The Beatles assumed characters while making Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The concept record saw them create under a new banner. In return, their music benefitted from the freedom of “not ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

What made The Beatles so special, Paul McCartney argued, was their ability not only to accept accidents but to lean into them ...

When The Beatles launched their US invasion in 1964 — complete with their historic debut appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” — the mop-topped Brits were under siege by the screaming masses upon their ...

A new documentary on Apple TV+ goes backstage with The Beatles as they prepared for their first U.S. tour in 1964. SCHMITZ: A little over 60 years ago, the Beatles appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show," ...

The Beatles sitting in a bus on the set of the "Magical Mystery Tour" movie. - Cummings Archives/Getty Images While the Beatles were certainly no strangers to alcohol, it appears that their backstage ...

Insofar as three-quarters of The Beatles were concerned, touring would remain a thing of the past, but for Paul McCartney, there was a growing belief that the longer the group distanced themselves ...

Although Elvis’ career was in decline in the ’60s, he was still one of the biggest names in the world when he met The Beatles. In 1965, Beatlemania was in full swing when the Liverpool band went to ...

Who says that “Love” can’t last forever? Or that May/December romances peter out? Just ask Tallahassee’s Jan DeCosmo, who at 73 continues a lifelong commitment of the heart that began when she was ...

Before The Beatles were a solid foursome, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison cycled through a number of other members. The band shrank after their early days as the Quarrymen. The group ...

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May is worried that Sam Mendes' upcoming four films about The Beatles will feel like "it's a competition between them". Mendes is creating The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic ...