Category : Beatles

Paul McCartney and Wings’ One Hand Clapping to be released on 14 June

Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1974 live recording One Hand Clapping is to be released on 14 June 2024. One Hand Clapping was recorded and filmed live at Abbey Road Studios over five days in August 1974, for a documentary directed by David Litchfiel...

Peter Jackson to release restored version of Beatles’ 1970 documentary Let It Be on Disney+

Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, the film captures the recording sessions of the band’s final albumAfter decades out of circulation, the Beatles’ 1970 documentary Let It Be has been restored by Peter Jackson’s production company.Directed by Michael...

Restored Let It Be film coming to Disney+

The Beatles’ 1970 film Let It Be is coming to Disney+ on 8 May 2024. The film, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg in January 1969, has been commercially unavailable since the 1980s. A documentary about the making of the film and Let It Be album,...

All You Need Is Love: The End of the Beatles by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines review – from best man to muckraker

In this ‘director’s cut’ of their 1983 book, which Paul McCartney burned, a former Beatles employee and a music writer appear preoccupied with stirring up scandal around the band’s splitThe biannual Journal of Beatles Studies was launched by Liverpoo...

A new moment to arise: Beyoncé’s cover of the Beatles’ Blackbird is a timely masterstroke

Penned by Paul McCartney as tribute to the civil rights movement, and featuring Black female country artists, it makes perfect sense for the superstar to feature it on Cowboy CarterWritten by Paul McCartney for the Beatles’ 1968 double album The Beat...

‘I’m done with Baby Shark, thank you’: Tom Kerridge’s honest playlist

The celebrity chef on learning the French national anthem, why he has a soft spot for Simply Red, and what gets his kitchen fired up in the morningThe first song I remember hearingMy dad was a big fan of& the Beatles. I& remember sitting with great b...

Pattie Boyd memorabilia sells for almost £3m at auction

Collection includes letters from time model was involved in love triangle with Eric Clapton and George HarrisonA trove of treasures from the former fashion model Pattie Boyd, including photographs and love letters, has sold for almost £3m at auction...

The Guide #131: Are music biopics the new superhero films?

In this week’s newsletter: Forever searching for box office hits, studios are looking to cash in with the origin stories of bands and struggling musicians• Don’t get the Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up to get the full article hereThis year’s s...

‘An explosion of screaming and hysteria’: US fans on how they were introduced to the Beatles

Four Americans on what it felt like to be swept up in Beatlemania, and reflecting on the band’s impact on their livesWhat Janet DiGangi recalls most vividly about the day the Beatles came to town is eating cake and ice-cream with furious impatience....

Eric Carmen obituary

Lead singer with the Raspberries who went on to have a successful solo career, enjoying a huge 1975 hit with All By MyselfLong before the term “classical crossover” was invented, Eric Carmen, who has died aged 74, showed everybody how to do it with h...

People in the US: we want to hear your memories of Beatlemania

We want to hear your experiences when the Beatles came to America in 1964 February marked the 6oth anniversary of the Beatles arriving in the US, performing first on the Ed Sullivan Show before later touring the country.The band went on to hold all t...

‘Am I a poor lover, am I ugly?’ Eric Clapton letters reveal details of George Harrison love triangle

Auction of items owned by Pattie Boyd, ex-wife of Harrison then Clapton, reveals passionate overtures from rock starDeeply heartfelt and revealing letters from Eric Clapton to Pattie Boyd while she was married to George Harrison are to be sold at auc...

‘I said something wrong’: Paul McCartney reveals origin of Yesterday lyric

Beatles singer says the line harks back to time he embarrassed his mother for ‘talking posh’Paul McCartney has revealed the inspiration behind the lyric “I said something wrong” in the Beatles hit Yesterday.McCartney said the line may have been subco...

Sam Mendes to direct four Beatles biopics

Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes is to direct four Beatles biopics – one about each band member. The 1917 director has announced the films, which have received the blessing of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and the estates of John Lennon and George...

Long-lost bass guitar returned to Paul McCartney after more than 50 years

Violin-shaped Höfner vanished after Beatles split up but has resurfaced in pub in west London after global appealA Höfner bass guitar bought by Paul McCartney in 1961 has been returned to the former Beatle after a global search to find the stolen ins...