Category : Beatles

George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass gets deluxe reissue treatment

George Harrison‘s third solo album, All Things Must Pass, is to be reissued in an array of formats including an ‘Uber Deluxe’ box set. The new versions will be released on 6 August 2021. Although billed as a 50th anniversary reissue...

The Beatles in India: ‘With their long hair and jokes, they blew our minds!’

Two new documentaries offer intriguing insights on how the Beatles’ 1967 escape to study transcendental meditation shaped the band and India, baffled the KGB – and saw Ringo survive on a diet of baked beansIn 1968, Paul Saltzman was a lost soul. The...

When Engelbert Humperdinck beat the Beatles | Brief letters

Music | Obituaries and birthdays | Culture wars | Royal yacht | CatsNow that Kenneth Ball’s friend Anders Clausager has offered to write his obit for “Other lives” (Letters, 31 May), I will happily cede the field and turn my attention to Kenneth’s ot...

I Used To Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story review – tears, squeals and boundless devotion

Four generations of superfan discuss their teenage obsession, from the Beatles to One Direction, in a sensitive documentaryUnless you’ve experienced boyband fandom, it can be difficult to square the contrivance of commercial PG pop acts with the over...

McCartney 3,2,1 documentary coming to Hulu in July 2021

A new six-part documentary series featuring Paul McCartney and producer Rick Rubin is coming to Hulu in July 2021. All episodes of McCartney 3,2,1 will be available on the streaming service on Friday 16 July. The series is a series of one-on-one disc...

From Black Widow to unseen Beatles footage: what films to see as cinemas reopen

Grab your popcorn as we pick the best post-lockdown movie offerings – featuring a medieval thriller, a Ben Wheatley chiller and Emma Stone’s youthful CruellaMore events to enjoy: Pop | Art | Classical | Stage Frances McDormand delivers the performanc...

Paul McCartney to be honoured with a set of postage stamps

Eight images from post-Beatles albums and four recording studio shots will adorn Royal Mail stamps on sale later this monthRoyal Mail has honoured Sir Paul McCartney with a set of 12 special stamps. The main collection features images of eight career...

The secretary who turned Liquid Paper into a multimillion-dollar business

Bette Nesmith Graham invented one of the most popular office supplies of the 20th century. Today, she’s largely been forgotten.& By:& Zachary Crockett& |& @zzcrockett Graham with her son Michael in 1957 (via newspaper archives)...

Nigel Havers: ‘At 15, I sang Jumpin’ Jack Flash to my dad in Mick Jagger’s courtroom suit’

The star of A Passage to India and Coronation Street on gigging in Portugal aged 17, discovering theatre in Suffolk and his love of David Lean’s filmsI was first aware of the Beatles when Please Please Me got into the charts when I was 12 or 13. They...

Taylor Swift smashes Beatles record with three UK No 1 albums in nine months

Songwriter’s remake of 2008’s Fearless amid industry dispute gives her the fastest run of successive No 1 albums everTaylor Swift’s re-recorded version of her 2008 album Fearless is the UK’s No 1 album, breaking a record held by the Beatles for 54 ye...

Album release: McCartney III Imagined by Paul McCartney

McCartney III Imagined, a collection of cover versions and remixes of Paul McCartney’s McCartney III, was released on 16 April 2021. The album was announced on 11 March 2021, and was initially released digitally. A physical release followed on 23 Jul...

OutKast Sparks Debate After Co-Signing Claim About The Beatles

Is OutKast better than The Beatles??? Even if you’ve only ever taken one popular music theory class, you’ve heard all about how revolutionary and ground-breaking The Beatles were. The earth-shattering group made up of John Lennon, Geor...

The Beatles’ banned butcher cover: John Lennon ‘My idea was to decapitate Paul McCartney’

THE BEATLES’ banned butcher cover could have had a decapitated Paul McCartney, shared John Lennon. By GEORGE SIMPSONPUBLISHED: 07:00, Fri, Mar 26, 2021 | UPDATED: 07:09, Fri, Mar 26, 2021 Due to the butcher cover’s provocative imagery, Ca...

Paul McCartney announces McCartney III Imagined

Paul McCartney has announced McCartney III Imagined, a new version of his 2020 album McCartney III. McCartney III Imagined will contain re-recordings and remixes by a range of guest stars. The album will be released digitally on 16 April, with CD and...

Where have all the bands gone? Well, he’s in one

The Maroon 5 singer ruffled feathers with comments about the decline of groups, but going it alone is easier and cheaperAdam Levine, frontman of Maroon 5 – and let’s face it, if “name any member of Maroon 5” were a question on the final round of Poin...