6 h. ago Ringo Starr labels Roger Daltrey ‘that little man’ after son’s sacking from the Who

Zak Starkey says his father made the comment after he was fired over a disagreement about his performanceRingo Starr has reportedly criticised the way “that little man” Roger Daltrey runs the Who after Starr’s son was sacked from the band.Zak Starkey, 59, who was sacked as the Who’s drummer over a disagreement about his performance, said he was proud that his father had come to his defence. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Ringo Starr called Roger Daltrey ‘that little man’, says son sacked from the Who

Zak Starkey says his father made the comment after he was fired over a disagreement about his performanceRingo Starr has reportedly criticised the way “that little man” Roger Daltrey runs the Who after Starr’s son was sacked from the band.Zak Starkey, 59, who was sacked as the Who’s drummer over a disagreement about his performance, said he was proud that his father had come to his defence. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Ringo Starr hits out at ‘little man’ Roger Daltrey for firing drummer son Zak Starkey

Starkey said he was ‘proud’ of his Beatles father for ‘standing up for me’

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30 h. ago Ringo Starr takes scathing swipe at The Who's Roger Daltrey over son's 'insane' firing

Starr’s son, Zak Starkey, was fired from The Who in April after 29 years as the band’s drummer — before being rehired and seemingly axed again

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30 h. ago Beyoncé honoured Paul McCartney at final London show in a custom 'Blackbird' bodysuit

Beyoncé honoured Paul McCartney at final London show in a custom 'Blackbird' bodysuit  Yahoo

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44 h. ago Beyonce pays tribute to Sir Paul McCartney for penning 'one of the best songs ever' after performing the hit at her London shows

The hitmaker, 43, wore a T-shirt featuring two blackbirds, in a nod to The Beatles 1968 song Blackbird, which she recorded a cover of last year.

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44 h. ago Beyonce pays tribute to Sir Paul McCartney for penning 'one of the best songs ever' after performing the hit at her London shows

Beyonce pays tribute to Sir Paul McCartney for penning 'one of the best songs ever' after performing the hit at her London shows  Daily Mail

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53 h. ago Beyoncé Honors Paul McCartney at Final London Show in a Custom “Blackbird” Bodysuit

Beyoncé Honors Paul McCartney at Final London Show in a Custom “Blackbird” Bodysuit  harpersbazaar.com

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60 h. ago John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr’s sons team up to release new song

The trio have collaborated on a new song for Zak Starkey’s band

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61 h. ago Beyoncé thanks Paul McCartney for "writing one of the best songs ever made" as she closes out 'Cowboy Carter' run in London

Beyoncé thanks Paul McCartney for "writing one of the best songs ever made" as she closes out 'Cowboy Carter' run in London  NME

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4 d. ago My unexpected Pride icon: indie breakup songs said all the things I couldn’t say to other boys

From John Lennon’s takedown of Paul McCartney to the Libertines’ Can’t Stand Me Now, songs by straight men about falling out with their friends were strangely romantic to meWhen I was a teenager, in the late 00s in central Scotland, being gay was something I experienced as painful made me feel overwrought. This didn’t match the depiction of gayness I encountered in mainstream culture at the time, which was mostly very cheerful. Almost all of the gay men on my radar were comedians – figures such as Graham Norton and Alan Carr, both of whom I found funny and still admire today, but who were too easy-going and unpretentious to satisfy my desire to see myself as a tortured poet.When I got to university, I found the representation I was looking for – solemn and beautiful – in writers such as Edmund White and James Baldwin, but earlier in my teenage years I had to make do with what was available: romanticising being gay through songs about straight men falling out with their platonic frie...

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7 d. ago Excitement builds as The Farmers Son prepares for The Royal Highland Show

Next Wednesday, The Farmers Son team are packing up the van and setting off to Edinburgh for another year at The Royal Highland Show!

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7 d. ago Prestwick singer set to release tribute song for victims of Great Fire of Ayr

'Forever Sisters' honours 29 lives lost in the tragic fire at Templeton's Carpet Factory in 1876.

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7 d. ago Brian Wilson death: Paul McCartney, Keith Richards and John Cusack lead tributes to Beach Boys star

Bob Dylan and Wilson’s longtime Beach Boys bandmate Al Jardine also paid their respects

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7 d. ago Beach Boys genius Brian Wilson hailed as a 'true giant' by music legends

Beatles star Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John and Bob Dylan were among the famous faces paying tribute to Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson following his death at the age of 82

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7 d. ago Paul McCartney says ‘musical genius’ Brian Wilson was ‘bright shining light’

The 82-year-old Beatles bass player has previously cited Wilson’s work as an inspiration for his own.

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7 d. ago Two musical revolutionaries, Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, leave life's stage nearly simultaneously

Sometimes death, as life, brings strange symmetries

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7 d. ago Brian Wilson: Beach Boys star who surfed the waves to success

The band shaped 1960s American pop with hits such as Surfin’ USA, I Get Around and California Girls.

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8 d. ago John Cusack, Ronnie Wood, Nancy Sinatra and more react to the death of Brian Wilson

John Cusack, Sean Ono Lennon, Ronnie Wood Nancy Sinatra and more celebrities are sharing their sorrow on the death of Brian Wilson

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8 d. ago John Lennon’s ‘smutty and funny’ letter to future first wife to be sold at auction

Beatle wrote in 1962 letter to Cynthia Powell that he wished he was on his way to her flat with ‘chocies and a throbber’John Lennon is considered by many to be a poet. But the Beatle revealed his more prosaic side in a letter penned in 1962 to his future wife Cynthia Powell, in which he declared: “I wish I was on the way to your flat with the Sunday papers and chocies and a throbber.”The intimate missive, which includes a complaint about his bandmate Paul McCartney’s snoring, is now being sold at auction by Christie’s with a £30,000 to £40,000 estimate. Continue reading...

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