6/14/22-Ringo Postpones Tour
Source: music-news.com Sir Ringo Starr has postponed the remainder of his North American summer tour, due to two positive COVID-19 tests in his All-Starr Band. The former Beatles drummer has been forced to reschedule a number of shows after keyboard player Edgar Winter and guitarist Steve Lukather both caught coronavirus. In a statement on his […]
4/30/22-Julian Lennon on “Hey Jude”
Source: music-news.com Julian Lennon has had a “love-hate relationship” with the Beatles classic ‘Hey Jude’. The 59-year-old musician – the son of John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia – has revealed that the song serves as a “dark reminder” about his parents’ divorce after it was written for him by Sir Paul McCartney. […]
1/31/22-McCartney on Lennon
Source: music-news.com Sir Paul McCartney chokes up listening to the song he penned about his and John Lennon’s “disputes about The Beatles break up”. The 79-year-old music legend has revealed he struggles to listen to ‘Dear Friend’, which was released on the debut album by his band Wings, ‘Wild Life’, which he formed with his […]
10/25/21-No more Paul signatures
Source: music-news.com Sir Paul McCartney has stopped signing autographs. The Beatles legend doesn’t see the point in fans having his signature because “we both know who I am”. He told Reader’s Digest: “It always struck me as a bit strange – ‘here, can I write your name down on the back of this till […]
10/11/21-Who broke up Beatles?
Source: (CNN) When the biggest band in British musical history, the Beatles, broke up in 1970, fans pointed the finger at co-lead vocalist Paul McCartney. Now, more than half a century later, McCartney has revealed it was, in fact, John Lennon who instigated the split. In an upcoming interview on BBC Radio 4, he told […]
10/2/21-Clapton a Beatle?
Source: music-news.com The Beatles almost sacked George Harrison and planned to replace him with Eric Clapton after the guitarist temporarily left the band. The news comes from unearthed interviews with band member John Lennon recorded in January 1969, as reported by the Daily Mail. In the tape, he says: “[Harrison is a ]festering wound and […]
1/11/21-Ringo’s latest
Source: music-news.com Sir Ringo Starr keen to hit the road again. The 80-year-old former Beatles drummer has been spending the Covid-19 lockdown recording music, painting and keeping fit at the Los Angeles home he shares with his wife, former Bond girl Barbara Bach, 73, but he’s ready to play some shows with his All Star […]
1/4/21-Gerry Marsden Remembered
Source: music-news.com Sir Paul McCartney has paid tribute to his old friend Gerry Marsden following his pal’s death. The Gerry and the Pacemakers frontman passed away at the age of 78 after suffering a heart infection and the Beatles legend has promised to always think of the ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ singer “with a smile”. […]
10/21/20-McCartney's III
Source: music-news.com Sir Paul McCartney has reportedly finally finished the third in a trilogy of solo albums. The Beatles legend – who released his debut solo LP ‘McCartney’ in 1970 and followed with ‘McCartney II’ a decade later – is set to announce the next record on Thursday. A source told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre […]
9/29/20-Paul on Lennon
Source: music-news.com Paul McCartney has told John Lennon’s son Sean how happy it makes him that he got the chance to reconcile with his Beatles band mate before his murder. Childhood friends McCartney and Lennon fell out when the Beatles split in 1970, but had mended fences before John was tragically shot and killed […]