Music and theatre go together like Lennon and McCartney, but, much like The Beatles’ songwriting duo, that is not to say that the relationship between the two is always harmonious. There have been countless crossovers between the recording and theatre industries over the decades, spanning the spectrum from Nina Simone’s heartbreaking rendition of Porgy and […]
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Not every song that The Beatles wrote was meant to be groundbreaking and serious. From the very beginning, the Fab Four had comedy and silliness baked into their DNA. That included yearly Christmas records for their fan club, which was usually little more than some improvised skits. But every once in a while, The Beatles […]
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Fight among yourselves, but if you genuinely want to stand in front of another human being and try to pretend that The Beatles are, if not the greatest, then certainly the most influential band of all time, then you are simply wasting valuable air. They might not be to your taste, you might think them […]
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After being in the game for so long, it’s hard to stay passionate. It’s even harder when you’re playing the same songs on repeat and constantly being praised as one of the best, leaving you feeling like there’s no room left to grow. That’s exactly how Ringo Starr felt in the early 2000s. In short, […]
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When The Beatles released ‘All You Need Is Love’, it was the epitome of a world in a simpler time. Well, that’s what we like to think now, anyway. But with the biggest band in the world releasing this anthem of utopian unity and broadcasting it across the world for the very first time on […]
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Ringo Starr has revealed, by way of his son, Zak Starkey, his exact thoughts on the upcoming Beatles biopics, directed by Sam Mendes. Former The Who drummer Starkey revealed his father’s reaction to the upcoming biopic, which will see Saltburn actor Barry Keoghan take on Starr’s likeness. Speaking to The Post, Starkey shared, “My dad […]
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January 1969 pressed heavily inside Abbey Road Studios. Hours passed without movement. Instruments waited where they had been left. Conversation stalled, then stopped. The Beatles sat together in a silence shaped by time, not by argument. It was the kind of quiet that arrives after too many unspoken things have learned how to live in […]
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Time never erased that night. It settled into memory with the weight of something unfinished. In a soft, unguarded interview, Ringo Starr spoke not as a Beatle, but as a brother remembering the moment the world went silent. He was far away when the call came. Confusion arrived first. Denial followed. Then the truth, sudden […]
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‘Eleanor Rigby’ stands as a shining example of The Beatles’ artistry, effortlessly conjuring a kaleidoscope of interpretations with its finely crafted lyrical nuances. Its poetic essence transcends boundaries, and, to some, it’s a poignant reflection on solitude, while others find it to be a lament on the elusive nature of memories, forever beyond grasp. The […]
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February 1964 carried an unfamiliar tension. Bright studio lights. Seventy-three million viewers gathered around television sets across America. On the stage of The Ed Sullivan Show, Ed Sullivan smiled confidently as he made his request. Without guitars, without preparation, he asked one of the young visitors from England to sit at the piano. The implication […]
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