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
Freddie Mercury was one of the biggest rock stars in music history, but even those at the top idolise other performers. In an unearthed interview from the 1980s, the Queen singer who died in 1991 aged 45, was asked: “If there was anyone in history, living or dead, who you could meet and speak with, … Read more
Aside from being one-half of the most successful songwriting partnerships in history with The Beatles’ Paul McCartney, John Lennon was also a poet. In 1964, John Lennon published his nonsense book of poems and short stories with illustrations called In His Own Write. In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Sir Brian May has recited one called … Read more
The Beatles wrote countless incredible songs, but what is Paul McCartney’s favourite of all the tracks he penned? Now in the latest podcast episode of McCartney: A Life in Lyrics, the 81-year-old has shared exactly which one. Macca confessed: “I’m often asked what my favourite song I’ve ever written is, and I don’t ever really … 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
