The Beatles nearly five decade old record has finally been broken (Picture: Chris Walter) It’s been a long time coming but The Beatles have been defeated after almost five decades for the fastest accumulation of 12 chart topping albums in the UK. It took John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr 14 years to land 12 number one albums, completing the feat in 1977 with a live album. This had secured a record lasting 47 years which had a reputation for being unbeatable – until now. Unsurprisingly, megastar Taylor Swift, 34, has achieved the same incredible feat in just 11 year ..read more

Taylor Swift has put a Vauxhall Pub on the map. (Picture: GETTY / THE BLACK DOG) London has no shortage of tourist traps, but most of them are places you’d expect to find dozens of people flocking to each day — like Covent Garden, or M&M World (no, we still don’t get it either). But there are a few unexpected locations across the city that have become a must-visit for a very different reason. Over the years, various celebrities have name-dropped pubs, restaurants, shopping spots, streets, and parks in hit songs, sending British fans into a spin, and prompting people the world over to visi ..read more

If you’r’e a Beatles fan, it could be your lucky day (Picture: Scott K MacLeod/REX/Shutterstock) We’ve all heard about innocent-looking Harry Potter books paying off mortgages – but have you ever considered the treasures that could be hiding in your record collection? If your wedge of vinyls has been handed down and spans back to the 60s and 70s, you may just own a £10,000 cultural relic. Or perhaps there’s one sitting in your local charity shop with a £5 price tag. If you are lucky enough to own the UK’s most valuable vinyls then call your mother – you just won £67,000. As today is April 20 ..read more

James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon have collaborated and the results are something special (Picture: James McCartney/Instagram) John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney’s sons – James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon – have teamed up for a new song, Primrose Hill. Sir Paul and the late Linda McCartney’s son James, 46, and his ‘good friend’ Sean, 48 – the only son of Lennon and Yoko Ono – have co-written the track in what is the first Lennon-McCartney collaboration in over 50 years. Taking to social media announcing the release of Primrose Hill alongside an eerily familiar picture of the pair, Ja ..read more

Sir Paul McCartney revealed an ’embarrassing’ moment early on in his career (Picture: WireImage) Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that he suffered a massively ’embarrassing’ moment on stage early on with the Beatles, which changed the course of his career. The 81-year-old shot to worldwide fame with the group, serving as lead vocalist with John Lennon, as well as playing the bass guitar and penning some of their biggest hits. Over the years, he penned and performed Yesterday, Yellow Submarine, Hey Jude, Let It Be, Penny Lane and so many others beside his bandmates. In the latest episode of his ..read more

Yoko Ono has denied getting John Lennon hooked on heroin (Picture: Getty) Yoko Ono has set the record straight regarding claims she was the person responsible for getting John Lennon to try heroin.  In the new book, All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words, featuring interviews from 1980-1981 with those closest to the Beatles, Ono, 91, denies getting her late husband Lennon hooked on heroin. However, she admits she told him how to take it so he wouldn’t feel ‘sick’, according to reports. Denying she advised Lennon to try the drug, Ono claimed in an excerpt from the book obtai ..read more

The Beatles’ first-ever logo was valued on Antiques Roadshow (Picture: Chris Walter) An Antiques Roadshow expert joked a guest has ‘finally got paid 60 years later’ after creating The Beatles’ original logo for free. The guest claimed they were ‘never paid’ for making the legendary band’s ‘first’ logo in 1962 as they got the design valued on the BBC show. However, they said they were ‘good mates’ with the Fab Four at the time and they ultimately went for another design from Ivor Arbiter. Now, though, the guest could cash in as expert Mark Hill estimated the logo – which he branded ‘remarkable ..read more

The Beatles’ breakup has been detailed in new light by wife of Derek Taylor (Picture: Chris Walter) The collapse of The Beatles is still shrouded in mystery for fans of the British boy band but a newly discovered diary spills never before seen details. Weeks after a rare vinyl was uncovered, a diary kept by the wife of ‘Fifth Beatle’ Derek Taylor is up for auction, documenting 1969 and the demise of the Love Me Do hitmakers. Taylor was the press officer and close friend of the four, working at Apple Corps as their head of publicity in 1964 then again between 1968 and 1970. The diary, written ..read more

Sir Paul McCartney and Paris Jackson sat next to each other for Stella McCartney’s runway show (Picture: Getty) Sir Paul McCartney was in Paris for Fashion Week to watch his daughter Stella McCartney’s runway show, and he was joined by the daughter of former pop rival Michael Jackson. The music legend, 81, who also sat with fellow surviving Beatle Sir Ringo Starr, 83, found himself sharing the limelight with none other than Paris Jackson, daughter of late singer Michael Jackson. Jackson, who shared Paris with ex-wife Debbie Rowe, died suddenly in June 2009 aged just 50, when Paris was only 11 ..read more

Pattie Boyd is auctioning letters from Eric Clapton and George Harrison (Picture: Bill Zygmant/REX/Shutterstock) Pattie Boyd is selling letters that offer insight into her love triangle with musicians George Harrison and Eric Clapton. The model was originally married to The Beatles’ guitarist Harrison, before being pursued by his friend Eric. Now, more intimate details of their romances have been exposed in notes which are being sold by auction house Christie’s. As their muse, she inspired the songs Something, written by Harrison, and Clapton’s Wonderful Tonight and Layla – his nickname for B ..read more