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Paul McCartney has discussed how Bob Dylan influenced some of The Beatles‘ earliest songwriting.Speaking in a new BBC Radio 2 documentary to mark John Lennon‘s 80th birthday, McCartney was asked about the band’s “interpersonal, reflective” song-writing and whether it had been influenced by the US icon’s earlier work.He told Sean Lennon: “We certainly got a lot from Dylan and I know I had one of his first LPs at home before The Beatles.

Paul McCartney has reflected on meeting John Lennon and their songwriting partnership in The Beatles.Lennon, who died in 1980, would turn 80 on October 9 and, ahead of the milestone birthday, his son Sean hosted a two-part programme looking back at his life.In the second part, which aired on BBC Radio 2 earlier tonight (October 2), Sean spoke to his brother Julian and McCartney.In McCartney’s segment, he recalled when he first realised Lennon was special.

Beatles scholar believes they have solved a decades-long mystery of the inspiration behind John Lennon‘s ‘Grow Old With Me’.The song was released a month before the legendary artist was shot dead in December 1980, and it was known to have been influenced by a film about baseball that Lennon saw during a visit to Bermuda earlier that year.Kenneth Womack told The Observer he had watched dozens of films before realising that the key inspiration was A Love Affair: The Eleanor And Lou Gehrig Story, a

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterPatti Smith, Jackson Browne, Natalie Merchant, Rosanne Cash, Taj Mahal and many more artists will be featured in the 40 th annual John Lennon Tribute Charity concert presented by Theatre Within, the non-profit organization that has presented the concert since 1981.

Paul McCartney has told John Lennon’s son Sean that he was “so happy” to have reconciled with his Beatles bandmate before his death.McCartney and Lennon fell out when the Beatles split in 1970 but had mended fences before John was tragically shot and killed in December 1980.

Paul McCartney has spoken of his relief of managing to reconcile with John Lennon before his Beatles bandmate was shot dead in 1980.Speaking to Lennon’s son Sean for a new BBC Radio 2 documentary to mark what would have been the late singer’s 80th birthday, McCartney recalled how the pair fell out when the Beatles split in 1970.Despite their feud, they are believed to have reconciled before John was shot dead by Mark Chapman in New York in December 1980.McCartney told Sean: “I always say to

Hey Beatles fans, there are some Beatles songs out there that you haven’t heard. Although that’s probably for the best, because – according to Paul McCartney – they “weren’t very good”.

Sir Paul McCartney has said it would have been a “heartache” if he had not reunited with John Lennon before his death.

Sir Paul McCartney has admitted that he would have struggled with “heartache” if he had not reconnected with John Lennon shortly before his death.

The Teenage Cancer Trust has announced that next month it will make never-before-seen footage from its regular series of fundraising shows at the Royal Albert Hall available to watch via YouTube.Each day from 8-18 Oct highlights from a different show will appear, including along the way performances from Ed Sheeran, Muse, Paul McCartney, Pulp and The Cure.

Ed Sheeran, Teenage Cancer Trust Unseen will be broadcast nightly at www.youtube.com/TCTUnseen until The Cure on October 19. Other performances include Muse, Paul McCartney, Pulp and Them Crooked Vultures.Organised by The Who frontman Roger Daltrey, the week of concerts each March are an annual highlight in London’s gig calendar.

John Lennon‘s glasses and a detention sheet from when the late Beatle was in school have gone up for auction.The auction marks 50 years since the legendary band broke up.

John Lennon‘s youngest son, Sean Ono Lennon, is to interview Paul McCartney for a new special two-part radio show to mark what would have been his late father’s 80th birthday.In the new BBC radio show, McCartney reflects on his earliest days of making music with Lennon – admitting that “there were a few songs that weren’t very good”.He said: “Eventually, we started to write slightly better songs and then enjoyed the process of learning together so much that it really took off.”When asked on

BBC Radio 2 are marking what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday with a two-part special dedicated to the star hosted by his youngest son Sean.The programme will see Sean, 44, sit down alongside Lennon’s bandmate in The Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney – who will provide some insight into the band’s early days.“I look back on it now like a fan, how lucky was I to meet this strange Teddy Boy off the bus, who played music like I did and we get together and boy, we complemented each other!” he