BIZARRE: 35 | Mind Blowing Facts

Sir Ringo Starr loves living in Los Angeles

Sir Ringo Starr has admitted that he loves everything about living in Los Angeles.

BANG Premier · Feb 16, 2025

John Lennon's son Sean Ono Lennon insists it is 'not a burden' to be the son of a Beatles legend

Sean Ono Lennon - whose father was Beatles legend John Lennon - has insisted that it is "not a burden" to have famous parents and explains why he wants to "give back" to the world as tribute to his fathe.

BANG Premier · Feb 15, 2025

“Paul McCartney was an unusually dour person and John Lennon was drunk and inanimate”: Todd Rundgren’s wild tales of The Beatles, New York Dolls, Grand Funk Railroad and more

Todd Rundgren clashed with Lennon, told RIngo Starr how to drum and helped shape the New York Dolls

Louder · Feb 15, 2025

‘I can’t believe we’re here’: Paul McCartney stuns New York with surprise gig at the Bowery

Beatlemania hit the streets of Manhattan as fans sprinted to the box office in the hope of nabbing a ticket to the rare and intimate show, announced just hours before it began

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025

Sir Paul McCartney plays surprise concert in small New York venue

Beatles legend is used to playing sell-out arenas - but chose to play to just hundreds of fans at surprise gig in New York’s Bowery Ballroom

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025

Paul McCartney rocks the Bowery. Inside his surprise NYC concert

Paul McCartney has staged a surprise performance before a small crowd in New York

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2025

"He used to go around carrying a large case with a hammer in it. And if you weren’t getting paid, they’d break somebody’s knees": The heroes and villains of the Black Sabbath journey

Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler reflect on some good, bad and ugly encounters

Metal Hammer · Feb 12, 2025

“It threw me off completely. Here I am in front of 16,000 people, on the stage where Jeff Beck stood, where The Beatles stood, and where Jimi Hendrix stood”: Steve Lukather on wielding Beck’s Strat, jams with George Harrison –and his best solo slip-up

Luke sets the record straight on recent fake interview about modern players, explains how he knew when Michael Jackson liked his playing, and hints at what to expect from his new Music Man signature

Guitar World · Feb 10, 2025

“The Beatles and Ramones played 30 minute sets, and if I could, I would do the same”: Jack White bemoans fans feeling their ticket ‘entitles’ them to a mammoth setlist

“It's not a marvel movie, or a Vegas residency”: The White Stripes icon wants a return to low key rock and punk gigs

MusicRadar · Feb 10, 2025

“She fell in love with Pink Floyd, The Beatles and David Bowie and combined them all in her neoclassical way”: Even though Kate Bush refused to produce Gavin Friday’s Virgin Prunes, he still loves her

Composer, actor and painter explains why her work is high art in the style of influential writer James Joyce

Louder · Feb 10, 2025