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Sir Paul McCartney hands family 5-figure thank you fee after they returned £10m guitar he lost in 1960s

SIR Paul McCartney has handed a hefty reward to a family who returned his beloved bass guitar 50 years after it was stolen.

The Beatle, 81, has also sent his thanks to Cathy Guest, who found the four-string Höfner instrument — worth an estimated £10million — in her loft…
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“These guitars influenced generations of musicians and world-renowned artists”: Gibson has revived the Everly Brothers’ J-180 – an iconic acoustic used to inspire The Beach Boys, Beatles and beyond

The revered flattop, as used by the influential rock ‘n’ roll duo, returns more than 6 decades after the signature model was introduced…
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“A great talent with a fine sense of humor”: Denny Laine was an underrated guitarist who helped launch Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles career – here are 10 essential cuts from his discography

Laine’s playing lit up the sound of the Moody Blues and Wings. Here, we look at 10 of the best from the man Paul McCartney described as an “outstanding vocalist and guitar player”…
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“I thought, ‘Oh, God, this could go really bad…’ I’m telling him that I can’t remember playing with him on a No. 1 record”: Earl Slick says he was too high to remember meeting John Lennon during David Bowie’s Fame recording session

The guitarist and session man met The Beatle while recording David Bowie’s Young Americans and was invited to play on Double Fantasy…
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“We decided to try and make that sonic signature available to the guitar community without the $100k price tag”: J. Rockett launches the Airchild Six Sixty – a new pedal inspired by “the best compressor ever made”

The audio specialist has set its sights on harnessing the performance of a studio stalwart that was used during the Beatles’ recording sessions…
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How Ariana Grande Turned Divorce and Heartbreak Into Pop Perfection

Eternal Sunshine is the most mature album of her career — and one of the catchiest. We break it down, track by track — and try to figure out why Grande compared it to the Beatles’ Rubber Soul…
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Four Beatles Biopics at Once?! What We Expect From the Beatles Cinematic Universe

With the news that Sam Mendes will direct one Beatles biopic for each member, all due in 2027, we make some predictions…
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“I think Sgt Pepper was a ‘prize period’ when I was playing my best bass”: Paul McCartney’s 10 best basslines with The Beatles

Paul McCartney is, to state the obvious, a bass guitar legend – and these are his 10 best basslines…
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The Beatles’ Landmark ‘U.S. Albums’ Box Set Just Got Restocked and Is 50% Off Online

The U.S. Albums features remastered versions of all 13 American albums released by the Fab Four between 1964 and 1970…
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Sam Mendes to direct four Beatles biopic films

LONDON – The fab four are back, with each member of the iconic Beatles to be immortalized in their own big screen biopic, all directed by Sam Mendes, Sony Pictures said. “The project marks the first time (Beatles’ label) Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles — Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and the families of John
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