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
The favourite song of The Beach Boys legend Brian Wilson was a folk song which infuriated The Stooges frontman Iggy Pop. While The Beach Boys would go on to cover the song which bemused Alice Cooper and left Iggy Pop tearing through the house looking for an exit, Wilson’s favourite song might be quite the … Read more
According to respected scooper The InSnider, Harris Dickinson will play John Lennon. The 27-year-old English BAFTA nominee is best known for The King’s Man, Triangle of Sadness and The Iron Claw. Meanwhile, Paul Mescal will reportedly portray Paul McCartney. The 28-year-old Irish actor rose to fame in the BBC’s Normal People before being Oscar-nominated for … Read more
After almost 60 years, John Lennon’s long-lost Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar has been found. The Beatles legend’s instrument, which he used during the recordings of the Help! album and film, was recently discovered in a British attic. Expected to break the world record for the highest-selling Beatles guitar at auction, the piece of rock … 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
Here Comes the Sons. James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon, children of The Beatles members Paul McCartney and John Lennon, have teamed up to release their first single together, called Primrose Hill. Both McCartney and Ono Lennon are musicians themselves. McCartney, 46, is the son of Paul McCartney and his first wife Linda McCartney. Ono … 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
The Beatles stars John Lennon and Paul McCartney are the world’s most successful songwriting partnership in the history of music. And now their sons Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney have come together to co-write a song called Primrose Hill. The acoustic track, which you can listen to here, reflects on their memories of the … Read more
It was 54 years ago today when Paul McCartney put out a press release saying he was no longer working with The Beatles. Despite this, Macca claimed it was John Lennon who broke up the band in 1970. Speaking previously with BBC Radio 4, the 81-year-old said: “I’m not the person who instigated the split. … Read more
