by Super Admin - 6 months ago
A relaxed former Beatle spoke with fans in an intimate Q&A session during soundcheck in AdelaideGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen Paul McCartney first visited Adelaide in June 1964, 350,000 screaming fa...
by Super Admin - 6 months ago
A new exhibition aims to highlight a huge but often ignored contribution to style in the Swinging 60sWhen the Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, wanted to create a new image for the band in the 1960s, the go-to tailor of the day was Cecil Gee on Shafte...
by Super Admin - 7 months ago
Archive material captures arrival in Australia of celebrities including Princess Anne, Fred Astaire and four-year-old Russell Crowe, as well as The War of the Worlds author’s explosive 1938-39 visitGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYears aft...
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Frequent collaborator of George Harrison and synthesiser pioneer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementiaGary Wright, the singer of pop hits Dream Weaver and Love is Alive, has died aged 80.His son Dorian confirmed the news to th...
by Super Admin - 7 months ago
Ringo Starr has announced the release of a new EP, titled Rewind Forward. The EP will contain four songs and will be released on 13 October 2023. It will be available on compact disc, cassette, and 10″ vinyl. Here’s the press release: RIN...
by Super Admin - 8 months ago
Mick Fleetwood and Peter Frampton also joined country star on her cover of the Beatles’ 1970 hitPaul McCartney and Ringo Starr have reunited to team up with Dolly Parton for her cover of Let It Be.The country music star’s piano-led version of the 197...
by Super Admin - 8 months ago
Reader John Major should have known better when he ripped off the Beatles’ lyrics for a homework assignment The lyrics from pop songs have appeared in the classroom before those of Taylor Swift (Belgian university launches Taylor Swift-inspired liter...
by Super Admin - 8 months ago
Rumours that musician was not present for album photoshoot are proved false, say UK auctioneersA vivid image of the Beatles and a memo from their record company’s PR manager busting a myth that Paul McCartney was not present at the photoshoot for one...
by Super Admin - 8 months ago
Louise Harrison wrote of her disgust at screaming fans in letters to be sold at annual Liverpool Beatles AuctionIn an inflammatory 1964 essay on the “menace of Beatlism”, the historian and commentator Paul Johnson described the fans who screamed them...
by Super Admin - 8 months ago
Paul McCartney has announced five concerts in Brazil, as part of his Got Back Tour. The dates are as follows: 30 November 2023: Mané Garrincha Stadium, Brasília 3 December 2023: Mrv Arena, Belo Horizonte 9 December 2023: Allianz Parque, São Paulo 13...
by Super Admin - 8 months ago
Paul McCartney has announced the resumption of his Got Back Tour, with seven shows in Australia. The dates are as follows: 18 October 2023: Entertainment Centre, Adelaide 21 October 2023: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne 24 October 2023: McDonald Jones Stad...
by Super Admin - 9 months ago
19 July 1968: The film looks as if everybody got together, decided which of the band’s songs they were going to use, and wrote it around themThe Yellow Submarine (London Pavilion) is a rather pretentious piece of popular entertainment. Its nominal st...
by Super Admin - 9 months ago
Barbican Art Gallery; National Portrait Gallery, LondonA momentous 40-year retrospective of the African American artist builds to a damning indictment of racism, exclusion and photography itself. Plus, a joyous ringside seat as the Beatles go stratos...
by Super Admin - 9 months ago
Minerva, ChichesterRakie Ayola excels as Adrienne Kennedy, whose John Lennon play was taken up by Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre while she was sidelined, in this crystal-clear production of her autobiographical taleBy the mid-60s, Adrienne Kenne...
by Super Admin - 9 months ago
National Portrait Gallery, LondonEyes of the Storm, which collects McCartney’s pictures taken as the Beatles’ fame went stratospheric, record a pivotal moment in pop cultureFirst they were ours, for a brief and precious moment. Then, suddenly, they b...