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Paul Shaffer wasn’t sold on The Beatles

On "Everything Fab Four," Shaffer reflects on how "Rubber Soul" changed his mind about the band as a whole

Salon

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.

International Business Times UK

“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”

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“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

MusicRadar

Guns N’ Roses guitar hopes to fetch £300,000 at music memorabilia auction

The Music Memorabilia Live Auction collection will go under the hammer at Propstore auction house in London next month.

Evening Standard

Guitar used by Slash of Guns N’ Roses during iconic tour set to fetch up to £300,000 at auction

The instrument is due to go under the hammer at Propstore auction house in London next month

The Independent UK

Sir Paul McCartney reveals what The Beatles 'liked' about their male fans in the US

The Beatles really appreciated the way their male fans behaved at their early gigs in America.

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Cruz Beckham review: Cheeky, charming, actually talented

4/5 In front of his parents – and Geri Halliwell – Cruz Beckham’s show (one of three sold-out nights) at the Courtyard Theatre proved to be quite the success with decent indie-pop and real star quality

Evening Standard

Aimee Lou Wood says playing Pattie Boyd in Beatles biopics is ‘intimidating’

Wood will portray George Harrison’s former wife, model and photographer Pattie Boyd, in Sam Mendes’ biopic films about the lives of the Fab Four.

Evening Standard

Paul McCartney announces 18th solo album - ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’

Paul McCartney’s new album draws from the musician’s early childhood memories of growing up in Liverpool and his relationship with George Harrison and John Lennon prior to Beatlemania.

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“While playing around on the guitar during the meeting, Paul happened upon a chord that even he didn’t recognise”: How an unfamiliar guitar chord proved to be the catalyst for Paul McCartney’s new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane

The first single, Days We Left Behind, includes a cryptic reference to John Lennon

MusicRadar

Sir Paul McCartney releases new single and announces first album for five years

The introspective 14-track record, titled The Boys Of Dungeon Lane, recounts a collection of memories from the singer’s formative years in Liverpool.

Evening Standard

Paul McCartney returns with poignant new single and major announcement

Beatles legend shared the track at the same time as announcing plans to release his first solo album in six years

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney announces new solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane

Paul McCartney will release The Boys of Dungeon Lane, a deeply personal album inspired by his early life in Liverpool.

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“I might not be good at making streaming numbers but I can make music that is emotionally engaging. That’s more important than just getting a hit on a digital platform”: We speak to Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor

The bespectacled frontman of one of the 2000’s most influential synth-pop acts continues to pursue fresh sonic frontiers on new solo record, Paris in the Spring

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"Apparently it was the one song that got John recording again. I think John just thought, ‘Uh oh, I had better get working, too’”: The story of the last entry in Lennon and McCartney’s musical conversation

Track apparently inspired Lennon to record Double Fantasy

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Sir Paul McCartney mended John Lennon rift by bonding over baking

Sir Paul McCartney mended his friendship with John Lennon after the Beatles split by bonding over their shared love of baking.

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Gee, thanks, UN. You’re the life coach we (don’t) need

“Imagine there’s no heaven, it’s easy if you try…”

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“The Gretsch was given by John Lennon to his cousin. He kept it for almost 50 years”: The magical mystery of the $1.3m Gretsch that might have recorded a Beatles classic

Amelia Walker of Christie's takes us behind the scenes at the Jim Irsay auction to look at the 1963 Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins that was rumored to have been used on Paperback Writer

Guitar World

“It was kept in Lennon’s attic studio… You can see the guitar in photographs right by his Farfisa and Brenell tape machines”: John Lennon’s ’64 Rickenbacker is officially a $1.3m guitar – but it was originally a replacement for a Beatles live show

This stunning stand-in Ricky was owned by both John Lennon and Ringo Starr in its time, and was one of the big sales in the Jim Irsay auction at Christie’s

MusicRadar

"Lot after lot, we felt like we were making history”: John Lennon’s Broadway piano goes for a record-breaking $3.3 million

He used it to write A Day In The Life

Guitar World

“Lot after lot we felt like we were making history”: World record for most expensive guitar shattered three times in one night as Jim Irsay auction sees David Gilmour's Black Strat fetch $14.5m

On any other night, $6,907,000 for Kurt Cobain's Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang and $11,560,000 for Jerry Garcia's “Tiger” would have been world records. But this wasn’t any other night...

Evening Standard

Piano John Lennon used to write Beatles songs fetches record amount at auction

It was sold as part of The Jim Irsay Collection: Hall of Fame on Thursday at Christie’s in New York.

The Independent UK

John Lennon’s Sgt Pepper piano sells for record amount at auction

It was sold as part of The Jim Irsay Collection: Hall of Fame on Thursday at Christie’s in New York.

The Independent UK

A Yoko Ono biography that avoids John Lennon... Really?

MCCRUM ON BOOKS: Yoko Ono’s art career has seen her wrap orchestras up in gauze and make paintings with numbered instructions – all before she stumbled into Beatlemania. A new book sidelines her partnership with John Lennon, but Robert McCrum argues that her role as the musician’s muse unleashed one…

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