PAUL MCCARTNEY SLAMS ITALIAN GOVERNMENT OVER TICKET-REFUND POLICY
Paul McCartney fiercely criticized the Italian live-music industry over its refund policy for his canceled 2020 concerts in a Facebook post. McCartney was scheduled to perform in the Italian cities…
THE BEATLES MADE ON MERSEYSIDE On BBC 4 TV
The Beatles: Made on Merseyside BBC 4 12th June Hour: 9:30pm They defined music and popular culture like no other band ever will. But how did The Beatles make the…
THE GUITAR GEAR BEHIND THE BEATLES´ LET IT BE SESSIONS
The instruments beloved of John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. The footage from the Let It Be sessions leaves no question as to the band’s gear choices during that…
LIVERPOOL MAYOR JOE ANDERSON RESPONDS TO CALL FOR PENNY LANE TO BE RENAMED
The famous south Liverpool road was rumoured to have been named after slave ship owner James Penny Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has responded to a call for Penny Lane to…
JOHN LENNON´S FAVOURITE BOOKS
Here, we take a look through the various volumes of John Lennon’s library. John Lennon once revealed in an interview, a conversation recorded in 1980, that his family in Liverpool…
PAUL MCCARTNEY’S 1989 ALBUM ‘FLOWERS IN THE DIRT’ ONE OF HIS FINEST ALBUMS
The three-year gap between the release of Flowers In The Dirt, in 1989, and its predecessor, 1986’s Press To Play, was, at that point in Paul McCartney’s career, his longest…
GUITARIST – LET IT BEATLES :THE BEATLES GUITAR BY GUITAR – ISSUE JULY 2020
Let it Beatles , 50th Anniversary, Guitar Special. Issue 460 The Beatles Guitar by Guitar
COMING SOON : “FLAMING PIE” DELUXE EDITION
Coming soon.. Deluxe edition of #PaulMcCartney: “Flaming Pie”, 5CD + 2 DVD boxed set , 2CD, 2LP and 3LP Box Set limited edition, with Club Sandwich, The Flame, which is…
RINGO STARR SEND “PEACE, LOVE AND CONTINUOUS SUPPORT” TO BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS
Ringo Star has echoed the sentiment of his Beatles bandmate, Paul McCartney, by sending support to the protesters currently campaigning for racial justice in the wake of George Floyd’s death.…
ABBEY ROAD RECORDING STUDIOS REOPENS AFTER QUARANTINE
Abbey Road Studios, the historic recording studio best known for producing tunes from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and Radiohead, as well as the eponymous Beatles album, has resumed operations following…
ON THIS DAY : PARLOPHONE AUDITION
ON THIS DAY 6 June,1962: Parlophone audition. The Beatles #johnlennon #paulmcCartney #georgeharrison #PeteBest stepped into Abbey Road Studios for the first time and auditioned in Studio Two for George Martin…
PAUL MCCARTNEY REMINISCENCES ON BEATLES REFUSING TO PLAY FOR SEGREGATED AUDIENCE IN 1964
“We all need to work together to overcome racism in any form,” Paul McCartney wrote, noting that “saying nothing is not an option” Fighting against systemic racism is not something…
BEHIND THE SONG : “LET IT BE”
Behind The Song: The Beatles, “Let It Be” Written by Paul McCartney The Beatles’ “Let It Be” evokes a majestic quality, from its serene and straight forward melody to its…
JOHN LOENGARD, LIFE PHOTOGRAPHER AND CHRONICLER, DIES AT 85
He shot compelling portraits of the Beatles, Georgia O’Keeffe and many others and celebrated photography, and Life magazine, in books. When Life magazine sent John Loengard to Miami to photograph…
PATTIE BOYD: MY LIFE THROUGH ALENS IS BEING PUBLISHED MARCH, 2021
The new book “Pattie Boyd, My Life Through a Lens”, is being published March 2, 2021, via Simon and Schuster’s Insight Editions imprint. It was originally scheduled for last April…
THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO
George Martin used to quibble over whether “The Ballad of John and Yoko” was even a Beatles song. “It was hardly a Beatle track,” Martin said in Anthology. “It was…
GEORGE HARRISON : ‘SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND’
At the dawn of the 80s, George Harrison delivered his musical retort to the decadence of the decade with ‘Somewhere In England’ In the 1980s he arrival of the ubiquitous…
RINGO STARR JOINS JUDY COLLINS’ CALL TO SING AMAZING GRACE
Over the past two weeks, 1,000 singers from across the globe, professional and amateur alike, have answered Judy Collins’ call to sing “Amazing Grace” with her as a sign of…
THE BEATLES ARE TECHNICALLY PART OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE
The Beatles showed up in the pages of the Fantastic Four, as one of the most iconic bands in music history crossed over with Marvel Comics. The Fantastic Four have…
WHY PAUL MCCARTNEY SANG THE “LOVE ME DO” LEAD VOCAL INSTEAD OF JOHN LENNON
On the late albums by The Beatles, you could tell who wrote which song by who was singing. If Paul McCartney had the lead vocal, there was a 100% chance…
HOW PAUL MCCARTNEY HELPED JIMMY BUFFETT MAKE HIS NEW ALBUM
After a career that’s spanned 50 years, Jimmy Buffett has a good idea what his albums should sound like. But after a seven-year gap before his new LP, Life on…
THE BEATLES : CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF LET IT BE IN CLASSIC ROCK
Unbelievably, it’s half a century ago this month since The Beatles released their final album, Let It Be. In the new issue of Classic Rock take a look back to…
YOU GAVE THE ANSWER – WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE RECORDING STUDIO STORIES
Did you know that ‘The Lovely Linda’ was recorded to test Paul’s home studio set up? And that much of the Band on the Run album was recorded in Lagos,…
HEY JUDE WAS JOHN LENNON´S FAVOURITE PAUL MCCARTNEY SONG
Together John Lennon and Paul McCartney had one of the most iconic and influential songwriting partnerships in the history of music. But of all Paul’s songs written for The Beatles, …
PAUL MCCARTNEY, JULIE WALTERS AND ED SHEERAN LEAD THE STARS CONTRIBUTING LETTERS TO NHS CHARITY BOOK
Paul McCartney, Dame Julie Walters and Ed Sheeran are just some of the stars who have contributed letters thanking the NHS for a special charity book. The project, titled Dear…
JOHN LENNON’S CHAUFFEUR DIES AGED 86
The chauffeur who drove Beatle John Lennon around in his famous psychedelic Rolls-Royce has died aged 86. Former Welsh Guards soldier Les Anthony had been suffering from Alzheimer’s, said…
PREMIERING ON YOUTUBE TODAY – JOHN LENNON – OH YOKO!
PREMIERING ON YOUTUBE TODAY – OH YOKO! This is a rarely-seen clip of John & Yoko performing an acoustic version of ‘Oh Yoko’ with press agent Derek Taylor at the…
RINGO STARR REVEALS HE OFTEN ASKED FELLOW GEORGE HARRISON FOR ADVICE WHEN MAKING MUSIC
Ringo has claimed that he ‘didn’t have the talent’ to finish recording a song, so he would go to friend, and fellow Beatles member, George Harrison for help. He reflected…
PEACING TOGETHER PROJECT: YOU EVER SAW JOHN LENNON’s SGT.PEPPERS GYPSY CARAVAN?
BEATLES MAGAZINE are glad to be a part of this project, thank you Peacing Together project thank you Samantha Koshare Edouardes – Delight Makers Team www.peacingtogether.org “The Peacing Together Team…
UNRELEASED PAUL MCCARTNEY, RINGO STARR DEMO SELLS FOR $9,900 AT AUCTION
An unreleased demo tape of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr’s only jointly written duet sold for $9,900 at auction in the U.K. on Tuesday. The track Angel in Disguise was…
BOOK COMING: “JOHN LENNON 1980, THE LAST DAYS IN THE LIFE”
John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life. The new title, from Beatles historian Kenneth Womack, arrives October 29, via Omnibus Press. From the book’s announcement: “Lennon’s final pivotal…
53 YEARS SINCE THE BEATLES FILMED TWO GROUNDBREAKING MUSIC VIDEOS
It was 53 years ago…May 20th, 1966, that the four most famous people on the planet strolled into a public park in West London to create two ground-breaking mini films…
THE TRUE STORY BEHIND JOHN LENNON´S MERCEDES-BENZ 600 PULLMAN
John asked for Daimler’s premium luxury motorcar, one of stature, and grace. The Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman was the reply. He called up Mercedes-Benz and asked them for a special order,…
ON THIS DAY: PAUL, GEORGE AND RINGO REUNITED AT ERIC CLAPTON’s WEDDING
It was 41 years ago today (May 19th, 1979) that a select group of party-goers witnessed the closest thing to a live Beatles reunion when Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and…
UNHEARD TRACK “ANGEL IN DISGUISE” IS SET TO RAISE £20k AT AUCTION TODAY
The song called Angel In Disguise is one of only two tracks co-written exclusively by the remaining members of the Fab Four almost 30 years ago The pair recorded the…
THIS IS THE BEATLES ALBUM JOHN LENNON CALLS HIS FAVOURITE
In one of the most iconic interviews of all time, John Lennon once let rip at the Mick Jagger, slagged off Paul McCartney, and, amidst it all, picked his favourite…
