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Ringo Starr has named his “career-defining” Beatles song, but you’re probably more familiar with the version that he didn't play drums on

The Beatles' first single had a winding road to its release…

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“Look at Kate Bush or Queen: sometimes when you don’t do the norm, that’s what changes the world a little bit” - How Midge Ure finally embraced his prog tendencies

Ultravox’s Vienna and Band Aid might have made his name but Yes, Uriah Heep and ELP figured in his musical education - even if no one noticed

Louder

The Beatles' Ringo Starr names the song that he believes defines his career

Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr nominates the song that he believes is his career-defining moment

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Carrie Mae Weems: Reflections for Now; Paul McCartney: Photographs 1963-4 review – making history

A momentous 40-year retrospective of the African American artist builds to a damning indictment of racism, exclusion and photography itself. Plus, a joyous ringside seat as the Beatles go stratospheric

The Guardian - UK

Harry Randall checks in for Bristol Bears pre-season after England axe

Bristol Bears have got their pre-season ahead of the 2023/24 season underway today

Bristol Post

OPINION - Sir Paul McCartney should carry on using AI to finish John Lennon’s songs

In the weeks after the Grenfell disaster, the radio was full of ballads, big mournful songs which were sequenced in attempts to give distance and pay respects (DJs don’t really cope well with events as disrupting as this).

Evening Standard

"Without Pet Sounds, The Beatles wouldn’t have made Sgt Pepper": Giles Martin on mixing The Beach Boys’ masterpiece in Dolby Atmos

Giles Martin's seasoned ears have brought The Beach Boys' hallowed Pet Sounds into the spatial audio realm with astonishing results. We spoke to Giles to learn more…

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"Pet Sounds" soars to new heights

This Dolby Atmos mix compiled by Giles Martin is the best version yet of this classic pop album

Salon

Chris Ashton reaches 100-try milestone in Leicester’s thrashing of Exeter

Chris Ashton scored a hat-trick to become the first player in Premiership history to reach 100 tries in Leicester’s 62-19 thrashing of Exeter

The Guardian - UK

Chris Ashton becomes first player to score 100 Premiership tries in Tigers rout

The Leicester wing score a hat-trick in his side’s 62-19 mauling of Exeter.

The Independent UK

Abbey Road engineer Ken Scott on recording The Beatles: “I was there when Eric Clapton played the solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, but it was just another day at the office so it didn't mean anything at the time”

On working with Lennon and McCartney: “Paul was exceedingly patient, and would keep on going until it was the way he wanted it, whereas John would prefer to get it over with as quickly as possible”

MusicRadar

‘He has this brilliant ability to inspire’: cult rock eccentric John Otway’s never-ending tour hits Gibraltar

Fans of ‘Rock and Roll’s Biggest Failure’ have taken him from Top of the Pops to Cannes, and keep him touring constantly in his 70s. We head to a fan convention to find out why

The Guardian - UK

George Martin played on more Beatles songs than you think: are these his best piano solos and orchestral arrangements?

David Bennett lists the 27 songs that feature the Fab Four's producer's greatest contributions

MusicRadar

'60s rock muse Pattie Boyd opens up

In the season five premiere of "Everything Fab Four," Boyd talks about having a front-row seat to rock history

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Liverpool Echo

Beatles song left John Lennon 'ashamed'

The Fab Four's producer pushed Lennon to perform the song a second time

Evening Standard

George Ford ‘like another coach’ as England prepare for Ireland showdown, says Freddie Steward

George Ford has shaped England's new attack in training and could now have the chance to control it on the field against Ireland on Saturday.

Bristol Post

Steve Borthwick retains a 30-man England squad for Ireland: George Ford remains, Tigers lock called-up

England face Ireland on Saturday at the Aviva Stadium on the final day of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations

Liverpool Echo

Star branded Beatles 'bloody rubbish' as they wrote first number one hit

The Fab Four were in hot pursuit of a chart topper

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Jeff Beck, iconic British rock guitarist, dies aged 78

Beck, a guitar virtuoso and innovator, died after contracting bacterial meningitis, his family said.

Liverpool Echo

Who was Derek Taylor - former ECHO man who gave the final word on Beatles' split

Derek Taylor was first invited into the fab four's inner circle by Brian Epstein

The Guardian - UK

Live and let fly: the tall tale of Paul McCartney’s 007 theme song is revealed

Newly discovered archive material shows former Beatle was always producers’ choice to sing during credits for Live and Let Die

Irish Mirror

Unseen footage of Spike Milligan's Irish father to feature in new documentary

A children’s play and a script on an over-the-hill comic star are among the unmade scripts in the vast archive accessed by the filmmakers

Salon

The two musicians inside Peter Frampton

The "Frampton Comes Alive!" icon sits down with "Everything Fab Four" to talk the Beatles, David Bowie and more

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Revolver by The Beatles has just been remixed and re-released — but is it scraping the bottom of the barrel?

For a band that broke up more than 50 years ago, The Beatles have released a lot of material in recent times. Revolver is the latest album to get the super deluxe remix treatment — but is it worth it?

The Guardian - UK

The Beatles: Revolver Special Edition (Super Deluxe) review – experimental genius in real time

New details tease out songs’ deeper meanings and reveal their transformational journeys in this expanded, remixed and remastered album

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