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Mary McCartney to direct Abbey Road Studios documentary

Mary McCartney is to direct a documentary on Abbey Road Studios, it has been announced. If These Walls Could Sing is to be released to coincide with the studio’s 90th anniversary celebrations, which will begin in November 2021. The documentary...

Rihanna, Nazi hunting and Tiger Woods: the top documentaries to watch in 2021

The new year finds several superstar docs as well as projects digging into both the recent and resonant pastAfter a year that often seemed more fiction than fact, 2021 offers a slate of documentaries that, like many of us, had different plans for 202...

Pierre Cardin obituary

One of the great fashion designers known for his avant-garde style and space-age creationsThe fashion designer Pierre Cardin, who has died aged 98, had a technician’s obsession with the malleable properties of wool cloth and the possibilities of cut....

Peter Jackson releases ‘sneak peek’ at documentary The Beatles: Get Back

Film director Peter Jackson has unveiled a ‘sneak peek’ at his forthcoming documentary The Beatles: Get Back. The documentary is due to open in cinemas on 27 August 2021, having been pushed back from 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Jac...

Paul McCartney on creating “McCartney III” in lockdown, and remembering John Lennon

CBS NEWS December 20, 2020, 10:04 AM Just before the interview began, Paul McCartney was joking around. “Sorry, Seth, I’m composing.& Hmmm, la, la…“ But 50 years after The Beatles, he is still constantly composing, and is...

Album release: McCartney III by Paul McCartney

McCartney III, Paul McCartney’s 18th solo studio album, was released worldwide on 18 December 2020. It was his third completely solo homespun album, following 1970’s McCartney and 1980’s McCartney II. The album was announced on 21 October...

New Music from Ringo Starr!

— As this crazy year comes to a close, Ringo is offering a song of peace, love and friendship – “Here’s To The Nights” available today as a single – LISTEN HERE (with the video coming Friday December 18). Written by Diane Warren, Ringo is...

Paul McCartney: McCartney III review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

(Capitol Records)Returning to the critic-confounding solo home recordings of his McCartney series, this album is – some oddities and filler aside – affectingly personal and hugely enjoyableHistory suggests that critics should consider treading carefu...

Joe Walsh presents VetsAid

Wednesday, December 9, 2020 (Los Angeles, CA.) – Joe Walsh reveals the final artist lineup and details for this Saturday’s VetsAid 2020: Home for the Holidays today, boasting nearly 50 performances and appearances, the multi-hour music festival w...

The Avalanches' teenage obsessions: 'I cried hearing Strawberry Fields Forever'

With the release of their new album this month, the Australian psych-poppers reminisce about BMX bikes, Christian Slater and Morrissey’s potent melancholyMy first guitar Continue reading...

Paul McCartney reveals he uses a teleprompter to remember old Beatles songs

from NME November 25, 2020 “Sometimes I’m on autopilot” Paul McCartney has revealed that he uses a teleprompter at his live shows in case he forgets the lyrics to The Beatles‘ songs. The rock icon, 78, was speaking on a...

Beatles biography One Two Three Four wins Baillie Gifford prize

Craig Brown wins prestigious award for nonfiction with book that judges say ‘has reinvented the art of biography’Craig Brown has won the Baillie Gifford prize, the UK’s top award for nonfiction, for One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, a take on...

Paul McCartney’s spectacular return to form: New solo album “McCartney III” sizzles and soars

by Kenneth Womack from Salon.com With “McCartney III,”& the Cute Beatle& makes a spectacular return to form, produces one of his most compelling albums in decades, and reminds us that at age 78, his musical chops are as exq...

Doctor Who's sonic pioneers to turn internet into giant musical instrument

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop made the famous science fiction theme tune and worked with the Beatles. Now it is preparing to make historyThe Radiophonic Workshop has always broken new sonic ground, from the Doctor Who theme to the Hitchhiker’s Guide t...

Aging Yoko Ono reportedly hands business interests to son Sean Lennon

by Lee Brown New York Post They’ll get by with a little help from her kids. Ailing Yoko Ono has handed many of her business interests to son Sean Lennon in yet another sign that she is slowing down at 87, according to a report. John Lennon’s...