Close to 70 years after German instrument company Höfner started selling an electric bass that looked like a violin, the company has filed for bankruptcy. The news has hit Paul McCartney, who has made ...

Director of History & Policy at the Institute of Historical Research and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London I sometimes think that my teenage ...

With “The Beatles Anthology” now on Disney+, we dig into “The Compleat Beatles,” another documentary on the band that is difficult to see legally but had an impact on a generation. By Jason Bailey ...

When The Beatles released the original The Beatles Anthology in 1995, it was next-generation British invasion, attacking on two fronts at the same time. On the one hand, there was the music: three box ...

TORONTO, Sept. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kids Help Phone (KHP) has launched the next chapter of Feel Out Loud with a bold new film featuring The Beatles’ iconic anthem “Help!”. Behind the film is an ...

Back in 1972, Sir Paul McCartney’s 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar, the first he ever bought, was stolen. This historic Beatles instrument can be heard on the recordings of Love Me Do, She Loves You and ...

The Beatles have been busy. So has New Orleans-based Beatles expert Bruce Spizer. Just as the Beatles announced that the 1995 “Anthology” documentary will be rereleased and expanded on screen, on ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. The greatest challenge that any biographical film about the Beatles has faced is that the “Fab Four” rose to ...

Emmy Award-winning Beatles tribute band The Fab Four's 2025 - 2026 tour brings their all-new show to the stage, celebrating The Beatles’ second film -- HELP! -- and featuring performances from the ...

The early days of the Beatles boasted some distinct iconography: the Fab Four’s mop-top haircuts, fit leather boots, and the violin Höfner bass that Paul McCartney was playing all the way back in the ...