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Sir Paul McCartney was "so embarrassed" when he tried to play lead guitar with the Beatles. The 81-year-old music legend was part of the iconic rock group alongside John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr but explained when he tried playing lead guitar during an early gig instead of bass, he "totally froze" on stage. Speaking on the 'Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics' podcast, he explained: "Mind you, when I first met John. He didn’t play guitar, ‘cause I had to show him guitar chords because he’d been taught by his mum [Julia], and she only knew banjo chords. " We had this gig and it was ...
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Aaron Taylor-Johnson finds it "bizarre" when people criticise the 24-year-age gap in his marriage. The 33-year-old actor has been married to Samantha Taylor-Johnson, 57, since 2012 but when asked about the notion that some people take issue with his personal choices, he noted that he started things earlier in life than most and "doesn't understand" why it has ever been questioned. He told Rolling Stone UK: "What you gotta realise is that what most people were doing in their twenties, I was doing when I was 13. You’re doing something too quickly for someone else? I don’t understand that. What s...
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Sir Paul McCartney once hummed the 'Super Mario Bros' theme tune back to its composer. The Beatles legend, 81, appeared to be rather taken with the six-note jingle used for the hit video gaming franchise and just one year on from its release in 1986, he hummed it back its composter Koji Kondo when he requested that he come backstage to meet him and his wife Linda. Koji had already been inspired by a number of famous songs to create the famous theme tune, including that of 'Imagine' by Paul's late bandmate John Lennon and hailed the 'Hey Jude' rocker's ability to instantly recite his work back ...
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Sir Sam Mendes is set to make four separate films about each member of The Beatles. The 59-year-old filmmaker previously pitched the idea of making four separate movies about Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison to executives in Hollywood, and Tom Rothman and Elizabeth Gabler, of Sony Pictures Entertainment, were both wowed by his ambitious plans Sam - who will direct all four films - told Deadline: "We went out to Los Angeles just before Christmas to pitch the project, and it’s fair to say we were met with universal enthusiasm. "The reason Sony stood out from c...
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John Lennon disliked Muhammad Ali because he made The Beatles "look really stupid", it has been claimed. The band met the boxer on their first trip to the US in February 1964 when they were both on the brink of megastardom, but the meeting reportedly didn't go well as the legendary fighter - who was still known by his birth name Cassius Clay at the time - insulted the group, leaving them unimpressed. Photographer Harry Benson had taken the 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' hitmakers to meet Ali - who died in 2016 aged 74 - when he was preparing for his Sonny Liston fight and they were waiting to appear...
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Sir Paul McCartney feared he'd be "finished off" when he was robbed at knifepoint. The 81-year-old musician has recalled the terrifying moment when he and wife Linda were recording Wings' 1973 album 'Band on the Run' in Lagos, Nigeria, and were ambushed with all their “cameras, tape recorders, cassettes in a bag, and Linda’s photographic equipment”. In an interview for his record label, seen first by The Sun newspaper, he said: “We’d been visiting some of our crew at their house and someone said, ‘Do you want a lift home?’ We said, ‘It’s such a beautiful night, we’ll walk.’” Adopting a "desper...
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Justin Timberlake thinks men don’t express emotions that leave them feeling vulnerable. The ‘SexyBack’ singer, 42, made the admission while discussing his new single ‘Selfish’, which he says was inspired by the late Beatle John Lennon’s ‘Jealous Guy’, which was about his envious streak that would often result in turmoil between him and his wife Yoko Ono. Justin, who has been married to actress Jessica Biel, 41, since 2012, told Zane Lowe on the DJ’s Apple Music 1 show about the inspiration for the track, from his upcoming sixth studio album ‘Everything I Thought It Was’: “That's the beauty abo...
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Sir Paul McCartney would love to sing with Bob Dylan. The 81-year-old icon has revealed that he's keen to work with the 'Blowin' in the Wind' hitmaker - but he doesn't know if he'll ever "get round" to it. During a question and answer session on his official website, McCartney was asked: "Is there anyone else you would like a sing a duet with?" The Beatles legend then replied: "Bob Dylan keeps coming up in my mind, but I don’t know if we’ll ever get round to it." McCartney previously wrote a series of songs for a musical stage version of 'It’s A Wonderful Life', the supernatural drama film, an...
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A Grammy Award given to the late John Lennon is expected to fetch up to $500,000 at auction. The Beatles legend - who was shot dead in 1980 - and his bandmates, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr and the late George Harrison, were given the Grammy Trustee statuettes in 1972 in recognition to their "significant contributions to the field of recording", but the 'Imagine' singer didn't want his trophy, and it is now up for sale. Gotta Have Rock and Roll, a music memorabilia-based auction house, told TMZ that John told the president of the Grammys: "I'm not a Beatle anymore, you can keep it." A d...
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John Lennon’s last words were “I’m shot”, according to a new documentary. The Beatles icon was shot dead aged 40 by obsessed fan Mark David Chapman, 68, outside his New York City apartment building the Dakota on December 8, 1980, and a new Apple TV+ documentary contains a claim from a doorman in the building he heard John’s final words as blood poured from the ‘Imagine’ singer’s mouth. Concierge Jay Hastings says in Apple TV+’s three-part documentary ‘Lennon: Murder Without a Trial’: “(John) runs past me. He goes, ‘I’m shot.’ He had blood coming out of his mouth. He just collapsed on the floor...
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