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Barry Keoghan as John Lennon? Who Sam Mendes should cast in his Beatles movies

Following the news that Mendes will direct four fab films about the Fab Four, our critic picks his fantasy lineup

The Guardian - UK

Director Sam Mendes To Bring The Beatles To The Big Screen

Director Sam Mendes to helm four Beatles biopics with full band cooperation, set for 2027 release by Sony Pictures.

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"George Martin knew Robert Moog, and asked him to come to Abbey Road and show us this Moog thing": Paul McCartney on the synth used on the final Beatles album and how its 'noise' created tension in the band

Did the Moog synth speed up the demise of the Beatles?

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Fab Four: Sam Mendes To Direct Four Beatles Biopic Films

The fab four are back, with each member of the iconic Beatles to be immortalized in their own big screen biopic, all directed by Sam Mendes, Sony Pictures said on Tuesday.

International Business Times

Casting The Beatles for Sam Mendes’ upcoming four-film project on the beloved band

We've got some ideas for casting the upcoming four-film Beatles biopics.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Four-part Beatles biopic announced

The Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Mendes of movies like "American Beauty," "1917" and "Skyfall" will be directing

Salon

"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

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

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Four fab Beatles biopics are on the way: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr will each get a full Sam Mendes movie

Oscar-nominated Bond and American Beauty director aiming to "challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies"

MusicRadar

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

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

Louder

“I’ve always picked up my dad’s guitars, but I wasn’t that serious about it. Then I realized it was natural to me – it was so deep in my soul I didn’t have a choice”: Thurston Moore loved her demos. Now Devon Ross is journeying from actor to guitarist

Inspired by ‘60s pop and ’90s alt-rock alike, the Fender Mustang-toting Irma Vep star – and daughter of Lenny Kravitz guitarist Craig Ross – brought her debut EP to fruition with help from the Sonic Youth icon

Guitar World

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

"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"

Louder

Liam Gallagher John Squire review – their best work since Oasis and the Stone Roses

To the surprise of no one, the duo’s prosaically titled debut sounds like a cross between their former bands – and their fans will love it

The Guardian - UK

“The White Album was the first thing that I connected with as a kid”: Flea picks his top 5 ‘desert island’ discs

The Red Hot Chili Pepper was also asked to name his dream supergroup. Safe to say he picked himself on bass

Guitar World

“Paul wants it to be fixed up, so he can play it… He was excited as a school boy”: Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner violin bass has been found after 50 years

Paul McCartney has been reunited with “the most important bass guitar in history”, which vanished after the Beatles split up – and was unearthed in an English attic

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Paul McCartney reunited with missing Hofner bass after more than 50 years

Former Beatles member says ‘incredibly grateful to all those involved’ after search to find instrument stolen in 1972.

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"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

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

The Guardian - UK

Long-lost bass guitar returned to Paul McCartney after more than 50 years

Violin-shaped Höfner vanished after Beatles split up but has resurfaced in pub in west London after global appeal

MusicRadar

"Incredibly grateful": Paul McCartney has been reunited with his Beatles Höfner bass guitar after over half a century

Update: The Beatle says he is "incredibly grateful" for the return of the 500/1 bass that he used in the band's early years

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The Beatles weren't fond of Muhammad Ali, witnessed initial meeting

Discover the intriguing story of the initial meeting between The Beatles and Muhammad Ali, where tensions rose and egos clashed. Find out why the band coul...

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Beatles on "Ed Sullivan," 60 years later

On this bonus episode of "Everything Fab Four," host Kenneth Womack revisits the fateful show through other artists

International Business Times

10 Best Guitarists Of All Time: The Legends Across Generations

Here are some of the best guitarists that have left an indelible mark on music history with their passion for the instrument.

MusicRadar

Lament bass, varispeed and Eric Clapton: A music professor breaks down the key theory, playing and production ingredients of The Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps

We put one of The Beatles' most beloved tunes under the musical microscope

Louder

"It's like if the solo from The Beatles' Taxman wolfed down a bottle of Adderall" Les Savy Fav share Legendary Tippers, their first new material in 14 years

New York City art punks Les Savy Fav return with their first new music in 14 years, a frisky bop titled Legendary Tippers

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