Guardian Music — In hindsight, it does seem unlikely that the famously private – some would say curmudgeonly – Van Morrison would have chosen to bugle the news that he had joined Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney and Rod Stewart in becoming a father again in ... more info

Guardian Music — Ian Jack's anecdotal impression of the importance of the Beatles' music (The music that brushed away repression, 19 December) recognises no continuum in popular music, but merely reinforces the old saw of a socially inevitable 60s step change in soun... more info

Rolling Stone — Paul McCartney became a video game avatar earlier this year with his Fab Four bandmates in The Beatles: Rock Band, but until now the series has been devoid of any solo Macca material. That will change on January 5th, when three tracks from McCartney�... more info

411 Mania — Surviving Beatles collaborate for new Ringo album... more info

Guardian Music — O2 Arena, London SE10The same week that Paul McCartney finished his first UK tour in six years, Nowhere Boy, Sam Taylor-Wood's partisan biopic of John Lennon's early years, began its run in cinemas. When casting the young McCartney, Taylor-Wood seems... more info

Guardian Music — Artist Sam Taylor-Wood surprises us with an old-fashioned, affecting film exploring John Lennon's early years, writes Philip FrenchAs composers, performers, producers and the subjects of documentaries, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and... more info

Rolling Stone — With his new album Y Not due out in January 12th, Ringo Starr recently chatted with LP33.tv about one of the more anticipated tracks on the LP, a collaboration with his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney called “Walk With Me.” As Rolling Ston... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Venturelli/WireImage.com Thanks to his VMAs stage-crashing incident, which robbed Taylor Swift of her special moment, Kanye West has been voted 2009’s celebrity Scrooge by a survey of nearly 2,000 children, Reuters reports. Bonus Jonas Brot... more info

Undercover, Australia — Paul McCartney got back to where it all began last night. He was back in the UK. more info

NME — Legend performs festive classic 'Mull Of Kintyre' at festive London show more info