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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?

17/06/2022

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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.

21/04/2022

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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.

04/03/2022

Culture news

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.

26/01/2022

Culture news

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.

25/11/2021

Culture news

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.

26/10/2021

Culture news

‘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.

28/09/2021

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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.

09/12/2020

World News

A 'normal man': John Lennon expert on the man behind the legend

Euronews spoke to Jude Kessler, author of myth-busting The John Lennon Series.

08/12/2020

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Hollywood celebrates 50th anniversary of Beatles' Abbey Road album

A special anniversary edition of the album has been released with new mixes and unreleased session recordings and demos

27/09/2019

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Fans recreate Beatles' iconic Abbey Road cover shot 50 years on

Iain MacMillan photographed John, Paul, George and Ringo striding across a zebra crossing while a police officer stopped traffic

08/08/2019

United Kingdom

Watch: Fan's 'come together' for Abbey Road photo's 50th

Iain Macmillian, the photographer who captured the images in north London in 1969 is said to have completed the entire shoot in just ten minutes.

08/08/2019

United Kingdom

Arise Sir Richard Starkey

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr is knighted more than two decades after Paul McCartney.

20/03/2018

Cult

Ringo Starr may become a 'Sir'

The Sun newspaper has reported Ringo Starr is to be knighted.

25/12/2017

Cult

Yoko Ono may get co-writing credit for John Lennon's 'Imagine'

The ex-Beatle's widow has been officially recommended for the honour at a ceremony in New York.

16/06/2017

World News

The Beatles: Sgt Pepper turns 50

01/06/2017

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Ron Howard plunges us into Beatlemania

Film director Ron Howard brings the Beatles back to life in a new documentary.

20/09/2016

United Kingdom

The Beatles' 'Eight Days a Week': the live career of 'a great little rock 'n' roll band'

Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison’s widow Olivia and John Lennon’s, Yoko Ono, have hit up London’s Leicester Square for the premiere of ‘Eight Days a Week: the Touring…

16/09/2016

Culture news

Yoko Ono goes towards the light at Lyon's Museum of Contemporary Art

Lyon’s Museum of Contemporary Art is devoting three floors to the first retrospective in France dedicated to Yoko Ono. The exhibition opening filmed

14/03/2016

World News

Tributes pour in as Sir George Martin dies at 90

From mop-top pop to orchestral arrangements, Sir George has been hailed the best music producer of all time

09/03/2016