Category: The Beatles

‘The King Lear in I Am the Walrus? That came from John Cage’: Paul McCartney on the Beatles’ debt to great avant-garde composers

In the mid-60s, the Beatles tuned in to the world’s most audacious experimental musicians. Paul McCartney reveals how many of the Fab Four’s ‘far-out’ masterpieces were inspired by their sonic...

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‘Their songs are rousing, trippy, witty, moronic. I’ve sung along to them all’: Simon Armitage hails the return of Oasis

Ahead of the first tour date tonight, the former poet laureate explores the ‘brotherhood and chemistry’ that forged the band, repelled the Gallaghers and brought them together againIn retrospect it all seems so...

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Charli xcx leads male-dominated Brit awards nominations – with first Beatles nod since 1977

Brat scores the British pop star five nominations, while male acts make up 53% of the overall field and mixed acts 12%Charli xcx leads this year’s Brit awards with five nominations for her 2024-dominating record Brat...

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