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AI reviving The Beatles: Loving tributes or worrying travesties?

Let me take you down 'Cause I'm going to strawberry fields Nothing is real...

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Liverpool to host "world's largest sing-along" event for Eurovision

On 13 May, Liverpool is planning to host the biggest sing-along event in the world to demonstrate solidarity with Ukraine during the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

The Good Friday Agreement and 'Derry Girls'; The Beatles break-up and more. 10 April is a significant date for everyone.

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The Beatles go Ukrainian ahead of Eurovision

The statues of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr have been draped with white Vyshyvankas in Liverpool, ahead of Eurovision 2023

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Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

Without 'Please Please Me', would pop music have ever become what it is now? We celebrate 60 years of the chart-shifting album.

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Minis belonging to three Beatles go on display in London

Mini Coopers belonging to three of the Beatles are currently on display in London for a 'Mini' tour.

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CULTURE RE-VIEW: John Lennon fatally shot outside his residence in New York City

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Painting which inspired Sgt Pepper album cover sold for over €50,000

John Bellany's painting had not been seen in public in nearly 60 years.

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The Beatles 'Love Me Do' at 60: why is it still so unique?

It was the debut single of the band who would go on to change everything. The Beatles made their first impression on an impressionable world with the wonderful 'Love Me Do'.

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The artists the Queen liked, and the one she didn't

Over her lifetime, Queen Elizabeth II witnessed potentially the greatest shift in artistic tastes to happen across a century.

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'Mad Men' to 'Stranger Things': shows which got old hits in the charts

Which cult TV shows have got music back in the charts?

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Never-before-seen images of the Beatles revealed in new book

A new photography book showing several never before seen images of The Beatles is being released, called "With a Little Help from My Len". But who was the man behind the camera?

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Everything you need to know about Paul McCartney on his 80th birthday

The singer has won an Oscar, a Grammy and received a knighthood, but what's next in his 8th decade?

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George Harrison's wife to release poems about the Beatles guitarist

Philanthropist and producer Olivia Harrison has decided to pen 20 poems about the deceased band member in a new book released later this year.

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'Give Peace a Chance' played on European radio in support of Ukraine

The anthem was written by Yoko Ono and John Lennon in the 1970s but has new relevance in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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John Lennon's son auctions The Beatles memorabilia as NFTs

The certified digital artworks going under the hammer in California next month include the NFT version of the handwritten notes for the song 'Hey Jude', with an estimated price tag of up to €62,000.

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Get Back: 4 myths about The Beatles answered in Peter Jackson's doc

Four years ago, 'Lord of The Rings' director and Beatlemaniac Peter Jackson was enlisted to look at the band's final years with fresh eyes. Here is what he found.

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Paul McCartney gives up on signing fan autographs after six decades

The British music icon would rather have a conversation with diehards over being asked to sign random bits of paper.

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‘Unheard’ John Lennon recording sells for €50,000 in Copenhagen

The cassette tape features a performance that hasn't been listened to in over 50 years, along with an interview conducted by four Danish schoolboys.

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It's 40 years since Beatles star John Lennon was killed in New York

Mark David Chapman killed Lennon on December 8, 1980.