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Sir Paul McCartney says ‘it’s good to be back’ as UK leg of tour begins

The Beatles star played the Co-op Live arena in Manchester.

Evening Standard

I was a long-haired teenage boy in the 1960s. Why did everyone hate us so much?

It wasn’t always clear why our buzz-cut parents felt so threatened by our cascading locks – but guys like me needed to express ourselves

The Guardian - UK

Sir Paul McCartney reveals why he gets 'very emotional' on stage

Sir Paul McCartney gets "very emotional" whenever he performs 'Now and Then' because it was written by John Lennon.

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Documents revealing insight into break-up of The Beatles auctioned for £9,000

The documents had been discovered in a cupboard, where they had been stored since the 1970s, according to Dawsons Auctioneers.

Evening Standard

Trump’s Christmas message of, um, "hope"

Or I guess we can all cave in to his authoritarian regime

Salon

Ringo Starr ‘loves’ his voice on new country album

Opening up about the sounds on his latest solo effort at a playback for reporters and celebs, Ringo Starr declared he “loves” the way his voice sounds on his upcoming country album.

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Beatles biopic casting rumors breakdown

Sam Mendes' four-part biopic is set to drop in 2027, and some of Hollywood's buzziest stars could play the Fab Four

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Ridley Scott appears to leak Paul Mescal’s casting in new Beatles film

Sam Mendes has remained tight-lipped on the casting for his forthcoming four-piece Beatles biopic

The Independent UK

Elton John: Never Too Late review – few surprises but plenty of joy in official life story

On the eve of his retirement, the much-loved musician revisits his rise to stardom and his evolution as a gay man in a flashback-filled documentary

The Guardian - UK

“It's Christmaaaas!”: How Slade created a festive classic - with a little help from John Lennon

Still making half a million quid a year, it’s the Christmas gift that keeps on giving!

MusicRadar

32 Years Later, One of Star Trek's Most Celebrated Writers is Launching a Gritty Sci-Fi Show

Inverse spoke to Morgan Gendel, the screenwriter best known for the acclaimed 'Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Inner Light," about his new sci-fi series called 'Isolation.'

Inverse

“The Beatles' Because is based on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (played in reverse). So, was John Lennon cheating when he flipped Ludwig Van?”: Digging into the long history of the sampling debate

“The Beatles' Because is based on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (played in reverse). So, was John Lennon cheating when he flipped Ludwig Van?”

MusicRadar

“The NME said, ‘There’s one of your Rutles songs on this Beatles bootleg album.’ I got them to play it to me over the phone. I said, ‘That’s me on Saturday Night Live!’” How prog were Neil Innes and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band?

The Bonzo Dog and Rutles man discusses his career and recent studio album Nearly Really...

Louder

“I’m told that I introduced Ozzy to cocaine when Black Sabbath opened for Mountain on their first American tour”: Leslie West’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Hanks

Playing with The Who, jamming with Hendrix, partying with Bowie, Jagger and Lennon -late Mountain man Leslie West did it all and more

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Yoko Ono has ‘never moved on’ from John Lennon

Days before the 44th anniversary of The Beatles icon’s death, John Lennon’s son Sean has said his widow Yoko Ono has “never moved on” from her relationship with the singer.

The Independent UK

Sean Lennon says album cover reveals how John Lennon felt about Yoko Ono: ‘I think it’s clear’

Musician is up for a Grammy for his work on his late father’s album ‘Mind Games’

The Independent UK

Rebecca Ferguson on life after The X Factor: ‘When people speak out in showbiz, they get blackballed’

INTERVIEW: The Scouse singer won the hearts of the nation and a record deal with her underdog story and soulful voice on ‘The X Factor’, but behind the scenes, she was overworked and overwhelmed. She speaks to Helen Brown about that tough time, her new Christmas song – and remembers…

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“I’m not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me”: The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear

Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

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“I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many”: Ringo Starr wryly suggests that Barry Keoghan is set to play him in Sam Mendes' upcoming Beatles biopics

Guitar World

“Eric, I know I can bring out something great in you”: In 1971, John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton asking him to help form a new band – now that letter is going up for auction

Lennon sought out Slowhand as he set about establishing a new band, pitching to Clapton they could “make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock 'n' roll”

MusicRadar

“I know I can bring out something great in you... I hope to bring out the same kind of greatness in all of us”: Newly unearthed Lennon letter to Clapton reveals plans for supergroup

Ex-Beatle hoped group would “bring the balls back in rock 'n’ roll”

Louder

"You could make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock ‘n’ roll": John Lennon's eight-page letter to Eric Clapton asking to start a band with him is headed to auction

After their brief collaboration together in 1969 with the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon had hopes of recruiting Clapton for a "revolutionary" new supergroup, one where wives and girlfriends were "welcome" on the road instead of "frowned upon"

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Barry Keoghan to play Ringo Starr in Beatles biopic, drummer says

After months of speculation that Barry Keagon was attached to the upcoming film series, Sir Ringo Starr has seemingly teased the 'Saltburn' actor will indeed play him in Sir Sam Mendes' four biopics about The Beatles.

The Independent UK

John Lennon’s damning view on touring with The Beatles revealed in letter to Eric Clapton

Musician made no secret of how he felt as he wrote to Clapton with an idea for a ‘supergroup’

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