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Paul McCartney at 80: Family tragedy inspired career of Beatles legend

Macca was only a teenager when tragedy struck

Liverpool Echo

Paul McCartney's incredible decades-long journey as he celebrates 80th birthday

Sir Paul McCartney has been in the spotlight for many decades. The Beatles split up in 1970 and Paul formed the band Wings with his first wife Linda a year later

Daily Mirror

McCartney marks 80th birthday with Springsteen, 60,000 pals

How better to celebrate an 80th birthday than by singing about “Glory Days” onstage with Bruce Springsteen, and being serenaded by some 60,000 well-wishers

The Independent UK

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Paul McCartney gets a surprise guest at MetLife concert

NEW YORK — Even the Boss bows down before Sir Paul.

Tribune News Service

When I Get Older: Paul McCartney Going Strong at 80

Paul McCartney turns 80 on Saturday and a week later becomes the oldest headliner to play at the Glastonbury Festival.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sir Paul McCartney marks 80th birthday with another huge gig

Beatles legend to celebrate occasion by performing at Glastonbury as the festival's oldest solo headliner

Wales Online

Paul McCartney at 80: How mum's death when he was 14 inspired some of his greatest work

Paul McCartney is still going strong, playing Glastonbury next Saturday as the oldest-ever headliner, a week after he turns 80. When he was 14, his mum died and the tragedy shaped his career

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Paul McCartney’s greatest post-Beatles songs – ranked!

As Macca turns 80 this weekend, we pick the best of his blockbuster solo and Wings catalogue, from new wave curios to classic piano ballads

The Guardian - UK

Beatles autographs smudged by John Lennon's 'greasy' fingers sell for almost £8,000

The inky smudge from John's fish and chips is thought to contain his DNA

Liverpool Echo

The ageless Ringo Starr reflects on what keeps him going

PITTSBURGH — Strange to think about it now, but when Ringo Starr launched Ringo and His All-Starr Band in 1989, he hadn’t been a touring musician since 1966.

Tribune News Service

‘The Beatles? I was more a fan of the Beach Boys’: Peter Blake at 90 on pop art and clubbing with the Fab Four

The groundbreaking artist documented the birth of youth culture and created the most famous album cover in history. Now with a new exhibition, he talks about what inspires him – from corn dollies to music halls

The Guardian - UK

Paul McCartney at 80: Has any other pop star got a legacy like this?

As the singer reaches his ninth decade, we look at his extraordinary career at the top of pop

Evening Standard

Ronnie Hawkins: One of rock’n’roll’s greatest showmen

A larger-than-life figure, Hawkins advised a teenage Elvis to change his name, saw his backing group The Hawks morph into The Band under Bob Dylan, and had his garage burnt down by houseguest John Lennon

The Independent UK

Review: Pang on Lennon's "Lost Weekend"

Narrated by Pang, "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story" finds a pocket of bright light in Lennon's unfinished story

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Liverpool Echo

Paul McCartney at 80: Look back at Macca's life and career

He's one of Liverpool's most famous sons and has been in the spotlight for six decades

Chronicle Live

Johnny Depp releasing album with Jeff Beck in July following Gateshead concert appearance

Johnny Depp has been on tour with Jeff Beck in the UK - and made an appearance in Gateshead

Wales Online

Johnny Depp releasing album with Jeff Beck in July

The actor has joined Beck for a UK tour after his high-profile libel case against ex-wife Amber Heard

Daily Mirror

Celebrities who've snubbed honours from the Queen - and why they turned them down

A large number of famous faces have been listen in theQueen’s birthday honours - but here is a look at the famous faces who refused or sent them back

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Liverpool Echo

'Greatest ever' song John Lennon picked was not by The Beatles

The Beatles legend piled praise on a rival band's track

Daily Mirror

Johnny Depp returns to UK stage again amid defamation trial with ex Amber Heard

Johnny Depp has spent a second night on stage alongside Jeff Beck as he puts his defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Heard to the back of his mind

Daily Record

Johnny Depp fans emotional as he gives surprise UK performance amid Amber Heard trial

Johnny Depp fans couldn't believe their eyes when the actor appeared with Jeff Beck at a Sheffield gig on Sunday night.

The Guardian - AU

Ronnie Hawkins, rock’n’roll legend who mentored The Band, dies aged 87

Arkansas-born showman – known as ‘The Hawk’ – cut his teeth on the South’s tough 50s circuit but settled in Canada where he nurtured local talent

The Independent UK

Rocker Ronnie Hawkins, dies at 87, patron of Canadian rock

Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene has died at age 87

The Guardian - UK

Alan White obituary

Drummer of the progressive rock group Yes who also played on John Lennon’s Imagine and George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass

Liverpool Echo

Music collection of DJ who helped launch Nirvana and Queen goes to auction

John Peel died when he was 65 but his incredible collection will live on

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