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MYSTERIOUS: 6 - What They Never Told You

“A Strat with a P-90 at the bridge and a Jazzmaster pickup at the neck is not going to sound like anything else Fender makes”: Ariel Posen on Jeff Beck, amp strategies and how his thirst for fresh tones inspired one of the most unorthodox Strats ever

Posen's new album, Bannatyne, finds the Canadian flipping the script for rock guitar, exploring in full the creative potential of that quite brilliant signature Strat of his

Guitar World

“Paul McCartney likes to control things under the guise of saying, ‘Play as free as you like.’ Then he’ll start to pick it all apart”: Chris Spedding’s favorite sessions

From handling Jack Bruce’s temper, to Brian Eno’s budget studio and Macca’s post-Beatles era, the UK session veteran picks his most treasured moments

Guitar World

George Harrison’s pre-Beatlemania hideaway in Illinois goes up for sale

The ‘quiet Beatle’ went camping and jammed with locals during his stay

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Sex Education’s Asa Butterfield lost Beatles gig to Gladiator star: ‘There are roles you really, really want’

Sony is making for four films about the Beatles, set for release in 2028

The Independent UK

“I’d become involved in an anti-drug programme in New York. So in my mind I had to write that song. But oh, it was terrible! It was laughed at”: The crazy song that Neil Diamond wishes he hadn’t written

“Up till that point I’d never smoked pot”

MusicRadar

“50 years since you last played that”: Watch the moment Paul McCartney was first reunited with his long-lost Höfner bass – half a century after it was stolen

Stolen in 1972 and off the radar for half a century, it’s now back in McCartney’s grateful hands after a huge restoration job

Guitar World

“It’s not really about a blackbird whose wings are broken, you know”: The story of the Beatles' 1968 acoustic gem and its powerful subtext

At the very heart of the White Album, this tender Beatles masterpiece pulled from the classical music tradition and empathised with the American civil rights movement

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Okay, I've Been Influenced: These Celebrities Are Making Graphic Tees Look Actually Chic

My 'Twilight' Team Edward shirt is ready to sparkle in the sun.

Marie Claire

TV tonight: Paul McCartney reopens a great Beatles mystery

What happened to his disappearing Höfner bass? Plus: Jack Whitehall helms Saturday Night Live UK before it takes a break. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

“It felt like the worst moment of my life. I walked up to the truck, saw the padlock on the ground, and my heart sank”: The moment Wings’ former sound engineer had to tell Paul McCartney his priceless Höfner bass guitar had been stolen

The 500/1 violin bass was a cornerstone of the Beatles’ early successes, but went missing for 50 years after it was stolen in 1972

Guitar World

Four Beatles Biopics in the Works as Hollywood Reveals Ambitious Plan

Sam Mendes will direct four interconnected Beatles biopics starring Paul Mescal and Harris Dickinson. Discover the full cast and the innovative 2028 release strategy for this cinematic event.

International Business Times UK

Billionaire investor plots huge £48bn takeover of Universal Music Group

UMG boasts an extensive catalogue featuring artists from The Beatles and Queen to Adele, Taylor Swift, and Kendrick Lamar

The Independent UK

Keith Altham obituary

Journalist who pioneered the role of rock music PR in the UK and looked after the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Beach Boys

The Guardian - UK

All you need is broccoli: Ringo Starr shares the secret to anti-ageing

Ringo Starr is about to release his 22nd solo album this month and recently opened up about the secret behind his energy levels...

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“Anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic. But because it is sugarcoated, it is accepted”: The song John Lennon called “the best I've ever written” – and Yoko Ono’s uncredited contribution

“A lot of it – the lyric and the concept – came from Yoko”

Evening Standard

From Peru to Abbey Road: Paddington recreates iconic Beatles crossing

The beloved bear caused a stir at the Beatles’ famous zebra crossing as fans gathered to snap photos

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney ‘to play for Apple staff at 50th anniversary concert’ – decades after dispute with company

Musician, 83, was once involved in a decades-long legal dispute with the tech giant

Guitar World

“The phone rang. It was Paul McCartney. That’s when I knew we’d found it”: We meet the man who reunited Paul McCartney with his long-lost Beatles bass

Stolen in 1972, Paul McCartney’s missing Höfner resurfaced in a family’s attic 51 years after it disappeared. But it took some tracking down…

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"We exchanged no words. He eyed me up and down, dipped the silver tube he wore on a chain into a bag of white powder, shoved it up my snout, then walked out. I was up for three days." The day The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde met Motorhead's Lemmy

"Without Lemmy, The Pretenders wouldn’t have happened"

The Independent UK

Slash sale: Guns ‘n’ Roses star’s guitar to fetch up to £300,000 in music auction

Exclusive auction will see rare Slash, Queen, and Beatles memorabilia go up for sale in April

The Guardian - AU

Australian supermarket Easter eggs taste test: ‘The quality of Easter chocolate is simply worse’

Nicholas Jordan goes on the hunt for good Easter eggs. After nibbling through 29 products, he is glad the ovum ordeal is over

MusicRadar

“I was never a huge Beatles fan. But I learned recently that John Lennon said that it’s the one song he wished he would have written”: The disco classic that sold 11 million copies and influenced famous songs by Lennon and ABBA

How the leader of KC And The Sunshine Band created a perfect floor-filler

The Independent UK

Guitar used by Slash of Guns N’ Roses during iconic tour set to fetch up to £300,000 at auction

The instrument is due to go under the hammer at Propstore auction house in London next month

International Business Times UK

Swift, Rodrigo and Mayer's Unexpected Reunion Has Fans Reading Between the Lines

Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo shared a high-profile moment at Paul McCartney's intimate Los Angeles concert on March 28. John Mayer was spotted at the venue but avoided his former partner as she celebrated her recent engagement to Travis Kelce. McCartney also used the star-studded show to announce his 18th…

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“All the guys in the audience were looking at the chords you were playing, and they’d study it… and we kind of liked that. And all the girls weren’t”: Paul McCartney recalls one of things he noticed on the Beatles' first trip to the US in 1964

He played two intimate LA gigs over the weekend

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