Category : Beatles

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Oktyabrsky Concert Hall, Saint Petersburg

Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band performed at the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall (BKZ) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 7 June 2011. It was the third show of the 11th All-Starr Band’s tour of Europe and South America, which lasted for 39 dates betwee...

Expanded editions of John Lennon’s Mind Games to be released

John Lennon’s fourth solo album, 1973’s Mind Games, is to be reissued on 19 July 2024 in a range of formats, with an array of remixed audio, outtakes, and rarities. The physical formats will be a super deluxe and deluxe box sets, and 2xLP and 2...

Let It Be review - restored Beatles doc is fascinating but flawed

Hated on its original release, Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s rereleased 1970 documentary is full of personality but drags in placesUnavailable to the public (unless you count ropey pirated VHS copies) for some 50 years and received on its release in 1970...

Doctor Who: Space Babies and The Devil’s Chord – season one opening recap

With snot monsters, a spaceship powered by nappies and the bad Beatles, the opening double bill of Ncuti Gatwa’s time as the Doctor is full of fun and frolics … if a little forgettable plotwiseAt last we get to see the big bold reimagining we’ve been...

Let It Be review – reissued Beatles film takes long and winding road to eventual acclaim

Reviled by the band when it came out and widely thought of as miserable, the film – restored to its original format – actually offers light and insightful momentsThe most surprising thing about the reissue of Let It Be is that it commences with foota...

Bernard Hill obituary

Versatile actor whose role as Yosser Hughes in the BBC’s 1982 series Boys from the Blackstuff made him a television starThe actor Bernard Hill, who has died aged 79, starred in two of the only three films to have won 11 Oscars. In Titanic (1997), he...

Paul McCartney and Wings’ One Hand Clapping to be released on 14 June

Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1974 live recording One Hand Clapping is to be released on 14 June 2024. One Hand Clapping was recorded and filmed live at Abbey Road Studios over five days in August 1974, for a documentary directed by David Litchfiel...

Peter Jackson to release restored version of Beatles’ 1970 documentary Let It Be on Disney+

Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the film captures the recording sessions of the band’s final albumAfter decades out of circulation, the Beatles’ 1970 documentary Let It Be has been restored by Peter Jackson’s production company.Directed by Michael...

Restored Let It Be film coming to Disney+

The Beatles’ 1970 film Let It Be is coming to Disney+ on 8 May 2024. The film, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in January 1969, has been commercially unavailable since the 1980s. A documentary about the making of the film and Let It Be album,...

All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines review – from best man to muckraker

In this ‘director’s cut’ of their 1983 book, which Paul McCartney burned, a former Beatles employee and a music writer appear preoccupied with stirring up scandal around the band’s splitThe biannual Journal of Beatles Studies was launched by Liverpoo...

A new moment to arise: Beyoncé’s cover of the Beatles’ Blackbird is a timely masterstroke

Penned by Paul McCartney as tribute to the civil rights movement, and featuring Black female country artists, it makes perfect sense for the superstar to feature it on Cowboy CarterWritten by Paul McCartney for the Beatles’ 1968 double album The Beat...

‘I’m done with Baby Shark, thank you’: Tom Kerridge’s honest playlist

The celebrity chef on learning the French national anthem, why he has a soft spot for Simply Red, and what gets his kitchen fired up in the morningThe first song I remember hearing My dad was a big fan of& the Beatles. I& remember sitting with great...

Pattie Boyd memorabilia sells for almost £3m at auction

Collection includes letters from time model was involved in love triangle with Eric Clapton and George HarrisonA trove of treasures from the former fashion model Pattie Boyd, including photographs and love letters, has sold for almost £3m at auction...

The Guide #131: Are music biopics the new superhero films?

In this week’s newsletter: Forever searching for box office hits, studios are looking to cash in with the origin stories of bands and struggling musicians• Don’t get the Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up to get the full article hereThis year’s s...

‘An explosion of screaming and hysteria’: US fans on how they were introduced to the Beatles

Four Americans on what it felt like to be swept up in Beatlemania, and reflecting on the band’s impact on their livesWhat Janet DiGangi recalls most vividly about the day the Beatles came to town is eating cake and ice-cream with furious impatience....