“I didn’t instigate the split. John walked into a room one day and said I am leaving The Beatles. Is that instigating the split, or not?” History still painted McCartney as the bad gu ...

While strolling in the park on an early spring day in March 1967, he recalled a favorite phrase of part-time Beatles’ drummer Jimmie Nicol, who subbed in for a few dates on the 1964 world tour ...

Pete Best has officially retired from music (Picture: Regis Martin/Getty Images) Pete Best has retired from music a whopping 60 years after he was sacked from The Beatles and replaced with Sir ...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were each other’s favorite audience. That was plainly clear as the besotted Beatles bantered, bickered and obsessed over the 23 years they were friends and rivals.

He had come to the attention of Beatles bassist Paul McCartney after performing at Best’s mother’s cafe and venue in Liverpool, The Casbah Coffee Club. In later years, Best continued to ...

Pete Best, original drummer for the Beatles, was last seen turning the Casbah Coffee Club — his family’s old Liverpool venue, site of many an early Beatles gig dating back to when they were ...

They were due to play a show at the Liverpool Beatles Museum on Mathew Street in August but his brother has confirmed that the 83-year-old has now stood down. He wrote on X: “Well what an ...

A new book shows Buddy Holly as you've never seen him before - including without his trademark glasses. Buddy Holly: Words Of Love celebrates the life of the late rock and roll musician and ...

THE STORY. CALL MARY KROGER. IT’S A TRADITION THAT STARTED ON APRIL 1ST, 1944. MARY, IT’S PAT. I’M JUST CALLING TO WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. BETWEEN PAT DREAMER AND MARY WHEATON, WE HAD ...

Sam Taylor-Johnson decided to rectify this with her Beatles film, Nowhere Boy. Aaron Taylor-Johnson was tasked with playing a young John Lennon. While this film touches on the band’s beginnings ...

The Beatles will be played on screen by Harris Dickinson (John Lennon), Paul Mescal (Paul McCartney), Barry Keoghan (Ringo Starr) and Joseph Quinn (George Harrison) The Fab Four came together on ...

The band’s 15-song audition was apparently underwhelming: The Beatles were rejected from the label in favor of a group called Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. The rejection was stinging for the ...