robben Ford on rearranging John Lennon, iconic collaborations and paying tribute to Jeff Beck and amp guru Alexander Dumble

Two Shades Of Blues was conceived as a tribute to Beck and Ford's favourite amp builder, and it finds him exploring the Strat and making his own weather with his Overdrive Special

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Steven Soderbergh planning to use 'a lot of AI' in new war film

Hollywood director Steven Soderbergh has confessed he's planning to use "a lot of AI" in his new film about the Spanish-American War in 1898.

International Business Times UK

Four Beatles Biopics in the Works as Hollywood Reveals Ambitious Plan

Sam Mendes will direct four interconnected Beatles biopics starring Paul Mescal and Harris Dickinson. Discover the full cast and the innovative 2028 release strategy for this cinematic event.

MusicRadar

“Anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic. But because it is sugarcoated, it is accepted”: The song John Lennon called “the best I've ever written” – and Yoko Ono’s uncredited contribution

“A lot of it – the lyric and the concept – came from Yoko”

MusicRadar

“I was never a huge Beatles fan. But I learned recently that John Lennon said that it’s the one song he wished he would have written”: The disco classic that sold 11 million copies and influenced famous songs by Lennon and ABBA

How the leader of KC And The Sunshine Band created a perfect floor-filler

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