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"You could make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock ‘n’ roll": John Lennon's eight-page letter to Eric Clapton asking to start a band with him is headed to auction
After their brief collaboration together in 1969 with the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon had hopes of recruiting Clapton for a "revolutionary" new supergroup, one where wives and girlfriends were "welcome" on the road instead of "frowned upon"
Beatles documentary charting The Fab Four's first visit to the US is headed to Disney+ next month
Produced by Martin Scorsese and directed by David Tedeschi, Beatles '64 explores the band's American debut - and will include never-before-seen footage
John Lennon: legendary musician, less capable toilet user
Music business legend Artie Kornfeld recalls the night that John Lennon peed on him during his Double Fantasy recording sessions
10 things you need to know about May Pang
May Pang famously accompanied John Lennon on his lost weekend: She also got a Christian songwriter to work with Judas Priest
In 1973 John Lennon and Yoko Ono launched an imaginary country, Nutopia, and you can now become a citizen
It's all very relaxing
"I'm excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies": Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes (American Beauty/Skyfall) to direct biopics for each of the four Beatles
The Beatles are to be immortalised in not one, but four separate biopics, to hit cinemas in 2027
If The Beatles had never discovered drugs, says Killing Joke bassist Youth, then their music would have sounded very different – and so would everyone else's
"It's not hard to imagine how grey all our lives would be today if The Beatles had not paved the way for turning music into a kaleidoscope of colour explosions after the bland, sugar-sweet pop of the early sixties"
“An exceptional collectors opportunity": An unfinished novel about John Lennon written by original Beatles bassist Stuart Sutcliffe is being put up for sale, alongside his artwork, poems and early photos of the band
The estate of Stuart Sutcliffe is seeking a buyer for a collection of artwork, photos, poems and essays by the 'fifth Beatle'
"Yes, we all want to bang our heads at Christmas, but we also want to sit down with a cup of tea and a mince pie and have a bit of a chillout": Rob Halford's 8 favourite Christmas songs
Metal God Rob Halford salutes the most wonderful time of the year, as he selects his eight favourite Christmas songs
"I wanted to write something that would take over We Shall Overcome": How John Lennon and Yoko Ono wrote the peace anthem that's still trying to change the world
The best-known anti-war song of the 20th century: Recorded by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and an enthusiastic crowd of students, Hare Krishna devotees and celebrity friends
