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The first and last lyrics sung on record by 20 legendary bands
By Dave Everley published
From The Beatles and Bowie to Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain and, these are the first and last lines sung on record by rock’s biggest bands

A new video for The Beatles' poignant classic Let It Be has been ushered onto the internet
By Fraser Lewry published
Is Sir Peter Jackson the new fifth Beatle?

Blue Öyster Cult release previously unseen homage to The Beatles
By Fraser Lewry published
BÖC's acoustic, harmony-laden version of the classic If I Fell is a tribute to The Beatles' film A Hard Days Night

The Beatles' original Let It Be movie has been restored by Peter Jackson
By Fraser Lewry published
"The two projects support and enhance each other: Let It Be is the climax of Get Back, while Get Back provides a vital missing context for Let It Be" - Peter Jackson

"What I wish to ask you is if you still love your husband, or if you have another lover?" Eric Clapton's love letter to seduce Pattie Boyd when she was married to his friend George Harrison is quite something
By Paul Brannigan published
Pattie Boyd, the English model/photographer who was married to Eric Clapton and George Harrison, is auctioning a selection of her personal possessions, including revealing love letters

"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

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

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"

"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"

"When the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, life went from black and white to colour": The Beatles and the five songs that changed American music forever
By Fraser Lewry published
February 9, 1964: 73 million households tune in as The Beatles make their debut on the Ed Sullivan show. Amongst them are a generation of future musicians
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