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The Beatles transcend time, geography, demographics and personal taste

As the anniversary of John Lennon’s murder approaches, we are reminded again that the band’s magic never disappearsMy friend Michael is a musicologist whose speciality is Johann Sebastian Bach. An author and lecturer, he speaks to erudite groups in m...

The Beatles transcend time, geography, demographics and personal taste | Margaret Sullivan

Paul McCartney pays tribute to Denny Laine

Paul McCartney has paid tribute to his former Wings bandmate Denny Laine, who has died at the age of 79. Denny was a great talent with a fine sense of humour and was always ready to help other people. He will be missed by all his fans and remembered...

Yoko Ono and Sean Ono Lennon donate Give Peace A Chance acetates to charities

Yoko Ono and Sean Ono Lennon have donated 50 limited edition acetate discs to charities. The 12″ acetates contain both songs from Plastic Ono Band’s debut single, ‘Give Peace A Chance’ and ‘Remember Love’. The disc...

Paul McCartney live: Arena MRV, Belo Horizonte

Paul McCartney performed at the Arena MRV in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on 3 December 2023, as part of the Got Back Tour. It was the first of two consecutive nights at the venue. McCartney’s band was Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (vocals, keyboar...

Paul McCartney announces Band On The Run 50th anniversary editions

Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1973 album Band On The Run is to be reissued in expanded form on 2 February 2024. Subtitled the 50th Anniversary Edition, the album will be issued in several formats, including three physical editions, each of which in...

Renowned Scottish playwright and artist John Byrne dies aged 83

Byrne described as ‘one of the most inventive and versatile of all Scotland’s modern artists’The renowned artist and playwright John Byrne, whose parallel careers spanned the acclaimed BBC television series Tutti Frutti, the Slab Boys theatre trilogy...

Paul McCartney live: Estádio Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Paul McCartney performed at the Estádio Mané Garrincha in Brasília, Brazil, on 30 November 2023, as part of the Got Back Tour. McCartney’s band was Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vo...

Paul McCartney live: Clube do Choro, Brasília

Paul McCartney performed at the Clube do Choro in Brasília, Brazil, on 28 November 2023, as part of the Got Back Tour. It was a special performance seen by just 300 fans. The show was announced on social media earlier that morning, with the option to...

Penny Lane street sign back in Liverpool 47 years after drunken theft

Former student of city who returned marker for road made famous by the Beatles says thieves were ‘worse for wear’A Penny Lane street sign stolen by drunk students has been returned to Liverpool, 47 years after the theft.The sign of the Mossley Hill s...

Living the Beatles Legend by Kenneth Womack review – a long and winding roadie’s tale

He saved them from a car crash, snuck them drugs and inspired Let It Be… The detailed story of the Fab Four’s driver, bodyguard and confidant Mal Evans captures Beatlemania up closeIn his book One Two Three Four, Craig Brown detailed the ways that th...

‘Fela Kuti was always in his pants’: legendary music photographer Val Wilmer’s greatest shoots

She ate fried chicken with BB King, gave Jimi Hendrix a lift home from a gig and accidentally worked for MI6. The pioneer recalls her favourite subjects – and the ones like Miles Davis she’d rather forgetShe shot the Beatles in 1963 and found them “v...

Directors are turning to streaming to fulfil their epic visions – and avoid ‘bum ache’

Ridley Scott has reluctantly trimmed Napoleon, while Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is taking flak for its long running time. But streaming services can provide a safe havenThe bladder police have come for Ridley Scott. The veteran film-maker...

Paul McCartney live: Foro Sol, Mexico City

Paul McCartney performed at the Foro Sol stadium in Mexico City, Mexico, on 14 November 2023, as part of the Got Back Tour. It was the first of two nights at the venue, which were McCartney’s only Mexican tour dates on the tour. McCartney’...

Musical mysteries: the unlikely album cover stars who became modern pop enigmas

As the old man on Led Zeppelin’s fourth album artwork is identified, we take a look at albums that are as famous for the faces on their sleeves as their musicWhen I was young, I was entranced by the mysterious figures who appeared on the sleeves of v...