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“John, Paul, George, Ringo, the first time they ever performed together in the Cavern Club, this amp was what they used”: Hear the amp said to be John Lennon’s first Vox put through its paces – with Noel Gallagher’s Les Paul

The storied 1962 Vox AC15 is expected to fetch between $127,132 and $254,265 at tomorrow's auction

Guitar World

“He wanted his version of the song to be a stark, heavy solo-piano thing, but they convinced him to turn it into a grand, crashing, theatrical monster-ballad, complete with orchestra”: The story of Nilsson's Without You

How the singer transformed an album track into one of the most abiding love songs of all time

MusicRadar

“This is like Buddy Rich saying Ringo couldn’t drum. Because, coming from Buddy Rich’s sensibility, Ringo can’t drum”: What Paul McCartney said about that beef with Quincy Jones

How the two legends made their peace

MusicRadar

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Midas Man: Brian Epstein biopic captures the complexity that made the Beatles manager so brilliant

A few minutes after I took my seat at an advanced screening of Amazon Prime’s Brian Epstein biopic, Midas Man, I found myself engaged in Beatles chat with the chap next to me. I wasn’t surprised to find a fellow Fab Four fanatic at such an event. But I was…

The Conversation

“I yelled, ‘Paul, George, Ringo and John, you guys were just wonderful!’ He said, ‘Ernie, if it were not for the Isley Brothers, the Beatles would still be in Liverpool’”: Ernie Isley on the time he met Paul McCartney – and they jammed Twist and Shout

The Isley Brothers and The Beatles both found career-making hits in Twist and Shout – and the two groups would prove pivotal for each other's musical trajectories

Guitar World

"I asked George to turn it down a little. He looked at me and said: You don't talk to a Beatle like that": How The Beatles made Abbey Road, told by those who were there

Making it was by no means all love, peace and understanding, but 50 years on, Abbey Road is now considered by many to be the greatest of all the The Beatles’ albums

Louder

"Girls talk to me when I play": Chris Spedding took up the guitar nearly seventy years ago and he's still in demand

Legendary sideman and session guitarist Chris Spedding on a "naughty" 70s, discovering the Sex Pistols and being an honorary Beatle

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Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

John, Paul, George, and Ringo; foreign agents; and warrantless home searches.

Reason

Rock and Roll!

Two wonderful and highly recommended treatments of the early history of rock-and-roll.

Reason

“Anyone who doesn’t talk to their pets is a psychopath!” We asked a bunch of metal stars to tell us about their pets on International Pet Day

Dogs, cats, ponies, goats, ducks – to mark International Pet Day, we asked members of Killswitch Engage, Amon Amarth, Green Lung and more to tell us about the animals they share their lives with

Metal Hammer

The critics hated it, Ringo Starr hated it, but over the years its experimental ripples widened: 11 albums that owe a huge debt to Paul and Linda McCartney's Ram

Ram's influence on second-generation Beatles fans-turned-musicians cannot be underestimated

Louder

Billy Joel explains why he wouldn’t ask Paul McCartney to be in his supergroup, but says he would call Sting, Don Henley and John Mayer

The Piano Man also reveals that he has a lot of time for Ringo Starr and Jimmy Page, and that, during the We Are The World recording, Cyndi Lauper told him that she thought the song sounded “like a Pepsi commercial”

MusicRadar

"When the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, life went from black and white to colour": The Beatles and the five songs that changed American music forever

February 9, 1964: 73 million households tune in as The Beatles make their debut on the Ed Sullivan show. Amongst them are a generation of future musicians

Louder

Lament bass, varispeed and Eric Clapton: A music professor breaks down the key theory, playing and production ingredients of The Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps

We put one of The Beatles' most beloved tunes under the musical microscope

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Creative Bloq

How we made Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song short film

Director Oliver Murray explains how he created the new short documentary telling the story of The Beatles' last song, Now and Then.

The Guardian - UK

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 close

Louder

"George Harrison had set fire to an ashtray and was running around the studio with it above his head": the chaotic creation of The Beatles' wildest song

Rock’s most epic battle was always The Beatles versus the Rolling Stones, yet Helter Skelter was inspired by an imagined square-off with The Who

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Stewart Copeland names Joey Jordison as one of the best drummers he’s ever seen play live, shares his opinion on Ringo Starr

The Police drummer also chooses his most difficult Police song, offers tuning advice and explains why he plays traditional grip

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Zenger

Hotel Owner Reveals How She Gave Up Her Bed For The Beatles As A Teen

Guests love to think they are sleeping in the same beds as John and Ringo

MusicRadar

"Now you have the sound of a band in a room. Four men in their early 20s hitting the shit out of stuff": Giles Martin on the separated and remixed Beatles Red and Blue albums

"You hear the crack of the snare. Ringo suddenly has a kick drum.”

The Guardian - UK

‘Dull and unremarkable’ or ‘just fab’? Readers on the Beatles’ Now and Then

Guardian readers share their very varied responses to the ‘final’ single by the 60s superstars

The Conversation

Is Now and Then really a Beatles song? The fab four always used technology to create new music

Over the past few weeks, Paul McCartney has been touring Australia to play through three hours of his musical legacy – from Beatles and Wings favourites to solo material, and some unexpected deep cuts.

MusicRadar

How AI helped us hear the "final" Beatles song: "It's the closest we'll ever come to having John back in the room"

AI-powered stem separation software was used to lift John Lennon's vocals from a demo tape to create the new version of Now And Then, released today

Evening Standard

Exclusive: film director Peter Jackson tells us how he made The Beatles' last music video

As the band releases Now and Then, their last single, the filmmaker talks us through the process – and how he never actually agreed to do it at all

MusicRadar

Watch: Ringo Starr's drummer Gregg Bissonette breaks down his favourite Beatles drum beats and fills

The All-Starrs drummer and session titan tips his hat to his boss

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