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George Harrison and John Lennon spent their teenage years attending has been saved from demolition.The Abbey Cinema in Wavertree, Liverpool which featured in The Beatles‘ personal writings and the original lyrics of their 1966 song ‘In My Life’, officially closed in 1979.The cinema, which was designed by renowned architect and Liverpool City Council leader Sir Alfred Ernest Shennan, first opened in 1939.It has since been used as a bingo hall, snooker club and, most recently a Co-op supermarket,

NME about what should and could happen next following the government’s streaming inquiry – calling for a fundamental “shift in the way that business is done” to make payments fairer for musicians.This week saw over 150 artists – including Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, Damon Albarn, Chris Martin, Noel Gallagher and Wolf Alice – sign an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to reform the streaming economy and “put the value of music back where it belongs – in the hands of music makers”.Pressure

Boris Johnson calling for a reform to the streaming economy – see it in full below.The letter, from the Musicians’ Union in association with the Ivors Academy and the #BrokenRecord campaign, says that the law around streaming revenues and royalty payments “has not kept up with the pace of technological change” in the music industry.

Paul Weller has reflected on the time he got to record a Beatles song with Paul McCartney as part of the supergroup The Smokin’ Mojo Filters.The band consisted of Weller, McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Ocean Colour Scene’s Steve Cradock, Young Disciples’ Carleen Anderson and The Style Council’s Steve White.The musicians came together in 1995 to record a track for charity record ‘The Help Album’, which raised money for War Child.

Chris Willman Music WriterPaul McCartney gets by on his new project, “McCartney III Imagined,” with a little help from… well, some strangers he may never actually have met before the album was completed. But the collection of remakes and re-thinkings of songs from his 2020 “McCartney III” album is bringing him some new pal now that it’s coming out, like St.

Sir Paul McCartney revealed that it was Bob Dylan who first introduced The Beatles to weed in the 1960s. The legendary singer, 78, claimed to Uncut magazine that bandmate Ringo Starr thought the "ceiling was moving." "It was at the Delmonico Hotel on Park Avenue and 59th in New York City in August, 1964.

Paul McCartney has shared a story about the first time that The Beatles got stoned, with a little help from Bob Dylan.Macca was speaking as range of artists from throughout the ages paying tribute to Dylan to mark his 80th birthday for Uncut‘s June issue – which is out today.

READ MORE: The Beatles: Guess which Paul McCartney song John Lennon LOVED most?Sean wrote: "Happy Birthday Julian! (Hard to believe that thing on a wall is what we used to call a 'telephone. ')John and Yoko's son was referring to the wired landline phone in the top right of the picture.

Paul McCartney has shared Ed O’Brien‘s remix of his song ‘Slidin” – you can hear the Radiohead guitarist’s reworking of the track below.The song is the latest to be previewed from ‘McCartney III Imagined’, which features an array of invited artists – including St.

St. Vincent has spoken about what it was like working with Paul McCartney, calling it “the best moment of my life”.The singer-songwriter (real name Annie Clark) was recruited by The Beatles legend to work on his forthcoming covers album ‘McCartney III Imagined’ alongside the likes of Phoebe Bridgers, Josh Homme and Beck.In a new interview with NME, St.

Paul and Linda McCartney‘s 1971 album ‘RAM’ is set to be reissued later this year to celebrate its 50th anniversary.Originally released in May 1971, ‘RAM’ served as the follow-up to the Beatle‘s 1970 debut solo album ‘McCartney’.

Sir Paul McCartney jovially settling a long-standing ‘debt’ over a blanket is going up for auction.The letter was written in September 1989 in response to Irene Brierley, whose farmhouse in Harlech, north Wales McCartney and his late Beatles bandmate George Harrison stayed in during two occasions in 1958 and 1959 when they went on a pair of hitchhiking holidays.McCartney and Harrison became friendly with Irene’s son John during their first stay in 1958, with John recalling, as the Beatles

Paul McCartney is one of the most famous musicians in the world, but when it comes to his family life he's notoriously private.MORE: Paul McCartney and wife Nancy Shevell enjoy romantic trip to the beachHowever, the Beatles star delighted fans after announcing some exciting news involving two of his daughters, Mary and Stella McCartney.The award-winning music star is teaming together with Mary, Stella, and food brand Linda McCartney, to launch a vegan cookbook. VIDEO: Paul McCartney shares

Beck has shared his take on Paul McCartney‘s ‘Find My Way’, after recording the track for a re-worked version of ‘McCartney III’.The singer’s new cover is the second track to emerge from the album, after Dominic Fike previously debuted a hypnotic cover of ‘The Kiss of Venus’.While the funk-laden core of the track remains intact, the new offering sees Beck providing vocals and McCartney on guitar duties.Explaining how the remix initially came about, Beck said: “He [McCartney] just sent me that