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READ MORE: Emily Ratajkowski sizzles as she dons plunging red bikini following marriage splitEver wondered why The Rolling Stones sued their manager or how Pharrell Williams got into trouble with Marvin Gaye's estate? Then keep reading to find out.Back in 1971, The Rolling Stones unexpectedly filed a $7.5 million lawsuit against their manager Allen Klein and alleged that he had made “false or fraudulent” representations with intent to “deceive and defraud” the band and some of its members.The Stones sued over publishing rights and the band received $1.2 million as a settlement but were unable to break their contract with Klein.However, Allen continued to profit from their music careers but fortunately relationships between the two parties began to improve.The Beatles openly admitted that they admired Chuck Berry and even covered Roll Over Beethoven on their second album With The Beatles.However, their mutual respect came to a halt after Lennon took a little too much inspiration from one of Chuck’s songs.Whilst writing Come Together, Lennon adapted a line from Berry’s 1956 hit You Can’t Catch Me which goes: “Here come a flat top, he was moving up with me”.Lennon changed “a” to “old,” replaced “moving up with me” to “grooving up slowly” and used a similar intonation as Chuck did.Berry’s publisher Morris Levy deemed the similarities too close and began legal proceedings against the Beatle.Levy was the owner of Big Seven Music and the dispute was - seemingly - resolved after Lennon agreed to record three songs for them on his next album.However, the Beatle only included two and legal matters began again, with the court awarding Levy $6.8m, but the tables were quickly turned.Levy had released Lennon’s demo recordings on his

The Beatles has revealed a John Lennon encounter that made Mick Jagger feel “uncomfortable”.A new oral history of the acclaimed band called All You Need Is Love is set to be released on April 11. The book is comprised of interviews taken from the controversial book The Love You Make (1983), which was written by Steven Gaines and Peter Brown, the personal assistant to Beatles manager Brian Epstein.Upon the book’s original publication, the Beatles were not pleased with its contents, with Gaines claiming to The Times that “Paul and Linda [McCartney] tore the book apart and burned it in the fireplace, page by page.“There was an omerta, a code of silence around the Beatles, and they didn’t think anyone would come forward to tell the truth.”Now, Gaines and Brown will release All You Need Is Love, inspired by director Peter Jackson’s documentary Get Back.

Richard Ashcroft has recreated the music video for The Verve’s ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ for Sky Sports. Check out the clip below.The singer recreated the visual accompaniment to the 1997 hit for a Sky Sports promotion of Formula One, and filmed the clips a couple of days before last week’s British Grand Prix 2023 kicked off.Instead of walking the streets of London as in the original video, Ashcroft is seen performing the track around the UK’s Silverstone Circuit, which hosted the first British Grand Prix in 1948.

A caustic, typewritten letter from John Lennon to Paul McCartney is expected to garner up to $40,000 via an ongoing auction.

Gotta Have Rock and Roll, currently stands at $22,000. At the time he sent the typewritten letter, Lennon — then age 31 — was furious with McCartney over an interview he did weeks earlier with music magazine Melody Maker.

Having just finished his latest US tour, Sir Paul's birthday celebrations include headlining the Glastonbury Festival for the second time next Saturday, this time as an octogenarian - a powerful demonstration of how to enjoy life beyond state retirement age and testament to his undimmed star power. Although his hair is grey and his voice is weaker, he delivers a knockout stage show, studded with The Beatles songs that people want to hear. Seeing him live is the closest you can get to experience the magic of the Fab Four, though to this day he remains slightly prickly on the subject of who broke up the band.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticThe time has come today for the Rolling Stones to introduce the 1966 song “Out of Time” into their setlist. Improbable as it may seem, given how often the song has been covered by others or licensed for the movies, the band had never performed the tune live until it showed up at the Stones’ European tour opening Wednesday night in Madrid, Spain.There was a rumor the song might show up, as eavesdroppers on tour rehearsals had heard the Stones trying out “Out of Time,” although there are typically rarities that they test during rehearsal periods that seldom or never make it onto a tour. So its actual appearance at the Metropolitano Stadium opener was considered a blessed event indeed.Given the enduring popularity of the song among fans, some might assume it was released as a single in ’66, but that wasn’t the case after it first appeared as an “Aftermath” album cut.

Richard Ashcroft has said that Netflix wants to make a docudrama about the ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ copyright dispute.The Verve hit was the centre of an infamous copyright row with The Rolling Stones’ ex-manager Allen Klein over its sampling of the Stones’ ‘The Last Time’.The dispute was resolved in 2019, with Ashcroft and The Verve no longer having to pay royalties to Klein’s company ABKCO. Speaking to the Daily Express, the band’s frontman said: “The way [the song] has come back to me is fantastic.”He continued to say that Netflix was looking at making a docudrama about the dispute.

Sir Paul McCartney says his post-Beatles feud with John Lennon was “pretty hurtful.”

Paul McCartney has opened up about the time he sued The Beatles in order to “save” their music and company, Apple.In a new interview with GQ, McCartney elaborated on what he described as one of the biggest “misconceptions” of The Beatles split saying that he had no option but to sue the band in order to protect their music.McCartney officially announced his departure from the band in April 1970 and later that year, filed a law suit which called for the group’s formal dissolution.After years of further legal battles, he eventually won the rights to the band’s music from EMI and music publisher Allen Klein.

Paul McCartney has opened up about the Beatles breaking up, and his honest reaction to John Lennon’s song How Do You Sleep.The Here Comes The Sun stars – made up of Sir Paul, John, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – were the biggest group in the world at their peak, with ‘Beatlemania’ erupting every single time they were seen in public.They broke up in 1970 to pursue solo careers, a move prompted by Sir Paul filing for the dissolution of their partnership, leaving fans utterly heartbroken.During a candid interview with GQ, the 78-year-old opened up about the speculation surrounding their split and his relationship with their business manager, Allen Klein, when asked about the biggest ‘misconception’ there was about him.‘I suppose that when

Paul McCartney has described his post-Beatles feud with John Lennon as “pretty hurtful”, but denied that the band ever “hated” each other.