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Casting The Beatles for Sam Mendes’ upcoming four-film project on the beloved band

We've got some ideas for casting the upcoming four-film Beatles biopics.

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Four-part Beatles biopic announced

The Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes of movies like "American Beauty," "1917" and "Skyfall" will be directing

Salon

Sam Mendes To Direct Four Separate Beatles Member Biopics

Four films focusing on individual Beatles members, directed by Sam Mendes and financed by Sony Pictures Entertainment, promise an innovative cinematic expe...

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‘Nothing off limits’: Sam Mendes to direct four Beatles films – one about each member

Director of 1917 announces ambitious project which has full approval of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of John Lennon and George Harrison

The Guardian - UK

James Bond director to helm four Beatles biopics – and they're all releasing in the same year

Sam Mendes is directing four new movies about The Beatles

Total Film

"There are no words in any language to express how badly I feel about that night": The strange and terrible story of Great White, and the Station nightclub fire

Great White toured with Guns N' Roses, hit the charts, and dissolved in a blur of betrayal and substance abuse. And, just when it couldn’t get worse, they played Rhode Island

Louder

"I think what we’ve had is an embarrassment of riches, really" – Mark Knopfler announces all-star charity band with over 60 members with Gilmour, Ringo, Jeff Beck, Sting, Clapton and Brian May all onboard

They've recorded a new version of Knopfler's Going Home: Theme From Local Hero

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“Eric came in, played great, just one tasty lick after another. Jeff Beck’s contribution was spellbinding”: Mark Knopfler enlists Clapton, Townshend, Iommi, Slash and dozens more for all-star charity single

Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes raise funds for teenage cancer charities with an epic version of his Local Hero theme, featuring Jeff Beck’s final recording, and over 50 guitar legends – including David Gilmour, Joan Armatrading and Brian May

Guitar World

Rare Unseen Beatles Film From ‘Help!’ Set To Be Auctioned

Candid 8mm footage captures Fab Four behind the scenes during iconic movie production in 1965.

Zenger

"Abbey Road was really unfinished songs all stuck together. None of the songs had anything to do with each other, no thread at all": A track-by-track guide to the final album recorded by The Beatles

After the fractious Let It Be sessions, Paul McCartney urged his bandmates back into the studio to make an album “like the old days, like we used to"

Louder

"What was really exciting for me was watching Paul's total respect for his band members": Giles Martin tells the inside story of the final Beatles song, Now And Then

You probably didn’t have a new (and final) song from The Beatles on your 2023 bingo card, but that’s what we got, surprising everybody

Louder

"We did seven encores. We ran out of material and were forced to play Jimi Hendrix tunes. Imagine that, opening for Cream and finishing with Hendrix tunes?": The story of the legendary James Gang

With a classic funk-rock sound, the rise of rock'n'roll cowboys the James Gang looked unstoppable, inspired by a real kick-ass guitarist who would both make and break the band

Louder

Abbey Road engineer Ken Scott on recording The Beatles: “I was there when Eric Clapton played the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but it was just another day at the office so it didn't mean anything at the time”

Best of 2023: On working with Lennon and McCartney: “Paul was exceedingly patient, and would keep on going until it was the way he wanted it, whereas John would prefer to get it over with as quickly as possible”

MusicRadar

The riff is a belter, the lyrics arrived out of thin air at Ringo Starr's house, and the promo video for it is pure pantomime – the story behind Beavis and Butthead’s favourite Judas Priest song

"Everyone's had a confrontation with a copper and likes to scream about breaking the law, don't they?" - Rob Halford

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Evening Standard

Why the Beatles’ song Now and Then is the most important record of the past year

It was last year’s most significant release, both a time capsule of our greatest ever band, and something genuinely new.

Louder

“All I could do to accommodate requests for new sounds for them was just to abuse the equipment": How The Beatles' Revolver revolutionised music

Revolver is a feat of The Beatles' sonic experimentation and songwriting genius, and this is the story behind how the album was made

The Independent UK

Maná drummer Alex González shares big plans for 2024, including playing London for the first time

During a career than spans over four decades, Grammy-winning Mexican rockers Maná have toured the world, yet has never played London

The Guardian - US

The Beatles transcend time, geography, demographics and personal taste

As the anniversary of John Lennon’s murder approaches, we are reminded again that the band’s magic never disappears

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Salon

Mal Evans was "Beatles’ first historian"

Kenneth Womack tells Salon about his new book, “Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans”

The Independent UK

Ringo Starr takes fans on a colorful tour of his past in book 'Beats & Threads'

Ringo Starr’s latest project is for fans of music and of fashion

The Independent UK

Dolly Parton review, Rockstar: It’s hard to begrudge the Queen of Country some Dollyoke fun

Following her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Parton gathers the stars together for an A-list karaoke party

The Independent UK

Dolly Parton on family, fashion and rock stardom: ‘I have to be who I am, so I fought for that and I still do’

The country music legend tells Roisin O’Connor why she’s embraced her inner rocker in her late seventies to collaborate with rock greats from Joan Jett to Paul McCartney to Stevie Nicks on her new album, how her goddaughter Miley Cyrus insisted she dress in leather, too, and why she hit…

The Independent UK

The Beatles make UK chart history with number one after 54 years

The last Beatles song was released just eight days ago

The Independent UK

The Beatles make UK chart history with number one after 54-year gap

Now And Then is the group’s 18th chart-topper in the UK.

The Guardian - UK

The Beatles set record 54-year gap between No 1 singles as Now and Then tops UK chart

Paul McCartney says success of band’s ‘final’ song together has ‘blown my socks off’, as it becomes the fastest-selling vinyl single this century

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