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- The song that made Paul McCartney call The Beatles “hacks” You might be forgiven for feeling a bit queasy about the sheer volume of praise that The Beatles receive. You may think it is unwarranted that their influence is circumstance...
- John Lennon’s ‘devastating’ last words to be laid bare in new doc John Lennon was shot and killed on December 8, 1980, by Mark David Chapman outside his home at the Dakota in New York City. The legendary musician was struck five...
- The only album John Lennon said he would never do again Individually, The Beatles didn’t waste any time in starting their solo careers at the beginning of the 1970s.Rather than receding into the warmth of creative exile, putting their feet up...
- Beatles Author Aaron Badgley on TeaFlix Tuesday Beatles Author Aaron Badgley on TeaFlix Tuesday Beatles historian Aaron Badgley live from Toronto as hey discuss his new book (with a foreword by Ruth) called Ringo Starr Solo Career...
- The Motown star George Harrison fell “madly in love” with From the first affordable motor car to the unavoidable landscape of Tim Robinson quotes, the world has a lot to thank the city of Detroit for, and Motown is perhaps...
- The Beatles Anthology 2025 Review – ‘Extensive and exhaustive’ “It’s almost impossible to get the definitive story of the Beatles,” says Paul McCartney in The Beatles Anthology. That hasn’t stopped people trying. The craze for filmed fodder about the...
- The Beatles song John Lennon thanked God he didn’t write John Lennon was usually the first person to think that one of The Beatles’ greatest songs was a piece of trash.There was no reason for him to look back fondly...
- George Harrison News George Harrison may have been the quiet Beatle, but he was the most adventurous member of the group. And he was the most underappreciated. In the early days, he was...
- John Lennon and the FBI – Dissent Magazine The concept of the ‘official secret’ is the specific invention of bureaucracy,” Max Weber wrote, “and nothing is so fanatically defended by the bureaucracy.” Democratic politics requires a public informed...
- An open letter to Paul McCartney to stop being a hypocrite Dear Paul McCartney: You said earlier this year that AI taking over the music industry would be akin to the “Wild West”. Isn’t it a little ironic when you’re the...
- The singer Paul McCartney said was like God to The Beatles It’s not unusual for people to see The Beatles as something more than basic musicians. These were artists that were going to take over the world from the minute that...
- Why John Lennon thought he was a “phony” John Lennon’s harshest critics would have to admit that he was, at the very least, a forward thinker. Even if he slipped into tone deafness, or hypocrisy, or just generally...
- The awful song George Harrison didn’t “give a shit” about In the immediate aftermath of The Beatles’ breakup in 1970, it appeared that George Harrison was eclipsing his former band’s principal songwriters in solo acclaim.Harrison had always peppered most albums...
- The one live show that transformed George Harrison’s career When we talk about the break-up of The Beatles, the discourse seems to often centres around John Lennon and Paul McCartney. So much is made over their respective rivalry and...
- The film Ringo Starr regretted being a part of By 1974, the solo careers of The Beatles had began to identify themselves.Paul McCartney, John Lennon, and George Harrison had all proved they were liberated by the dissolution of the...
- Paul McCartney Joins Music Industry Protest Against AI with Silent Track Contribution After a five-year suspension without new music, Paul McCartney has contributed a bonus track to the forthcoming album, Is This What We Want?, due on December 8, 2025. However, there’s...
- George Harrison’s brutal putdowns of five legendary musicians It’s unsurprising that a band as influential as The Beatles would be a melting pot of divergent opinions. While John Lennon was most renowned for his outspoken nature, his bandmates...
- Paul McCartney Reveals He Was Supposed to Be The Beatles Guitarist, but Hired George Harrison Instead: ‘I Couldn’t Do It’ | Ultimate Guitar Paul McCartney revealed that he was initially supposed to be the guitarist of The Beatles, and explained why his “sticky fingers” led to him bringing in George Harrison instead.When it...
- The one Paul McCartney song too good to give to Ringo Starr In the aftermath of The Beatles’ breakup, Paul McCartney didn’t need to have especially fond memories of his old mates. He was being painted as the one that wanted to...
- George Harrison and Bob Dylan pick best Traveling Wilburys LP You’d be forgiven for thinking that every member of the Traveling Wilburys practically shared a brain when they played together. All of them seemed to be adopted brothers of each...
On June 11, 1986, the world was introduced to Abe Froman, Sausage King of Chicago — and the Beatles started a surprising trip back to the Top 40.Both events occurred
The spring and summer months of 1966 was a quite remarkable time.May saw Liverpool crowned as First Division (now Premier League) champions, Everton would win the FA cup 3-2 after
When the biography Many Years From Now was published in 1997, it was met with some incredulity, with critics suggesting it was a work of propaganda overseen by its manoeuvring
On 4 December 1965, the Beatles appeared at Newcastle-on-Tyne’s City Hall during what would be their last ever British tour.
Baby boomers between the ages of 60 and 70 remember the names and deeds of President Kennedy, the Beatles and
Well, we all wondered how the Beatles would fare on Spotify and other streaming services. Now we know the answer.
Paul McCartney‘s announcement on April 10, 1970 made it official: the Beatles had broken up. McCartney issued the statement in
When choosing songs to cover in concert or on record, the Beatles did not select obvious tracks. Sure, they played
It was four against one when “The Greatest” met the soon-to-be greatest rock band of all time, but Muhammad Ali
