Category : Beatles

Paul McCartney live: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas

The seventh date of Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour took place at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. McCartney’s band was Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vocals, guitar, bas...

Paul McCartney live: SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, California

The sixth date of Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour took place at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA. We’re ready for you Los Angeles! Who’s coming tonight??#PaulMcCartneyGotBack ? pic.twitter.com/rOrMc7wtZM — Paul McCartney (@PaulMc...

Paul McCartney live: Oakland Arena, Oakland, California

The fourth date of Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour took place at the Oakland Arena in Oakland, California, USA. It was the first of two shows at the venue. Hello Oakland! Who’s ready to rock tonight? ? #PaulMcCartneyGotBack pic.twitter.com/gH3gWgLuYI...

Paul McCartney live at Oakland Arena, Oakland, California

Paul McCartney live: Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

The second date of Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour took place at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA. It was the first of two shows on consecutive nights at the venue. The Beatles performed at the Seattle Coliseum, as it was then, on...

Paul McCartney live at Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle

The second date of Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour took place at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA. It was the first of two shows on consecutive nights at the venue. Seattle are you ready to get back??#PaulMcCartneyGotBack ? pic.twi...

Paul McCartney live: Spokane Arena, Washington

Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour began with a concert at the Spokane Arena in Spokane, Washington, USA. It was McCartney’s first performance in Spokane, and his first tour date since July 2019. So glad we got back! #PaulMcCartneyGotBack pic.twitt...

Paul McCartney live at Spokane Arena, Washington

Wrappers delight: The best album cover shoots – in pictures

From the Beatles crossing a zebra to a naked Prince, via Grace Jones attempting the anatomically impossible and Led Zeppelin’s New York tenements, these cover designs became as famous as the music they enclosed Continue reading...

Country diary: The blackbird’s song is no one-hit wonder

Ormeau, South Belfast: Its mellifluous melody has been an inspiration for poets and musicians, but what of its lesser-known, scratchy follow-up? It’s still dark, but the dawn chorus is in full swing. This performance, however – except for a thin desc...

Madonna at the Haçienda to Obama’s inauguration: the tickets we can’t bear to throw away

As QR codes take over, Guardian writers and readers share their prized paper stubs – including the Beatles at Shea Stadium and the Nirvana gig that never wasThe physical ticket – to a gig or a play or a comedy show or a sporting event – is a vanishin...

Attention please! Unheard Paul McCartney recording up for auction

McCartney’s demo version of Attention, destined for Ringo Starr’s 1981 album Stop and Smell the Roses, expected to sell for £10,000A previously unheard recording by Paul McCartney of his song Attention, later recorded by Ringo Starr, is going up for...

Bob, the Beatles and Marilyn too: the Magnum Square Print Sale

In the agency’s 75th anniversary year, the first of three sales takes as its theme ‘precedents’. Photographers searched their archives for relevant images, from Chilean fishermen to Dylan the dad Continue reading...

It’s a hard day’s night trying to get to sleep | Letters

Gabriel Aitman tries to get God on his side, while Frank Newhofer wrestles with a Beatles conundrumAt 97, getting to sleep can be a complicated affair (Letters, 16 February). I greet my first God, Jehovah, with a little prayer, then say “hello” to Al...

The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert review – a towering time capsule

Nonplussed coppers, 60s London panoramas and the fab four very much alive … Peter Jackson’s film is moving and unmissablePeter Jackson recently reignited passionate awe with The Beatles: Get Back: his epic, intimate eight-hour TV re-edit of Michael L...