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“Lemmy gave me joy, confidence in myself, and energy – he’s an avatar of the original spirit and power of rock and roll”: Statue of Motörhead legend to be unveiled in his hometown this May

Lemmy's bronze tribute was sculpted by Andy Edwards – the artist behind the world-famous Beatles statue in Liverpool

Guitar World

George Harrison's amazing career as a guitarist, during and after the Beatles – only in the new Guitar World

Also starring Dhani Harrison, Dream Theater's John Petrucci, Spiritbox's Mike Stringer, Warren Haynes, Buck Dharma, X's Billy Zoom, Jinjer, Paul Gilbert, Cobra Kai's guitar guys, 60 years of Peavey and more

Guitar World

Elkie Brooks downed 'pints of Guinness and half a bottle of brandy' before Beatles gig

Elkie Brooks has recalled her boozy antics back in the day and needed some dutch courage before performing in front of thousands of Beatles fans in the Swinging Sixties.

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“A meeting was arranged, but the guy took off and drove to Guadalajara”: It was used for one of the greatest guitar solos of all time, then “kidnapped” and driven to Mexico – the Hollywood-like story of one of George Harrison's most famous guitars

Clandestine meetings, dramatic TV pleas, ransom demands, hurried getaway drives across the Mexican border... it sounds like a thriller, but it all revolved around a very special Les Paul

Guitar World

Roberta Flack obituary

Singer with a reserved, intimate style on hits such as The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly With His Song

The Guardian - UK

“I figured people would call me a liar so I didn’t take it. That guitar may be the most valuable guitar in history”: Norman Harris on the one vintage guitar that got away

The owner of Norman’s Rare Guitars made one early career mistake that still haunts him

Guitar World

Daughter Of British IS Victim Reads Last Texts To Him At France Trial

The daughter of murdered British aid worker this week at the Paris trial of two of his presumed Islamic State group jailers recounted her anguish after her father went missing in war-torn Syria in 2013.

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“I sang this song with George Harrison on Saturday Night Live in 1976”: Paul Simon teams up with Sabrina Carpenter for Simon & Garfunkel classic during SNL's 50th anniversary special

The star-studded event also featured Jack White's rendition of Neil Young's Rockin’ in the Free World, Adam Sandler on acoustic, Bonnie Raitt joining forces with Coldplay's Chris Martin, and Paul McCartney serving Beatles classics

Guitar World

‘If I’d written Happy Birthday, I wouldn’t be in comedy’: Josh Widdicombe’s honest playlist

The comedian gets a nostalgic rush from the Smiths and would have the Beatles soundtracking his funeral, but which Welsh indie classic can he no longer bear?

The Guardian - UK

Sir Ringo Starr loves living in Los Angeles

Sir Ringo Starr has admitted that he loves everything about living in Los Angeles.

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John Lennon's son Sean Ono Lennon insists it is 'not a burden' to be the son of a Beatles legend

Sean Ono Lennon - whose father was Beatles legend John Lennon - has insisted that it is "not a burden" to have famous parents and explains why he wants to "give back" to the world as tribute to his fathe.

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“Paul McCartney was an unusually dour person and John Lennon was drunk and inanimate”: Todd Rundgren’s wild tales of The Beatles, New York Dolls, Grand Funk Railroad and more

Todd Rundgren clashed with Lennon, told RIngo Starr how to drum and helped shape the New York Dolls

Louder

“I don’t want to be trapped again, with the same musicians making the same sound”: New John Lennon documentary sheds light on his dark, tragic, final decade

Could Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade be the most honest, revealing and surprising Beatles documentary ever?

MusicRadar

"Ribbons of Rust" traces Beatles' roots

Robert Rodriguez and Jerry Hammack’s book traces The Beatles’ formative years, exploring what shaped their rise

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The Guardian - US

‘Give me a Beatles scream’: inside Paul McCartney’s surprise New York show

A last-minute gig at the Bowery Ballroom saw the star play to a smaller crowd than usual, with stories interspersed among classic Beatles and Wings hits

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Paul McCartney dusts off rarities and relives Beatlemania days at rocking Bowery Ballroom gig

Paul McCartney performed a career-spanning set for just 575 fans at New York City's legendary Bowery Ballroom.

The Independent UK

‘I can’t believe we’re here’: Paul McCartney stuns New York with surprise gig at the Bowery

Beatlemania hit the streets of Manhattan as fans sprinted to the box office in the hope of nabbing a ticket to the rare and intimate show, announced just hours before it began

Evening Standard

Sir Paul McCartney plays surprise concert in small New York venue

Beatles legend is used to playing sell-out arenas - but chose to play to just hundreds of fans at surprise gig in New York’s Bowery Ballroom

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The Independent UK

Paul McCartney rocks the Bowery. Inside his surprise NYC concert

Paul McCartney has staged a surprise performance before a small crowd in New York

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"He used to go around carrying a large case with a hammer in it. And if you weren’t getting paid, they’d break somebody’s knees": The heroes and villains of the Black Sabbath journey

Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler reflect on some good, bad and ugly encounters

Guitar World

“It threw me off completely. Here I am in front of 16,000 people, on the stage where Jeff Beck stood, where The Beatles stood, and where Jimi Hendrix stood”: Steve Lukather on wielding Beck’s Strat, jams with George Harrison –and his best solo slip-up

Luke sets the record straight on recent fake interview about modern players, explains how he knew when Michael Jackson liked his playing, and hints at what to expect from his new Music Man signature

MusicRadar

“The Beatles and Ramones played 30 minute sets, and if I could, I would do the same”: Jack White bemoans fans feeling their ticket ‘entitles’ them to a mammoth setlist

“It's not a marvel movie, or a Vegas residency”: The White Stripes icon wants a return to low key rock and punk gigs

Louder

“She fell in love with Pink Floyd, The Beatles and David Bowie and combined them all in her neoclassical way”: Even though Kate Bush refused to produce Gavin Friday’s Virgin Prunes, he still loves her

Composer, actor and painter explains why her work is high art in the style of influential writer James Joyce

Total Film

Marvel fans are loving this deep-cut musical Easter egg in the Fantastic Four trailer which is a hidden tribute to the comics

We love this Beatles reference (yeah, yeah, yeah) from Marvel's First Family

MusicRadar

“I don't really mind if people mishear lyrics or misunderstand what the story is, I think you have to let go of that when you send it out in the world”: Are all interpretations of songs correct? Kate Bush certainly thinks so

It’s easy to get precious about the true meaning of our creative endeavours, but how much authority do songwriters really have to own the definitive reading of their work?

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