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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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Sean Ono Lennon explains huge impact of his father’s death: ‘I didn’t know how to fill that void’

‘When you’ve lost a parent, things like that motivate you’

The Independent UK

“One of the most important guitars in rock and roll history”: George Harrison’s Futurama smashes auction estimate and sets a new record with staggering $1.27 million sale

The oddball electric – which was used during the Beatles’ early years, and saw action in over 300 historic shows – becomes the most expensive electric guitar formerly owned by a Beatle to sell at auction

Guitar World

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John Prescott beams with happiness next to wife Pauline in last snap before his death

The former deputy prime minister has died at the age of 86 following a battle with Alzheimer’s

Evening Standard

Furniture linked to the Beatles which was destined for the dump now in museum

The set of chairs and table had been in the dressing room of a venue where the band performed in August 1962.

Evening Standard

John Prescott, British former deputy prime minister, dies aged 86

Former trade union activist, who had Alzheimer’s, died peacefully at care home, says family

The Guardian - UK

Guitar bought by teenage George Harrison for £58 sells for more than £1 million

The instrument fetched twice its initial estimate.

The Independent UK

Noel Gallagher’s ‘favourite’ Oasis guitar sells for £226,800

A John Lennon amplifier and a Thriller-era Michael Jackson tour jacket also sold during the Propstore music memorabilia auction.

The Independent UK

Noel Gallagher’s ‘favourite’ Oasis guitar sells for eye-watering £226,800

A John Lennon amplifier and a Thriller-era Michael Jackson tour jacket also sold during the Propstore music memorabilia auction

Evening Standard

“The most exciting thing was, even though John was no longer on this planet, here he was in the studio with us”: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Jeff Lynne on how The Beatles made Free As A Bird

It’s 30 years since McCartney, Starr and George Harrison entered the studio together again to record The Beatles' reunion hit

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Art Garfunkel: ‘I’m in the mood to work with Paul Simon again. We’ll see...’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The singer has joined forces with his son to record a new album. He talks to Mark Beaumont about their need to record together and the emotional end to his feud with former singing partner Simon – ‘It’s now a thing of the past’

Guitar World

“John, Paul, George, Ringo, the first time they ever performed together in the Cavern Club, this amp was what they used”: Hear the amp said to be John Lennon’s first Vox put through its paces – with Noel Gallagher’s Les Paul

The storied 1962 Vox AC15 is expected to fetch between $127,132 and $254,265 at tomorrow's auction

Evening Standard

Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney recall US Beatlemania in documentary trailer

Beatles ’64 will feature never-before-seen footage of the band as well as capturing the camaraderie of the Fab Four.

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“I have never heard a better ‘rock’ piano”: From The Beatles to Bowie, Queen to Elton John, how the rich, distinctive tone of the Trident Studios house piano graced the grooves of some of the finest songs ever recorded

It’s what Macca played on Hey Jude

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Might be time to 'Twist and Shout' – The Beatles' AI-restored song 'Now and Then' lands Grammy nominations

The Beatles' song that was restored with AI, "Now and Then," has earned Grammy nominations.

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Cher recalls Playboy Mansion visit with drunk, naked John Lennon

Cher had to act like John Lennon's "mother" when he drunkenly stripped naked at the Playboy Mansion.

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“He wanted his version of the song to be a stark, heavy solo-piano thing, but they convinced him to turn it into a grand, crashing, theatrical monster-ballad, complete with orchestra”: The story of Nilsson's Without You

How the singer transformed an album track into one of the most abiding love songs of all time

The Independent UK

Beatles get Grammy nod for final song - but why aren’t John Lennon and George Harrison nominated?

The Fab Four have broken the record for longest span between Record of the Year nominations

Guitar World

“We did Yellow Brick Road in 16 days! That’s the magic you get with a band like that”: Dee Murray was the centerpiece of the early Elton John band – and the last bassist to play onstage with John Lennon

In May 1973, Dee Murray anchored what would become one of Elton John’s most celebrated hits

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“They didn’t understand how important image was – they started the thing about us being academic geeks. It really hurt us”: The Zombies on living large, inheriting the Beatles’ studio and staff, and being prisoners in a concert hall

Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent look back on finding fame in their teens and experiencing the highs and lows of the music industry over six decades

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"George had a smugness on his face when he came in with this one, and rightly so - he knew it was absolutely brilliant.": Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick on the recording of Abbey Road, track-by-track

A classic interview with the band's late chief engineer – "You could really see the joy in their faces as they played; it was like they were teenagers again"

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