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From booting Chuck Berry’s manager off stage and proving John Lennon wrong, to touring Japan and blazing a screaming trail across Europe, The Liverbirds took Merseybeat beyond British shores, on their

The trailblazing Liverpool group later wondered if Lennon’s jibes were intended to push them to make a success of the band

Long-lost transcripts from groundbreaking interviews with the Beatles and their inner circle surface after four decades in storage.

Many queer listeners say this much-loved Beatles album track resonates with them.

The Beatles Dundee band leader Steve McDonald on The Cavern Club, spending time with Paul McCartney and meeting lifelong musical heroes.

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When you’ve essentially been canonized as a modern secular saint, there’s not way to not be overrated to one degree or another; but in the case of the legendary John Lennon, the gap between the idol people worship and the real person is so enormous, and the accolades that come his way so over the top, that it’s impossible not to try and mitigate the damage to some degree. The truth is, many people - young and old - all over the world model their lives and beliefs after the Lenn...

Cherry Red records. Bill Harry. new music. Review by Kieron Tyler

The former owner of the Cavern Club Ray Mcfall, who gave the Beatles one of their first big breaks, has died aged 88.

Paul McCartney’s younger brother, Michael, had a front row seat during the early days of the Quarrymen and the Beatles. He also had the smarts and talent to pick up a camera and capture the musical magic and gritty energy of Liverpool in the early 1960s. Some of his photographs are well known, but in his new book, Mike McCartney’s Early Liverpool (Genesis), he shares images never before published. He also tracks his own music/arts career working with the likes of Roger McGough, Adrien Henri ...