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The Latest Breaking News from Paul McCartney

One hundred couples get married on same day at iconic London venue for £100 each

The only catch: each wedding lasts between 15 and 20 minutes

The Independent UK

Star designer McCartney slams killing of 'billions of birds' in the name of fashion

British designer Stella McCartney has highlighted the plight of "billions of birds" that have been killed to make people look good after her Paris show at which she appealed for the fashion world to change its ways.

Radio France Internationale

"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

Salon

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Watch Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder team up with Roger Waters to sing Pink Floyd classic Comfortably Numb at the most star-studded concert of this millennium

Eddie Vedder's surprise cameo with Roger Waters at the 12-12-12 concert brought Madison Square Garden to its feet

Louder

Stella McCartney debuts new ‘it’ bag of the season at Paris Fashion Week

The British designer launched a new ‘quiet luxury’ bag that’s turning heads.

The Independent UK

"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"

MusicRadar

"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

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Paul McCartney and Wings: One Hand Clapping review – restored rockumentary is pure pleasure

David Litchfield’s lost 1974 film captures McCartney’s extraordinary enthusiasm and skill, some killer tunes and a whole host of hilarious incidentals

The Guardian - UK

London wedding venue used by Paul McCartney offers 100 couples to marry for £100 on centenary

Many celebrity nuptials have taken place at the Old Marylebone Town Hall

Evening Standard

“Not that she's necessarily absolutely always to my taste, but I just love the fact that she seems to love it, that she seems to be having so much fun”: The Who’s Pete Townshend is the latest rock legend to praise Taylor Swift

“That’s what I identify with,” he says

MusicRadar

‘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

The Guardian - UK

“He said, ‘You’ll be with me for a short time because I won’t be able to keep you.’ And he was right… We were always quietly confident”: What went right for 10cc, what went wrong, and how they could have avoided it

Graham Gouldman explains why the art-rock icons believed in themselves so much, the album that best represents them, and why he’d never release new music using the band name

Louder

Two of Us review – Lennon and McCartney come together for humdrum reunion

Stage version of TV movie offers impressive impersonations of the Beatles stars but is more like fan fiction than drama

The Guardian - UK

“You can get lost in the kitten vortex for hours.” A wide-ranging interview with The Jesus Lizard's David Yow, taking in new album Rack, a try out for Nirvana, acting, a sadistic witch, and a cat riding a goat

The Jesus Lizard are back, and David Yow has things on his mind

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Guitar World

“Paul was a guitarist who switched to bass because the group needed one, as this song proves”: Did Paul McCartney fumble a note on this classic Beatles bassline?

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios on October 16th, 1965, see if you can hear the bass glitch where McCartney “breaks” the main riff

Guitar World

“It was a bit of a number for me to have to dare to tell George Harrison not to play guitar. It was like an insult”: Paul McCartney turned down George Harrison's proposed guitar parts for Hey Jude

Metal Hammer

"I'm the rock'n'roll rebel that everybody's mother likes to hate": Watch Ozzy Osbourne talk about capturing the hearts of America in this 1986 The Tube interview with Paula Yates

The Prince Of Darkness spoke about his childhood, early jobs, going double-platinum in America and more in this archival interview with The Tube host Paula Yates in 1986

Kiplinger

Retirement is 'Comfortable' for Three in Four Americans, Survey Finds

In a snapshot survey of views on retirement in the U.S., three in four retirees say they have enough money to live comfortably. Will you be able to say the same?

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The Independent UK

Noel Gallagher’s Definitely Maybe guitars to fetch thousands after Oasis reunion

Other items up for auction include Prince’s guitar, items from John and Yoko’s Bed-in for Peace, and a piano played by Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga and Amy Winehouse

The Guardian - UK

Fairground Attraction on making Perfect: ‘By the third chorus, everyone was singing along’

‘After its success, I drank free champagne, met Paul McCartney – and used our record company’s phones to call my aunts in America and Canada’

Guitar World

“I told Lou Reed, ‘Can I get the double bass out of the car? Because this song is a bit jazzy’”: British bass legend Herbie Flowers, best known for his work with David Bowie and Paul McCartney, dies aged 86

Flowers recorded over 20,000 sessions and his distinctive jazz-informed bass heavily features on Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side and Bowie's Space Oddity

The Independent UK

Joe Lycett trolls Paul McCartney with ‘banned’ sculpture prank

The comedian is known for his creative stunts

Guitar World

“I couldn’t work with John Lennon and Paul McCartney. I’d end up being beaten to death”: When we locked horns with Lemmy to talk Motörhead, Marshalls and why he wouldn’t fit in with one of his favorite bands

In a world full of rock ’n’ roll poseurs, Motörhead's hard-living bassist, Lemmy Kilmister, was a true original

The Independent UK

Herbie Flowers death: Veteran bassist who played for David Bowie and Lou Reed dies aged 86

His family confirmed his death on Facebook, with tributes pouring in immediately, praising his ’incredible musicianship’

The Guardian - UK

Herbie Flowers, bassist on Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side, dies aged 86

Flowers also featured on other rock hits, including for David Bowie, T Rex, Bryan Ferry and Elton John

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