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Robbie Williams has made UK chart history by scoring his 16th Number One album, breaking the long-standing record he shared with The Beatles. The 52-year-old pop superstar’s latest release BRITPOP surged to the top of the Official Albums Chart on Friday (23.01.26), making him the artist with the most UK Number One albums of all time.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / January 20

Robbie Williams on course to surpass The Beatles with record-breaking 16th UK number one album

Robbie Williams looks set to break The Beatles' record for the most UK number one albums. The Millennium singer's latest record Britpop is currently at the Official Charts Company's number one spot midway through the week and means he is on the brink of making chart history.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / January 15

'I feel that it's a competition between them...' Brian May questions Sam Mendes' plan for four Beatles' films

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May is worried that Sam Mendes' upcoming four films about The Beatles will feel like "it's a competition between them". Mendes

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / January 13

Paul Mescal credits Beatles films with giving him 'stability'

Paul Mescal is "thrilled" to be working on Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles films because it's given him "stability" after a "mad six, seven years". The Gladiator

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / January 5

Paul Mescal would 'lose my mind' taking a two-year break from acting

Paul Mescal would "lose [his] mind if [he] took two years off" from acting. In a January 2 interview with The Guardian newspaper, the 29-year-old star said he is "learning that I don’t think I can go on [acting] as much" - but now Paul has clarified that he meant welcoming time off from promoting upcoming projects.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / January 5

Sting is thankful to The Beatles for inspiring songwriters to try

Sting is thankful to The Beatles for opening the "floodgates for songwriters to have an attempt at writing songs". The Every Breath You Take singer's touring guitarist Dominic Miller has released a songbook of 14 of the Fab Four's tracks for classical guitar titled The Beatles arranged by Dominic Miller: Guitar Solo Songbook.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / January 3

No more secret Beatles tracks

Producer Giles Martin says no more secret Beatles tracks will ever be released. The producer has spent a number of years going through the Fab Four’s archives for the Disney Plus revived Beatles’ Anthology series and remixed albums and tracks but he doesn’t believe there is anything new left to uncover.

Entertainment News / Music Times / December 26

From the Beatles to K-Pop: How Revolutionary Bands Sparked Global Social Movements Across Decades

Music has always been good at slipping past the places where speeches stall out. Long before social media or streaming metrics, bands figured out how to turn songs into signals, ways for people to recognize themselves and each other.

Entertainment News / Contact Music / December 23

Sean Ono Lennon is worried that younger generations will forget about The Beatles

Sean Ono Lennon fears that younger generations could forget about The Beatles. The 50-year-old musician - the son of frontman John Lennon and Yoko Ono - explained that he has "technically" taken over as the guardian of his late father's legacy and admits that he is concerned about the Fab Four fading from memory.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / December 22

Sean Ono Lennon is worried that younger generations will forget about The Beatles

Sean Ono Lennon fears that younger generations could forget about The Beatles. The 50-year-old musician - the son of the John Lennon and Yoko Ono - explained that he has "technically" taken over as the guardian of his late father's legacy and admits that he is concerned about the Fab Four fading from memory.

Entertainment News / HITC / December 21

What happened when Bob Dylan played a game of tennis with The Beatles

The Beatles are arguably the most famous band to have ever existed, and even they enjoyed playing a spot of tennis whenever they got the chance. After all, it is a worldwide sport, despite having originated in the upper classes.

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25 songs from the '70s that hit different today

They simply don't make music the same as they used to, but thankfully, we can revisit the classics as often as we please.

Entertainment News / BANG Showbiz / December 4

David Morrissey and James Norton join cast of Beatles biopics

David Morrissey and James Norton are among the stars added to the cast of Sir Sam Mendes' Beatles movies. The pair have joined the ensemble for The Beatles - A Four-Film Cinematic Event alongside Leanne Best, Harry Lloyd, Bobby Schofield, Daniel Hoffman-Gill, Arthur Davill and Adam Pally.

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23 of millennials' most notorious first celebrity crushes

Every modern generation has had its fair share of teen idols who’ve won the hearts of the while in their youth. However, one could argue that millennials were quite spoiled by their teen idol pool. The following were most millennials' first crushes, with some being real-life people and others being fictional characters, because when it comes to crushes, love is love.

Entertainment News / Nerdist / October 31

Anna Sawai, Saoirse Ronan, Aimee Lou Wood Cast in 'Beatles' Biopic

Casting the right people to play real-life figures is maybe the most important in the realm of music biopics.

Michael Jackson's Family Want Biopic To Premiere At O2 Arena Where He Planned 50-Show Comeback

Entertainment News / Contact Music / August 21

Watch: Remastered Beatles Free As A Bird music video as band announce new Anthology album

A new Anthology compilation album has been announced and will feature 13 previously unreleased songs by The Beatles. First released three decades ago in

Entertainment News / TV Insider / June 11

‘AGT’: Ex-Homeless Singer Charity Lockhart Earns Golden Buzzer With Stunning Beatles Performance

The auditions continued on Season 20 of America’s Got Talent on Tuesday night (June 10), and another act earned a coveted Golden Buzzer, sending them straight through to the Live Shows.

Entertainment News / Nerdist / April 1

'The Beatles' biopic cast: 4 fab stars for 4 massive movies

This isn’t your grandmother’s biopic. We don’t actually know what that means. But the point is that it feels like biopics have gone from stilted, boring primetime specials to lavish, award-bait affairs.

Measuring the impact The Beatles had on the world

Historical records: Albums that only get better as the years go by

Bands whose breakups shocked fans around the globe

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20 inventions by women that changed the world

From the first mothers to walk this earth to the Spice Girls’ girl power to female leaders around the globe, Beyoncé was right. When it comes to who runs the world, it’s girls. From science to playthings and everything in between, these are the inventions by women that have changed the world.

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The 25 greatest hits albums in music history

It seems impossible to rank the best greatest hits collections of all time, but we gave it a go. Enjoy.

Golf News / Yardbarker / July 17, 2023

Nike golfers to wear Beatles-inspired shoes at Open Championship

Nike golfers set to wear Beatles-inspired shoes at Open Championship

The world's most infamous band hailed from Liverpool and had a rather interesting connection to the game, including the fact that Paul McCartney used to cross a golf course to get from his house to John Lennon's.

McIlroy no longer favorite to win Open Championship

Rory says he'd rather retire than play for LIV Golf

The best golfers who never won at the Masters

The 'Winners of the 2005 sports season' quiz

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Every food & drink mentioned by The Beatles in songs

The Beatles released 13 studio albums during their decade as a band from 1960-1970. Their songs span numerous genres, including simple pop tracks to psychedelic rock tunes to dabbling in country, folk, and even a little heavy metal.

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