Stella McCartney has admitted that the abuse her late mother, Linda McCartney, suffered in Wings “breaks my heart”. Stella made the comments in the new documentary Man on the Run, which explores how Paul McCartney, with the help of Linda and Wings, built himself back up during the 1970s following the collapse of The Beatles. […]
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There are seasoned songwriters who have been writing for decades who are still trying to find out what made Paul McCartney so special. The Beatles had the kind of internal chemistry that no one could have replicated, but if you broke down the talents of every individual member, Macca was one of the best melodists […]
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It turns out that the small Weybridge town in the UK’s Surrey area possibly lent an indirect hand in shaping one of The Beatles’ most creative cuts on more than one occasion. By 1967, The Beatles were well into their psychedelic phase, eagerly trying to capture the mind-expanding experiences had on LSD to record as […]
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The evening did not carry the restless energy of a typical concert. It unfolded slowly, almost reverently, as though the room itself understood the weight of what was about to happen. Julian Lennon, Sean Lennon, Dhani Harrison, Zak Starkey, and James McCartney stepped forward together, not as replacements for giants, but as custodians of something […]
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The Beatles were never meant to survive as a touring act for the rest of their lives. Even if they were happy to play to thousands of screaming fans every night, it probably wasn’t the best feeling in the world knowing that they could hardly hear themselves and that their audience was overpowering the music. […]
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Director Morgan Neville has lifted the lid on his new Paul McCartney documentary, Man on the Run. The film had its premiere in London on February 18th, which included an in-person Q&A between McCartney and Neville. Those who walked the red carpet included Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Sharon Osbourne, Gracie Abrams, and Paul Mescal, who […]
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Sean Ono Lennon has defended the reaction that Paul McCartney gave to the media following the death of his father, John Lennon, in 1980. Following the heartbreaking murder of Lennon outside the Dakota Building in New York, McCartney wasn’t given time to take stock of the terrible and tragic event before the world’s media were […]
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In the days following the November 17th, 1980, release of his long-awaited comeback album, Double Fantasy, most of the interviews John Lennon conducted focused on the same themes as the songs on the record, particularly the notion of “starting over“. In a Los Angeles Times piece that autumn, in which Lennon was eerily described as […]
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Whenever you’re doubting just how attainable a glittering career in rock and roll really is, it’s worth bearing in mind that everybody has to start somewhere. Even The Beatles, whose place at the top of music history is borderline unbeatable and the reputation of the stardom almost contradicts the idea of DIY musicianship, they too […]
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We can all picture it, the glorious moustaches proudly stradling the top lips of The Beatles on the cover for their iconic album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. As it happens, the band were so enamoured with their hairy lips that they even included cardboard cut-outs of their newly spouted muff-dusters with copies the […]
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