Guardian Music — October 1960: Number 8 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicIn October 1960, a German student took five young Britons to a Hamburg fairground for a photoshoot. Astrid Kirchherr had only just met the Beatles through her friend... more info

Guardian Music — September 1975: Number 19 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicIn April 1974, Abba won the Eurovision song contest with Waterloo and the world fell for the Swedish band's charms, the song turning into a global hit. But their ... more info

ContactMusic — John Lennon's ex-girlfriend May Pang is set to stun fans in a new documentary by revealing her former lover wasn't her favourite Beatle. In Seth Swirsky's new movie Beatles Stories, Pang, who romanced Lennon in the mid-1970s after he split from Yoko ... more info

ContactMusic — Movie star Jon Voight is still sore about the day John Lennon snubbed a dinner meeting with him - because he never got another chance to meet the Beatle. The actor had become an overnight success thanks to the film Midnight Cowboy and he was walking ... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Paul Mccartney and John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono hit Las Vegas on Wednesday (08Jun11) to celebrate Cirque du Soleil's hit Beatles show. George Harrison's widow Olivia and rocker son Dhani also showed up for the fifth anniversary of Love, which fea... more info

Guardian Music — We have seen so many different Google Doodles - the customised logos on the Google homepage - since they started in 1998 that most of us barely notice them any more. But there are just a few hours left to appreciate arguably the best Google Doodle ye... more info

ContactMusic — Alice Cooper used to hide from Keith Moon because he couldn't handle how hard he partied. The 'School's Out' rocker used to be a member of a drinking club called the Hollywood Vampires, which saw him joined by John Lennon, Ringo Starr and The Who dru... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Doveman, who often plays with both Justin Bond and Martha Wainwright, has four more upcoming salon shows scheduled at Le Poisson Rouge. Last month (after he was joined by Rufus Wainwright and Sean Lennon at the West Village venue)... more info

Guardian Music — Beatle's Bruce McMouse Show drawings designed for never-shown animated mix with Wings tour footage will go on saleFrom Yellow Submarine to the Frog Chorus, Paul McCartney has long been associated with animated films. But even diehard fans of the Beat... more info

The Telegraph — James Taylor has had a notoriously colouful life, but did you know he had a run in with Mark David Chapman just 24 hours before Chapman assassinated John Lennon? more info