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“John Lennon’s 12-string has a similar trebly edge to it… this guitar passes the ‘Fab Four’ test”: Framus Hootenanny 12-string and 6-string review

John Lennon famously used a Framus 12-string acoustic with the Beatles, and 60 years later the company has reissued the model in all its fab finery – and it comes with a little help from a friend!

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“I woke up in the morning and found John watching the sunrise and still listening to the song. It was as if we were both haunted by it”: How Yoko Ono’s disco-infused classic Walking On Thin Ice captivated John Lennon in their final, poignant collaboration

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"I've got blisters on my fingers!" 12 songs that prove The Beatles really rocked

When The Beatles cranked up the guitars, they really cranked up the guitars

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Sir Paul McCartney performs solo Help! in full for the first time

Sir Paul McCartney kicked off his US tour by performing The Beatles' Help! in full for the first time in his solo career.

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Paul McCartney hadn’t played this Beatles classic in full since 1965. That changed last night

The opening night of McCartney‘s US tour saw him perform a Beatles classic for the first time in full since 1965

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“It’s one of George's best songs. His mind is clear and his music is clear”: The genius of the profound 1967 Beatles song that John Lennon held up as George’s greatest

The opening to Sgt Pepper’s second side underlined just how boundless the Beatles’ musical scope had become

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“I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer”: Noel's "#1 favourite guitar" that Liam smashed the night Oasis split is up one of over 100 Gallagher-related items up for auction

It could fetch up to £500,000

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John Lennon 'resented having to be a Beatle' in the end, says son Sean Ono Lennon

John Lennon's son Sean Ono Lennon says his father hated playing the fame game.

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John Lennon ‘resented having to be a Beatle’, says son Sean Ono Lennon

The 49-year-old said his father ‘wanted to move on and be a radical artist and activist’.

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The guitar Liam Gallagher destroyed on the night Oasis split is expected to fetch up to £500k at auction

Noel Gallagher's guitar which was smashed to smithereens by his brother Liam on the night the guitarist departed Oasis is set to go under the hammer.

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Guitar ‘smashed up’ by Liam Gallagher on the night Oasis split goes to auction

Noel Gallagher said the Gibson ES-355 was damaged on the night of the band’s backstage fight at Rock en Seine festival in Paris

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Guitar ‘smashed up’ by Liam Gallagher on night Oasis split up goes to auction

Red Gibson ES-355, damaged on night of 2009 Rock en Seine fight, being sold alongside acoustic used in Wonderwall

The Guardian - UK

Noel Gallagher’s guitar damaged when Oasis split goes under the hammer

The guitar will go under the hammer this October at Propstore’s music live auction with an estimated sale of £250k – £500k.

The Independent UK

The famous piece of Oasis memorabilia that could fetch £500,000 at auction

Liam Gallagher broken Noel’s 1960s red Gibson ES-355 on the night the band split

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“I just sat down at my piano in Scotland, started playing and came up with that song. It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable”: The story of the ballad that sparked the breakup of The Beatles

Featuring "atrocious" bass-playing by John Lennon

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“There's a tendency to misremember as ‘John Lennon was a rock ‘n’ roll badass and Paul was kind of like happy poppy guy,’ but Paul made the weirdest music”: Mark Ronson says that Paul McCartney was just as experimental as any of the Beatles, and still is

“I went to his studio one time and he was literally like step sequencing a Moog keyboard to make the weirdest sounds I've ever heard," he recalls

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Harris Dickinson: Playing John Lennon felt 'frightening'

Harris Dickinson has admitted the idea of playing John Lennon is "frightening" because he is so iconic.

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Harris Dickinson All But Confirmed Which Actor ‘Humiliated’ Him Early In His Career

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The Independent UK

Harris Dickinson appears to name actor who ‘humiliated’ him on early film set

‘Babygirl’ star claimed an older middle to upper-class actor used a series of social class cliches to describe him

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John Lennon was a 'bully' at school

Tom Barry, who works as a teacher at the school in Liverpool attended by John Lennon, has revealed that staff tried to "remove any trace" of the late Beatles icon because of his misbehaviour.

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Why John Lennon’s old school removed any trace of him

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John Lennon branded a ‘bully’ by teacher after school uncovers Beatles frontman’s past

The former teacher added how staff did not want to acknowledge their link to pop history

The Guardian - UK

John Lennon’s school desk goes on display at Beatles Museum in Liverpool

Desk from Quarry Bank high school had been hidden by staff as teachers considered Lennon a ‘nuisance’

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“It’s pretty rancid! That brain mulching sound they put on vocals makes me feel slightly sick”: The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon isn’t a fan of modern pop music

He recorded his new album Abbey Road, but says that "I don’t believe that Syd Barrett’s hand is on your shoulder or John Lennon is guiding your fingers across the piano"

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“They basically declared war on him after these shows were broadcast”: When John Lennon alarmed the FBI after platforming radical political ideas in a week-long takeover of American TV

Lennon’s curated week of programming exposed viewers to some controversial figures - and drew the attention of the US government

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