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Year: 2020

The Beatles: Quarrymen photo emerges on Fab Four split anniversary

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A rare photograph of the trio who evolved into the Beatles has emerged. The previously-unpublished photo of The Quarrymen shows Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison a year before

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Why The Beatles split: The true story of the break-up of the biggest band ever

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Paul McCartney’s 1970 press release was the end for the Fab Four, but it had been coming for years, and by the time Yoko Ono was answering for John Lennon

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A Meeting with Half of ‘Grapefruit’.

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By Richard Porter From the London Beatles Fanclub magazine. [Blogger’s note – From 1988 to 1998 I was the founder, and President of the London Beatles Fanclub, and the editor

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Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Elton John Set for ‘One World’ COVID-19 Charity Special

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Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney, Elton John and more will participate in a COVID-19 charity special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization: One World: Together at Home, set to air on TV and livestream online April

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Jenny Boyd on life with the Beatles and Fleetwood Mac

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SHE was the original rock chick, hanging out with the likes of The Beatles, Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones, marrying Mick Fleetwood twice, experimenting with drugs and relishing the

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An Interview with Kenny Everett

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On the 25th anniversary of his passing, here is an interview I did with the great Kenny Everett. During my time as the President of the London Beatles Fanclub, and

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How the B-52’s’ ‘Rock Lobster’ Brought John Lennon Back to Music

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In the mid-to-late ’70s, John Lennon wasn’t playing music. He wasn’t thinking much about music. He was trying to be a good father to son Sean. He’d lost interest in trying to

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April 3rd 1964 – the Beatles film Trailer of a Hard Day’s Night

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April 3rd 1964. The Beatles return to Twickenham Film Studios to shoot some more scenes for A Hard Day’s Night. On this day, they also shoot the rather bizarre trailer,

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John Lennon: David Bowie on last meeting as he sings Imagine on anniversary of pal's death

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JOHN LENNON’S close friend David Bowie performed a heartbreaking tribute to the late Beatles star on the third anniversary of his death, speaking out about the last time they saw

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Who is The Walrus? We take a trip with one of The Beatles most bizarre songs

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We’re taking a look back one of The Beatles strangest songs, ‘I Am The Walrus’, and finding out who exactly Lennon was talking about when he wrote the track for

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