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The John Lennon track Paul McCartney wanted to make a Beatles “reunion song”

Can you imagine watching one of The Beatles’ early rehearsal sessions? I’m talking about before Ringo Starr was even in the band, just John Lennon and Paul McCartney exchanging ideas and working on songs, completely oblivious to how much they would change the world. That band and those songs were going to have a massive […]

Did Elton John get John Lennon and Yoko Ono back together?

When The Beatles were flying over to America, I’m sure the excitement was palpable. Four lads from Liverpool, their song climbing the charts in the States, nothing before them except the rest of their lives and a world of opportunity. There couldn’t have been anything more endearing to the wannabe rock stars than the idea […]

“I could not rescue those”: The John Lennon songs that were forever lost to history

Listening to old tapes of John Lennon is the equivalent of going through lost archives for Beatles fans. Lennon was taken from this Earth far too soon, and while we are only left with what he gave us, there are always pieces that were never properly released or kept in the vaults for far too […]

Earl Slick, the artist too drunk to jam with John Lennon: “I was so hungover”

For any self-respecting musician, the chance to record alongside John Lennon is the thing of fantasy. After all, the former Beatle is among the most important, successful, and universally beloved figures to ever grace the airwaves, penning a litany of music’s most iconic tracks alongside The Beatles and crafting a truly compelling solo career in […]

Was breaking up The Beatles the “best thing Yoko Ono ever did”?

The record producer Rick Rubin once waxed so lyrical about The Beatles that even a desperate second-hand car salesman might blush: “It transcends everything,” he eulogised, “It’s much bigger than four kids from Liverpool. For me, The Beatles are proof of the existence of God. It’s so good and so far beyond everyone else that […]