Guardian Music — The footage, shot by an Australian woman, shows the Beatles getting their make-up done for the special The Music of Lennon & McCartney in November 1965. Australian dancer and make-up artist Dawn Swane was working at Granada TV in Manchester at the ti... more info

The Mirror — Paul McCartney had his first sex with a German hooker and he and the other Beatles had pre-paid sex workers laid on for them when they were touring America more info

New York Times — This quartet’s Brazilianness comes through in the singing, with a set connecting to everything from the Beatles to early Pink Floyd to today’s neo-psychedelic bands. more info

Consequence of Sound — During which he covered Radiohead, The Beatles, Sarah McLachlan, and The B-52s. more info

Time — Tom Petty and Steve Winwood joined Prince to play a Beatles cover more info

Rolling Stone — Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil are titans of Tropicália, a strain of Sixties Brazilian pop (or música popular brasileira) that drew on João Gilberto's sublime bossa nova, the Beatles' kaleidoscopic pop and Jimi Hendrix's soaring psychedelia... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx says that the band's self-titled album, which featured John Corabi on vocals instead of Vince Neil, was "very unfocused," with most of the songs lacking the "big" choruses that the group is known for. Released in 199... more info

Guardian Music — The Bajan singer’s singles combined have spent 60 weeks topping the Billboard Hot 100 charts – including collaborations with other artistsRihanna has beaten the Beatles’ tally for the total number of weeks spent at No 1 in the US.Combined sales... more info

People.com — The "Work" singer has now spent more weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 than John, Paul, George and Ringo more info

NME — But the singer is still some way behind record holder Mariah Carey more info