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Watch: Jack White covers The Beatles at The White House

News by Luke Slater

This is something you don't see every day. And, for Jack White, it's not something you get to do every day. If it's not a once in a lifetime type thing, then it's very close to it. Yes, as you probably already know, Jack White performed at The White House.»

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Join Paul McCartney for a live webchat!

News by Luke Slater

Um, yeah. It's not like we've got an over-60s remit or anything, even though it may seem that way in the past couple of days. Honestly. But we thought in a well-that's-strange-but-I-might-try-it-anyway sort of way that you'd be interested to know that Saint Paul McCartney is indulging in a live webchat this afternoon.»

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EMI says Abbey Road studios not for sale

News by Luke Slater

So, it appears that the rumours - which seemed fairly well-founded - that struggling record giant EMI were to sell Abbey Road studios is simply not true, according to a report in The Guardian. »

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Lloyd-Webber to save Abbey Road Studios?

News by Luke Slater

You may have read in various news outlets that EMI are pretty much totally fucked. Naturally, they've got to find some way of combatting this, and given that they own the legendary Abbey Road studios, it came to pass that they'd put them up for sale for around the price of £30m. Pricey? »

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The Beatles enter the information age, release albums on 'Apple' USB stick

News by Luke Slater

The Beatles will release their entire back-catalogue of albums on a USB stick. In the shape of an apple.»

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Listen: The Invisible cover The Beatles' 'Come Together'

News by Luke Slater

Heresey. Blasphemy. All that shiiiiii'. We don't need to see another band cover ANY Beatles song EVER, do we? Well, we're going to make an exception for Mercury nominated act The Invisible, who have just covered - and released, for freeeeee - a version of»

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Newsround #1: Beirut, Eugene McGuinness... The Jackson 5?!

News by John Roberts

DiS is busy, busy, busy at the moment, and we realise we've been a bit slack on the news front of late. Apologies! Here's a handy, bite-sized round-up to make up for it»

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It's only rock and roll but I'll buy it: rare Bowie recording (and more) for sale

News by Rob Webb

A whole host of rare rock memorabilia is going under the hammer at 5pm today as part of the The Fame Bureau's It's More Than Rock And Roll»

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Ringo Starr beheaded in Liverpool

News by Kev Kharas

Sorry, Borrell, you’ve been topped – or rather ex-Beatle Ringo Starr has, by green-fingered vandals»

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Chart round-up: it's a DiScussion, too. Wow!

News by Mike Diver

So, indie-rock’s holiday in the sun, its honeymoon period following comeback second albums by Razorlight and The Killers, appears to be over: boybands are back, baby, in a big way...»

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Oasis brand The Beatles' latest "pointless"

News by Mike Diver

Oasis's Liam Gallagher - a well-documented fan of The Beatles - has called the production on the defunct (and fifty per cent deceased) band's latest collection, Love, rubbish...»

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Westlife likely to beat both U2 and Oasis to album chart top spot

News by Mike Diver

Westlife look likely to romp to the top of the album chart come Sunday with their The Love Album collection, according to industry insiders...»

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Someone SHOULD slap a tax on these polls...

News by Mike Diver

Q magazine - the number-one mag for rockin' dads everywhere - has published another top-100 poll. This time, they've focused their decaying ears on the best 100 songs of all time, as voted for (of course) by their readers...»

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Beatles and Stones pay tribute to Billy Preston

News by Mike Diver

The Rolling Stones and the remaining members of The Beatles have both paid tribute to the late Billy Preston, who died earlier this week (see this report)...»

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iTunes daddies beat The Beatles in Apple case

News by Mike Diver

The long-running legal saga of Apple versus Apple has reached some kind of conclusion today, as the High Court came to the decision that Apple Computers was not in breach of a trade mark agreement dating back to 1991 between them and Apple Corps, the label established and owned by The Beatles...»

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Remaining Beatles to issue new album?

News by Mike Diver

So half of you are dead, one remaining member's a vege-sausage-munching environmentalist and t'other has a fondness for talking trains. Does that stop you releasing a new album? Apparently not...»

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E.M.ouch! Record company cuts off Ringo's fingers

News by Mike Diver

EMI have doctored the cover of a forthcoming, re-issued Beatles compilation, Capitol Albums Volume 2. The original cover image features the Fab Four having a drag or two to pass the time, but the powers that be, they're not standing for it. Cue: Photoshop in all its glory. Only, they've cocked up rather, slicing two fingers from the hand of drummer Ringo Starr...»

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1967: the finest year in rock and roll history

News by Mike Diver

Jimi Hendrix slaying all ears at the Monterey Festival, The Beatles unleashing Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to a world not ready for such a radical stylistic departure, the Stones and Pink Floyd becoming megastars: 1967 has been voted the finest year in rock and roll history by Radio 2 listeners...»

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Virgin poll reveals Lennon's Imagine as best-ever single

News by Mike Diver

Virgin Radio recently polled some 7,000 of its listeners to discover their favourite single of all time. That's, like, ever. The winner: John Lennon's 'Imagine'...»

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This month's Q list: Beatles top poll of 'Best British Song'

News by DiS News

The inspirationally vacant Q Magazine has again come up trumps with a fascinating list of the Best British Songs of All Time, Like FACT and Stuff...»

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Rubber Soul remake: The Donnas, Fiery Furnaces, Sufjan Stevens...

News by DiS News

The Beatles' Rubber Soul is to be reinterpreted by a variety of artists and released as a tribute record.»

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Old Bastards duel it out in top 100 artists list

News by DiS News

DiS’ favourite bedtime read, The Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, published by the boffins at Guinness World Records today release their annual list of the Top 100 Most Successful Acts of all Time today.»

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No Surprises? Radiohead make the best album in the world... ever!

News by DiS News

Radiohead's 'OK Computer' has been voted the greatest album of all time in a poll by Channel 4 viewers.»

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All You Need Is Luton: airport writes Beatles lyric on its walls

News by Mike Diver

Words from The Beatles' 'All You Need Is Love' are to be written on the walls of Luton airport.»

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Starkey and George('s son): Oasis News Ahoy!

News by Mike Diver

Ringo Starr's son will play with Oasis at Glastonbury.»

Danger Mouse Unveils 'The Grey Album'

News by Mike Diver

DJ and producer Danger Mouse (of rap duo DM & Jemini) has unveiled his new 'Grey Album' to the press.»

Apple vs. Apple: Beatles management claims iTunes breaches copyright

News by holliy

Apple Corps Ltd has launched an injunction against Apple Computers, claiming that Apple's iTunes online music store is a breach of copyright. Apple Corp Ltd, the Beatles' self-management company set up in 1968, claims that the iTunes store breaks the terms of a 1991 agreement in which Apple computers agree»

Macca Nat King Cole Hit Beatles Tune

News by Andrew Future

The Beatles’ world famous hit 'Yesterday' is said to have been influenced by 'Answer Me', originally recorded by Frankie Laine, David Whitfield and Nat King Cole. A bunch of musicologists (old men who probably used to be gynaecologists but got struck off) have declared that Macca neve»

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Phil Spector arrested for murder (updated)

News by Ollie Appleby

Legendary record producer Phil Spector has been charged with first degree murder after a woman was found dead in his LA mansion. The charges came after 62-year-old Phil Spector was arrested at his home in LA's Alhambra suburb after police were called at 5am local time (1pm GMT) on the morni»

Ex-Beatle Dead

News by James Westfox

George Harrison, the Beatles' quiet lead guitarist and spiritual explorer who added both rock 'n' roll flash and a touch of the mystic to the band's timeless magic, has died, a longtime family friend told The Associated Press. He was 58. Harrison died at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at a friend's Los Angeles home f»