After an extensive global search, a Höfner bass guitar Paul McCartney bought for £30 in 1961 is finally reunited with the former Beatle. The distinctive violin-shaped bass, reportedly McCartney’s favourite, […]
When music writers and critics decide to round up the best Beatles album, you find a familiar record at the top: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Rolling Stone not […]
If you ask Beatles fans which album is the best, many will go with 1969’s Abbey Road. Certainly, it’s among the most representative records the band released. It featured rockers […]
While their recording career in the U.S. only last a little over six years, The Beatles made it count. From the time they broke through with “I Want to Hold […]
Paul McCartney‘s songs draw influence from numerous things. He has written multiple songs that reference the planet Venus. During an interview, Paul told Taylor Swift how the planet inspired one […]
“They’re only the band The Beatles could have been,” Steve Coogan’s comedy creation Alan Partridge once quipped about Wings. Somehow, this daft line from a sitcom does seem to ironically […]
In 1964, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr starred in their first film, A Hard Day’s Night. They acted in the film and wrote music to go […]
George Harrison’s 1974 tour came at a strange time in his career. Arriving after he publically chastised The Beatles, Harrison was not in the perfect position to propel his solo […]
George Harrison really knew how the play. Whether due to a wealth of natural talent, the pedigree of his Sitar tutor Ravi Shankar or a combination of the two, he […]
Shortly after The Beatles’ emphatic rise to global stardom in the early 1960s, George Harrison met his first love, the model Pattie Boyd, on the set of the band’s film […]