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"It's very hard for people to understand how monolithic it was, looking at it today. But it was absolutely earthshaking": Was 9 February 1964 the most important day in rock 'n' roll history?

"It was kind of like an alien invasion"

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“He was already in Animals As Leaders – but there we were, playing the Beatles in a bar. I’d be like, ‘What the hell is happening?’” Joshua De La Victoria has gone from prog awakening to one of the genre’s brightest guitar talents

A pub show put the fast-rising guitarist on the road to progressive greatness, but as he tells GW, he’s kept his pop roots, too...

Guitar World

‘Screaming, chanting, struggling teenagers’: the enduring legacy of the Beatles tour of Australia, 60 years on

The Beatles began their first and only tour of Australia 60 years ago this week. It remains a landmark event in our social and cultural history.

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When the Beatles came to Australia: ‘Letters to the editor were apoplectic about their hair’

Sixty years since the Fab Four arrived to mass hysteria, a new book captures the thousands who lined up for a glimpse, the moral panic and resulting generation gap

The Guardian - AU

The Beatles were pop trailblazers and studio experimentalists, but the Fab Four also had a heavier side – and it laid the groundwork for the rock revolution that followed

This lesson takes you into the three guitar styles of John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, from electric 12-string work to slide solos

Guitar World

Sir Paul McCartney denies swerving Russian attack documentary due to security fears

The Beatles legend played an instrumental role in the release of 30 protestors facing up to 15 years in prison on charges of piracy, but surprisingly does not feature in new film

Evening Standard

Music show: Classical violinist Guy Braunstein on revisiting The Beatles

Classical violinist Guy Braunstein has just released a record that revisits the Fab Four's classic "Abbey Road". It was recorded in the mythical London studios. He popped by FRANCE 24 to tell us more about what inspired him to revisit The Beatles and how there are only two categories of…

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"We were getting more talented and George began to write lots of songs… he was lucky to get a track on an album." The lost 1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono interview on the Beatles' split when they insisted Michael Parkinson wore a black sack over his head

"It's total communication if you're in the bag"

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Darius Rucker: The Beatles for me are it

On "Everything Fab Four," the Grammy winner discusses Hootie & the Blowfish and his memoir "Life's Too Short"

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The Beatles ‘would not have existed’ if fab four had been forced to do National Service

Rishi Sunak says his favourite band of all time were The Beatles - but they only existed because National Service had been scrapped

The Independent UK

“Chuck Berry’s manager said, ‘Nobody’s allowed to play any Chuck Berry songs.’ We started Roll Over Beethoven – he ran onstage and tried to stop us”: The Liverbirds played alongside the Beatles and the Rolling Stones – and paved the way for women in rock

From booting Chuck Berry’s manager off stage and proving John Lennon wrong, to touring Japan and blazing a screaming trail across Europe, The Liverbirds took Merseybeat beyond British shores, on their own terms

Guitar World

“There’s always been an open door… We were the only ones that knew what it’s like to have that extreme kind of fame, so that created a bond”: 10 times the Beatles and the Rolling Stones collaborated together

The Beatles vs. the Rolling Stones? Not so much. Here’s our guide to 10 friendly – and occasionally excellent – collaborations between two legendary bands

Guitar World

Could The Beatles become famous today?

"The number of amazing people who could be spectacularly successful, is really, really high," Sunstein says

Salon

The Beach Boys reflect on ‘rivalry and respect’ for The Beatles

Exclusive: Beach Boys stars Mike Love and Brian Johnston, along with director Frank Marshall, reflect on fame, fortune and family ahead of a new documentary about the legendary California band

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Sir Paul McCartney is Britain's first musician billionaire

The Beatles icon Sir Paul McCartney's net worth is now more than £1billion

Salon

Joan Osborne's Beatles lesson on albums

On "Everything Fab Four," the singer-songwriter discusses the Beatles as makeout music & admiring Sophie B. Hawkins

The Conversation

Let It Be: rerelease of 1970 Beatles film reveals how the history of popular music is written

In one sense, Let It Be director Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s 1970 film documenting The Beatles’ recording sessions of January 1969, and their famous concert on the rooftop of the Apple building, could be viewed as something of a coda to the main event.

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Exploring The Top 10 Iconic American Album Covers

Explore iconic album covers from legendary musicians like The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Nirvana, showcasing visual artistry and symbolism.

Louder

The first and last lyrics sung on record by 20 legendary bands

From The Beatles and Bowie to Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain and, these are the first and last lines sung on record by rock’s biggest bands

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