‘An explosion of screaming and hysteria’: US fans on how they were introduced to the Beatles | The Beatles

Janet DiGangi, centre left, visiting Abbey Road in 2017.

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, […]

How Michael Jackson Bought The Beatles Catalogue And Turned It Into A Multi-Billion Dollar Music Empire

How Michael Jackson Bought The Beatles Catalogue And Turned It Into A Multi-Billion Dollar Music Empire

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 Sues Creators of AI Comedy Special

George Carlin’s Estate Sues Creators of AI Comedy Special

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 […]

The Beatles Expand ‘Red Album’ And ‘Blue Album’ Compilations

The Beatles - Now And Then

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 Announce Release Of Final Song ‘Now And Then,’ Expand ‘Red’ And ‘Blue’ Compilations

The Beatles - Now And Then

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 […]

The Beatles’ final song, ‘Now and Then,’ is a wistful curiosity : NPR

The Beatles' final song, 'Now and Then,' is a wistful curiosity : NPR

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 […]

The Beatles: Now and Then review – ‘final’ song is a poignant act of closure | The Beatles

Artwork for Now and Then by Ed Ruscha.

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 […]

‘A huge event’: excitement as the Beatles’ final song Now and Then approaches release | The Beatles

The artwork for Now and Then, created by Ed Ruscha.

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 […]

‘Earliest known film of the Beatles’ to feature in Peter Jackson-directed music video | Music

A scene from Get Back.

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 […]

‘Butt-shakers and toe-tappers’: Ramsey Lewis brought jazz to the people | Jazz

Lewis warming up before a taping of Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis in 2005.

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 […]

How ‘My Life as a Rolling Stone’ shines a new light on band

older men rock out onstage

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 […]