Sitar used by George Harrison in 1965 has sold for over £53,000. George bought the 4ft long sitar from a small Oxford Street shop named Indiacraft between August and October 1965. He later used the instrument to record the song, Norwegian Wood, in October 1965, launching 'the Great Sitar Explosion' in rock music. George took the sitar to Barbados on his and Pattie Boyd's January 1966 honeymoon and then gifted it as a thank you to his friend, George de Vere Drummond, after he let them stay at h ..read more

  After the sudden death of Jim Morrison in 1971, the surviving members of The Doors found themselves felt rudderless without him. The band forged their ideas for the 1971 album Other Voices while Morrison was living in Paris with  Pamela Courson his girlfriend, hoping that he’d return to the US to finish the album. Tragically though, he never made it back. When Jim was gone, we had kept going,” Robby Kreiger later reflected. “The three of us were practising all the time, writing new stuff. When Jim passed, we said, ‘Jeez, what’re we going to do?’ We could just give it up ..read more

                                  Julien’s Auctions announced Tuesday, April 23 that Lennon’s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar, which he played on classics like “Help!,” “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away,” “It’s Only Love,” “I’ve Just Seen a Face” and “Norwegian Wood,” will be up for auction during a two-day event in New York City next month. John Lennon’s Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar and case     A release dubbed the instrument the “most important Beatles gui ..read more

                                          Former Beatles office boy Murray Macauley, from Tunbridge Wells, who worked at the Apple recording studios in the 1970s puts John Lennon’s headphones up for auction. John Lennon's favourite headphones which he wore to record The Beatles' album Let It Be are set to fetch £3,000 at auction. The broken headset was given to the band’s former office boy.Murray kept the Austrian-made AKG K60 headphones along with other memorabilia he collected during ..read more

  Ringo is set to thrill fans in New Lenox, as the next act in the New Lenox Summer Concert Series. Ringo Starr,will take the stage at the New Lenox Commons on Saturday, Sept. 14.   If tickets remain, sales will open to non-New Lenox residents on May 13, Mayor Tim Baldermann said.  "We’re limited, it’s 5,000 tickets," Baldermann said. "When they’re gone, they’re gone." Ringo Starr marks the second act in the Village's Summer Concert Series, formerly known as Triple Play. Smokey Robinson opens the series on June 1. He recently released a single “February Sky,” a new on Frida ..read more

Paul McCartney & Wings One Hand Clapping Live Studio Sessions from 1974 Newly Mixed will be released on June 14, 2024. One of music's most mythical live albums finally to be released. Available in various formats: 2LP/2CD/Digital. Online Exclusive: 2LP +7”. Filmed as a "rockumentary" and recorded over four days in August 1974 at EMI Studios, One Hand Clapping found the McCartneys, Denny Laine and new Wings members including guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and drummer Geoff Britton just back from their time at Sound Shop Studios in Nashville, where they recorded the standalone single "Junior's F ..read more

Nate D. Sanders Auctions is set to offer George Harrison’s Sitar on April 25. In 1965, George Harrison purchased his first sitar from the renowned shop, Indiacraft, on Oxford Street in London.  This seemingly unassuming instrument would ignite a revolution. During the recording sessions for "Norwegian Wood", the Beatles’ creative process took an unexpected turn.  George Harrison, exploring the studio’s cupboards for a novel sound, picked up the sitar. Spontaneously, he found the notes that would weave seamlessly into the song’s fabric. The sitar’s distinctive timbre added an other ..read more

                                    Gallery 42 in Mason will host The Lost Weekend: The Photography of May Pang,  held on April 30 and May 1. This period came to be known as “The Lost Weekend,” which actually lasted 18 months from the summer of 1973 through the beginning of 1975 — and Pang was there for all of it. The upcoming photo exhibit, The Lost Weekend: The Photography of May Pang, gives some insight into their world and time spent together.               ..read more

The Beatles documentary "Let It Be" is coming to the streaming service.                                                             Director Michael Lindsay-Hogg's original 1970 film is set to debut on the streaming service on May 8, marking the first time the documentary has been available in more than 50 years. The film has been restored from the original 16mm negative by Peter Jackson's Park Road Post Production. "I'm absolutely thrilled ..read more

                        Extract from Peter Brown and Steve Gaines’ new book, All You Need is Love: The End of the Beatles, Ringo Starr delved into detail about the harrowing ordeal in Manila, revealing how The Beatles miraculously managed to escape the country without being seriously hurt.                                The extract taken from Steve Gaines’ interview with Ringo Starr: SG: Manila? Did you get beaten up? RS: No, we didn’t get beaten up i ..read more