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There goes the sun! Beatles backlash over museum that will block daylight
There’s a row on Savile Row over a proposed seven-floor development that will allow visitors on to the rooftop where the band performed their legendary final live concert in London in 1969.
- Patrick Sawer
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Paul McCartney ranks Taylor Swift alongside The Beatles: ‘You do see the parallel’
The pop legend, who has a new album out this week, also had high praise for Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter.
- Robert White
Stephen Colbert ends The Late Show with famous faces, a fake pope and a singalong
It was a weirdly fitting ending for the final episode of Stephen Colbert’s late-night talk show.
- Louise Rugendyke
After 40 years, Spinal Tap have returned. Can they turn it back up to 11?
The bad boys of rock from the pioneering 1980s mockumentary now look like grandfathers, and they still need a drummer.
- Sandra Hall
Before Pastrygate: Creative rivalries fuelled by plagiarism are nothing new
All artists, good and bad, are influenced by the work of their forerunners. Good artists absorb the work of their mentors, then try to outdo them.
- David Free
Is there anything left to learn about the Beatles?
The famous band has been amply covered. But analysing one friendship offers new insights.
- The Economist
The Beatles biopics: Your five big questions answered
Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn and Barry Keoghan have been cast as the Fab Four across four movies. But how is this epic going to work?
- Neil McCormick
Sex, drugs and underlying health issues: The diabolical cost of insuring old rockers
The huge financial hit from abandoning a show means the stakes for ageing artists couldn’t be higher.
- James Hall
And you thought the Taylor Swift tour was bonkers...
A new book celebrating 60 years since the Beatles toured Australia is the deepest dive into the Fab Four you could imagine.
- Michael Dwyer
What does Michelangelo have to do with Baby Reindeer? You’ll never guess
Long before Taylor Swift, conspiracy theorists were joining the cultural dots.
- Jordan Prosser