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John Lennon and Yoko Ono were ‘obsessed with staying skinny,’ reveals friend

‘John kept a journal where each day he would write what his weight was,’ says Elliot Mintz

The Independent UK

“He felt the Rolling Stones got the adulation and respect that ‘The Mop Tops’ didn’t... he would get really angry about it, and call them ‘the Rolling Pebbles’”: Lennon’s '70s confidant tells fascinating story of the ex-Beatle's competitive streak

Elliot Mintz was one of the few people who knew Lennon during the late 70s

MusicRadar

"Anybody who gets this console, it'll be the most famous studio in the world": The legendary mixing desk used on The Beatles’ Abbey Road is going up for sale

"It's one of the best albums that’s ever been made, and it sounds so good because of this recording console"

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Liverpool mayor honours legacy of John Lennon on visit to New York

Steve Rotheram attended a meeting between music leaders from Merseyside and New York to discuss future projects

Evening Standard

Scotland's only analogue photobooth opens to the public

SCOTLAND’S only current analogue photobooth is now available for public use at a site in the heart of Edinburgh ...

The National (Scotland)

Ken Howard obituary

Songwriter and manager of the British pop groups Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, and the Honeycombs

The Guardian - UK

“It turned out so well there was some campaigning from John Lennon for it to serve as the A-side instead of Lady Madonna”: Paul McCartney was in bass peak form on this lesser-known Beatles gem

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in February 1968, Hey Bulldog was one of the last Beatles sessions tracked as a band

Guitar World

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“Arguably one of the most significant Beatles and Lennon artefacts to come to market”: John Lennon’s first Vox amp – used at the Cavern and to record Please Please Me – is headed to auction

The Vox AC15 Twin, believed to be the unit purchased by Lennon at Liverpool’s Hessy’s Music, is going under the hammer with an auction estimate of $130,000-$260,000

Guitar World

“John Lennon’s death had a huge effect on me. He was the one who invited me to drink with The Beatles”: How Foreigner’s Mick Jones connected with a hero

The guitarist experienced Beatlemania first-hand

MusicRadar

Songwriters have long revealed the ugly side of ‘love’ – from John Lennon to Mariah Carey

For as long as pop music has existed, there have been love songs. And as long as there have been love songs, songwriters have been wrestling with what love means to them. We have been told that love is the best, that it can mend our souls, and keep us…

The Conversation

Disney+ confirm details of new Beatles documentary

A new Beatles documentary produced by Martin Scorsese is coming to Disney+ next month.

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Martin Scorsese announces new Beatles documentary about how the Fab Four broke America

Film includes newly recorded interviews with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr

The Independent UK

‘An incredible echo of today’: Kevin Macdonald on his film about John Lennon and Yoko Ono

The director speaks about his documentary exploring the couple’s life after moving to New York in 1971

The Guardian - UK

“When you played with John Lennon, you could feel him listening to you. He didn't bother or bug you at all”: Unsung ’70s session bass ace Gordon Edwards recalls his time with John Lennon on his fourth post-Beatles album

A close connection with John Lennon's musical arranger put Gordon Edwards in the studio for 1973’s Mind Games

Guitar World

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Evening Standard

Elton John: Never Too Late review – a rollicking look at the life of a music legend

At times the film sizzles especially when showing Elton’s friendship with John Lennon

MusicRadar

"The idea of gamifying the Mind Games album has manifested as an incredible limited edition speaker and radio": Sean Ono Lennon and Teenage Engineering launch tribute OB-4 for $999

Sean Lennon and Teenage Engineering launch new Mind Games OB-4

Salon

How John and Yoko radicalized daytime TV

Erik Nelson's documentary shows how John Lennon and Yoko Ono transformed daytime TV into a platform for change

Louder

“This was more than just music… It’s part of your DNA if you were that age at the time. It defines the times”: Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd alumni on what The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper did for prog

Rick Wakeman, Roger Waters and Robert Fripp were among those listening when the BBC played the record in full in 1967 – and weren’t the only ones who experienced artistic epiphanies that night

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Watch Paul McCartney play 'new' Beatles song Now And Then for the first time during marathon hit-stuffed set in Uruguay

37 songs. Another 14 during the soundcheck. And he's 82 years old

Salon

"The quiet Beatle" amped in new book

Seth Rogovoy’s "Within You Without You" sheds new light on George Harrison’s pivotal contributions to The Beatles

MusicRadar

"George had a smugness on his face when he came in with this one, and rightly so - he knew it was absolutely brilliant.": Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick on the recording of Abbey Road, track-by-track

A classic interview with the band's late chief engineer – "You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again"

Louder

"I asked George to turn it down a little. He looked at me and said: You don't talk to a Beatle like that": How The Beatles made Abbey Road, told by those who were there

Making it was by no means all love, peace and understanding, but 50 years on, Abbey Road is now considered by many to be the greatest of all the The Beatles’ albums

The Independent UK

Man dies on Jet2 flight to Liverpool from Bulgaria as pilot forced to make emergency landing

The plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Cologne, Germany, after the man required medical assistance

The Guardian - UK

‘The whole human condition is encased in the story’: why Beatles films just keep coming

Midas Man and One Hand Clapping are just the latest in a stream of movies telling a story we seemingly can’t get enough of

Evening Standard

A who's who of Liam and Noel Gallagher's kids: Gene, Lennon, Anaïs, Molly and their mums

We all know a Gallagher child when we see one. But who belongs to who, and who does what? Maddy Mussen delves into the family tree

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