Beatles '64: Fab Four's maiden US voyage The Disney+ doc is a visual and aural feast capturing how Beatlemania was the harbinger of pop cultural change Salon · Nov 25, 2024
Beatles ’64 review – Fab Four radiate an inexhaustible, almost supernatural energy Contemporary interviews and amazing archive footage combine in a sublime snapshot of the band’s whirlwind first US visit The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2024
Ringo Starr always knew the Beatles were destined for success: 'We were life four brothers...' Ringo Starr always knew the Beatles were destined for success because they "worked hard" and "looked out" for each other. BANG Premier · Nov 23, 2024
“We’ve always been a rock group, The Beatles”: How the White Album sowed the seeds for music’s entire future By 1968, The Beatles were falling apart – but that didn’t stop them recording their greatest artistic statement, The White Album Louder · Nov 23, 2024
Duke Special among musicians awarded grants to purchase new instruments The songwriter is to use his grant to buy an electro-mechanical predecessor of the synthesiser once used to create the sound of The Beatles. Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2024
“One of the most important guitars in rock and roll history and formative to The Beatles’ sound, has made history”: George Harrison’s Futurama electric sells for a record $1.27 million at auction The 1959 electric Harrison played during the Beatles' early days joins the one-million dollar club and Mary Kaye’s 1956 Strat sells for $222,250 MusicRadar · Nov 21, 2024
Furniture linked to the Beatles which was destined for the dump now in museum The set of chairs and table had been in the dressing room of a venue where the band performed in August 1962. Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2024
Guitar bought by teenage George Harrison for £58 sells for more than £1 million The instrument fetched twice its initial estimate. The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2024
Vic Flick, guitarist on the James Bond theme, dies aged 87 Famed session musician, who also performed with the Beatles, Tom Jones, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, died after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2024
Paul McCartney joined by Jack White and St. Vincent for a raucous rendition of The Beatles’ The End during record-breaking set at Mexico’s Corona Capital Festival While it was White’s first time sharing the stage with the former Beatle, St. Vincent had joined Macca earlier to take up lead guitar duties for a cover of Get Back Guitar World · Nov 19, 2024
Watch the trailer for Beatles 64, the new Martin Scorsese-produced film about The Beatles' arrival in America Beatles 64 will premiere on Disney+ later this month Louder · Nov 18, 2024
Bigger than the Beatles and Rolling Stones: Shampoo on tour in Tokyo, 1995 The Plumstead duo bonded with their Japanese fans over kitsch and fashion The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024
“The most exciting thing was, even though John was no longer on this planet, here he was in the studio with us”: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Jeff Lynne on how The Beatles made Free As A Bird It’s 30 years since McCartney, Starr and George Harrison entered the studio together again to record The Beatles' reunion hit Louder · Nov 16, 2024
Watch The Cure cover The Beatles with James, son of Paul, McCartney on keyboards Robert Smith & co. took on the very chirpy and unCure-like Hello Goodbye for a Paul McCartney tribute album Louder · Nov 16, 2024
MusicRadar · Nov 14, 2024 “They were the first white group that I’d ever heard in my life who said ‘yeah we grew up listening to black music”: Smokey Robinson and others describe huge cultural impact of the Beatles' first visit to America Trailer to the new Scorsese doc is now on Youtube
MusicRadar · Nov 14, 2024 “I have never heard a better ‘rock’ piano”: From The Beatles to Bowie, Queen to Elton John, how the rich, distinctive tone of the Trident Studios house piano graced the grooves of some of the finest songs ever recorded It’s what Macca played on Hey Jude
TechRadar · Nov 11, 2024 Might be time to 'Twist and Shout' – The Beatles' AI-restored song 'Now and Then' lands Grammy nominations The Beatles' song that was restored with AI, "Now and Then," has earned Grammy nominations.
BANG Premier · Nov 10, 2024 Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's company was inspired by The Beatles Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's production company, Artists Equity, was inspired by Sir Peter Jackson's Beatles documentary series.
The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2024 The Beatles, 'BRAT' summer, country and more: All of the 2025 Grammy nomination snubs and surprises It looks like the 2025 Grammy Awards may be a different kind of award show
The Guardian - US · Nov 8, 2024 Grammy awards 2025: list of nominees Beyoncé leads with 11 nominations while Charli xcx, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone follow
Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024 Beyonce dominates female-led Grammy Award nominations - with success for Raye too British stars Charli XCX, Raye and The Beatles also received major nods
The Conversation · Nov 4, 2024 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…
Guitar World · Nov 4, 2024 “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
Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024 'The Beatles were the worst musicians in the world': The best quotes from the life and times of Quincy Jones The legendary music producer knew how to drop a name and – a bombshell – in press interviews
The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024 Quincy Jones’s shocking remarks about The Beatles – and how Paul McCartney responded Producer of artists including Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra infamously said he thought the Fab Four ‘the worst musicians in the world’ when he first met them