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“I think I sort of smoked something, and I didn't really know what I was doing”: George Harrison typically sketched out his solos in advance – his iconic lead break on this classic Beatles track was a notable exception

Harrison told GW that while he was happy to improvise when needed, when it came to laying something down in the studio, he was far more comfortable charting out a path in advance

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“We tried the spaceship at The Who’s studio. Pete Townshend saw it and said: ‘I want one!’”: How Jeff Lynne took Electric Light Orchestra and the Traveling Wilburys to infinity and beyond

ELO were the mad Englishmen who conquered the US in the 1970s – and Jeff Lynne was at the heart of it

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‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice

After John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly

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Royal Mint strikes a chord with Beatles fans, releasing coin honouring John Lennon

Money can’t buy you love, but £18.50 can buy you a John Lennon coin

The Independent UK

John Lennon commemorative coin to be launched by Royal Mint

Lennon follows fellow Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, David Bowie and Dame Shirley Bassey in being celebrated on a coin

Evening Standard

“I want some people to be outraged – I feel like that would be atrue way to honor Type O”: Welcome to Nate Garrett’s Neon Nightmare, the Spirit Adrift guitarist’s ’80s horror-inspired tribute to Peter Steele

Drawing on classic Black Sabbath and Beatles albums, Garrett's one-man homage to Type O Negative will send chills down the spin of the morbidly romantic

Guitar World

Ringo & Friends at The Ryman: how to watch the country music show online

With guest appearances from Sheryl Crow, Mickey Guyton, Emmylou Harris and Jack White, here's how to watch Ringo & Friends at The Ryman from anywhere.

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“The guitar was in horrible shape. The paint job was all flaked off, it didn’t have the original tailpiece... at one point, the headstock snapped off”: He's a hitmaker who owned Eric Clapton's “The Fool” SG, produced Meat Loaf, and played with Ringo Starr

Todd Rundgren has just about done it all, but he does regret missing out on the chance to produce the Talking Heads and the Who...

Guitar World

Lady Gaga's dream collaborator John Lennon

Lady Gaga has revealed that John Lennon would be her dream collaborator and she admires him for his music and his "heart".

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“TheMagical Mystery Tour and the White Album, this guy is the perfect tool to recreate those tones”: Aclam unveils Go Rocky Go, a Vox Conqueror in a pedal for nailing late '60s Beatles tones

Aclam promises a super-accurate replica of the solid-state Vox amp's sounds but with some added extras

MusicRadar

“This is the band that I always list as my favorite band”: Nita Strauss on the Swedish melodic death metal group she considers her “Beatles”

The guitar hero selected one of the band’s tracks while running through the five riffs that changed her life

Guitar World

7 top test tracks that celebrate the iconic Moog synthesizer

Featuring The Beatles, Donna Summer, Parliament and more

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“George asked, ‘Is it OK if I do a little slide?’ I had a ’63 Strat, and that’s what he used. He was one of the best slide players ever”: They flew high with the help of the Beatles, and a few hits, then collapsed in a mess of mismanagement and tragedy

Their story is often cited as one of the saddest in rock, but Badfinger were also one of the sharpest guitar pop acts of their era. Here, the late Joey Molland recounts their roller-coaster ride of a career from his perspective

Guitar World

Joey Molland, a guitarist with 1970s Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger, dies at 77

Joey Molland, a guitarist with the Welsh pop-rock band Badfinger that was known for such 1970s hits as “No Matter What” and “Day After Day,” has died at age 77

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Sir Paul McCartney backs 'great man' Joe Cocker for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2025

The Beatles icon Sir Paul McCartney has thrown his support behind late singer Joe Cocker among this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees.

Louder

"I felt sad to see such joy in Neil’s face when we were down to the last few bars of our last song we played together": A Farewell to Kings - Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson look back on 50 years of Rush

We sat down with Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson at the end of 2024 to speak about their 50-year journey from there to here - and what might happen next

Evening Standard

Rare Beatles vinyl gifted by George Harrison sells for £10,000 at auction

The self-titled record, commonly known as the White Album because of its plain white sleeve, was sold on Monday.

Guitar World

“An unbelievably special musician, and an amazing person”: Joey Molland, guitarist, singer, last surviving original member of Badfinger, dies at 77

In addition to his time with the early '70s hitmakers, Molland worked independently with all four Beatles, playing guitar on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and John Lennon's Imagine

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Cimalp Cosmiques H Breathable Trekking Jacket review: a waterproof with serious heritage

Cimalp is 60! We take to the mountains in one of its limited-edition heritage pieces, the Cosmiques Breathable Trekking Jacket

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“AI is not creating John's voice. John's voice existed on that cassette and we made the song around him”: Giles Martin explains why you’d be wrong to think ‘AI’ created Lennon's parts for The Beatles' Now and Then

Exclusive: Watch the track's co-producer demonstrate the machine learning technology behind the Fab Four's final single

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There were some very difficult moments and I often questioned my decision. But as we got better I thought, ‘OK this is really good’”: Paul McCartney relives his Wings years in a new book

The Story Of A Band On The Run is out this autumn

Guitar World

“It was like unraveling a mystery, trying to imagine what George might have meant”: Lost chords that George Harrison wrote down before his passing have been turned into a new song – and it was recorded using three of his famed Beatles guitars

For the Love of George is taken from a new George Harrison tribute album, which was recorded using the late Beatle’s own guitars

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Sir Paul McCartney recalls 'madcap adventures' in new book

Sir Paul McCartney has co-authored a new book called 'Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run'.

The Guardian - UK

‘Madcap adventures’: Paul McCartney co-authors book about his time in Wings

An oral history of the musician’s post-Beatles work in the 70s, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, will be published in November

The Independent UK

Sir Paul McCartney announces publication of new book about band Wings

Wings: The Story Of A Band On The Run is based on dozens of hours of interviews with Sir Paul.

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