BEATLES MAGAZINE

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…

“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: 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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, 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…

  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 – 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 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…

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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

It was September 1967. A few months earlier The Beatles had released their iconic Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album, considered by many to be the greatest of all…

A quick snippet of a previously unheard demo of a track penned by McCartney / Starr and originally intended for inclusion on Ringo’s ‘Time Takes Time’. The cassette will sell…

The Beatles and The Rolling Stones are two of the biggest bands to come out of the UK. And it was Mick Jagger who inducted the Fab Four into the…