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Sam Mendes To Launch Four 'Beatles' Movies In Same Month

Sam Mendes will release four movies about The Beatles in the same month, the director announced Monday, with Paul Mescal playing Paul McCartney and Barry Keoghan portraying Ringo Starr in "the first bingeable theatrical experience."

International Business Times

The Beatles: actors playing the Fab Four in Sam Mendes’ biopics announced

All four Beatles biopics, focusing on each member of the band, will be released in cinemas in April 2028

The Guardian - AU

Actors to play the Beatles in Fab Four biopics revealed

Each film will focus on a different member of the Fab Four

The Independent UK

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“Now that’s a wacky idea - let’s try it”: How a critical moment on a 1965 single signposted the Beatles’ growing musical ambitions

It swung the uptempo single into a more nuanced universe, and perfectly demonstrated Lennon and McCartney’s songwriting partnership

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"The quality is unreal. How is this even possible to have?" Record shop owner finds 1962 Beatles' audition tape that a British label famously decided wasn't good enough to earn Lennon and McCartney's band a record deal

Listen to The Beatles, with Pete Best on drums, play Money on a newly discovered 1962 audition tape

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“People had warned me how Ritchie chewed up and spat out musicians. Rainbow had already auditioned 40 bass players!” From Ritchie Blackmore to Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Daisley has worked with rock’s heaviest heroes

For more than 30 years, bassist Bob Daisley laid the foundations on which some of the greatest rock and roll ever was built

Guitar World

“A lot of Slayer riffs aren’t really for bass players – there’s just too many notes”: Slayer’s Tom Araya charts his incredible 4-string journey

From starting on a Paul McCartney Höfner ripoff to pioneering some of the heaviest metal ever committed to tape, Tom Araya admits he's no bass virtuoso… but he “can play fast sometimes”

Guitar World

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“He said, ‘Oh, stage fright? I had terrible stage fright.’": How Paul McCartney, Johnny Marr and Pharrell Williams cured Hans Zimmer’s performance nerves

Zimmer has a new tour planned for 2026, but playing live hasn’t always been easy for the soundtrack superstar

MusicRadar

Inside the fragile harmony between one Somerset town’s locals and the ‘down from Londons’

IN FOCUS: Two years ago, as property prices in Frome soared amid an influx of people moving from London, Frome Town Council declared a housing crisis. Today, Alex Ross speaks to a community determined to overcome the problem while becoming increasingly aware of a widening gap in wealth

The Independent UK

John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie review – let it be the new gold standard in Beatles studies

The author’s brilliant account of Lennon and McCartney’s songwriting relationship challenges myths, finds new meanings in their music, and even throws up a few surprises

The Guardian - UK

Sir Ringo Starr 'excited' to watch Beatles movies

Sir Ringo Starr can't wait to watch Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles movies.

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“I had a phone call from Paul McCartney, and he wanted me to come in and work with him…” How a Beatle helped Hans Zimmer conquer his stage fright with some priceless advice

Turns out even a film composer extraordinaire needs a little help from his friends…

Guitar World

John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie review – a Beatles bromance

An intelligent, diligently researched look at the intense bond between Lennon and McCartney

The Guardian - UK

"Venus and Mars" reaffirms Wings’ impact

The newly remastered half-speed vinyl breathes new life into Paul McCartney’s rock opus

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"The greatest pop record ever made. A record that never dates, because it lives outside time”: How The Beatles created Strawberry Fields Forever - the experimental masterpiece that John Lennon regarded as the best song he ever wrote for the band

Lennon called it “psychoanalysis set to music”

Euronews

More than 400 artists send letter to Trump over AI companies exploiting copyrighted works

Paul McCartney, Ben Stiller, Cate Blanchett and more than 400 celebrities and artists have sent a letter to Trump, urging his administration to not roll back copyright protections.

The Times of India

Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo, Cate Blanchette, Paul McCartney and 400 Hollywood stars unite for strong copyright protections against AI

Over 400 Hollywood stars from films, muisc and television, have come together to sign an open letter urging President Donald Trump’s administration to uphold strong copyright protections against artificial intelligence (AI).

Evening Standard

U2 to make history as first Irish songwriters awarded Ivors Academy fellowship

They follow in the footsteps of artists including Sir Elton John, Kate Bush, Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen.

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The Independent UK

Barred from America: The transgressions that could get you blocked from visiting the US

Drug use is a no-no – unless you are a global rock star

MusicRadar

“It was wonderful to hear that Paul McCartney loved my song”: How one man’s quest for musical perfection and the meaning of life resulted in a huge hit that Macca called the best song of 1979

"I wouldn’t rest until it was absolutely right”

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Queen to receive Polar Music Prize 2025

Queen are among the recipients of the Polar Music Prize 2025.

The Independent UK

Performing arts bosses protest government’s AI plans

Chief executives from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Albert Hall and National Theatre have shared joint statement urging government to support ‘moral and economic’ rights of creatives

Guitar World

“If we had tried to plan it, it would’ve never happened. The thing happened just by magic”: From Beatlemania to All Things Must Pass and beyond – the definitive guitar history of George Harrison's greatest recorded works

Guitar World's Beatlemaniacs assemble for the deepest of deep dives into the recorded output of a pop-cultural icon and genius player to find that there was no one quite like George Harrison

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Sean Paul: AI risks opening a pandora's box

Sean Paul has shared his thoughts on the potential influence of AI in the music business.

MusicRadar

“Not that I was restricted in any way with Rush. I’m very proud of what we did. But this is a whole different kind of experience”: Alex Lifeson on disguised guitars, soloing strategies and finding fresh sounds and freedom with Envy Of None

Envy Of None's sophomore album, Stygian Waves, is the sound of Lifeson's post-Rush project stretching out with a sound you can really sink right into

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