When it comes to elevating our understanding of The Beatles, Ian Leslie’s new book "John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs" is a mixed bag. On the one hand, Leslie provides elegant readings of a host of ...

"The Beatles — a Four-Film Cinematic Event" will bring the Fab Four's stories to the big screen with the help of its ...

It’s the greatest story often told. The Beatles are not just the most successful musical act of all time; they are perhaps the most analyzed, deconstructed and dissected entertainers since the dawn of ...

During the pandemic, Ian Leslie wrote a Substack essay called “64 Reasons to Celebrate Paul McCartney,” arguing that despite his accomplishments, the ex-Beatle was underrated. But he didn’t delve much ...

McCartney said that when Lennon began trashing him publicly, it hurt far worse than if a different public figure insulted him. It wasn’t just that Lennon had been his friend; many, many people also ...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon are one of the most successful duos in music history. They wrote closely together for years, producing some of the biggest hits of the decade. When they first met, they ...

Bands, and especially a band’s primary songwriters, are famously competitive. This explains why it’s so difficult to keep even the most successful groups together. Even the world’s greatest rock band ...

After the Beatles broke up in 1970, its chief songwriters Paul McCartney and John Lennon experienced different levels of solo success — something that irked Lennon in the years before his tragic death ...

Paul McCartney opened up about the death of his childhood friend and former bandmate John Lennon in a new book about his post-Beatles band, Wings. McCartney, 83, recalled learning of Lennon’s December ...

Paul McCartney will never forget the moment he learned John Lennon was murdered. “It was just too crazy,” McCartney, 83, wrote in his new oral history book, “Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run,” ...