Barry Keoghan as John Lennon? Who Sam Mendes should cast in his Beatles movies Following the news that Mendes will direct four fab films about the Fab Four, our critic picks his fantasy lineup The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
Fab Four: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Beatles Biopic Films The fab four are back, with each member of the iconic Beatles to be immortalized in their own big screen biopic, all directed by Sam Mendes, Sony Pictures said on Tuesday. International Business Times · Feb 21, 2024
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. USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 21, 2024
Four-part Beatles biopic announced The Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes of movies like "American Beauty," "1917" and "Skyfall" will be directing Salon · Feb 20, 2024
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... Top News · Feb 20, 2024
‘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 · Feb 20, 2024
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 · Feb 20, 2024
"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 · Feb 20, 2024
"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 MusicRadar · Feb 8, 2024
“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 · Feb 8, 2024
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 · Feb 1, 2024
"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 · Jan 26, 2024
"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 · Jan 25, 2024
"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 · Dec 26, 2023
MusicRadar · Dec 26, 2023 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”
Metal Hammer · Dec 26, 2023 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
Evening Standard · Dec 23, 2023 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 · Dec 14, 2023 “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 · Dec 12, 2023 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 · Dec 6, 2023 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
Salon · Nov 24, 2023 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 · Nov 24, 2023 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 · Nov 16, 2023 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 · Nov 11, 2023 Dolly Parton on family, fashion and rock stardom: ‘I have to be who I am, so I fought for that and I still do’ In a 2023 interview, the country music legend told Roisin O’Connor why she 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,…
The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023 The Beatles make UK chart history with number one after 54 years The last Beatles song was released just eight days ago