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In May 1968, the band met at Harrison's home in Esher to record demos of songs later recorded for their November 1968 release The Beatles (also known as "the White Album").
After eight years that shook the world, redefined music and rerouted popular culture, it took just one word to kill off the best band that ever lived. “Are you planning a new album or single...
But why did the most influential band of the 20th century break up within seven years of releasing their first album? The answer is as complex as the relationships between the men themselves. Many...
Fifty years ago, when Paul McCartney announced he had left the Beatles, the news dashed the hopes of millions of fans, while fueling false reunion rumors that persisted well into the new...
It was a cold January in 1969, and the Beatles were seated on a vast, even colder, soundstage at London’s Twickenham Film Studios, in the company of the last people in the world they wanted...
It was 1966 and after years of touring the world playing to packed out audiences and screaming fans, The Beatles needed a break. An exhausted George, John and Ringo persuaded "workaholic" Paul that they should no longer perform live and that the band should take a much needed holiday.
In 1969, during a private meeting with Ringo, Paul and their manager Allen Klein, John Lennon announced that he intended to quit The Beatles. George Harrison was absent. Klein, in a panic, convinced the band to stay quiet about the split while he tied up some crucial business deals.
In January 1969, the Beatles convened in London to record a new album and documentary film. A camera crew captured the quartet as they listlessly learned new songs and squabbled with each...
In the press, the breakup of the Beatles occurred on April 10, 1970, following an ill — or perhaps, perfectly — timed press release from Paul McCartney that accompanied advanced press copies of his debut solo LP, McCartney.
The Beatles’ private breakup became public when Paul McCartney issued a press release on April 10, 1970, saying he no longer saw himself working with the band or writing with John Lennon.