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In 1965 Elvis Presley was playing bass guitar, with a little help from Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney: “He was trying to learn bass, so I was like, ‘sit down, let me show you a few things’”

Guitar World

Chas Newby, fill-in bassist who rejected a full-time gig with the Beatles, dies at 81

Chas Newby, an English rock bassist and brief member of the Beatles in the early 1960s, died this week at 81.

Los Angeles Times

Family tribute to 'amazing' dad and The Beatles former bassist Chas Newby

Chas's children said their dad always gave up his time for other people

Liverpool Echo

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The Beatles’ “first left-handed bassist”, Chas Newby, dies aged 81

The bass player and former math teacher was subbed into the Liverpool legend’s early lineup in December 1960 and played one of the most formative shows of the era

Guitar World

Chas Newby, one-time Beatles bassist, dies at 81

The British musician, who performed with the Beatles for several gigs in 1960, went on to become a high school mathematics teacher

The Guardian - US

The Beatles former bassist Chas Newby dies as Cavern Club issue statement

Chas Newby played with the Fab Four for a series of gigs in 1960

Liverpool Echo

The Beatles' former bassist Chas Newby dies aged 81 as tributes paid

Chas Newby- who played with the band in their early days- died on Tuesday morning

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The Beatles' former bassist Chas Newby dies as tributes pour in for The Quarrymen musician

The Beatles' former bass player Chas Newby, who played with the band in their early days, is thought to have died early on Tuesday morning and social media has been flooded with tributes to the musician

Daily Mirror

Deep Purple’s Ian Paice on how he ended up on a Paul McCartney record

Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice wound up recording with the Beatles icon thanks to a little help from some guy called George Harrison

Louder

Showbiz exclusives and a friend to the stars - how Fleet Street's Don Short led the way

A look back on the glittering career of the Mirror reporter who broke the biggest stories, including The Beatles' split

Daily Mirror

How the Beatles sold pop music on film

Steve Matteo's book "Act Naturally: The Beatles on Film" examines the 20th-century Renaissance's undisputed masters

Salon

Full Scouse: Liverpool’s finest musical icons, from The Beatles to Mel C

The so-called City of Pop is gearing up to host Eurovision

Evening Standard

Sting, Nikki Sixx and Paul McCartney to guest on new Dolly Parton album

Rockstar sees McCartney reunite with Ringo Starr for a cover of The Beatles Let It Be, with Mick Fleetwood and Peter Frampton also making up the numbers

Guitar World

"It's all Steve Harris's fault!": Everything you need to know about Germany's Eurovision entry Lord Of The Lost

They've met the King of England, supported Iron Maiden and tried to send butt-plugs to the Pope: meet Germany's 2023 Eurovision contestants Lord Of The Lost

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"I am the Eggman!" Eric Burdon was the character referred to in The Beatles classic I Am The Walrus – and the story behind it is kinda filthy

How John Lennon took an amazing x-rated story – told to him at an orgy – and turned it into part of a psychedelic masterpiece

The Guardian - UK

Will New Zealand join? What links the Beatles to peace in Ukraine? It’s the fiendish Eurovision 2023 quiz!

From Cliff Richard to Kalush Orchestra, find out how much you really know about Europe’s biggest song contest. Will you get douze points?

Birmingham Post

Liverpool’s Royal Albert Dock sold for £10m under asking price

Tenants include Premier Inn, Holiday Inn, The Beatles Story, Gusto, Rosa’s Thai Café and Miller & Carter

The Independent UK

Eurovision: Liverpool’s trendsetting musical icons

From The Beatles’ sharp suits to Atomic Kitten’s Noughties trends, we pay homage to the city’s most fashionable singers and bands. By Prudence Wade.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Liverpool: the right city for Eurovision

Editorial: The home of the Beatles prepares itself for the song contest – an act of musical solidarity with Ukraine

Liverpool Echo

Woman who broke off engagement to Paul McCartney live on TV

The Beatles star was said to have "fell like a ton of bricks" for Jane Asher

Salon

From "All the Young Dudes" to All-Starr

In this episode of "Everything Fab Four," Ian Hunter reveals the Beatles song that hooked him as a fan

Salon

Ted Lasso: "Hey Jude" as a soccer chant

Beard brings up the divorce story of the Beatles’ song, but it has an important place in sports too

Louder

"I don't think I could hum any of your stuff" - what happened when Led Zeppelin visited the BBC

In 1970 The Beatles abdicated and Led Zeppelin took their crown, so Robert Plant and John Bonham visited the BBC to explain the rock revolution

The Guardian - UK

The Lost Album of the Beatles review – deeply researched what-ifs

Daniel Rachel imagines what the next Beatles album might have been like, with painstaking detail and great stories

Daily Mirror

Paul McCartney's home dubbed 'Birthplace of the Beatles' is explored in new BBC show

The family’s post-war council house was where Paul, his songwriting partner John Lennon and bandmates George Harrison and Ringo Starr would create the sound that changed music for ever

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