Category : Tout sur les Beatles

WE SAID HELLO IN 2001, GOODBYE IN 2021

by Pat Matthews11/16/2021 Let me say it's been a labor of love. I have poured my heart and soul into programming Beatles-A-Rama!!! internet radio for twenty plus ye...

Lost psychedelic pop song with George Harrison and Ringo Starr unearthed

Radhe Shaam, written and produced by broadcaster Suresh Joshi, features stunning guest appearances by Beatles in breaks from recording Hey Jude in 1968A lost, never-before-heard psychedelic pop song featuring George Harrison and Ringo Starr has been...

Maureen Cleave, British journalist who championed the Beatles, dies aged 87

After befriending the band, Cleave influenced their lyrics and prompted John Lennon’s infamous comment that they were ‘more popular than Jesus’Maureen Cleave, the British journalist best known for her profiles of the Beatles, has died aged 87 after a...

George Harrison’s Liverpool childhood home to be sold at auction

Terraced house where the Beatles played early rehearsals estimated to fetch up to £200,000George Harrison’s childhood home, where the Beatles played early rehearsals, is to go up for auction this month with an estimated price of between £160,000 and...

Supersize me: the painter giving rock’n’roll singles new dimensions – in pictures

Morgan Howell creates giant 3D paintings of classic seven-inch singles, complete with crinkled sleeves. He talks us through his favourites … Continue reading...

The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney review – a man of his words

From All My Loving to Your Mother Should Know, the former Beatle illuminates a life spent puzzling how to get from the beginning of a song to its endAt the beginning of this two-volume book, Paul McCartney says that while he has no intention of writi...

Joe Exotic: Netflix’s Tiger King sequel is surely flogging a dead horse | Rebecca Nicholson

The first series was perfect on its own; the second seems to be about how much money everyone has madeThere is usually something a little off about a true-crime sequel. It either seems to be an admission of failure, a recognition that the original se...

Ken Dodd, Stockhausen and Psycho: unlocking Paul McCartney’s musical genius

When I was asked to collaborate with the former Beatle on a book, I gained a unique insight into the creative process behind the band’s biggest hitsTowards the end of 2016 I had a phone call from an unfamiliar number. The voice, though, was immediate...

Budget allocates £2m to plan Beatles-inspired attraction in Liverpool

Proposed waterfront development is one of several ‘levelling up’ projects announced for northern EnglandA new Beatles-inspired mega attraction on Liverpool’s waterfront, secretly in its planning stages since 2017, is to get a government cash injectio...

'Johnny'll love that': Ringo Starr wishes Nasa Lucy mission well – video

The Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr, was among those asked to add their messages to a Lucy mission plaque. The spacecraft has set off on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids, mostly around Jupiter's orbit. The mission was named after the 3.2m-year...

Nasa’s Lucy rockets into the sky with diamonds to explore asteroids

Spacecraft with name inspired by a skeleton and the Beatles, and with lab-grown gems, starts 12-year questA Nasa spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky with diamonds on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids.Seven of the mysterious space...

The Beatles and India review – the fab four go looking for a guru

This engaging music doc recounts the time the band enjoyed a spiritual summer of love in Rishikesh, and briefly turned the whole world on to IndiaThe memory of the Beatles’ relationship with India is revived in this engaging documentary, and if there...

Drake: Certified Lover Boy review – drizzness as usual

Has hip-hop’s most self-pitying superstar finally grown up? The answer delivered by another album of toasts, boasts and dubious love songs is clear: you bet he hasn’tOn his last proper album, 2018’s Scorpion, Drake showed signs of maturing. While mus...

Let It Be remix and expanded editions announced

The Beatles’ final album Let It Be is to be reissued on 15 October 2021 in a range of formats, with a number of remixes and previously-unreleased outtakes. The Let It Be album has been remixed by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell in...

McCartney 3, 2, 1 review – the Fab Four as you’ve never heard them before

This bounteous feast for Beatles fans sees Paul McCartney dive into the back catalogue with producer Rick Rubin – who then does something truly amazingLong before their mop-topped world domination, Paul McCartney and George Harrison went hitchhiking....