After almost 60 years, John Lennon’s long-lost Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar has been found. The Beatles legend’s instrument, which he used during the recordings of the Help! album and film, was recently discovered in a British attic. Expected to break the world record for the highest-selling Beatles guitar at auction, the piece of rock … Read more
John Lennon’s long-lost Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar, which was used in the recordings of The Beatles’ Help! album and film, was recently discovered in a British attic after 50 years. The musical instrument is considered to be the most important Fab Four guitar to ever come to market and is expected to break the … Read more
Here Comes the Sons. James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon, children of The Beatles members Paul McCartney and John Lennon, have teamed up to release their first single together, called Primrose Hill. Both McCartney and Ono Lennon are musicians themselves. McCartney, 46, is the son of Paul McCartney and his first wife Linda McCartney. Ono … Read more
It was 54 years ago today when Paul McCartney put out a press release saying he was no longer working with The Beatles. Despite this, Macca claimed it was John Lennon who broke up the band in 1970. Speaking previously with BBC Radio 4, the 81-year-old said: “I’m not the person who instigated the split. … Read more
Freddie Mercury was one of the biggest rock stars in music history, but even those at the top idolise other performers. In an unearthed interview from the 1980s, the Queen singer who died in 1991 aged 45, was asked: “If there was anyone in history, living or dead, who you could meet and speak with, … Read more
The Beatles wrote countless incredible songs, but what is Paul McCartney’s favourite of all the tracks he penned? Now in the latest podcast episode of McCartney: A Life in Lyrics, the 81-year-old has shared exactly which one. Macca confessed: “I’m often asked what my favourite song I’ve ever written is, and I don’t ever really … Read more
It’s been almost 44 years since The Beatles star John Lennon was killed at just 40. A couple of years later after processing his grief, Paul McCartney wrote a tribute song to his late friend called Here Today. Reflecting on the track in the podcast McCartney: A Life in Lyrics, the 81-year-old recalled comforting Lennon in … Read more
This week’s podcast episode of A Life in Lyrics features Sir Paul McCartney reflecting on one of his best-loved Beatles tracks, Hey Jude. Macca admitted he likes it when fans mishear his lyrics, saying: “I like my songs to be [for] every man or every woman, because I know people are going to listen to … Read more
This week’s podcast episode of A Life in Lyrics sees Paul McCartney looking back on the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band track, A Day in the Life. The Beatles’ classic 1967 track is attributed to Lennon-McCartney but was mainly written by John Lennon with Macca contributing to the song’s middle section. Reflecting on the … Read more
When will the first Sam Mendes movie on ‘The Beatles’ be released? Cinema lovers in general and the Beatles fans in particular have been asking this question since the day when the Oscar-winning director announced his decision to make four movies, one on each member of the band. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and the … Read more
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