Category : Beatles

Genesis Publications Reveal Hello, Goodbye: The Beatles in Tokyo, 1966

For the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ 1966 Tokyo concerts, Genesis Publications announces a book of rare photos of the trip. Taken by Japanese photographer Shimpei Asai, these pictures have never before been published outside Japan. June 29, 201...

Effortlessly cool: Jean-Marie Périer's 1960s pop stars – in pictures

Périer was at the heart of the pop explosion of the 1960s, capturing homegrown stars such as Jacques Dutronc and Johnny Hallyday – along with the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Miles Davis – for the French magazine Salut les Copains Continue reading.....

From Monty Python to Children of Men: Battersea Power Station in films

As London’s landmark former power station is redeveloped, the memory of its famous towers and desolate post-industrial image will live on in the movies, from the Beatles’ Help! to The Dark Knight Continue reading...

Elvis and Nixon, Reagan and Jacko, Jagger and Blair … when pop stars and politicians collide | Craig Brown

Elvis wanted an FBI badge from Nixon. Jacko fought drink-driving with Reagan. Jagger got lovebombed by Blair. Are these the strangest back-room deals in politics?Relations between pop stars and politicians have always been awkward. Each wants somethi...

The time I strummed Paul McCartney’s bass guitar

Loitering backstage in the hope of an interview, writer Philip Norman dared to talk to Paul McCartney – and ended up accessing the Beatles’ dressing roomOn 4 December 1965, the Beatles appeared at Newcastle-on-Tyne’s City Hall during what would be th...

Paul McCartney embraces virtual reality to recall the Beatles' best recordings

Pure McCartney VR, a joint project with virtual reality app Jaunt, puts viewers in the room with him as he tells the story behind some of his best-known songsWhen we think of the Beatles, we think of black-and-white television footage, 45s playing on...

Peggy Spencer obituary

Teacher, choreographer and popular judge on the BBC’s Come DancingAlthough Peggy Spencer’s life revolved around the ballroom, she never thought of herself as a dancer or choreographer; she was a natural teacher who worked for more than 70 years in se...

Paul McCartney: Beatles’ breakup sent me into depression – video

Speaking at a recording of Mastertapes for Radio 4, Paul McCartney reveals he fell into depression after the Beatles broke up in 1970. McCartney describes taking up heavy drinking and questioning his future in the world of music. The episode of Maste...

Paul McCartney: The Biography by Philip Norman – digested read

John Crace reduces this exhaustive biography of the Beatles legend to a pitch perfect (and smooth-legged) 700 wordsAs a 22-year-old reporter on the Northern Echo in 1965, I was lucky enough to meet the Beatles backstage at a gig in Newcastle. Paul Mc...

David Cameron walks on Beatles’ Abbey Road crossing – video

The prime minister, David Cameron, and former Labour culture secretary Tessa Jowell recreate the iconic cover shot of the Beatles’ Abbey Road album before visiting Abbey Road studios on Friday. Cameron’s visit comes after 282 figures from the creativ...

Why Prince, Bowie, Freddie and co will rock you from beyond the grave

Prince, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury and Elvis Presley have all had a string of hits since their deaths. But how do artists’ estates keep the posthumous profits rolling in? When a major pop star turns up their toes, it is guaranteed...

The Beatles' former press officer Tony Barrow dies

The publicist, who came up with the phrase ‘the Fab Four’, died at home in Morecambe at the age of 80The Beatles’ first press officer, Tony Barrow, the man who came up with the phrase “the Fab Four”, has died at the age of 80.He died on Saturday nigh...

Beatles press officer Tony Barrow dies

Tony Barrow, The Beatles' first press officer and the man who coined the phrase 'The Fab Four', has died at the age of 80. Barrow represented The Beatles between 1962 and 1968. He wrote sleeve notes for the group's early albums and EPs, as well as th...

The 100 best nonfiction books: No 14 – Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom by Nik Cohn (1969)

Nik Cohn’s passionate account of how rock’n’roll changed the world captured the same wild energy as his subject matterPop, the cultural revolution of the late 20th century, has touched art, poetry, fiction, and everything musical, with its hot white...

Family life: A visit to Oban, She Loves You by the Beatles, chocolate splosh

Readers’ favourite photographs, songs and recipesThis photo shows me, aged seven, my mother on the right and my new aunt behind me. The year is 1948, we are in Oban, Scotland, and we have come from Germany. My aunt, my mother’s sister, had married a...