In the autumn months of 1969, Paul McCartney died. It had been a series of deaths, really. First up were the rumors, invented and spread by DJs and college students, that he had perished in a 1966 automobile accident and that the other Beatles were accomplices in the coverup. The Paul Is Dead hoax would […]
Everything Fab Four: The Beatles at Tittenhurst Park
On Friday, August 22nd, 1969, scarcely more than 30 hours since they’d departed EMI Studios after having finally put the Abbey Road album to bed, the Beatles reconvened at Tittenhurst Park, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s estate in rural Sunningdale near Ascot in Berkshire County. They had gathered together that day for a photo session. And while […]
Everything Fab Four: Wings Over Europe
On July 9, 1972, Wings embarked upon their first formal concert tour as a working rock ‘n’ roll band. The 25-show tour was an auspicious venture for Paul McCartney’s new group in comparison with Wings’ February barnstorming jaunt across a smattering of British colleges and universities. By the time that they alighted on their “Wings […]
Everything Fab Four: “When I’m Seventy-Seven”
This past Friday night, Paul McCartney’s Freshen Up tour rolled into Arlington, Texas’s Globe Life Park, where the former Beatle performed a 38-song set for nearly three hours before some 50,000 fans. And today—77 years after his mother Mary gave birth to him at Liverpool’s Walton Hospital—McCartney notches yet another milestone as rock’s reigning elder […]
Everything Fab Four: A Cellarful of Noise!
When it comes to the birth of the Beatles and the Mersey sound, Liverpool’s Cavern Club exists as ground zero for the most profound, most transitory musical fusion of the twentieth century. Directed by Christian Francis-Davies and Jon Keats, The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On documents in unforgettable style the venue’s heyday, tragic demolition, and incredible […]