The Power to the People concerts by John Lennon and Yoko Ono are heading to cinemas across the world this spring. The two concerts, officially titled Power to the People: John and Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests – Live at the One To One Concert, New York City, 1972, took place […]
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The Beatles have countless songs that can be described as “classics”. They practically wrote the book on pop classics, in fact. From ‘Let It Be’ to ‘Here Comes The Sun’ to ‘A Day in the Life’, there are more examples of Beatles songs that have since come to define the musical heritage of the UK […]
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What’s the moment you regret most in your life? For the people of Dingwall, it was the time they decided not to go and see The Beatles. Without wanting to insult any natives, the historic Highland market town isn’t exactly famed for much: its Viking roots, a museum, and Ross County FC, at best. It’s […]
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Out of all the members of The Beatles, John Lennon could be more than a little bit of a music snob behind the scenes. As much as he loved the idea of playing any kind of music that he wanted to when he first started, there were certain bridges that he didn’t really want to […]
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John Lennon was a much different person by the time he reached the late 1960s. The rise of Beatlemania was bound to do a number on every member of the Fab Four, but when Lennon started to be treated like some sort of prophet of music, he was the first to take down all the […]
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The Beatles were responsible for a number of major studio innovations in the 1960s. Whether it was pioneering the use of backward guitar on ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ or splicing together two different takes of ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ to create one seamless final product, The Beatles were experimenting on levels that were nearly unheard of at […]
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WHEN THE SONS WALKED IN THEIR FATHERS’ SHADOWS Yesterday in London, a quietly remarkable moment unfolded — one that felt less like a tribute and more like history folding back on itself. Outside Abbey Road Studios, five familiar names crossed the iconic zebra crossing: Julian Lennon, Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison, Zak Starkey, and James McCartney. […]
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It’s unclear whether any of The Beatles understood in the moment, but their iconic show at Shea Stadium would stand as the apex of their global conquering. Across barely two years, The Beatles had been pulled from the Merseybeat clubs of their Liverpool hometown to unprecedented levels of world hysteria, dominating the charts on both […]
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During the peaks of their psychedelic revelry, a family-run fish and chips shop in Taunton nearly found themselves brief stars of The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour film venture. It wasn’t the first time the Fab Four had passed through the old Somerset market town. Way before Beatlemania had rocked the world’s charts and counting only […]
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For a long time, it was hard for Beatles fans to look back on Let It Be without a little bit of a sour taste in their mouths. The band were fracturing as far as everyone could tell, and seeing them stitch together the remnants of an album as their swansong made it look like […]
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