The New York Times – Music:
The Oscar-winning filmmaker was given full rights to the band’s music and their life stories for the unusual quartet of films, planned for 2027.
Category: McCartney, Paul
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How Paul McCartney’s Lost Bass Guitar Was Found Five Decades Later
The New York Times – Music:
The Höfner violin bass that accompanied the Beatles to fame went missing more than 50 years ago. Two journalists and a Höfner expert were determined to find it.
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How Paul McCartney’s Lost Bass Guitar Was Found Five Decades Later
The New York Times – Music:
The Höfner violin bass that accompanied the Beatles to fame went missing more than 50 years ago. Two journalists and a Höfner expert were determined to find it.
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Paul McCartney Talks About His Beatles’ Photos Coming to the Brooklyn Museum
The New York Times – Music:
Sixty years after the Beatles appeared live on “Ed Sullivan,” McCartney reflects on his photos capturing those halcyon days. The Brooklyn Museum will exhibit them, and some will be for sale later.
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Beatles Biographer Grapples With the ‘Paradox’ of George Harrison
The New York Times – Music:
Philip Norman, the author of books about Paul McCartney, John Lennon and the Beatles as a group, discovers that Harrison was, among other things, a puzzle.
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Denny Laine, Founding Member of the Moody Blues and Wings, Dies at 79
The New York Times – Music:
He wrote “Mull of Kintyre” with Paul McCartney and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Moody Blues.
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Rob Reiner Teases Details of ‘Spinal Tap’ Sequel
The New York Times – Music:
Speaking on a podcast this week, the director said Paul McCartney and Elton John will appear in the film, among other real musical stars.
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The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’: The Band’s ‘Last’ Song
The New York Times – Music:
The “last” song with contributions from all four Beatles, made possible by new technology, finds its power in vulnerability and nostalgia.
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Beatles’ ‘Now and Then,’ Billed as ‘Last Song,’ Due Nov. 2
The New York Times – Music:
“Now and Then,” an unfinished composition from the late 1970s, was completed using technology that separated John Lennon’s vocal from a piano track.