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George Harrison reveals the Beatles' early struggles in a newly discovered interview
By Phil Weller published
From the group's failed auditions to the black eye he earned defending Ringo Starr, Harrison charts the band’s early years and Anthology-era reunion

John Lennon said the Beatles wrote better music after the band broke up. Here's why
By Phil Weller published
An interview from 1972 finds him praising his former bandmates and how they’ve “flowered” as solo artists

The one ex-Beatle George Harrison was open to starting a new band with
By Phil Weller published
Harrison was stifled in the latter days of the Fab Four, but while his solo career proved his creative worth, he held one former bandmate in higher regard than the others

Studio legend Glyn Johns on Paul McCartney's shocking request to work on what became the Beatles' final album
By Phil Weller published
The album’s roots live on as 'Let It Be,' but Johns says the rest of the band didn’t get McCartney’s “really interesting” idea

Paul McCartney on the ghost of John Lennon and “strange goings-on” that marked the recording of the Beatles’ ‘Anthology’ hits
By Phil Weller published
It was the first time the trio had entered the studio without John Lennon, who McCartney claims made his presence known from beyond the grave

Paul McCartney's cryptic Instagram post has fans hoping for a new collection of Beatles outtakes and rarities
By Phil Weller published
Three multimedia Anthology projects were released in the mid ’90s, and a fourth may be following in their wake

Paul McCartney's 1973 TV special is a fascinating moment from his post-Beatles career
By Phil Weller published
While John Lennon and George Harrison established themselves away from the Beatles’ shadow, McCartney struggled to find his feet in a new era

How an unreleased John Lennon demo saw three-quarters of the Beatles write a song together, 40 years after Lennon's death
By Phil Weller published
Starr was shocked to hear what Lennon said in the original demo tape, and saw it as a sign to get the Beatles back together in a roundabout way

“They're derivative, and they think too much of themselves”: What Paul McCartney thought of Oasis…
By Phil Weller published
When Oasis fired shots at the Beatles, Paul McCartney didn’t take it lying down

History says John Lennon and Paul McCartney last met in 1976. A friend says it was two years later over a pizza dinner in New York City
By Phil Weller published
Radio and TV personality Elliot Mintz has gone into detail about seeing the two Beatles together two years after their last known encounter
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