As stage invasions go, this one’s pretty special. Let’s just say it’s up there with that time Monica Geller jumped on stage with Bruce Springsteen. When Paul McCartney’s world tour stopped in Buenos Aires on Tuesday (May 17), he shared the stage with one Leila, a 10-year-old girl from the Argentinian capital, who hasn’t let […]
Sir George Martin, the legendary producer and so-called “fifth Beatle,” has died at age 90, with Ringo Starr and Sir Paul McCartney among the first to pay tribute. In a statement on his website, McCartney called Martin a “great man,” saying: “He was a true gentleman and like a second father to me. He guided the career of […]
The British singer and TV star Cilla Black died yesterday (August 2), aged 72. And tributes and quotes have been coming in from some of the many people she worked with in a 50-year career as one of the nation’s favorite broadcasters. Some go right back to her earliest performances, as a young Beatles fan […]
The audience at London’s O2 Arena signed up to see the Beatles’ Sir Paul McCartney perform classic Beatles songs and new material, but the fans soon realized they were in for a treat when Foo Fighters founder Dave Grohl hopped out on stage during the Saturday night (May 23) concert, reports CNN. Grohl had just performed […]
It already feels like 2014 has been a particularly acute year for the loss of brilliant and talented folk — but sadly, we have another to add to the list, as it’s been announced that the great singer/songwriter Joe Cocker has died at the age of 70. Born in Sheffield in 1944, Cocker initially juggled […]
Yesterday (July 16) it was announced that Ron Howard will direct and produce a new Beatles documentary, with the full authority of the band themselves. It’s devoted to the years in which they were a functioning, gigging band—broadly 1960 to 1966—and will feature fresh contributions from Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono Lennon and […]
This week sees the 50th anniversary of the Beatles era-defining first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. If one moment could be said to illustrate how completely they managed to up-end popular culture, it is this one. And of course, they are directly responsible for creating and feeding Anglophile sensibilities, without which this blog would […]
Every fan has played this game from time to time. How would subsequent Beatles albums have sounded if they had managed to put aside their differences in 1969 and kept working together as a unit? It’s hard to be clear, and any putative tracklisting will always favor cherrypicking the biggest songs from a fan perspective, […]
Imagine what it must have been like to meet the Beatles in 1964, as they came to America for the first time. You’d have been some hardened showbiz hack, confused by the sudden arrival of four young men with identical haircuts and a totally charming lack of deference. How to tell which is which? Well, […]
You’ve watched them, shared them, and probably GIF’d them all, but in case you missed some of the best celebrity moments of the year, or just want to watch them again and again, here’s a comprehensive list of our personal favorites for your viewing pleasure. Some are Brits on American TV, others are Americans showing […]
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