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‘I don’t care if it cost me $1m’: How much does Glastonbury pay artists to perform at the festival?

As the festival returns to Worthy Farm, so too does the curiosity around how much organisers pay for performances on its biggest stages

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne admits he 'couldn't' duet with idol Paul McCartney

Ozzy Osbourne has made no secret of the fact he loves the Beatles - but he would be hesitant about duetting with Paul McCartney.

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“McCartney masterfully works his way around this theoretical dead end”: The lesser-heard theory tricks that lay behind the magic of the Beatles' Yesterday

We take a deep-dive into a much-beloved classic that still sounds like it was recorded only yesterday…

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Barbra Streisand finds 'The Secret of Life' on her new duets album with Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney

For her new duets album “The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2,” Barbra Streisand works with legends Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and James Taylor, current hitmakers Hozier and Sam Smith and relative newcomers like Laufey

The Independent UK

“They are not powerless in the face of human monstrosity”: Greatest Hits Radio to broadcast 10-hour recreation of Live Aid

It’ll be on the 40th anniversary of the epochal gig

MusicRadar

Curtis Stone: ‘My most cringeworthy run-in with a celebrity? Juliette Lewis, on the toilet’

The Australian chef and TV presenter on improvising soup for Paul McCartney, his hatred for yoga pants, and his top tip for cooking the perfect steak

The Guardian - AU

“Rates are coming back up, rents very rarely go down, and suppliers are in straitened circumstances”: Is crowdfunding the answer to ensuring guitar stores’ survival? One family-run business has launched an innovative campaign to keep its stores alive

Guitar stores are struggling. Many of our biggest gear retailers have shut their doors. We hear how the UK’s Hobgoblin Music – where Paul McCartney is a regular – plans to buck the trend

Guitar World

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OPINION - Artists have to face the truth about AI: it will probably improve even their best work

According to legend, Paul McCartney rolled out of bed in 1964, having dreamt up a new melody. Originally convinced he had plagiarised it, he waited a few weeks before laying down some new lyrics and giving his new tune a better title. Scrambled Eggs became Yesterday, one of the biggest…

Evening Standard

Beyonce fights back tears in emotional moment as she pays tribute to Tina Turner during final London show

The superstar made history at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, becoming the first artist to play six shows and the highest-grossing act the venue has ever hosted

Evening Standard

Wanna be Their Man?: The Bootleg Beatles are after a new Paul McCartney

Successful bassist will be their fourth Macca - do you have the “look, the voice, bass guitar and keyboard skills”?

MusicRadar

“Every time I sing it I feel so honored”: Beyoncé wraps up her London residency by thanking Paul McCartney for writing “one of the best songs ever made”

But will we ever get to see the two stars perform it together?

MusicRadar

Mantra of the Cosmos: Sons of Beatles legends record new track

IN FULL

The Independent UK

Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Holly Johnson on Relax beating Queen's Radio Ga Ga to No.1: 'Poor Freddie'

Holly Johnson admits Freddie Mercury was probably left kicking himself after Frankie Goes To Hollywood starved Radio Ga Ga of number one in the UK.

BANG Premier

Beyoncé thanks Paul McCartney for penning 'one of the best songs ever made'

Beyoncé tipped the Stetson to Sir Paul McCartney after performing her cover of Blackbird on her Cowboy Carter tour.

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John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr’s sons team up to release new song

The trio have collaborated on a new song for Zak Starkey’s band

Guitar World

“There were all these killer players. I was shy and kind of sat there, but Etta said, ‘I like that little white kid’”: Brian Ray wowed Etta James at 18, lost-out on Shakira and landed his gig with Paul McCartney –after auditioning at the Super Bowl

Brian Ray's career is like no other. As Paul McCartney's guitarist for over 20 years, he gives us a unique perspective on what it's like to play with a Beatle – and how it all started with the Monster Mash

The Guardian - UK

My unexpected Pride icon: indie breakup songs said all the things I couldn’t say to other boys

From John Lennon’s takedown of Paul McCartney to the Libertines’ Can’t Stand Me Now, songs by straight men about falling out with their friends were strangely romantic to me

We Got This Covered

‘It made my life and my year’: Jeff Goldblum gets utterly starstruck meeting Beatles legend Paul McCartney backstage on Broadway

When Jeff met Paul.

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Wicked star Jeff Goldblum reveals that once celebrity he was 'very starstruck' by

Wicked actor Jeff Goldblum has revealed which A-lister left him "very starstruck" despite his own years of Hollywood stardom.

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Sir Paul McCartney pays tribute to 'shining light' Brian Wilson

Sir Paul McCartney has paid a heartfelt tribute to his late friend Brian Wilson.

Evening Standard

Paul McCartney says ‘musical genius’ Brian Wilson was ‘bright shining light’

The 82-year-old Beatles bass player has previously cited Wilson’s work as an inspiration for his own.

Louder

"It's purely experimental, with zero regard for commercialism": How Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds and reinvented music

Tiring of making frothy pop, the late Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session players, and began recording an all-time classic

Louder

Brian Wilson interview: "I don’t like SMiLE any more. I got so tired of it and did it so many times I've forgotten it"

The late Brian Wilson on carrying the legend of the Beach Boys, Macca’s tears, and how soft drinks messed him up for years

Al Jazeera

Beach Boys visionary leader Brian Wilson dies at age 82

Wilson’s genius for melody and arrangements inspired the songs Good Vibrations and California Girls.

The Independent UK

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys leader and summer's poet laureate, dies at 82

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has died at 82

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