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“I don’t think LSD had a real big impact on the songwriting or guitar playing… it was just that we saw brighter colors and got high!” Roger McGuinn on The Byrds’ influential guitar style, and why they didn’t follow The Kinks and The Who into distortion

The banjo-inspired Rickenbacker guitar icon recalls how Miles Davis got them signed and weighs up the merits of David Crosby and Clarence White

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China’s ‘nightmare’ youth revolution was lit by its neurotic authoritarian leader, Mao Zedong. What can we learn from it?

In the 1960s and 70s, the youth of the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia rebelled by protesting against the Vietnam War, trying psychedelic drugs, embracing free love and discovering the Beatles. Meanwhile, what their contemporaries in China were getting up to was just as transformative.

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"Somebody said to him, 'Did you have a click track?' He said, 'Yes, we did. Ringo, his name was'": Ringo Starr names his proudest moment in The Beatles

And he still feels the slight of not playing on Love Me Do

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“George Martin came up to me that morning and said, ’Oh, I’ve got a poser for you... I know it’s never been done before, can you do it?“: The story of the greatest thing The Beatles ever recorded

How Sgt. Pepper's epic finale was created

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Joseph Quinn says Beatles role is beyond his ‘wildest dreams’

The 31-year old Londoner, best known for playing Eddie Munson in the sci-fi Netflix series, will be portraying the Beatles’ guitarist.

Evening Standard

Sir Paul McCartney announces new North American leg of Got Back tour

Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney has announced a brand new North American leg of his Got Back tour that will commence in September.

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Paul McCartney hints at Got Back Tour 2025

Sir Paul McCartney has hinted at touring this year.

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Statue unveiled in Liverpool to mark Ringo Starr’s 85th birthday

The Beatles drummer shared his annual birthday message of ‘peace and love’

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Paul McCartney wishes ‘very happy’ 85th birthday to Ringo Starr

The Beatles drummer hosts an annual ‘peace and love’ moment on the day of his birthday to promote global unity.

Evening Standard

“I think it’s dodgy to do something like that, to be someone’s friend, and then buy the rug they’re standing on”: How a shrewd power move from Michael Jackson permanently dented his friendship with Paul McCartney

Once friends and collaborators, Michael Jackson’s seizure of the Beatles’ publishing rights from Paul would distance the music heavyweights

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Sir Ringo Starr provides 'extensive notes' for biopic director Sir Sam Mendes

Sir Ringo Starr has been offering advice to Sir Sam Mendes, as he works on a biopic of the Beatles star.

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Zak Starkey 'doesn't know what's happening' with The Who

Zak Starkey "doesn't know what the f*** is happening" with his position in The Who but has accepted that is just part of the "craziness" of the group.

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'Say hello to Ringo Starr...' Which Gavin and Stacey star was at drummer's historic first Beatles show?

Gavin and Stacey star Alison Steadman has revealed she was in the crowd at the first concert that Sir Ringo Starr ever played with The Beatles.

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Drummer Zak Starkey on whether he’s really been sacked by The Who: ‘I don’t know what the f*** is happening’

INTERVIEW: Known for powering the beats behind Oasis and Johnny Marr, the drumming dynamo and son of Ringo Starr is hitting a new groove. As he tells Mark Beaumont, he’s thriving in cosmic supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos, but there’s a twist: he’s still not entirely sure if he’s in…

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Ozzy Osbourne admits he 'couldn't' duet with idol Paul McCartney

Ozzy Osbourne has made no secret of the fact he loves the Beatles - but he would be hesitant about duetting with Paul McCartney.

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New data reveals The Beatles song that most guitarists, pianists and drummers want to learn to play - but bassists have a different favourite

Muse Group has crunched the numbers

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Three members of the Beatles' sons feature on new Mantra Of The Cosmos tune Rip Off

Three sons born to Beatles feature on a new song by Mantra Of The Cosmos.

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Zak Starkey doesn't have 'loads of money' like other Beatles' children

Sir Ringo Starr's drummer son Zak Starkey has insisted he isn't wealthy like the other children of the Beatles because they inherited money from their parents.

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The Independent UK

13 worst songs by brilliant artists, from The Beatles to Taylor Swift

THE COUNTDOWN: Not even the greatest musicians in the world can put out golden hits all the time. Kevin E G Perry reaches for his earplugs and asks, where did it all go wrong?

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Paul McCartney unwittingly met the girl who’d later inspire the Beatles’ She’s Leaving Home years before writing the song

She’d later crop up in a newspaper story and trigger Paul to pen the Sgt. Pepper classic - but did he remember that he’d already met the girl in question?

Guitar World

“I was broke. I only had $200 and we booked a gig. There was this guitar at a pawn shop that had been there for years...” How George Thorogood stumbled across the Gibson that became his go-to guitar – a week before his first gig with the Destroyers

Thorogood recounts how he originally opted for a now-discontinued hollowbody – with a little inspiration from the Beatles and Keith Richards

The Independent UK

Lord Woodbine: The forgotten sixth Beatle

Lord Woodbine taught the Fab Four the blues– but was written out of pop history. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and James McGrath pay tribute

Louder

Watch Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney covering The Beatles onstage in Liverpool last night

The Macca-Springsteen love-in continued in The Beatles’ hometown last night

Guitar World

“With The Beatles there are two periods: the early albums, where they would recreate what they did live – and the post-’65 overdub era”: Was Paul McCartney singing while he recorded this bass track? There are audible cues in the final mix

Legendary session bassist and member of the Fab Faux Will Lee takes a closer look at Abbey Road classic Oh! Darling, and unpacks Macca's genius approach to reimagining a doo-wop bassline

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“I still remember the fascination of hearing Sgt. Pepper for the first time. It's The Beatles — but they're pretending to be another band? It breaks all the rules”: Gene Simmons salutes the Fab Four

"It was almost music hall stuff," he says

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