(CNN) It was on their first ever world tour in 1964 that the Beatles were catapulted from England’s national sweethearts to global superstars. Stories of fans fainting and allegedly wetting
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- JOHN LENNON’S 12-STRING FOR SALE A long-lost 12-string acoustic guitar that John Lennon played on “Help” is going to auction and is expected to set a record price.The guitar was also played by George Harrison...
- George Harrison’s brutal judgment of Guns N’ Roses Guns N’ Roses weren’t ones to take shit from anybody. If there was anyone on the Sunset Strip who complained that they made garbage music or said that Axl Rose...
- 94-Year-Old Author Dr. Angie McCartney Releases Limited Edition Coffee Table Book “There Are Faces I Remember” 94-Year-Old Author Dr. Angie McCartney Releases Limited Edition Coffee Table Book “There Are Faces I Remember” This exquisite LIMITED EDITION boxed book is a visual tribute to the iconic faces...
- The simple reason Ringo Starr is such a special drummer The Beatles are indisputably the biggest band of all time. They spent the 1960s revolutionising production and paved the way for the music industry as we know it today, all...
- The Beatles’ members’ least favourite Beatles album There’s no disputing that The Beatles produced some extraordinary music. In fact, it’s fair to say they crafted historic, world-changing music that permanently reshaped the landscape of rock and roll....
- The 5 Best Guest Appearances on Beatles Songs – American Songwriter The Beatles succeeded for countless reasons, but their chemistry as four instrumentalists had a lot to do with it. For the vast majority of their songs, John Lennon, Paul McCartney,...
- The crucial advice Paul McCartney passed on to Ron Howard If you’re looking for advice on how to survive the entertainment industry, few people could provide words with more wisdom and weight than Paul McCartney. Propelled to global success by...
- How did The Beatles split their money? When a young scamp named Paul McCartney joined John Lennon in his Merseyside skiffle band The Quarrymen in 1957, not even in his wildest dreams could comprehend the level of...
- ‘Beatles Love’ by Cirque du Soleil to close at the Mirage on July 7: Travel Weekly “We hope you have enjoyed the show … We’re sorry but it’s time to go.”Those lyrics from “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Repise)” have a special poignancy in Las...
- John Lennon’s Last Interview – CultureSonar Editor’s Note: Former radio executive Laurie Kaye is the author of Confessions of A Rock ‘N Roll Name-Dropper: My Life Leading Up to Lennon’s Last Interview.She was part of the...
- Ranking the 5 Best Album-Opening Songs on Beatles Albums – American Songwriter The Beatles revolutionized music in more ways than we have space to list here. For one: They transformed (accidentally at first, consciously as time passed) the status of the LP...
- 10 Biggest Takeaways From New Beatles Tell-All Book Peter Brown, 87, worked for the Beatles, introduced Paul McCartney to his wife, Linda Eastman, was best man at John and Yoko’s wedding and was immortalized in John Lennon’s lyric,...
- The Beatles Tease Announcement With Disney + There’s movement in the Beatles camp. Less than six months after the Fab Four dropped what was billed as their last song, “Now And Then,” the legendary British band’s website...
- Beatles documentary Let It Be to be released on Disney+ | Bracknell News Beatles film Let It Be will be relaunched exclusively on Disney+ more than 50 years after its premiere, the streaming service has announced.The documentary, originally released amid the band’s break-up,...
- George Harrison’s elaborate prank on Phil Collins may be the funniest joke in rock history – Upworthy Beatle George Harrison was pigeon-holed as the “Quiet Beatle,” but the youngest member of the Fab Four had an acerbic, dry sense of humor that was as sharp as the...
- 4-Time Grammy® Winner Chuck Ainlay on TeaFlix Tuesday The McCartney ladies welcome 4-Time Grammy winner, producer, engineer Chuck Ainlay live from Nashville, TN. In case you missed the live show, you can watch it here… Producer/Engineer, Chuck Ainlay...
- Sir Paul McCartney ‘romped with two female fans for three days at the peak of The Beatles’ fame’ | Entertainment | mtdemocrat.com Sir Paul McCartney is said to have romped with two female fans for three days at the peak of The Beatles’ fame.The 81-year-old ‘Let It Be’ singer, who is now...
- Paul McCartney and John Lennon Sons Release New Song ‘Primrose Hill’ Last year saw the release of the Beatles’ new song: “Now And Then,” which was promoted as the band’s final single — but there’s a new McCartney/Lennon pairing. Paul and...
- The Beatles song that George Harrison said was “PR for God” When it was announced that there would be four different movies made about each member of The Beatles, a lot of people laughed. They decided it was overkill; why should...
- All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines review – from best man to muckraker | Music books | The Guardian In this ‘director’s cut’ of their 1983 book, which Paul McCartney burned, a former Beatles employee and a music writer appear preoccupied with stirring up scandal around the band’s split...
Whether it’s your own children/grandchildren, nieces/nephews or everywhere in between, no kid’s book collection will be complete without this new book adaptation of a classic John Lennon song. Coming out
Paul McCartney visited the Haight in May 1967 to spin a copy of the still-unreleased Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band for the members of Jefferson Airplane. The Summer of
For the longest time, The Beatles Story started with manager Brian Epstein stumbling upon the group in Liverpool’s Cavern Club in November 1961. For a clean-cut group with arrestingly goofy
Tony Conley is 57 and became a dad for the first time only four years ago. But he’s had another
While many over the years have been anointed, or self-proclaimed, the “Fifth Beatle,” no one has a more legit claim
Those of a certain age can remember exactly where they were 40 years ago today when televisions and radios across
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The year 1965 was an incredible one for The Beatles, who at the time were riding the crest of “Beatlemania”
Aug. 14 (UPI) — On this date in history: In 1784, Grigory Shelikhov, a Russian fur trader, founded the first
One of rock and roll’s most legendary photographers is giving Vancouver a taste of music history. Bob Gruen has photographed
