SNL50: The Anniversary Special, itself the climax of weeks of celebratory documentaries and live specials celebrating Saturday Night Live, was brought to a rock and roll close by Paul McCartney, who performed a Beatles medley […]
In 1982, Michael Jackson flew to England to record the song “Say, Say, Say” with former Beatle Paul McCartney at the famous Abbey Road studio. This was the second musical collaboration between Paul and Michael, the […]
Photo: Bill Kelly With less than a 12-hour notice, bassist Paul McCartney announced and delivered a last-minute Tuesday, Feb. 11 concert at New York’s Bowery Ballroom. The acclaimed musician was in New York before his […]
Lucinda Williams has announced the latest installation of her Lu’s Jukebox cover album series: a tribute to The Beatles titled Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles from Abbey Road. Along with the announcement, her rendition of […]
Michael McDonald and Paul Reiser — yes, the golden-piped white-soul singer, and yes, the veteran sitcom star and comedian — were at Reiser’s spread in Malibu the other day when something far more important than […]
What Janet DiGangi recalls most vividly about the day the Beatles came to town is eating cake and ice-cream with furious impatience. It was 12 September 1964, and DiGangi was 12, living in Boston, Massachusetts, […]
The article below is the second half of a story that we posted about the history of The Beatles and Michael Jackson. The other article describes everything that happened from Beatlemania to roughly 1984. During […]
George Carlin’s estate is suing the creators of an AI-generated “comedy special” mimicking the late comedian’s signature style. The special — titled George Carlin: I’m Glad I’m Dead — premiered on YouTube earlier this month […]
Shortly after The Beatles shared “Now And Then,” the group has shared new compilation albums entitled the Red Album and Blue Album. “Now and Then” was written and sung by John Lennon, developed and worked on by Paul […]
The Beatles – Photo: Bruce McBroom / © Apple Corps Ltd. As one of the biggest surprise releases in recent memory, The Beatles have announced a forthcoming single, “Now And Then,” the last official song […]
McCartney and Ringo Starr are the only surviving Beatles. — © AFP If you’re a fan, anything that sounds like it might be a remix can be annoying. If it’s a song you’ve never heard […]
The Beatles, pictured here in 1969, just released what’s been billed as the band’s final song. Bruce McBroom/© Apple Corps Ltd. hide caption toggle caption Bruce McBroom/© Apple Corps Ltd. The Beatles, pictured here in […]
Last night, BBC One shifted its schedules to broadcast a film about the making of the “final” Beatles single, Now and Then. It was brief and rather moving, but it offered a tactfully bowdlerised version […]
George Harrison originally disliked it; fans had long assumed it would never be released. But the “final” song by the Beatles, Now and Then, is being released at 2pm GMT, an unexpected last flourish for […]
Following his acclaimed documentary Get Back, director Peter Jackson is continuing his relationship with the Beatles by directing his first ever music video for the band’s final song, Now and Then. It will feature unseen […]
Graham Nash has been set to receive the John Lennon Real Love Award in December. The Crosby, Stills & Nash musician will be feted with the award at Theatre Within’s 43rd annual John Lennon Tribute […]
For the first half of the 20th century, jazz musicians would interpret the popular music of the age, with Tin Pan Alley hits, Broadway showtunes, blues songs and Latin dance numbers providing the basis for […]
Whether or not you accept the Rolling Stones as “the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band” — and at this stage of the game there isn’t any other group of stature even playing that music […]