If we presume that the average age of the most devoted, swooning, semi-crazed Beatlemaniac was about 13 in 1964, then they would be walking our streets today as 75-year-olds; stable-seeming pensioners, kindly grannies. Some of them will surely be shaking their heads at the foul language in modern music, or wondering why there have to […]
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The world was a darker place before The Beatles announced themselves in the tender years of the 1960s. As the late, great Ozzy Osbourne once said, when The Beatles arrived, they turned a black and white world into booming Technicolour. The band exploded into the decade and soundtracked what is perhaps the most potent cultural […]
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Given that they’re the most famous and lauded band of all time, it’s probably fair to say that most people born after 1960 would give their left arm to have seen The Beatles in concert. Those fortunate enough to have seen them perform live in the short span of time that they spent on the […]
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They already had wit. They already had melody. They already carried a sharp intelligence that cut through every room they entered. The Beatles were not beginners searching for identity. They were experienced, hardened by long nights and louder crowds. Yet something essential remained just out of reach. The songs existed. The ambition was clear. What […]
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It didn’t arrive with a press release. There was no countdown, no dramatic announcement, no carefully staged reveal. And yet, within hours, the entire music world felt it. A short video appeared online. Just two familiar faces. Two old friends. Two voices that once reshaped the sound of the modern world. Paul McCartney and Ringo […]
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I think I can say with some conviction that we are all fans of The Beatles. I vehemently refuse to believe that anybody on this earth hates every single one of their songs, for there is simply so much to choose from that the reality of that is something of an impossibility. But within the […]
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Celebrities are strange people. Not only are they afforded a lifestyle completely removed from the reality of ordinary folk, but they often have such an untouchable, unquestionable reputation that somebody like Ringo Starr could go on American television to talk about the size of cow molecules, and nobody thinks to question it. Whereas, in times […]
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Fear arrived before confidence ever had a chance. In August 1968, inside the offices of Apple Records, Mary Hopkinwaited, certain she did not belong. She was eighteen years old, newly discovered, carrying a voice that felt fragile in her own ears. Around her were names already etched into history. They were The Beatles. She was […]
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For a city accustomed to noise, movement, and constant reinvention, Hollywood rarely pauses. Yet in a single, breathtaking instant, it did. Under the glow of its most familiar lights, Ringo Starr stepped forward to receive a recognition unlike anything the entertainment world has seen before — a singular honor that does not simply celebrate success, […]
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Ringo Starr has a unique history with touring and playing live, which wasn’t part of his life for over two decades, but has since once again become his greatest passion. The Beatles endured a first-of-its-kind issue at the height of their fame, which was that they’d simply become too popular to tour. Not only was […]
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