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‘Hundreds contact appeal in 24 hours’ to help find missing McCartney guitar

The bass was purchased for £30 in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961 by Sir Paul and been used during his time with The Beatles.

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney: Worldwide search launched for missing Beatles 1961 Höfner guitar

Instrument, used on some of The Beatles’ most loved hits, disappeared in the Sixties

The Independent UK

John Lennon wanted to produce them, Pat Metheny said he wouldn’t have played jazz fusion without them, and Rick Wakeman claimed he played the greatest organ solo ever: Rod Argent looks back on his time with the Zombies and Argent

Rod Argent was the founding member of The Zombies and Argent and collaborated with some of the best-known names in music, including Phil Collins and The Who. And now the Zombies are reanimated and ready for another bite of success…

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The 20 most underrated Beatles songs

Even The Beatles’ most overlooked songs are better than many other bands’ best numbers

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"The worst track we ever had to record" – why 3/4 of the Beatles hated Maxwell's Silver Hammer

No Paul McCartney song ever incurred the joint wrath of Lennon, Harrison and Starr quite like Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. Here’s why…

MusicRadar

Myth-busting Outtake From The Beatles ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ Shoot On Sale

Beatles fans from around the world - and there are a few of them - will be queuing up to bid on this.

Zenger

Unseen photo from The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper album cover shoot to go to auction

The unseen photo from the album cover shoot is said to address a long-standing rumour.

The Independent UK

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Myth-busting outtake photo from The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper shoot up for auction

Photo is part of a press release for the unreleased Beatles album ‘Sessions’ and could fetch up to £10,000

The Independent UK

Screaming Beatles fans embarrassed George Harrison’s mother

George Harrison’s mother once wrote that screaming Beatles fans made her “really ashamed” she was female, The Times reported. In a letter in 1963, Louise Harrison told a teenager about hysterical scenes she witnessed at a gig in Manchester. “I was really disgusted at the way the so-called fans just screamed…

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"I wish I'd had Rick on Cold Turkey – Clapton choked up": What happened when John Lennon hired Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen to play on Double Fantasy

Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen has never hidden his admiration for The Beatles, and in 1980 he got a call from John Lennon himself

Louder

30 musicians on the album that changed their life as a kid

Members of Kiss, Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Rage Against The Machine and more reveal the albums that set them on the path to rock stardom

Louder

Alice Cooper believes Beatles would "absolutely" have reformed if John Lennon survived

Alice Cooper shared many drinks with Lennon and McCartney after The Beatles split – and he says they still loved each other

Louder

Who is the greatest of all time: The Beatles or Queen? Producer Steve Lillywhite has an interesting take

"I would never say anyone is better than The Beatles, but…"

MusicRadar

John Lennon: "Somebody let off a firecracker onstage and every one of us looked at each other, because each thought it was the other that had been shot. It was that bad.” – Why The Beatles retired from the stage

How death threats, disillusionment and the very real threat of onstage electrocution all fuelled The Fab Four’s decision to stop playing live…

MusicRadar

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"It wasn’t a rip-off!": Who sampled Revolver? The great, good and weird tracks that borrowed from the iconic Beatles album

The Beatles' groundbreaking Revolver influenced a generation of musicians and samplists, from The Jam to The Game

MusicRadar

The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

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…

Guitar World

“Wings are underrated. It’s difficult to follow The Beatles. It’s like following God”: How Paul McCartney quit the world's biggest band... and triumphed

On this day in 1971 Paul McCartney announced the formation of his new group Wings, who rose in a few short years from college level to an American stadium phenomenon

MusicRadar

"We take the original image and split it through a double vibrocated sploshing flange with double negative feedback": The Beatles, Les Paul, or Larry Levine? Who really discovered flanging?

Lennon and George Martin are often given the credit, but flanging might well have been around for years before they 'discovered' it

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"They stole our ideas" – John Lennon on the Yellow Submarine film and the unexpected Beatles recording of its soundtrack song, Hey Bulldog

"We had nothing to do with that movie"

The Independent UK

Guitar owned by Tony Sheridan when he played with The Beatles goes to auction

The 1959 Martin D-28E electro acoustic guitar is expected to fetch £25,000.

Louder

“We didn’t arrive on a magic carpet. He was a little heartbroken over that… his followers gathered outside and they were close to stoning us”: the Moody Blues’ weirdest fans

During prog’s earliest days, their 1968 US tour saw them treated like messiahs, aliens and harbingers of doom - and left them terrified

USA Today Sports Media Group

Mick Parkin channels The Beatles for UFC London: ‘Getting better all the time’

Mick Parkin has been itching to get back to work for a while. Saturday, he gets to do it on the biggest stage in front of his home fans.

USA Today Sports Media Group

10 years after Rickie Fowler took his first lesson from Butch Harmon could he be ready for his first major?

Rickie Fowler winning the British Open at Liverpool this week would be the biggest thing to happen in these parts since the Beatles.

Golf Monthly

Open Championship Gear Round-Up: Custom Golf Shoes, Limited Edition Bags And Prototype Clubs All Spotted

We're taking a look at some of the new golf gear that we've seen on show at Royal Liverpool this week

Salon

Why Sophie B. Hawkins trusts the Beatles

On "Everything Fab Four," the "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" singer gets to the heart of Beatles fandom

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