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Beatles Abbey Road Billboard on Sunset Strip

"Because I don't read music, I didn't know what the melody that went with it was": Paul McCartney explains why his musical limitations and "stealing" benefitted the Abbey Road medley that gave us The Beatles' true swansong

By Rob Laing published 24 April 24

"It's turned out to be quite soulful," the legendary songwriter reflects

"I never intended the statement to mean 'Paul McCartney quits Beatles'... It was all a misunderstanding. I just thought 'Christ, what have I done? Now we’re in for it'": The day the world learned the Fab Four were over

By Will Groves published 10 April 24

McCartney spilled the beans on this day in 1970

John Lennon (1940-1980) of English rock and pop group The Beatles plays his second Rickenbacker 325 guitar on stage during rehearsals for the ABC Television music television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' Summer Spin at Teddington Studios in London on 11th July 1964. The band would go on to play four songs on the show, A Hard Day's Night, Long Tall Sally, Things We Said Today and You Can't Do Tha

'At his musical core, John Lennon had a wonderful way with chords': Here are 4 of his Beatles voicings and guitar rhythm ideas to inspire you

By Leigh Fuge published 8 April 24

All my strumming, I will send to you

"Songwriting for me, at the time of Rubber Soul, was a bit frightening because John and Paul had been writing since they were three years old": How The Beatles raised their game in 1965 to create a masterpiece that "broke everything open"

By Neil Crossley published 8 April 24

The Beatles' sixth album Rubber Soul was a colossal creative leap and marked the point at which albums began to be viewed as works of real artistic merit

"There’s plenty of material for us guitarists to learn from – and ‘less is more’ is the overriding lesson": how to play like George Harrison on The Beatles' Abbey Road

By Total Guitar published 13 March 24

Learn the guitar style of the most expressive and accomplished playing The Beatle would ever commit to tape

Four fab Beatles biopics are on the way: Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr will each get a full Sam Mendes movie

By Will Groves published 20 February 24

Oscar-nominated Bond and American Beauty director aiming to "challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies"

The Paul McCartney Beatles song John Lennon hated: "He made us do it a hundred million times. He did everything to make it into a single and it never was, and it never could've been"

By Will Groves published 19 February 24

Paul McCartney: “I remember the guys getting pissed with me... I was trying to get what was in my head.”

aul McCartney from The Beatles performs at Alpha TV studios in Birmingham, England during filming of ABC TV show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars' on 15th December 1963

"Incredibly grateful": Paul McCartney has been reunited with his Beatles Höfner bass guitar after over half a century

By Rob Laing last updated 15 February 24

Update: The Beatle says he is "incredibly grateful" for the return of the 500/1 bass that he used in the band's early years

John Lennon's 10 greatest songs with the Beatles and beyond, ranked by you

By MusicRadar published 8 December 23

On the anniversary of his death we're revisiting your ranking of on John's finest songs

Stewart Copeland names Joey Jordison as one of the best drummers he’s ever seen play live, shares his opinion on Ringo Starr

By Stuart Williams published 21 November 23

The Police drummer also chooses his most difficult Police song, offers tuning advice and explains why he plays traditional grip