Elvis Presley and The Beatles are two of the world’s best-selling music artists of all time and the five men once hung out together on August 27, 1965, 59 years ago today. The incredible encounter took place at The King’s Los Angeles home on Perugia Way in Bel Air, when the Fab Four arrived around … Read more
Back in August 1974, Paul McCartney and Wings’ record Band on the Run was enjoying its seventh consecutive week at No 1 in the UK album charts. Following the success, the Beatles legend and his group decided to head to Abbey Road Studios to film a video documentary and possible live studio album called One Hand Clapping. Filmed … Read more
This month John Lennon’s estate has re-released 1973’s Mind Games: The Ultimate Collection as a special box set featuring new mixes. Some have been worked on to amplify the late star’s voice, while others emphasise the instruments. Promoting the release is his younger son Sean Lennon, who he had with Yoko Ono. Speaking with The … Read more
The Beatles’ 1968 self-titled album had most of its songs written in the spring of that year when the band were at a Transcendental Meditation course in Rishikesh, India. From May to October, the Fab Four recorded the album at Abbey Road, where arguments broke out over creative differences. Tensions also weren’t helped by the … Read more
Dua Lipa, Coldplay and SZA headline Glastonbury Festival 2024 this weekend. And now a new UK poll of 2000 Brits conducted by Heart Bingo has revealed the nation’s dream performers on the Pyramid Stage, living or dead. The top three were Queen, ABBA and The Beatles, which should come as little surprise. After all, what … Read more
John Lennon’s long-lost Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar, which was used in the recordings of The Beatles’ Help! album and film, was recently discovered in a British attic after 50 years. The musical instrument is considered to be the most important Fab Four guitar to ever come to market and is expected to break the … Read more
Back in 1971, the world’s first Hard Rock Cafe opened in Mayfair London and quickly became one of the hottest places in town for rock stars to hang out and even perform impromptu gigs. Today they have hundreds of venues around the world with amazing music memorabilia hung on the walls, but this is the … Read more
An “incredibly rare” Beatles vinyl record, discovered in a London charity shop, has been sold for over £4,200. Jaime-Marie Madden, the manager of a Cancer Research UK charity shop in Enfield, north London, found the record and initially thought it might be worth a few hundred pounds. The vinyl turned out to be a first … Read more
Macca had his back against the wall when he made this album in Lagos, Nigeria. His drummer Denny Seiwell and guitarist Henry McCullough had quit unexpectedly, leaving just Paul, wife Linda and multi-instrumentalist Denny Laine (ex-Moody Blues) in the recording studio. The McCartneys were also robbed at knifepoint. Out of that chaos, Macca made his … Read more
This weekend, Queen and Adam Lambert kick off their 2024 tour with five dates in Japan. Sir Brian May couldn’t contain his excitement as he shared some fun videos from the airport. One Instagram post was captioned, “A New Adventure begins – I feel grateful !!! Bri” and captured the guitar leaving a message for … Read more
