The Independent — A borrowed guitar played by George Harrison just as Beatlemania was beginning has been sold at auction for almost half a million dollars (£312,000). more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - Is the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" a rebellious anthem to wild drug-taking or a touching tribute to a child's imagination? Discuss. more info

The Independent — It may well have been more than 70 years ago today that Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play, according to the lyrics of the song. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Los Freddy’s :: Sufrirás Sin Mi (It’s Only Love) more info

The Independent — A study which has claimed to scientifically identify which were pop’s most innovative and repetitive years has caused controversy through the researchers’ claim that The Beatles were not, as previously believed, all that innovative. more info

The Telegraph — You say you want a revolution? Don't expect scientists and statisticians to be manning the barricades, says Neil McCormick more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — Here's one of the myriad albums which came out in the wake of the British Invasion, purporting to contain hits by your latest favorite groups, particularly the Beatles. While I found a few sites which shared this marvelous album cover,... more info

Time — Their single was also inspired by the Beatles classic "Let It Be" more info

Stereogum — The musical collaboration and friendship between the Flaming Lips and Miley Cyrus has been well-teased and well-documented but, outside of two Beatles covers, we haven’t really seen anything significant come of it. We know that they’ve been worki... more info

Stereogum — In making his new documentary Cobain: Montage Of Heck, director Brett Morgen got access to a ton of untouched home recordings from Kurt Cobain, and some of them made their way into the movie, including a Beatles cover and a long acoustic demo. And no... more info