Category : Tout sur les Beatles

‘It beats working’: Paul McCartney reflects on songwriting, John Lennon, and success on eve of Australian tour

A relaxed former Beatle spoke with fans in an intimate Q&A session during soundcheck in AdelaideGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen Paul McCartney first visited Adelaide in June 1964, 350,000 screaming fa...

‘Forgotten and overlooked’: how Jewish designers dressed the Beatles and changed global fashion

A new exhibition aims to highlight a huge but often ignored contribution to style in the Swinging 60sWhen the Beatles’ manager, Brian Epstein, wanted to create a new image for the band in the 1960s, the go-to tailor of the day was Cecil Gee on Shafte...

HG Wells, Hitler and Tasmania’s dark past: the stories behind arrival cards in Australia’s National Archives

Archive material captures arrival in Australia of celebrities including Princess Anne, Fred Astaire and four-year-old Russell Crowe, as well as The War of the Worlds author’s explosive 1938-39 visitGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailYears aft...

Gary Wright, singer of Dream Weaver and Love is Alive, dies aged 80

Frequent collaborator of George Harrison and synthesiser pioneer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementiaGary Wright, the singer of pop hits Dream Weaver and Love is Alive, has died aged 80.His son Dorian confirmed the news to th...

Ringo Starr announces Rewind Forward EP

Ringo Starr has announced the release of a new EP, titled Rewind Forward. The EP will contain four songs and will be released on 13 October 2023. It will be available on compact disc, cassette, and 10″ vinyl. Here’s the press release: RIN...

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr team up with Dolly Parton on Let It Be

Mick Fleetwood and Peter Frampton also joined country star on her cover of the Beatles’ 1970 hitPaul McCartney and Ringo Starr have reunited to team up with Dolly Parton for her cover of Let It Be.The country music star’s piano-led version of the 197...

Top marks for Sgt Pepper | Letter

Reader John Major should have known better when he ripped off the Beatles’ lyrics for a homework assignment The lyrics from pop songs have appeared in the classroom before those of Taylor Swift (Belgian university launches Taylor Swift-inspired liter...

Photo that solves Sgt Pepper McCartney mystery up for auction

Rumours that musician was not present for album photoshoot are proved false, say UK auctioneersA vivid image of the Beatles and a memo from their record company’s PR manager busting a myth that Paul McCartney was not present at the photoshoot for one...

Letters from George Harrison’s mum reveal her horror at Beatles fans

Louise Harrison wrote of her disgust at screaming fans in letters to be sold at annual Liverpool Beatles AuctionIn an inflammatory 1964 essay on the “menace of Beatlism”, the historian and commentator Paul Johnson described the fans who screamed them...

Paul McCartney announces Brazilian tour dates

Paul McCartney has announced five concerts in Brazil, as part of his Got Back Tour. The dates are as follows: 30 November 2023: Mané Garrincha Stadium, Brasília 3 December 2023: Mrv Arena, Belo Horizonte 9 December 2023: Allianz Parque, São Paulo 13...

Paul McCartney announces Australian tour dates

Paul McCartney has announced the resumption of his Got Back Tour, with seven shows in Australia. The dates are as follows: 18 October 2023: Entertainment Centre, Adelaide 21 October 2023: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne 24 October 2023: McDonald Jones Stad...

The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine reviewed – archive, 19 July 1968

19 July 1968: The film looks as if everybody got together, decided which of the band’s songs they were going to use, and wrote it around themThe Yellow Submarine (London Pavilion) is a rather pretentious piece of popular entertainment. Its nominal st...

Carrie Mae Weems: Reflections for Now; Paul McCartney: Photographs 1963-4 review – making history

Barbican Art Gallery; National Portrait Gallery, LondonA momentous 40-year retrospective of the African American artist builds to a damning indictment of racism, exclusion and photography itself. Plus, a joyous ringside seat as the Beatles go stratos...

Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles? review – moving account of a Black female playwright in 60s London

Minerva, ChichesterRakie Ayola excels as Adrienne Kennedy, whose John Lennon play was taken up by Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre while she was sidelined, in this crystal-clear production of her autobiographical taleBy the mid-60s, Adrienne Kenne...

Paul McCartney: Photographs 1963-64 review – watching the world change, almost overnight

National Portrait Gallery, LondonEyes of the Storm, which collects McCartney’s pictures taken as the Beatles’ fame went stratospheric, record a pivotal moment in pop cultureFirst they were ours, for a brief and precious moment. Then, suddenly, they b...