News Latest News from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-US Copyright 1998-2026 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=1916 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:30:35 -0400 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:34:52 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=1916 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/fingerpicking-starts-with-the-beatles-blackbird-paul-mccartneys-ultimate-acoustic-guitar-standard https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/fingerpicking-starts-with-the-beatles-blackbird-paul-mccartneys-ultimate-acoustic-guitar-standard Tab Spotlight: Paul McCartney's acoustic composition relies on an open G-string drone and parallel tenths instead of traditional chord progressions. The song establishes a mechanical foundation for the alternating-bass technique and is a gateway to fingerstyle guitar.]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:30:35 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/john-lennon-said-nobody-understood-the-beatles-relationship-with-producer-george-martin-they-either-say-george-did-everything-or-we-did-its-neither-one https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/john-lennon-said-nobody-understood-the-beatles-relationship-with-producer-george-martin-they-either-say-george-did-everything-or-we-did-its-neither-one Retrospective: "George had done little to no rock and roll when we met him, and we'd never been in the studio, so we did a lot of learning together."]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 03:17:33 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/before-fame-the-beatles-couldnt-even-win-a-talent-contest-paul-mccartney-we-kept-getting-beaten-by-this-woman-who-played-the-spoons https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/before-fame-the-beatles-couldnt-even-win-a-talent-contest-paul-mccartney-we-kept-getting-beaten-by-this-woman-who-played-the-spoons Retrospective: "My mum was a nurse and she wanted me to be a doctor."]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 22:28:41 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ahead-of-the-beatles-rory-storm-and-the-hurricanes https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ahead-of-the-beatles-rory-storm-and-the-hurricanes Music News: The Beatles opened for this band. ]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 17:49:44 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/george-harrisons-nine-hour-nightmare-backwards-guitar-solo-that-nearly-broke-abbey-road-studios-185675 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/george-harrisons-nine-hour-nightmare-backwards-guitar-solo-that-nearly-broke-abbey-road-studios-185675 Features: "I can still picture George — and later, Paul, who joined him to play the backwards outro in a bizarre duet — hunched over his guitar for hours on end."]]> Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:17:38 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/how-paul-mccartneys-and-john-lennons-rivalry-affected-the-beatles-sting-guitarist-explains-forget-the-audience https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/how-paul-mccartneys-and-john-lennons-rivalry-affected-the-beatles-sting-guitarist-explains-forget-the-audience Music News: "Forget the audience, because they already knew they had the audience."]]> Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:11:10 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-beatles-song-has-the-best-riff-ever-written-and-takes-a-bit-of-nerve-to-play-sting-guitarist-explains https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-beatles-song-has-the-best-riff-ever-written-and-takes-a-bit-of-nerve-to-play-sting-guitarist-explains Music News: "When you get inside The Beatles, you realize the genius of it and how timeless it is, in a way."]]> Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:52:14 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting-guitarist-names-song-thats-perfect-example-of-stylistic-differences-between-john-lennon-and-paul-mccartney-explains-what-makes-beatles-songs-so-memorable https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/sting-guitarist-names-song-thats-perfect-example-of-stylistic-differences-between-john-lennon-and-paul-mccartney-explains-what-makes-beatles-songs-so-memorable Music News: "That's the great thing about these pieces - they are songs with stories."]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:06:36 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/this-iconic-hit-by-the-beatles-has-unlikely-origins-however-nobody-remembers-the-song-for-it-184121 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/this-iconic-hit-by-the-beatles-has-unlikely-origins-however-nobody-remembers-the-song-for-it-184121 Features: ]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:02:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the-beatles-hit-come-together-originated-as-a-campaign-song-for-an-often-forgotten-political-race-in-the-late-1960s https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the-beatles-hit-come-together-originated-as-a-campaign-song-for-an-often-forgotten-political-race-in-the-late-1960s Music News: Turn on, tune in, drop out. ]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:58:42 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-sort-of-shunned-the-beatles-zak-starkey-reveals-why-he-avoided-his-fathers-legendary-band https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-sort-of-shunned-the-beatles-zak-starkey-reveals-why-he-avoided-his-fathers-legendary-band Music News: "When I was a kid, The Beatles were in my way."]]> Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:40:27 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/youve-got-to-sort-of-pick-the-one-you-want-on-most-how-the-beatles-wrote-too-many-songs-for-albums-but-could-only-use-a-few https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/youve-got-to-sort-of-pick-the-one-you-want-on-most-how-the-beatles-wrote-too-many-songs-for-albums-but-could-only-use-a-few Retrospective: "If you gave it away without doing the arrangement, you could kill it."]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:45:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-remember-absolutely-nothing-about-it-but-im-not-the-only-one-beatles-producer-on-the-mystery-of-eric-claptons-solo-on-this-white-album-classic https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-remember-absolutely-nothing-about-it-but-im-not-the-only-one-beatles-producer-on-the-mystery-of-eric-claptons-solo-on-this-white-album-classic Music News: "The one thing I vaguely remember is Eric saying that the only way he'd play on it is if he sounded like the Beatles, as opposed to Eric Clapton."]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:26:14 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/paul-mccartney-reveals-he-was-supposed-to-be-the-beatles-guitarist-but-hired-george-harrison-instead-i-couldnt-do-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/paul-mccartney-reveals-he-was-supposed-to-be-the-beatles-guitarist-but-hired-george-harrison-instead-i-couldnt-do-it Music News: "He is a real good guitar player, so if you're thinking of guitar – this is your boy." ]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:32:47 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/alice-cooper-speaks-up-on-why-beatles-are-still-played-on-radio-says-all-musicians-should-hear-them-i-dont-care-if-youre-writing-a-death-metal-song https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/alice-cooper-speaks-up-on-why-beatles-are-still-played-on-radio-says-all-musicians-should-hear-them-i-dont-care-if-youre-writing-a-death-metal-song Music News: "You can't just yell at me. And it's fine if you do yell at me, but you're not gonna stick around very long."]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:21:10 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/watch-paul-mccartney-played-this-beatles-classic-in-full-for-the-first-time-in-60-years https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/watch-paul-mccartney-played-this-beatles-classic-in-full-for-the-first-time-in-60-years Music News: McCartney performed a set dominated by Beatles' classics, mixed with some of his solo tracks.]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:28:29 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/im-not-a-beatle-anymore-what-made-the-beatles-decide-to-stop-touring-after-1966 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/im-not-a-beatle-anymore-what-made-the-beatles-decide-to-stop-touring-after-1966 Music News: "They were going into the great unknown."]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-record-left-paul-mccartney-so-stunned-that-he-wanted-to-recall-a-classic-beatles-album-we-cant-put-it-out-its-not-good-enough https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-record-left-paul-mccartney-so-stunned-that-he-wanted-to-recall-a-classic-beatles-album-we-cant-put-it-out-its-not-good-enough Music News: "John, George, and Ringo had to talk him down."]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:12:21 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/too-stoned-or-didnt-care-anymore-billy-joel-slams-iconic-beatles-album-as-collection-of-half-assed-songs https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/too-stoned-or-didnt-care-anymore-billy-joel-slams-iconic-beatles-album-as-collection-of-half-assed-songs Music News: "I think they had fragments and they put them on the album."]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2025 14:04:39 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jeff-i-am-the-damn-click-ringo-starr-opens-up-on-being-replaced-as-drummer-on-first-beatles-single-reveals-his-proudest-moment https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jeff-i-am-the-damn-click-ringo-starr-opens-up-on-being-replaced-as-drummer-on-first-beatles-single-reveals-his-proudest-moment Music News: "I made him apologize every day."]]> Sat, 12 Jul 2025 20:53:58 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/this-album-is-sometimes-accused-of-breaking-up-the-biggest-rock-band-55-years-later-we-dont-think-thats-true-178529 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/this-album-is-sometimes-accused-of-breaking-up-the-biggest-rock-band-55-years-later-we-dont-think-thats-true-178529 Features: "I walk into a control room, and there's all four Beatles, George Martin, Glyn Johns, and Yoko Ono."]]> Thu, 08 May 2025 08:23:36 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-is-how-john-lennon-and-paul-mccartney-really-started-writing-together-author-reveals https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-is-how-john-lennon-and-paul-mccartney-really-started-writing-together-author-reveals Music News: "They figured out each other had some kind of gift that the other really admired."]]> Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:47:07 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/this-forgotten-and-rare-amp-helped-the-beatles-redefine-rock-music-heres-why-its-special https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/this-forgotten-and-rare-amp-helped-the-beatles-redefine-rock-music-heres-why-its-special Gear: A look back at Vox's rarest amplifier.]]> Sat, 21 Dec 2024 19:55:58 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie_sambora_reveals_what_paul_mccartney_is_really_like_to_work_with_recalls_what_surprised_him_about_the_legendary_musician.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/richie_sambora_reveals_what_paul_mccartney_is_really_like_to_work_with_recalls_what_surprised_him_about_the_legendary_musician.html Music News: "So I said, 'Well, if you're going to be in here, why don't you help me mix this?'"]]> Sun, 17 Nov 2024 18:57:27 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_beatles_expert_reveals_arrangement_trick_that_gets_your_attention_in_the_bands_classic_song.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_beatles_expert_reveals_arrangement_trick_that_gets_your_attention_in_the_bands_classic_song.html Music News: "It's actually an orchestral technique."]]> Sun, 23 Jun 2024 14:23:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/john_lennons_lost_12-string_is_now_one_of_the_most_expensive_guitars_ever_sold_at_auction_heres_how_much_it_went_for.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/john_lennons_lost_12-string_is_now_one_of_the_most_expensive_guitars_ever_sold_at_auction_heres_how_much_it_went_for.html Gear: The auctioneers promoted the guitar as a strong contender against Kurt Cobain's Martin D-18e.]]> Thu, 30 May 2024 21:55:06 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ringo_starr_reveals_how_paul_mccartney_was_different_than_other_beatles_members.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ringo_starr_reveals_how_paul_mccartney_was_different_than_other_beatles_members.html Music News: "We liked to sit around a little more, and then Paul would call, 'Alright, lads,' and we'd go in."]]> Tue, 14 May 2024 20:10:44 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the_massive_impact_of_the_beatles_performance_on_the_ed_sullivan_show-165201 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/the_massive_impact_of_the_beatles_performance_on_the_ed_sullivan_show-165201 Features: We celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Beatles' first performance on the Ed Sullivan Show.]]> Thu, 02 May 2024 13:49:38 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/its_called_stealing_paul_mccartney_opens_up_on_inspiration_behind_this_song_from_abbey_road.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/its_called_stealing_paul_mccartney_opens_up_on_inspiration_behind_this_song_from_abbey_road.html Music News: "Well it's called stealing. But because I don't read music, I didn't know what the melody that went with it was."]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:25:44 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/no_one_is_as_bold_as_the_beatles_were_these_were_their_most_experimental_songs_according_to_the_bands_expert-164526 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/no_one_is_as_bold_as_the_beatles_were_these_were_their_most_experimental_songs_according_to_the_bands_expert-164526 Features: "I don't find anybody, whether it's U2 or Nine Inch Nails or Sonic Youth, that has a six-minute long, experimental sound sculpture on their hit record."]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:34:52 -0400