Don’t you wish the Beatles could reunite? So do we, but that would be impossible. However, since Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre performed alongside a projection of Tupac at theCoachella Music Festival last month, bands have been flirting with the idea of bringing theirdead brethren back on stage.
Olivia Harrison, though, isn’t having any of it. The late George Harrison’s widow recently spoke to Mojo […]

It’s one of The Beatles most famous songs but if the course of rock ‘n’ roll history had been altered, it’s Sir Tom Jones who would be famous for singing The Long And Winding Road – not The Fab Four.
The Welsh icon has revealed how his fellow knight of the realm, Sir Paul McCartney offered […]

The Fab Four beat Elvis and Cliff Richard into second and third place

The Beatles have been named the biggest selling singles act in the UK, since charts began 60 years ago in 1952.
The Fab Four pushed Elvis Presley into second place and Cliff Richard into third, in a new list compiled by the Official Charts Company, which is being […]

A rare look at the pop pioneers on tour, at home, and on top of the world

The past year has been a boon for seeing The Beatles with new eyes—from their tour manager’s never-before-published tour photos to Linda McCartney’s tender portraits to rediscovered vintage children’s books—but count on Taschen to up the ante on any cultural trope. The newly […]

FIVE times more than any other song

Tune Up: The license for the single song cost $250,000
Viewers turning in to watch yesterday night’s installment of Mad Men were shocked - not at what they saw, but at what they heard.
AMC’s Sunday showstopper finally scored their first Beatles tune - a much sought after […]

The break-up of EMI is the “worst thing that music has ever faced”, Sir George Martin, the legendary record producer who oversaw the rise of the Beatles, has claimed.

Sir George, often dubbed “the fifth Beatle” because of his great influence during their 1960s heyday, said he was “saddened” by the looming carve-up of EMI, which […]

Starting April 1, you’ll be able to put your money in over 50,000 digital jukeboxes in your favorite bar or restaurant and hear the Beatles on the TouchTunes Interactive Network, it was announced Wednesday.
All 13 studio albums will be included, said Apple Corps Ltd., EMI Music, and TouchTunes Interactive Networks in the joint […]

Abbey Road Studios were opened by Sir Edward Elgar in November 1931. They are currently owned by EMI, who were absorbed into Universal Music Group yesterday. Universal has promised to save the studios from closure.
Picture: CHRISTINE BOYD
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Vivendi has signed a definitive agreement with Citigroup to purchase EMI’s music division for $1.9 billion (1.2 billion pounds), the company said Friday.
The British music company is home to the libraries of such music greats as the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg. It as been on the auction block since Citigroup […]