Earlier this year Julien’s Auctions announced that John Lennon’s long-lost Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar, which was used in the recordings of The Beatles’ Help! album and film, had been discovered in a British attic after 50 years. Darren Julien, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Julien’s Auctions shared at the time: “The discovery of John Lennon’s … Read more
Elvis Presley may have been a shy momma’s boy, but he also captured the rebellious spirit of the American youth in the late 1950s. His gyrating hips were cut by the cameras of The Ed Sullivan show as screaming girls lusted after the new sex symbol. In interviews, The King would bat away claims his Rock … Read more
It’s been almost 44 years since The Beatles star John Lennon was killed at just 40. A couple of years later after processing his grief, Paul McCartney wrote a tribute song to his late friend called Here Today. Reflecting on the track in the podcast McCartney: A Life in Lyrics, the 81-year-old recalled comforting Lennon in … Read more
This week’s podcast episode of A Life in Lyrics features Sir Paul McCartney reflecting on one of his best-loved Beatles tracks, Hey Jude. Macca admitted he likes it when fans mishear his lyrics, saying: “I like my songs to be [for] every man or every woman, because I know people are going to listen to … Read more
This week’s podcast episode of A Life in Lyrics sees Paul McCartney looking back on the Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band track, A Day in the Life. The Beatles’ classic 1967 track is attributed to Lennon-McCartney but was mainly written by John Lennon with Macca contributing to the song’s middle section. Reflecting on the … Read more
Last month, four Beatles movie biopics for each member of the Fab Four were announced. Sir Sam Mendes will direct all of the films which will overlap with each other, before they all hit cinemas across 2027. Since the unprecedented news, fans have been speculating over just who will be cast as John Lennon, Paul … Read more
Three years ago, Sean Ono Lennon was asked to develop a music video for the 50th anniversary of “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” a 1971 protest song by his parents, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, which has become a rare type of perennial — a warmhearted Christmas tune that doubles as an anti-war challenge, telling … Read more
For the first time ever, Apple Corps Ltd and The Beatles have granted full life story and music rights for scripted movies about the Fab Four, the most successful musicians in history. James Bond director Sir Sam Mendes will helm four separate biopics of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, one from … Read more
Following Sir Paul McCartney’s personal photos exhibition with unseen stills of the Fab Four, Sir Ringo Starr has followed suit and released some of his own. This week on social media, the drummer posted snaps he took during The Beatles’ heyday. These include one of John Lennon and Paul McCartney recording at Abbey Road Studios, George … Read more
Three music icons, Sir Paul McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen, attend a star-studded awards bash but it’s a creation linked to Paul’s former band that is likely to win a precious Grammy tonight. An eye-popping animation for The Beatles song I’m Only Sleeping may scoop a gong, although neither Sir Paul or drummer … Read more