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A Complete Guide to Every Song Written By Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello During Their Partnership
By Jordan Runtagh, People
29 March, 2017
Though his music can be heard in all corners of the globe, Paul McCartney’s songwriting process is impressively homegrown.
Also: Denny Laine talks Wings, Moody Blues before Blue Rooster show ; Denny Laine Talks Moody Blues, Wings, and Never Retiring ; Paul McCartney’s Lawyer Warns That Delay in Beatles Copyright Case Would ‘Prejudice’ Musician ; Paul McCartney Claims Sony Is Devaluing His Beatles Rights ; Hello, Goodbye note from Sir Paul McCartney cheers Beatles fan on retirement ; Paul McCartney Recalls Playing Drums at Early Beatles Gigs—and That Time They Backed a Stripper |
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The Story Behind the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Album Cover
By Olivia B. Waxman, Time
30 March, 2017
It was 50 years ago today that the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band photo shoot took place.
Also: Beatles' Iconic 'Sgt. Pepper' Art: 10 Things You Didn't Know ; Sgt Pepper: 50 facts about the iconic Beatles album half a century on ; 45 Years Ago: George Harrison Helps Disband the Beatles Fan Club |
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Tributes paid after John Lennon's best friend Pete Shotton passes away
By Paddy Shennan, Liverpool Echo
24 March, 2017
Pete Shotton helped write I Am The Walrus - and launched the Fatty Arbuckle's chain of restaurants
Also: Early John Lennon Bandmate & Childhood Friend Pete Shotton Dies at 75 |
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Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band Plot Fall U.S. Tour
By Ryan Reed, RollingStone.com
27 March, 2017
Ringo Starr announced a fall 2017 U.S. tour with his long-running All-Starr Band. |
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Behind the Songs: Paul McCartney Shares Intimate Memories of Recording Flowers in the Dirt
By Jordan Runtagh, People.com
22 March, 2017
By the late-1980s, Paul McCartney may have been the only artist on the planet uninterested in sounding like the Beatles.
Also: AP Interview: McCartney, Costello & the album that never was ; Sir Paul McCartney on Lennon, Kanye and his own musical legacy
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Macca’s banjo, Mellotron and a Monkee: the story of George Harrison’s Wonderwall Music
By Graeme Thomson, The Guardian
23 March, 2017
Almost 50 years ago, the Beatle stepped aside from the planet’s biggest band to create the soundtrack to Joe Massot’s movie Wonderwall.
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John Lennon's doodles for the cover of his 1974 album Walls and Bridges go on sale for huge sum
By Martin Bagot, Mirror.co.uk
16 March, 2017
The black felt tip pen sketchings are believed to have been the musician's initial ideas intertwined with the names of four people in his life and mundane notes
Also: John Lennon and his holidays in the Scottish Highlands |
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When Paul McCartney teamed up with Elvis Costello, the Beatle got back on track
By Geoff Edgers, The Washington Post
16 March, 2017
The 1980s had not been going well for Paul McCartney.
Also: Paul McCartney on Chuck Berry: 'He Was a Magician' ; Paul McCartney releases unheard demo of This One and unseen exclusive Flowers in the Dirt pictures ; Unseen pictures of Paul McCartney and his Eighties touring band in rehearsals - exclusive |
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Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band TV Special Announced
antiMUSIC.com
10 March, 2017
The concert special Ringo Starr and His 2016 All Starr Band is scheduled to premiere on Sunday, March 26 at 10pE/7pP and the cable and satellite channel AXS TV. The network sent over these details:
Also: Music superstars saddened by death of 'giant for the ages' Chuck Berry |
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Sony Says Paul McCartney Lawsuit Over Beatles Songs Is Unripe
By Eriq Gardner, Hollywood Reporter
13 March, 2017
In new court papers, the song publishing giant says the former Beatle is "clearly forum-shopping."
Also: McCartney Adds Tokyo Date |
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The Beatles magazine comes with heavyweight vinyl album reissues
Retro To Go
2 March, 2017
When you next head to the newsagent, you might well see something by The Beatles on the shelf.
Also: Beatles' back catalogue available in fortnightly instalments of vinyl LPs |
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These two iconic Beatles songs will FINALLY appear on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club when it's re-released
By Kim Carr, The Mirror
5 March, 2017
Fans were angry Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane never made the album but they are set to be included for the 50th anniversary version
Also: Is this the first ever film footage of John, Paul, George - and Mike?
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Inside George Harrison's Newly Expanded Memoir
By Steve Appleford, RollingStone.com
2 March, 2017
Olivia Harrison, Ringo Starr and others reflect on legacy of late Beatle, chronicled in just-reissued 1980 book of lyrics, photos and remembrances
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When Paul McCartney gave his regards to Broad Street
By Chad Radford, Creative Loafing Atlanta
2 March, 2017
Miller's Rexall Drugs owner tells the strange tale of how the former Beatle first encountered Run Devil Run
Also: Paul McCartney's 'This One' off 'Flowers In the Dirt' Available Now |
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