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Julian Lennon’s heartache exposes the plight of the musical nepo baby

COMMENT: The son of John Lennon was upset after late-night hosts declined to invite him onto their shows to plug his latest album. Roisin O’Connor says he should be grateful that music is arguably the only entertainment industry where success demands real talent

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“I’m not part of the inner circle - I never have been”: Julian Lennon says that he's always been "very much on the outside" as far as The Beatles are concerned

“It’s news to me half the time," he says of the band's latest projects

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Julian Lennon reveals why he has 'never' had anything to do with the Beatles

Julian Lennon has "never" had anything to do with the Beatles even though his father was one of the members.

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Julian Lennon says he was ‘heartbroken’ by the reaction to his last album

Musician and photographer said he’d hoped to appear on late-night TV but ‘sadly nobody would have me on’

The Independent UK

Julian Lennon: ‘I’m not part of the Beatles inner circle – I never have been’

The musician and photographer on escaping the shadow of his father, writing a memoir with a difference, and why his days of wallowing are over

The Guardian - UK

Aaron Taylor-Johnson gives up guitar

Aaron Taylor-Johnson has given up playing guitar despite spending months learning the instrument to portray John Lennon in big screen biopic 'Nowhere Boy'.

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“People like The Stones, or later on The Kinks. They all really liked us and thought that we had something special": The Liverbirds on life as Britain’s first female rock band

The Liverbirds on life as Britain's first female rock band

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Richard Perry obituary

Acclaimed American record producer who worked with the Beatles, Carly Simon, Barbra Streisand and Rod Stewart

The Guardian - UK

"John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits

Best of 2024: "I think in the balance I would have had more things to be niggled with him about than he would have with me"

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It’s quiz time: how well do you remember 2024?

Sports, scandals, music, memes… Take our bumper quiz of all the highs and lows of the year that was

The Guardian - UK

"I remember it to this day, you know, exactly where I was when he said it": Paul McCartney's favourite song he's ever written is possibly the only one John Lennon ever complimented him on directly

Best of 2024: "It really gave me a lot of confidence in that song, and in my writing"

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Unreleased Prince documentary said to fuel rumours that Prince’s While My Guitar Gently Weeps guitar solo was a cold dish of revenge served to Rolling Stone

Best of 2024: The magazine had omitted him from its list of the greatest guitarists of all time

MusicRadar

Sean Lennon trades childish insults online after being attacked for defending of Elon Musk

The only child of the Beatles legend and Yoko Ono came under fire after remarking online about the levels of influence that the tech billionaire is wielding on US politics in recent weeks

The Independent UK

“Kurt was sitting in the bathtub with a Walkman on, listening to the song, and when the tape ended, he kissed me and said, 'Oh, finally, now I don't have to be the only songwriter in the band!'”: Dave Grohl's evolution as a songwriter

Best of 2024: “I was in a band with one of the greatest songwriters of our generation, so I didn’t really want to rock the boat”

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The Guardian - UK

Older music has been getting a second life on TikTok, data shows

Despite newer artists having viral moments, app users also enjoyed old school acts including Bronski Beat and Sade

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Sir Paul McCartney reveals his plans for the holiday season

Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney has revealed what he plans to do over Christmas.

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Grammy Academy to present Lifetime Achievement to Prince and The Clash

Despite Prince and Joe Strummer, er both being dead

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Paul McCartney working on new solo album

Sir Paul McCartney has teased a new solo album that could be released in 2025.

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‘It’s like having an affair’: Blackadder, the Beatles, Gavin & Stacey … the chemistry of successful writing duos

The long-awaited return of Ruth Jones and James Corden’s hit BBC sitcom represents the latest in a long line of successful creative duos. An author who writes with her husband examines why partnerships work so well

The Guardian - UK

Paul McCartney review – a dizzying, bittersweet, life-encompassing journey through time

An eras tour of a different kind finds the 82-year-old former Beatle on tremendous form, packing a three-hour show with hits, flashbacks and real emotion

The Guardian - UK

What is the Beatles’ most streamed song? The Saturday quiz

From John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to The History Boys, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Evening Standard

Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood reflect on surprise reunion with Paul McCartney

The performance marked the last in Sir Paul’s Got Back Tour, which began in October.

MusicRadar

“Here to make its first stage appearance in 50 years... is my original bass!”: Stolen in ’72, returned in February, Paul McCartney’s 1961 Höfner 500/1 finally makes it back to the stage for final show in Beatles icon’s tour

McCartney's triumphant finale to the Got Back 2024 Tour also featured fellow Beatle Ringo Starr on drums and a guest spot from Ronnie Wood

International Business Times

Ringo And McCartney Reunite For Trip Down Memory Lane

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was a surprise guest at the final gig of former band-mate Paul McCartney's London tour, with the pair reuniting to play some of the Fab Four's greatest hits.

The Guardian - UK

Paul McCartney reunites with Ringo Starr at London concert

Former Beatles bandmates perform together at O2 Arena in final show of McCartney’s Got Back tour

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