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Jedward are more popular than the Beatles according to new poll

17.11.09
An online poll has shown that X-Factor twins John and Edward are more popular than The Beatles. ... more

Just hit the decks and play at home

02.11.09
Forget air guitar - the latest 'playalong' music games have made staying in rock. Mark Prigg charts the rise of home entertainment that lets you be the star... more

Chrysalis rises on Beatles triumph

16.10.09
The massive success of the digitally remastered Beatles albums which were released last month sent music publisher Chrysalis scurrying to tell analysts to upgrade their numbers this year... more

Photographs go pop in Beatles to Bowie show

12.10.09
Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed is a nostalgic, impressive documentary marking the rapid changes in pop, contemporary design and photography between 1960-69.... more

Beatles entire back catalogue to set new chart record

03.09.09
The Beatles are set to dominate the music charts next week when their entire back catalogue of albums is re-released in a new remastered form.... more

Beatles fans will walk in Fab Four’s footsteps

21.07.09
Hundreds of Beatles fans are to walk over the Abbey Road zebra crossing to mark the 40th anniversary of the famous album cover picture... more

Macca not surprised by Michael Jackson's will

08.07.09
Sir Paul McCartney has revealed he was never under any illusion that Michael Jackson would leave the rights to the Beatles back catalogue to him... more

Classic images of pop stars that set Sixties style

25.06.09
Rare portraits of Sixties rock stars showing how pop influenced the style of a decade will go on show this autumn.... more

Beatles put their first song online

02.06.09
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have announced they are putting their first song online... more

Norwegians would put Beatles for free online

06.01.09
The entire Beatles back catalogue has been put online for free download... more

Paul McCartney has a Monopoly on Beatles memorabilia

04.09.08
Sir Paul McCartney looks set for A Hard Day's Night playing a new Beatles Monopoly boardgame. The 66-year-old emerged from his offices yesterday with the Fab Four edition of the popular game. ... more

The Fab Three: Topiary Beatles missing drummer Ringo after it's removed for repairs following vandalism

19.05.08
A foliage sculpture of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr which was beheaded by vandals has been taken away to be repaired. The figure, which took 18 months to cultivate as part of a topiary tribute to the Fab Four, was unveiled at Liverpool's South Parkway train station in March this year. But Ringo's figure was targeted by vandals soon after the unveiling of the artwork ... more

It's the Fab Three as Ringo the beheaded shrub drummer is taken away for repairs

19.05.08
A foliage sculpture of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr which was beheaded by vandals has been taken away to be repaired leaving the Fab Four looking more like the Fab Three. ... more

Here comes the sun: Unique photos of the Beatles in the summer of 1963 before worldwide fame

21.04.08
Four weeks later their lives were to change forever. But in this a collection of unique photographs, the Beatles can still enjoy a quiet few hours sunbathing without, it appears, a care in the world - or being swamped by fans... more

Stella McCartney and Yoko Ono's tearful embrace at funeral of 'Fifth Beatle' - but Macca stays away

07.04.08
The Beatles he loved couldn't be there to say goodbye. It was left to the women to pay the band's final respects to Neil Aspinall, the man who ran the group's business empire for 40 years and was known as the 'fifth Beatle'... more

Macca in mourning for 'fifth Beatle' Neil Aspinall

24.03.08
The man known throughout the music industry as "the Fifth Beatle" has died from lung cancer. Neil Aspinall, who controlled The Beatles' music empire for more than 40 years, passed away in hospital in New York yesterday ... more

Paul McCartney's £200m iTunes payday

07.03.08
Sir Paul McCartney is to release the Beatles back catalogue online - helping pay for his multi-million-pound divorce from Heather Mills.... more

Ed Hamell takes a sidelong look at America

15.02.08
A performer with an anarchic passion that's difficult to resist, Ed Hamell laments over loss and death in his show The Terrorism Of Everyday Life.... more

For sale: The first flat they got with a little help from their friend

14.02.08
The only home where the Beatles lived together is for sale... more

Off the record

07.12.07
In this week's off the record, David Smyth talks about The Feeling, discusses his pick of festive gigs to get you in the christmas mood, and finds out what's new on the world wide web.... more

Macca's electrifying show

26.10.07
Sir Paul McCartney enthralled the Electric Proms with an array of spine-tingling songs from over four decades.... more

Sorry, there aren't any names left for bands...

08.10.07
Today's new bands are finding it difficult to think of a name for themselves because all the good ones have been taken.... more

Pie in the sky with diamonds

27.09.07
It looked like a good idea to pen a musical drama about the Sixties but in Across the Universe, the musical numbers are rarely more than adequate.... more

Bono turns up at Beatles premiere

27.09.07
Rock star Bono made a surprise appearance at the UK celebrity premiere of Across the Universe, a musical film featuring songs by The Beatles.... more

Black rebels run out of gas

07.03.07
San Franciscan band Black Motorcycle Club might exude cool, but their songs couldn't retain Ludmilla Ivan-Zadeh's interest.... more

London Beatles Day

07.03.07
From original vinyl to flight bag replicas, posters and drinks mats, there will be thousands of pieces of memorabilia at the London Beatles Day.... more

Fans mob Macca at album signing

22.11.06
Sir Paul McCartney enjoyed a stirring reminder of the loyalty of his fans when he made a rare public appearance at a West End record signing.... more

CDs of the week

17.11.06
There's a new Beatles album out that will make purists fume, Tom Waits releases 30 new songs on three exquisitely packaged CDs and former Busted boy Matt Willis goes solo with mixed results.... more

Get Back to court: Beatles sue EMI for £10.5m

30.08.06
The Beatles have been given the go ahead to sue EMI for more than £10.5 million in lost earnings - more than 30 years after the band split up.... more

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