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“The Beatles' Because is based on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (played in reverse). So, was John Lennon cheating when he flipped Ludwig Van?”: Digging into the long history of the sampling debate

“The Beatles' Because is based on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (played in reverse). So, was John Lennon cheating when he flipped Ludwig Van?”

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“The NME said, ‘There’s one of your Rutles songs on this Beatles bootleg album.’ I got them to play it to me over the phone. I said, ‘That’s me on Saturday Night Live!’” How prog were Neil Innes and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band?

The Bonzo Dog and Rutles man discusses his career and recent studio album Nearly Really...

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“I’m told that I introduced Ozzy to cocaine when Black Sabbath opened for Mountain on their first American tour”: Leslie West’s wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Mick Jagger, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Hanks

Playing with The Who, jamming with Hendrix, partying with Bowie, Jagger and Lennon -late Mountain man Leslie West did it all and more

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Yoko Ono has ‘never moved on’ from John Lennon

Days before the 44th anniversary of The Beatles icon’s death, John Lennon’s son Sean has said his widow Yoko Ono has “never moved on” from her relationship with the singer.

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Sean Lennon says album cover reveals how John Lennon felt about Yoko Ono: ‘I think it’s clear’

Musician is up for a Grammy for his work on his late father’s album ‘Mind Games’

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Rebecca Ferguson on life after The X Factor: ‘When people speak out in showbiz, they get blackballed’

INTERVIEW: The Scouse singer won the hearts of the nation and a record deal with her underdog story and soulful voice on ‘The X Factor’, but behind the scenes, she was overworked and overwhelmed. She speaks to Helen Brown about that tough time, her new Christmas song – and remembers…

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The 10 best Christmas animations everyone needs to watch: from Aardman, Netflix, Disney and more

The 10 best Christmas animated feature films and shorts

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“I’m not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me”: The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear

Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

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“I believe he’s somewhere taking drum lessons, and I hope not too many”: Ringo Starr wryly suggests that Barry Keoghan is set to play him in Sam Mendes' upcoming Beatles biopics

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“Eric, I know I can bring out something great in you”: In 1971, John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton asking him to help form a new band – now that letter is going up for auction

Lennon sought out Slowhand as he set about establishing a new band, pitching to Clapton they could “make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock 'n' roll”

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“I know I can bring out something great in you... I hope to bring out the same kind of greatness in all of us”: Newly unearthed Lennon letter to Clapton reveals plans for supergroup

Ex-Beatle hoped group would “bring the balls back in rock 'n’ roll”

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"You could make the kind of sound that could bring back the balls in rock ‘n’ roll": John Lennon's eight-page letter to Eric Clapton asking to start a band with him is headed to auction

After their brief collaboration together in 1969 with the Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon had hopes of recruiting Clapton for a "revolutionary" new supergroup, one where wives and girlfriends were "welcome" on the road instead of "frowned upon"

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Barry Keoghan to play Ringo Starr in Beatles biopic, drummer says

After months of speculation that Barry Keagon was attached to the upcoming film series, Sir Ringo Starr has seemingly teased the 'Saltburn' actor will indeed play him in Sir Sam Mendes' four biopics about The Beatles.

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John Lennon’s damning view on touring with The Beatles revealed in letter to Eric Clapton

Musician made no secret of how he felt as he wrote to Clapton with an idea for a ‘supergroup’

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The 13 most controversial album covers of all time, from The Beatles to Nirvana: ‘We’re all naked really’

THE COUNTDOWN: From flagrant nudity to cartoon bestiality, there are all sorts of reasons cover art can spark controversy. Kevin E G Perry picks some of the most memorable examples

The Independent UK

Ringo Starr lets slip casting for Sam Mendes’s Beatles film: ‘I believe he’s taking drumming lessons’

Legendary drummer says he thinks the casting is ‘great’

Louder

A beginner's guide to progressive folk in 10 acts - it's not all 'hey nonny nonny', y'know

Folk and folk rock bands are responsible for some of the most progressive music ever made. Not only that, but they influenced the rock world as we know it

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Intimate documentary captures the Beatles goofing around as they take America by storm in 1964

Likely most people have seen iconic footage of the Beatles performing on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

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John Lennon letter inviting Eric Clapton to join supergroup to be auctioned

1971 letter proposes group including Klaus Voormann and Phil Spector to ‘bring back the balls in rock’n’roll’

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John Lennon's 1971 draft letter to Eric Clapton expected to fetch at least €100,000 at auction

John Lennon's draft letter to Eric Clapton asking him to join his new band is set to go under the hammer.

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"When the worst instrumentalist in your group is John Lennon, you’ve got a pretty good group”: Was John Lennon a good guitarist? And does it really matter?

"When the worst instrumentalist in your group is John Lennon, you’ve got a pretty good group”

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George Harrison's guitar sells for record-breaking price at auction

A guitar bought by the late George Harrison for £58 and used in the early days of The Beatles has sold for over £1 million at auction.

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Ringo Starr always knew the Beatles were destined for success: 'We were life four brothers...'

Ringo Starr always knew the Beatles were destined for success because they "worked hard" and "looked out" for each other.

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“We’ve always been a rock group, The Beatles”: How the White Album sowed the seeds for music’s entire future

By 1968, The Beatles were falling apart – but that didn’t stop them recording their greatest artistic statement, The White Album

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Sean Ono Lennon 'filled the void' with music

Sean Ono Lennon learned to play guitar as a way to "connect" with his late father, John Lennon, and "fill the void" left by his absence.

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