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George Harrison’s remarkable love affair with Monty Python

    George Harrison’s remarkable love affair with Monty Python

Pythonesque (adj) – denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal. The relationship between rock and roll and cinema in the 1960s and ‘70s was symbiotic.

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Pete Townshend reckons The Beatles copied The Who

    Pete Townshend reckons The Beatles copied The Who

Today in hot takes, Pete Townshend has accused The Beatles of copying The Who on their iconic 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.  During a conversation with Rolling

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Taylor Swift Breaks The Beatles’ 54-year-old Chart Record

    Taylor Swift Breaks The Beatles’ 54-year-old Chart Record

With the re-release of her much-anticipated album ‘Fearless’, American popstar and singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, on April 17 (local time) topped the UK’s Official Albums Chart, beating a long-held record by

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Toby Jugs: The four Beatles mugs that sold for £6,000 | This is Money

    Toby Jugs: The four Beatles mugs that sold for £6,000 | This is Money

There are few things as quintessentially British as Toby Jugs. Since the 1700s, drinkers have collected them to celebrate the pleasure of sipping ales in pubs and homes across the country.

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Linda McCartney Dies at 56 – Rolling Stone

    Linda McCartney Dies at 56 – Rolling Stone

  Less than three years after it was announced that she was being treated for breast cancer, Linda McCartney, noted

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Sir Paul McCartney drops all-star McCartney III Imagined LP | Entertainment | grandrapidsmn.com

    Sir Paul McCartney drops all-star McCartney III Imagined LP | Entertainment | grandrapidsmn.com

Sir Paul McCartney has released his star-studded ‘McCartney III Imagined’ collection, featuring the likes of Idris Elba and Damon Albarn.

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New Beatles Musical ‘She Loves You’ In the Works

    New Beatles Musical ‘She Loves You’ In the Works

Come together! A new musical using 40+ songs by The Beatles is planning a 2022 world premiere. The musical, She Loves

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Meeting The Beatles in India – The Friday Revue – ABC Radio

    Meeting The Beatles in India – The Friday Revue – ABC Radio

Paul Saltzman is a Canadian film and television producer and director. In 1968, he travelled to India, studied meditation at the

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Hirshhorn Museum is taking virtual wishes this year for Yoko Ono’s ‘Wish Tree’ – The Washington Post

    Hirshhorn Museum is taking virtual wishes this year for Yoko Ono’s ‘Wish Tree’ – The Washington Post

Each spring at the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden, white notecards bearing wishes dangle from the branches of Yoko Ono’s “Wish Tree

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How a Weird Cult Therapy Inspired John Lennon to Make His Greatest Album | GQ

    How a Weird Cult Therapy Inspired John Lennon to Make His Greatest Album | GQ

In the spring of 1970, the publishing company G.P. Putnam’s Sons was trying to drum up interest in a book that promoted a radical new form of therapy. Entitled The

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