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Barry Keoghan issued an emotional update as he opened up about filming in Liverpool. The 33-year-old has been cast as Ringo Starr in the eagerly anticipated Beatles cinematic event series.

Sir Sam Mendes is adapting the Fab Four's story in what promises to be the definitive account of how the lads from Liverpool conquered the world. The upcoming films are particularly exciting as it is the first time The Beatles and Apple Corps Ltd. have authorised the use of the band members’ life stories and music to be used in a scripted movie. 

In addition to Barry, Paul Mescal has been cast as Sir Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison. Barry has been pictured in character as the legendary drummer as filming for the upcoming movies has taken over the city over recent weeks.

The actor said it has been special to be on location in the city where it all started for The Beatles. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, he said: "It's an absolute joy. We're up in Liverpool filming now so that's sort of a thing in itself.

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He was born in Liverpool, but where does Paul McCartney live now? In the years since The Beatles formed in their hometown in 1960, the English music icon has collected properties across the United Kingdom and the United States—and rarely lets them go. McCartney still maintains his first home, a London townhouse that he bought in 1965. “Do I know anything about property? Not really,” the musician said in an interview the following year. “Well, I suppose I do, come to think of it. I’m being vague. But don’t think I’m a big property tycoon. I only buy places I like.”

Many of the homes that McCartney has liked enough to buy are sprawling ranches or farms that have provided him privacy and respite from the chaos of stardom, and most seem to hold sentimental value for the Beatles bassist. Below, we’re examining the homes that Sir Paul McCartney has owned over the years.   

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A piano used by John Lennon to compose songs for the iconic Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album sold for a record £2.5 million ($3.2 million) at a Christie’s auction in New York on March 12, 2026.

• Instrument: A Broadwood upright piano originally built in 1872.
• Historical Significance: Lennon used this piano to write several Beatles classics, including "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," "A Day In The Life," and "Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!".
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For much of The Beatles’ career, the songwriting spotlight fell predominantly on the partnership between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Their prolific writing was at the forefront of the band’s records, and often left limited space for songs written by George Harrison and Ringo Starr. But, by the late 1960s, Harrison had developed his songwriting to a place of quiet sophistication, and one tune in particular would prove that he deserved greater recognition.

“Something” is Harrison’s beautiful masterpiece that was first featured on Abbey Road and described by Lennon as “The best track on the album.” The song quickly became one of the most celebrated songs in rock history and was a great introduction to Harrison’s philosophy. “Something” truly marked the point where Harrison’s abilities could no longer be overlooked, firmly establishing him as an equal creative force in The Beatles.

The Beatles are most famously associated with the songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with around 180 songs in the band’s catalog credited to the pair. While they certainly wrote the majority of the material, their dominance in quantity didn details

A concert film of John Lennon and Yoko Ono‘s monumental 1972 Madison Square Garden concert will hit cinemas this spring. The film, whose official title is longer than its 81-minute running time, Power to the People: John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band With Elephant’s Memory and Special Guests – Live at the One to One Concert, New York City, 1972, will hit theaters on April 29 and May 3. Tickets go on sale March 20 via a special website for the film.

As every armchair Lennonologist and Onoologist knows, the former Beatle performed only two full concerts, the now legendary benefit gigs to raise a reported $1.5 million for developmentally disabled children, after the Fab Four broke up. Both took place on Aug. 30 with a truncated matinee preceding a full-length, star-studded extravaganza. Stevie Wonder, Roberta Flack, Melanie, and Sha Na Na all made appearances at the gig. The set list included “Give Peace a Chance,” “Imagine,” “Come Together,” and “Instant Karma!” among other hits.

Director Steve Gebhardt filmed the concerts, which originally came out as a 40-minute TV special, John Lennon and Yoko Ono Present the One-to-One Concert, and was later re-ed details

Cinematic Event is one of the most ambitious on-screen projects of all time: four interconnected biopics of each member of the seminal British Invasion band. As the project's Ringo Starr, Barry Keoghan is loving the experience, especially as they film on location in Liverpool. He recently spoke with Collider's Steve Weintraub while promoting his latest film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.

Keoghan discussed getting to know the Beatles, both in person and via his extensive research for the role. When asked about his experience filming the project for Sam Mendes in the same locations where the band had their formative years, Keoghan told Collider:

He also expressed his admiration for the artistry of cinematographer Greig Fraser, who also worked with Keoghan on The Batman. While he couldn't share any updates on The Batman 2, Keoghan was quick to praise Fraser's incredible work alongside Mendes."It's been great working with Greig," said Keoghan. "I've learned so much from watching him and Sam [Mendes] work together and just being a part of that, and how they work together and seeing the stuff he's doing. I've also really upped my game on my photography, and Greig has been showing me a lot of film and photography. details

There was some consternation when this release was announced. The Anthology series was being expanded to four double albums — but that fourth one was only going to be available as part of this deluxe box set. And while the previous Anthologies had mostly featured unreleased tracks, Anthology 4 has a slimmer margin: of the 36 tracks, only 13 are previously unreleased.

As we know, the decision was ultimately made to release Anthology 4 as a stand-alone release as well as in the deluxe set. Hooray! That provides more incentive to pick up the new disc if you didn’t want to splurge for the entire box set, which was looking like it was going to be of most interest to completists.

But there’s more to this release than meets the eye. Anthology 1 through 3 have all been remastered (they were first remastered for digital release on iTunes in 2011). And that isn’t the only sonic upgrading that’s been done. The pre-1962 tracks on Anthology 1 (including the earliest known Beatles studio recording, “That’ll Be The Day,” recorded at a Liverpool home studio in 1958), have all been spruced up and sound vastly improved. Select tracks (e.g. “All My Loving,” from the first details

The Beatles made quite a splash on the film world with A Hard Day’s Night. Along with starring in the 1964 film, the group also churned out an album that left most of their peers behind in terms of the depth of the material.

Many of the songs on A Hard Day’s Night are no less than pop music standards these days. But do you know the stories behind these songs and this album? 

The title track of the album and film has gained great notoriety for the memorable opening guitar chord (which is actually a few different instruments playing multiple chords). Many people also know the story of how they came up with the name of the song. Ringo Starr uttered the phrase when he came out of a session and realized that the group had worked into the darkness. But John Lennon had also used the phrase in his book In His Own Write, the publication of which predated the recording of the song. 

The Beatles recorded not only the songs that went into the film but also the remaining tracks that filled out the album. That’s 14 songs in all. And every one of them was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. For the first time, The Beatles had recorded an album of all original material, something that details

On the 10th of April 1970, Paul McCartney announced what had, by then, been falsely reported so many times as to seem almost impossible – The Beatles, biggest band to ever do it, were finished.

Within a week he’d released his first solo record. Before the year was out, all three of his former bandmates had done the same, and as of today, the solo careers of each ex-Beatle have between them produced, depending on how you count it, something in the region of 85 albums.

That’s a lot to wade through for anyone keen on venturing beyond the band’s mere-12-studio-album discography. But wade we must, and there is so much to learn in our wading. These records are charged with parting barbs and so variously excellent and awful and bewildering. They contain in their collected mass not just a huge quantity of interesting and enjoyable music, but a path toward an understanding of what it was that made the band work as it did. Who was good at what? Who needed what from whom, whose instincts were balanced by whose, and what kinds of adventures might result from the removal of the structures of the band?

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The most controversial moment in The Beatles’ career was certainly when John Lennon called the band “bigger than Jesus.” While the comment was meant to be a bit of hyperbole about how big Beatle mania was, it was taken literally. Many album-burnings later, The Beatles lost their seemingly unshakeable grip on the world.

While Lennon apologized for his comments, it never truly erased this dark spot on the band’s tenure. As the band’s time together drew to a close, Lennon became more and more open about his lack of faith in religion, as well as other systems of belief. This change didn’t help his case with the infamous “Jesus” comment. After shouldering a pretty big PR crisis during his band years, Lennon proved he wasn’t afraid to speak his mind in his solo career, releasing a song that felt like him doubling down on his prior controversy.

Lennon famously pondered a world without religion in “Imagine.” He wasn’t shy about his opinion that many organized religions did more harm than good. His solo career was riddled with songs that explore the idea of “false idols,” including the topic of conversation today: “God.”

“Hey Jude” was released over 50 years ago, and it’s still one of The Beatles’ most revered songs. The tune carries a message that’s meant to be hopeful, with lines like “Take a sad song and make it better.” However, the story behind “Hey Jude” is actually a little depressing. Here’s the tale of how Paul McCartney became inspired to write “Hey Jude”. Spoiler, it’s a tearjerker.

In 1968, McCartney was on his way to visit Cynthia Lennon and her son, Julian. At the time, Cynthia was going through a divorce from his fellow Beatle John Lennon. Lennon had been having an affair with Yoko Ono, his later second wife. Apparently, the separation from Cynthia ended up being quite nasty.

According to The Beatles Anthology, it was on the drive there that McCartney came up with what he describes as “a hopeful message” for Lennon’s son, Julian. Julian was around 5 years old at the time.

McCartney said of the drive, “I would always turn the radio off and try and make up songs, just in case… I started singing, ‘Hey Jules – don’t make it bad, take a sad song, and make it better…’” details

Collider ranked "Dig It" as the worst Beatles song, calling it "an empty song."
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Despite disbanding in 1970, The Beatles have maintained their international popularity. However, not all their songs are exactly beloved.

In February 2026, Collider released a ranking of the top worst Beatles songs. The list featured tunes like “Savoy Truffle” from 1968, 1965’s “Run for Your Life,” “Your Mother Should Know” from 1967, 1965’s “What Goes On,” and “Little Child” from 1963.

According to the publication, the top five worst Beatles songs include 1964’s “Honey Don’t,” 1970’s “Maggie Mae,” 1968’s “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?,” and “Wild Honey Pie” from 1968. 1970’s “Dig It” from the band’s final album, Let It Be, secured the number one spot on the list. Collider reported that “Dig It” was an empty song, not worthy of Let It Be.

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Every evening at 6pm, a gin and tonic was brought to him.

High on a mountainside on the Caribbean island of Montserrat, overlooking a valley leading down to the ocean, stood a recording studio. George Martin, who’d built it, liked to let his hair down when he made albums there. Within reason, that is.

The famously suave producer, renowned for his cut‑glass accent, had a well‑known distaste for rock ’n’ roll excess. His routine at AIR Montserrat was much more civilised: every evening at 6pm, a gin and tonic was brought to him by a butler in a white jacket. Martin, an immaculate dresser himself, would relax in shorts and flip‑flops.

“You could walk out of the studio, take three steps and you’d be in a swimming pool,” says Midge Ure, who recorded at AIR Montserrat in the ’80s. “It was a glamorous, luxurious environment. It was your place; nobody else went there. Very chilled, very British in its weird little way.”  Gold and platinum discs rolled in.

Ure’s band Ultravox had persuaded Martin to produce their 1982 album Quartet. The 56‑year‑old “Fifth Beatle” wasn’t used to synthesiser bands, but he surprised them w details

Long before the days of vulnerable tracks like “I’m a Loser” and “Help!” (and even further from the raw emotions of “Cold Turkey” and “Mother”), John Lennon was hiding his sentimentality in plain sight. The songs he wrote for The Beatles didn’t always reference his past personal life. But there were a few glimpses to be had, if one knew where to look.

One such window into Lennon’s childhood came in the form of “Do You Want To Know A Secret”, an early single from the band’s U.K. and U.S. debuts, Please Please Me and Introducing… The Beatles, respectively. In a testament to his initial subversiveness, Lennon didn’t perform lead vocals on the song, despite being the one who wrote it.

Instead, George Harrison sang lead—a creative decision Lennon would later cite as a matter of practicality, not humility. In any case, a No. 2 placement on the Billboard Hot 100 proved this choice to be a positive one.
How Julia Lennon Helped Inspire “Do You Want to Know a Secret”

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Actors Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan have been spotted in Liverpool as filming for a new Beatles biopic is under way.

A series of roads across the city and landmarks including Crosby Plaza Cinema have had a 1950s and 60s makeover for the shooting of the production, directed by Sir Sam Mendes. Four films are planned for simultaneous release in 2028, with each telling the story of the individual Fab Four band members.

Mescal is set to star as Sir Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.  Actor Paul Mescal in character as Paul McCartney riding a bike with a guitar on his back past a brick wall

Filming has taken place at a number of locations across the city.  Classic cars, buses and film posters from the 1950s alongside people dressed in fashions of the era have been spotted across the city in recent days.

Mescal has been photographed in character at various locations in south Liverpool including McCartney's famous childhood home on Forthlin Road and Lennon's on Menlove Avenue.

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Since The Beatles were the most popular and famous band in the world during their heyday, you’d think they would have one at least one Grammy for Song of the Year… and they did. In 1967, at the ninth annual Grammy Awards ceremony, the Fab Four took home the prestigious trophy for the ballad “Michelle.”

As a songwriters honor, the trophy was presented to Paul McCartney and John Lennon. “Michelle” beat out “The Impossible Dream,” from the musical Man Of La Mancha; the Frank Sinatra classic “Strangers In The Night”; “Farewell My Love (Lara’s Theme),” from the film Dr. Zhivago; and the title theme to the movie Born Free.

That was the only time a Beatles composition won the Song of the Year prize, but it wasn’t the only time the band was nominated. From 1965 through 1971, four other Beatles tunes composed by Lennon and McCartney were in the running for the honor, but they lost every time.

Here’s a look at the Fab Four’s other Song of the Year contenders:
“A Hard Day’s Night” (1965)

At the 1965 Grammy ceremony, The Beatles were honored as the Best New Artist, while their song “A details

The Beatles will be the subjects of four pioneering movies in 2028 focusing on each of the Fab Four.

But it's one of the supporting cast who's getting their own play much sooner, with Tom Wright's new play Please Please Me taking a closer look at the life of Brian Epstein, the band's manager.

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The full cast and creative team has been announced for the production, which has also extended its booking thanks to high demand. It will run from April 16 to May 29 at the Kiln Theatre in Kilburn, London. Tickets are available now.

Please Please Me is directed by Kiln Artistic Director Amit Sharma and stars Calam Lynch (Brian), Noah Ritter (John), William Robinson (Peter/Mike), Arthur Wilson (Geoffrey/Harry), and Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Cynthia/Cilla).

"I couldn't be more thrilled to bring this extraordinary cast together for Please Please Me," Wright said.

"Each of them walked into the audition room and gave me that unmistakable tingle - surprising me and revealing new depths in their characters.

"I’m delighted audiences are details

“Live and Let Die,” the explosive theme for the 1973 James Bond film “Live and Let Die,” announced to the world that Paul McCartney was not content to live in anyone’s shadow. Performed with Wings, the band McCartney formed after the breakup of the Beatles, the song was more than a franchise anthem; It was emblematic of McCartney’s reinvention of himself as an artist. Grand, cinematic, and bold, it signaled his determination to move forward rather than linger in the nostalgia of the former greatness of the Beatles.

Director Morgan Neville’s documentary “Man on the Run” follows McCartney as he steps out from the immense shadow of his past and attempts to redefine himself on his own terms. This film reveals not only the pressures of legacy, but McCartney’s journey to finding himself without “a little help from his friends.”

Through unprecedented access to previously unseen footage, rare archival materials, and deeply personal interviews, the documentary captures a transformative era marked by reinvention, family unity, artistic risk-taking, and the iconic Wings years.

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Len Garry, who was best known for playing with The Quarrymen and bandmates Paul McCartney and John Lennon, died at the age of 84.

According to report, Garry, who had been diagnosed with dementia in 2024, was recently rushed to hospital with a chest infection.

Jane Garry, his daughter, announced his death on social media Monday.

“My dad ‘Len Garry’ passed away at home in the early hours this morning,” she posted. “The doctor told us he had hours to live and I said straight away ‘he has to come home.’ Which the doctor allowed. I travelled with dad in the ambulance and got him home. My mum, my sister, my brother in law and myself stayed by Dad’s bed holding his hand, talking to him and telling him how much we love him and how proud we are of him as he was passing away and taking his last breaths. I love you Dad and I will miss you Dad for the rest of my life. I’m beyond devastated. Dad believed in God and we believe he is in heaven now.”

Len Garry was a part of The Quarrymen in the 1950s. Roughly a decade later after Garry left the group, the band became the Beatles in 1960.

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Ringo Starr will release a new album on April 24.

Long Long Road marks the former Beatle's second collaboration with producer T Bone Burnett, following 2025's successful Look Up, his first country album in more than 50 years.

Listen to the album's first single, "It's Been Too Long," below.
Hear Ringo Starr's 'It's Been Too Long'

The 10-track Long Long Road, like its predecessor, is a country record that features songs by a list of high-profile artists.

Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow, St. Vincent, and, on "It's Been Too Long," Molly Tuttle and Sarah Jarosz join Starr.

"I'm blessed to have T Bone in my life right now and working with me on these records," Starr noted in a press release announcing Long Long Road. "After we did the last record, which I love listening to, this one just sort of happened.

"I like to say sometimes I make the right moves, like you can go left or right at any point, and one of the right moves was hooking up with T Bone for Look Up, and now for this one, which I'm calling Long Long Road, because I've been on a long long road."
What's on Ringo Starr's New Album?

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John Lennon and Paul McCartney, renowned for their work with The Beatles and as solo artists, also wrote for a variety of musicians over the decades. Their songwriting genius shines through multiple genres, with their signature style leaving a recognizable imprint on the songs they gave to others.

Liverpool natives Lennon and McCartney performed with The Quarrymen in the late 1950s before they brought in George Harrison and Ringo Starr to form The Beatles in 1962. Together, the friends-turned-bandmates were responsible for some of the most beloved Beatles tracks, including "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "She Loves You," "Eleanor Rigby," and "In My Life," to name only a few hits. When The Beatles broke up in 1970, Lennon and McCartney frequently found themselves at odds, but rekindled their friendship in the years leading up to Lennon's tragic passing in 1980.

While their own releases are cemented in music history, many of the hit songs they wrote for other artists remain relatively obscure as Lennon-McCartney compositions.

Listen closely, and you’ll hear their distinct voices echoing throughout each of these seven songs, regardless of who’s on the mic.

"FAME" (DAVID BOWIE)
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You’ll have no problem finding various lists containing folks’ opinions on The Beatles’ best songs. That’s not our intention here. Instead, we’re trying to pinpoint the four songs that did the most to cement their legacy as the consensus greatest band in music history.

In other words, without these four songs, they still would have been great, but maybe not quite as monumental. See if you agree.
“I Want To Hold Your Hand”

In terms of their recorded output, “I Want To Hold Your Hand” represented a somewhat natural progression in complexity and songwriting acumen. You could reasonably argue that “Please Please Me” and “She Loves You”, both of which preceded it as singles, were of better quality. But “I Want To Hold Your Hand” proved to be the right song at the right time. It broke The Beatles in America. They crossed a threshold that no previous British artist had managed. And it sent their worldwide superstardom to unprecedented levels. We’ll never know if any of their other early songs might have done the same had they been released in the same time frame. But we can say for sure that “I Want To Hold Your H details

Although The Beatles didn’t write or record the original version of “Twist And Shout”, this early rock ‘n’ roll number became inextricably linked to the Fab Four’s musical legacy when they released their rendition of Phil Medley and Bert Berns’ song on March 2, 1964. (This came almost a full year after the band released the track on their debut album, Please Please Me, in their native U.K.)

The Beatles’ version of “Twist And Shout” was a massive success, topping the charts in the U.S., Argentina, New Zealand, and Finland. The song also reached Top 10 status in Canada, Australia, Spain, Sweden, and the Netherlands. “Twist And Shout” was also notable in that it was The Beatles’ first and only cover song to reach No. 1 in the U.S. Interestingly, this chart-topper ranking only came from Cash Box. On the Billboard Hot 100, the song only reached No. 2 because The Beatles’ other single, “Can’t Buy Me Love”, was riding high at No. 1.

However, that success didn’t come easy. According to John Lennon, who performed lead vocals on “Twist And Shout”, the song “nearly killed” him.  The details

When Let It Be arrived in 1970, it was meant to signal a fresh start for The Beatles—a stripped-down return to the camaraderie that once defined them. Instead, the sessions exposed deep fractures, with creative clashes and personal resentments spilling into the music, leaving some historians and fans to view the release as the moment the world’s biggest band could no longer hold itself together.

On Sunday, March 1, Far Out Magazine compiled a list of albums that left musicians "cursed," and Let It Be took the No. 1 spot. The album was one of the final projects of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.

"It was a disaster," biographer Barry Miles previously wrote, according to the outlet. "Paul bossed George around; George was moody and resentful. John would not even go to the bathroom without Yoko at his side … The tension was palpable."

And many fans would agree that Let It Be was the beginning of the end for The Beatles.

"'Let It Be' is a project that was scarred by the huge shadow of resentment the Beatles had for each other when it finally came out," Giles Martin, son of late Beatles producer Sir George Martin, previously told People magazine. "That's details

Ringo Starr has a very unique place in The Beatles’ career. While most listeners know that the band’s sound wouldn’t have been what it is without Starr’s singular playing, his non-flashy, simple style keeps him from the spotlight at times.

Starr’s playing is characterized by impeccable timing. He always knew exactly what to play for each song, whether a simple blues-rock number or a psychedelic haze. Even Starr himself recognizes his timing. He once credited it as the thing he’s most proud of from his time with the group.

Starr was brought on after the other three members had been established, but The Beatles didn’t become The Beatles until Starr joined their ranks. Right from the start, it was clear that Starr’s timing was going to completely reshape the group’s career.

“Yeah, and I’ve got a lot of footage of George,” Starr once said. “He had that great line, he said, ‘You know, and the Beatles did this,’ and somebody said to him, ‘Did you have a click track?’ He said, ‘Yes, we did. Ringo, his name was.’”
Starr’s Timing

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