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Dan Aykroyd: ‘I don’t believe in associating with beings that have no souls’

The Ghostbuster and Blues Brother on living in a haunted house, jamming with a president, and befriending a bear called Uncle Joe

The Guardian - AU

“The smashing glass, the police sirens — it’s telling a story with sound. You’re seeing a movie running through your head”: In a house that was home to two Beatles, a heavy metal masterpiece was born

Featuring pool cues, cutlery and other assorted effects

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“When I asked him what he thought of what I was doing, glam rock, he said, ‘Yeah, it’s great, but it’s just rock ’n’ roll with lipstick on!’”: How David Bowie and John Lennon bonded to create a funky No.1 hit that slammed celebrity culture

“We spent hours and hours discussing fame," Bowie said

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What are the 20 most controversial album covers of all time?

Don’t judge an album by its cover... Easier said than done for some. Following the controversy surrounding the album image for Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, we look at the most controversial album artworks which landed the artists in hot water with the censors. And, in some cases, the taste police.

Euronews

John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr’s sons team up to release new song

The trio have collaborated on a new song for Zak Starkey’s band

The Independent UK

“There were all these killer players. I was shy and kind of sat there, but Etta said, ‘I like that little white kid’”: Brian Ray wowed Etta James at 18, lost-out on Shakira and landed his gig with Paul McCartney –after auditioning at the Super Bowl

Brian Ray's career is like no other. As Paul McCartney's guitarist for over 20 years, he gives us a unique perspective on what it's like to play with a Beatle – and how it all started with the Monster Mash

Guitar World

My unexpected Pride icon: indie breakup songs said all the things I couldn’t say to other boys

From John Lennon’s takedown of Paul McCartney to the Libertines’ Can’t Stand Me Now, songs by straight men about falling out with their friends were strangely romantic to me

The Guardian - UK

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1969 Georgian garden features a charming technique that is still the best way to upgrade boring stone walls

Tittenhurst Park, the mansion bought by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in '60s, has a stunning garden with lessons that are still applicable now

Homes & Gardens

Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan audiobook review – love and conflict in Sri Lanka

The civil war transforms a young trainee doctor’s life as she copes with her feelings for a Tamil Tiger in last year’s Women’s prizewinning novel

The Guardian - UK

Paul McCartney unwittingly met the girl who’d later inspire the Beatles’ She’s Leaving Home years before writing the song

She’d later crop up in a newspaper story and trigger Paul to pen the Sgt. Pepper classic - but did he remember that he’d already met the girl in question?

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John Lennon’s ‘smutty and funny’ letter to future first wife to be sold at auction

Beatle wrote in 1962 letter to Cynthia Powell that he wished he was on his way to her flat with ‘chocies and a throbber’

The Guardian - UK

46 Old And Rarely Seen Images Of Famous People, As Shared On This Twitter Page

Welcome to the historical walk of fame where photographs are just as real and vivid as the emotions of these famous people captured on camera.

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"I went upstairs to show the person how to play the riff... and it was John McEnroe!" David Bowie on the art and process of songwriting

David Bowie explains his creative process and reveals why time and place matter

Louder

Bono: U2 is a democracy

U2 frontman Bono has revealed that the band work as a "democracy", although The Edge's creative ideas are most likely to be taken on board.

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Evening Standard

Paul Mescal 'whines' about career and 'alpha male' replacement as Lennon’s sister slams him for overexposure

As the star complains about critiques of his work, Julia Baird points out the privileged actor is already everywhere

Evening Standard

John Lennon's sister criticises casting for Beatles biopics as she takes aim at Paul Mescal

‘There are more actors out there waiting for a go, and for a chance,’ Julia Baird said

The Independent UK

Harris Dickinson is one of the most in-demand actors, but he had to direct a film first

Harris Dickinson is sitting on a rooftop terrace in Cannes, trying to find all the movie tattoos on his body

The National (Scotland)

Scotland's ultras aren't working class heroes - too many are 'still f****** peasants'

Scotland's ultras aren't the working class heroes they believe they are - they need to stop breaking the law and behave for their voices to be heard.

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“Mick looked peeved. The Beatles had upstaged him”: When the Beatles stole the Rolling Stones’ thunder and dropped Hey Jude at the Beggars Banquet launch party

It was supposed to be Jagger’s night - but a stealthy Paul McCartney had other ideas…

Louder

"For all the madcap genius of Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne, Bev Bevan sounds like the star of the show": The Move's Looking On signposts better things further down the road

What happened to Jeff Lynne in between the Idle Race and the Electric Light Orchestra

Louder

"John made himself out to be the big working-class hero: he was the least working-class in the group." In 1984, revisiting his work with The Beatles, Paul McCartney shed new light on his relationship with John Lennon in his most revealing interviews ever

"If you ever got a speck of praise from John, a crumb of it, you were quite grateful." Paul McCartney on John Lennon

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“John said, ‘I don’t know where to go from here.’ So Paul said, ‘Well, I’ve got this other song I’ve been working on.’ They joined the two bits together to make one song”: The story of the greatest thing The Beatles ever recorded

How Sgt. Pepper's epic finale was created

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Barry Keoghan 'couldn't look at' Sir Ringo Starr

Barry Keoghan "couldn't look" at Sir Ringo Starr when he went to visit the Beatles legend as part of his research into playing the drummer in an upcoming biopic.

Guitar World

“John Lennon hated doubling his vocals. The chief engineer at Abbey Road came up with a way to add a delay and put it onto another track. That’s what that pedal does”: The Cars’ Elliot Easton on the secrets of his pedalboard –and the wizard who made it

Easton has a Dumble-in-a-box, 12-string jangle on demand and a whole bunch of wildcards on a pedalboard that's got a little bit of everything

The Guardian - UK

Sam Mendes’ four Beatles films to be written by Jez Butterworth, Peter Straughan and Jack Thorne

The director has appointed the acclaimed Olivier, Tony, Bafta and Oscar winning talents to be the screenwriters for The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event

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