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The Beatles
"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

By Paul Brannigan Published

The Beatles are to be immortalised in not one, but four separate biopics, to hit cinemas in 2027

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Paul & Linda McCartney backstage in 1971
The critics hated it, Ringo Starr hated it, but over the years its experimental ripples widened: 11 albums that owe a huge debt to Paul and Linda McCartney's Ram

By Jo Kendall, Mike Barnes Published

Ram's influence on second-generation Beatles fans-turned-musicians cannot be underestimated

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A psychedelic illustration of The Beatles with (inset) Youth from Killing Joke
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

By Youth Published

"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"

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A composite photograph of Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, Iggy Pop and Chrissie Hynde
12 rock stars over 70 who are still delivering the goods

By Paul Travers Published

Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant and more are proving that age cannot wither them

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Paul McCartney with Höfner bass in 1964
"Paul is incredibly grateful to all those involved": Amateur sleuths have located Paul McCartney's long-lost Höfner bass 50 years after it was stolen

By Fraser Lewry Published

Paul McCartney's 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar has been dubbed "the most important bass in history"

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Paul McCartney & Wings: Band On The Run cover art
"Tentative shavings from things we already own": Why the 50th anniversary edition of Band On The Run isn't essential, even if the original album is

By David Quantick Published

Paul McCartney's mega-selling third post-Beatles album Band On The Run gets thoroughly de-belled and de-whistled

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Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne
“When I first met Paul McCartney, it was like meeting Jesus Christ”: Ozzy Osbourne reveals the celebrities who made him feel star-struck

By Paul Brannigan Published

On the latest Osbournes family podcast, Ozzy reveals that he too can be a star-struck fan boy

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Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones and Robert Plant
10 times bands made masterpieces late in their career

By Joe Daly Published

Some bands run out of juice towards the ends of their career. These bands and artists are the exception

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'Sirvana' at Madison Square Garden
"I finally understood that I was in the middle of a Nirvana reunion": revisiting the night that 'Sirvana' - Sir Paul McCartney and the surviving members of Nirvana - rocked Madison Square Garden for charity

By Paul Brannigan Published

On this day in 2012, a Nirvana reunion of sorts took place in New York City. Courtney Love was not amused

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Harry Shearer showing the horns as Derek Smalls
Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks will appear in the upcoming Spinal Tap movie

By Fraser Lewry Last updated

Director Rob Reiner has confirmed that the long-awaited sequel to This Is Spinal Tap will begin filming in February

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