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Wanna be Their Man?: The Bootleg Beatles are after a new Paul McCartney

Successful bassist will be their fourth Macca - do you have the “look, the voice, bass guitar and keyboard skills”?

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“Every time I sing it I feel so honored”: Beyoncé wraps up her London residency by thanking Paul McCartney for writing “one of the best songs ever made”

But will we ever get to see the two stars perform it together?

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Mantra of the Cosmos: Sons of Beatles legends record new track

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Frankie Goes To Hollywood's Holly Johnson on Relax beating Queen's Radio Ga Ga to No.1: 'Poor Freddie'

Holly Johnson admits Freddie Mercury was probably left kicking himself after Frankie Goes To Hollywood starved Radio Ga Ga of number one in the UK.

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Beyoncé thanks Paul McCartney for penning 'one of the best songs ever made'

Beyoncé tipped the Stetson to Sir Paul McCartney after performing her cover of Blackbird on her Cowboy Carter tour.

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John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr’s sons team up to release new song

The trio have collaborated on a new song for Zak Starkey’s band

The Independent UK

“There were all these killer players. I was shy and kind of sat there, but Etta said, ‘I like that little white kid’”: Brian Ray wowed Etta James at 18, lost-out on Shakira and landed his gig with Paul McCartney –after auditioning at the Super Bowl

Brian Ray's career is like no other. As Paul McCartney's guitarist for over 20 years, he gives us a unique perspective on what it's like to play with a Beatle – and how it all started with the Monster Mash

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My unexpected Pride icon: indie breakup songs said all the things I couldn’t say to other boys

From John Lennon’s takedown of Paul McCartney to the Libertines’ Can’t Stand Me Now, songs by straight men about falling out with their friends were strangely romantic to me

The Guardian - UK

‘It made my life and my year’: Jeff Goldblum gets utterly starstruck meeting Beatles legend Paul McCartney backstage on Broadway

When Jeff met Paul.

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Wicked star Jeff Goldblum reveals that once celebrity he was 'very starstruck' by

Wicked actor Jeff Goldblum has revealed which A-lister left him "very starstruck" despite his own years of Hollywood stardom.

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Sir Paul McCartney pays tribute to 'shining light' Brian Wilson

Sir Paul McCartney has paid a heartfelt tribute to his late friend Brian Wilson.

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Paul McCartney says ‘musical genius’ Brian Wilson was ‘bright shining light’

The 82-year-old Beatles bass player has previously cited Wilson’s work as an inspiration for his own.

Evening Standard

"It's purely experimental, with zero regard for commercialism": How Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds and reinvented music

Tiring of making frothy pop, the late Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session players, and began recording an all-time classic

Louder

Brian Wilson interview: "I don’t like SMiLE any more. I got so tired of it and did it so many times I've forgotten it"

The late Brian Wilson on carrying the legend of the Beach Boys, Macca’s tears, and how soft drinks messed him up for years

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Beach Boys visionary leader Brian Wilson dies at age 82

Wilson’s genius for melody and arrangements inspired the songs Good Vibrations and California Girls.

The Independent UK

Brian Wilson, Beach Boys leader and summer's poet laureate, dies at 82

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys has died at 82

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“I’ve actually performed it with him, and I’m afraid to say that during the soundcheck, I broke down”: The story behind The Beach Boys’ timeless masterpiece God Only Knows, a Brian Wilson co-creation that had a profound emotional impact on Paul McCartney

How Brian Wilson hooked up with an LA advertising executive to pen one of the most majestic and moving pop songs ever created

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Paul McCartney unwittingly met the girl who’d later inspire the Beatles’ She’s Leaving Home years before writing the song

She’d later crop up in a newspaper story and trigger Paul to pen the Sgt. Pepper classic - but did he remember that he’d already met the girl in question?

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The Guardian - UK

John Lennon’s ‘smutty and funny’ letter to future first wife to be sold at auction

Beatle wrote in 1962 letter to Cynthia Powell that he wished he was on his way to her flat with ‘chocies and a throbber’

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46 Old And Rarely Seen Images Of Famous People, As Shared On This Twitter Page

Welcome to the historical walk of fame where photographs are just as real and vivid as the emotions of these famous people captured on camera.

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“Thank you, Scousers”: McCartney joins Springsteen to play Can’t Buy Me Love at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium

The pair had earlier made surprise visit to LIPA performing arts school

Evening Standard

Elton John, 'we've got your back' - says minister after he slams Government as 'losers' in AI copyright row

The world-famous pop star says the Government’s current plans would let AI firms to ‘commit theft, thievery on the highest scale’

The Independent UK

Brit Awards to be held outside London for the first time in its history

The UK music industry's biggest night has been held in London for the past four decades

The Independent UK

Lord Woodbine: The forgotten sixth Beatle

Lord Woodbine taught the Fab Four the blues– but was written out of pop history. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and James McGrath pay tribute

The Independent UK

Bruce Springsteen brings Paul McCartney on stage for Beatles cover

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