Pop is awash with nepo babies – Lennon and McCartney are just the latest. But why aren’t they better at it?
Simon Price
John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s sons team up for new single
March 2024
A new moment to arise: Beyoncé’s cover of the Beatles’ Blackbird is a timely masterstroke
Stella McCartney celebrates Mother Earth with no lack of glamour
February 2024
‘I said something wrong’: Paul McCartney reveals origin of Yesterday lyric
Barry Keoghan as John Lennon? Who Sam Mendes should cast in his Beatles movies
‘Nothing off limits’: Sam Mendes to direct four Beatles films – one about each member
Long-lost bass guitar returned to Paul McCartney after more than 50 years
December 2023
Denny Laine obituary
Singer, guitarist and co-founder of the Moody Blues in the 1960s who later enjoyed success with Paul McCartney’s band Wings
Denny Laine, star musician with Moody Blues and Wings, dies aged 79
Laine, who sang Go Now and co-wrote Mull of Kintyre, had suffered lung disease in recent years
Can Spinal Tap sequel live up to film’s ludicrous legend, 40 years on?
It was the rock-mockumentary that set a standard for those that followed. Now Macca and Elton are joining the band for an encore. Will its lethal wit survive?
November 2023
Paul McCartney and Elton John to appear in Spinal Tap sequel
Director of the beloved mock-rock-doc confirms filming will start on a sequel next year, with most of the original cast and a few new big names to feature
The Beatles set record 54-year gap between No 1 singles as Now and Then tops UK chart
Paul McCartney says success of band’s ‘final’ song together has ‘blown my socks off’, as it becomes the fastest-selling vinyl single this century
More new Beatles music ‘conceivable’ after Now and Then, Peter Jackson says
The Beatles: Now and Then review – ‘final’ song is a poignant act of closure
‘A huge event’: excitement as the Beatles’ final song Now and Then approaches release
October 2023
The Beatles: ‘final’ song Now and Then to be released thanks to AI technology
Holding the Note by David Remnick review – erudite portraits of musical greats
Paul McCartney’s Australian comeback tour awash with love, Lennon tributes and Beatles medleys
‘It beats working’: Paul McCartney reflects on songwriting, John Lennon and success on eve of Australian tour
