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Songwriters often subconsciously reveal things that even they don’t realize. In some cases, it takes an outside source to put a finger on it, maybe somebody within your own band who knows you better than anybody else.

In the case of “Good Morning Good Morning,” John Lennon, the song’s chief writer for The Beatles, didn’t explain that it might have come from his own deep-seated frustrations with his daily life. But after the fact, his songwriting partner Paul McCartney made the connection.
“Morning” Has Broken

If you judge whether something is a concept album or not by interconnected songs or a running narrative, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band doesn’t really make the grade. The masterful 1967 album only really holds up in that regard for the first two and last two songs, when Sgt. Pepper’s band addresses the audience.

But the songs do share thematic connections. Many of them deal with the routine ephemera of everyday life, at least in lyrical terms. The music, so wondrous and inspired, then takes those slice-of-life stories and renders them all indelibly magical.

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Ringo Starr may be known as one of the most successful musicians to have ever lived, but there is one role he took on during his extraordinary career that fans may be less aware of.

The Beatles legend achieved international success drumming with the Fab Four. As a solo artist Ringo has released twenty studio albums and sold millions of records. Included on the long list of achievements the 84-year-old can boast is his connection to one of the most famous children's TV shows.

Ringo was the first narrator for Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. He narrated the first and second series and played Mr. Conductor in the first series of Shining Time Station.

The Dingle native left his role on the show to focus on his solo career, leaving in 1990 to tour with the All Starr band. After which he was replaced by Michael Angelis in the UK and George Carlin in the US. In 2009, he returned to voice Thomas in The Official BBC Children in Need Medley.

On February 4, a post uploaded by Facebook group 'Classic Memory Lane", showed the Beatle posing in front of the tank engines in their model form. The post has achieved plenty of engagement with over 40,000 likes and over 1,000 comments. Many fans were surprised to details

Sean Ono Lennon Says It’s ‘Not a Burden’ to Be John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Son: ‘It's Honestly a Great Privilege for Me’Sean Ono Lennon isn't ashamed to have famous parents.  

While speaking to reporters in the press room at the 2025 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, the musician, 49, opened up about being the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and how that affects him as he navigates his own music career.

"In terms of balancing and being the custodian of [my dad's] music and my own music, it's not a burden. It's honestly a great privilege for me," Sean explained.   "I just feel so lucky that I get to do good by my dad, you know?" continued the star, whose famous father was murdered in December 1980, when he was five years old.

"It seems like a privilege, as his son, to be able to give back," added Sean. "He gave the world so much, and he gave me so much, and I just feel really honored to be able to do justice by him if I can."    Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

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NBC has confirmed that Paul McCartney and Paul Simon will perform on SNL50: The Anniversary Special, a live three-hour show airing Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.

The pair had previously been announced as participants on the Saturday Night Live celebration, but a new post on Instagram now lists them as performers, along with Miley Cyrus, Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Wayne and The Roots.

The telecast, from Studio 8H in New York’s Rockefeller Center, will also feature appearances by Adam Driver, Ayo Edebiri, Bad Bunny, Dave Chappelle, John Mulaney, Kim Kardashian, Martin Short, Pedro Pascal, Peyton Manning, Quinta Brunson, Robert De Niro, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks and Woody Harrelson.

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The gold coin features Sir Paul's guitar as well as hidden references to his record-breaking career. Rare gold and silver coins honouring former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney are up for auction.  The bespoke set of gold and silver coins, designed by The Royal Mint, will go under the hammer at Stack's Bowers Galleries.

One gold and four silver 5kg (11llb) pieces are set to be auctioned off for a combined sum of over six figures. Royal Mint A gold coin with Paul McCartney's signature on, guitar and piano. Presented in a wooden boxRoyal Mint

The bespoke gold coin took over 250 hours to make, including three days of hand polishing. The Royal Mint worked directly with Sir Paul's production company, MPL Communications, and with the legendary signer himself to develop the coins.

Rebecca Morgan, director of commemorative coin at The Royal Mint said: "This is an exciting opportunity for collectors and fans of Paul McCartney to own a unique item celebrating one of the most influential music artists and songwriters of all time.

"Each coin available at auction is a testament to the exceptional skills of our craftspeople at The Royal Mint". Speaking at the time the decision to mint the coins was announced, S details

Back in January Ringo Starr headlined two nights at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, joined by a lineup of all-star guests. Soon folks at home are going to get to see what went down.

The previously announced Ringo & Friends at the Ryman special will debut March 10 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+.

Taped on Jan. 14 and Jan. 15, the special has Ringo performing with such artists as Sheryl Crow, Jack White, Brenda Lee, Mickey Guyton, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Emmylou Harris, The War and Treaty and more.

The special will include performances of Beatles classics, Ringo solo hits and songs from Ringo’s recently released country album, Look Up, which was produced by T Bone Burnett. It will also include Ringo discussing the influence country music has had on his life and career, with the guests also sharing stories of how Ringo has influenced their music.

“It is always a thrill to play the Ryman and this time we are going country!” Ringo shared. “T Bone has put together a great show. It was two nights of peace, love and country music.”

The special also featured an all-star performance of the Beatles classic “With A Little Help From My Friends,” details

A new documentary, pieced together from unseen footage and carrying all-new interviews with those present at the time and nearest to the star, promises to tell the ex-Beatle’s post-Beatles come-down story that, it seems, – so far – the big names have successfully kept under cover.

New documentary, Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade, comes via Alan G. Parker the maker of Hello Quo and It Was Fifty Years Ago Today… Sgt Pepper And Beyond and features classic interviews with all the usual suspects (Lennon, Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney) plus new, perhaps more candid chat from Tony Bramwell the Apple Records CEO, Earl Slick, Lennon’s guitarist), Vinny Appice, his drummer, and tour manager Henry ‘The Horse’ Smith.

Of course, we’re all familiar with tales of Beatles sublime success. There’s their own official and suitably epic Anthology series. We’ve Martin Scorsese’s George Harrison-focused Living In The Material World delivering its ‘unique perspective’, and Peter Jackson’s tragedy-turned-triumph Get Back, all telling tales that fit a known narrative and leave a smile on your face.

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John Lennon and The Beatles’ music is teaming with hopeless romantic tropes. “Girl,” “Here, There and Everywhere,” “Something,” and “In My Life” are just a few of the notable ones that come to mind. However, there are hoards of other ones that exist in the Beatles’ expansive and decorated catalog.

John Lennon was always an artist in every sense of the word, thus, he seemingly always liked to place himself in the very setting of his songs. That being so, when Lennon sat down to write the Beatles’ 1964 single, “If I Fell,” he made sure to write it on a dramatically appropriate piece of paper—A Valentine’s Day Card.
John Lennon and The £7,800 Valentine’s Day Card

It is unclear where and when John Lennon wrote the lyrics for “If I Fell” on the back of a Valentine’s Day Card, though, both Lennon and Paul McCartney have spoken candidly about the song’s meaning and context. Regarding the latter, “If I Fell” appeared in the Beatles’ film A Hard Day’s Night. In the scene, Lennon comedically mimes the song to Ringo Starr. Although, that still doesn’t explain the s details

Paul McCartney is treating New Yorkers to a third surprise concert, Friday, February 14—truly proving that he is a gift that keeps on giving. McCartney announced the Valentine's Day performance on his Instagram this afternoon. Tickets are on sale right now.

The third performance comes after giving about 600 people a show to remember Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

The lucky audience members happened to get over to the Bowery Ballroom box office first on Tuesday and many of those who got tickets for the Wednesday night show were already camping out in hopes another concert would be announced. Apparently, actors Emma Stone, Anne Hathaway and supermodel Karlie Kloss managed to attend on Wednesday night. And likewise, people were already lining up outside the venue on Thursday hours before the third concert announcement went live.

Tickets from third party vendors are not being honored to weed out fake tickets, so tickets must be gotten in person.

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Over half a decade after the international superstars broke up, 44 years after the death of John Lennon and 23 years after the passing of George Harrison, The Beatles released their 2025 Grammy-winning song, “Now And Then.”
During the recent Grammy Awards ceremony on Feb. 2, The Beatles won their eighth Grammy Award, receiving nominations for record of the year and best rock performance, winning the latter of the two.  Because of the death of half of the members of the mid-20th century pop group, the recording of the new Grammy-nominated record was unlike any other.

The origin of the song is derived from an unreleased demo that the late Lennon made three years before his assassination in 1980. In 1994, the three living members at that time came together to work on three previous demos: “Free as a Bird,” “Real Love,” as well as “Now and Then,” releasing the first two in 1995 and “Now And Then” in November 2023.
“Free as a Bird” was quite successful, winning best music video, short form, as well as best pop performance by a duo or group with vocal at the 1997 Grammy Awards. In addition, the single peaked at number two on the UK Si details

In terms of legacy-making months, February has always been good to The Beatles. The band’s triumphant 1964 appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" will always resound in the history of popular music, to be sure. Then there’s the group’s first full-length concert at the Washington Coliseum a few days later. And these Fab Februarys have never truly ebbed, with Paul McCartney staging a series of intimate, pop-up concerts in Brooklyn this very week.

Which brings us to the latest Beatles book to hit the shelves. Robert Rodriguez and Jerry Hammack, the authors of "Ribbons of Rust: The Beatles’ Recording History in Context," are undertaking one of the most ambitious new projects in Beatles studies. In a painstaking effort to account for the band’s origins and influences, Rodriguez and Hammack contextualize the bandmates’ lives and work in terms of their historical and sociocultural moment. The book series draws its name, by the way, from the recording tape upon which the group imprinted their masterworks, those “ribbons of rust”—iron oxide bonded to polyethylene terephthalate.

The first volume in the series traces the fertile and transformative era from July 1954 throu details

“Hey, that was a Beatles scream!” Paul McCartney said, responding to a female audience member’s shriek midway through his exuberant surprise concert at New York’s Bowery Ballroom on Tuesday night. “Okay girls, let’s get it over with,” he mock-sighed. “Let’s hear your Beatles screams.”

A huge percentage of the audience complied, producing a credible impersonation of the shrieks that shook the world in 1964 while McCartney listened, then nodded in approval and said, “OK that’s enough.” While some would have basked in the moment, Sir Paul has probably heard enough screaming in his 83 years to burst a thousand eardrums.

But for the lucky people in the room, it was a night worth screaming over: Seeing Paul McCartney and his ace band play a 575-capacity venue that later in the month is hosting shows by such artists as Bartees Strange, Willow Avalon and Jesse Welles. The show was announced suddenly at noon, with no advance warning:

And at 6:44 p.m. on the nose, the band — led by McCartney — walked down the narrow stairs leading from the Bowery dressing room to the stage and launched straight into “A Hard Day’s details

On This Day, Feb. 11, 1964 …

The Beatles played their first show in the U.S. at the Washington Coliseum, performing 12 songs, including “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You” an “Twist and Shout.”

Thousands of screaming fans showed up for the concert, which resulted in over 350 police being dispatched to the show.

The Beatles played their show in the round and wound up pausing the concert several times to turn Ringo Starr’s drum riser so everyone in the audience got a chance to see him.

The concert, held two days after the band made their TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, was filmed and telecast in U.S. theaters that March.

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The Beatles had a lot riding on their debut single in the early 1960s. Would the band make a decent first impression or be doomed to be nothing more than a house band for dark, dank clubs across Europe? The music they recorded at EMI Studios had the potential to elevate them from local Liverpudlian heroes to international stars. Of course, plenty of bands have successfully come back from a poorly received debut. But would such a comeback be possible for a relatively unknown band from northern England?

Even with their countless hours of stage time under their belt, the Beatles were facing an obstacle they had never before encountered. Unsurprisingly, the band had strong feelings about which songs did—and didn’t—meet their necessary criteria for a successful debut single.

In the early 1960s, shopping for songs in Tin Pan Alley was a far more common practice than bands releasing original material. But as history would show time and time again, the Beatles were anything but ordinary. The songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney was well underway. And that’s what the band wanted to highlight with their first singles. So, the band voted for an original they felt had details

John Lennon, born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, was a legendary singer, songwriter, and peace activist who co-founded the iconic rock band, The Beatles. He was a pivotal figure in the music industry and became one of the most influential and celebrated musicians of the 20th century.

In the early 1960s, along with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, John Lennon formed The Beatles, a band that would revolutionize popular music and become a cultural phenomenon. As the primary songwriter and co-lead vocalist of the group, Lennon’s creative contributions were instrumental in shaping their sound and style.

The Beatles’ massive success and unprecedented fame brought Beatlemania to the world, influencing an entire generation and changing the landscape of popular music forever. Some of Lennon’s most iconic compositions for The Beatles include “Imagine,” “Strawberry Fields Forever,” “A Day in the Life,” and “Let It Be.”

In 1969, John Lennon married artist and musician Yoko Ono, and the couple became known for their activism and advocacy for peace. Their “Bed-In” events, peace protests, and iconic song “Gi details