ContactMusic — Beatles legend Ringo Starr has called for governments around the world to implement tougher gun laws on the anniversary of John Lennons fatal shooting The drummer was on hand to speak at an event held by the Non-Violence Project Foundation in London ... more info

Guardian Music — They may be legends, but for the remaining members of the Temptations, the Crystals, the Four Tops and Tavares, music's still a job. Paul Lester talks to soul's true survivorsOtis Williams, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Dolores "Dee Dee" Kenniebrew and Arthur ... more info

ContactMusic — John Lennon s name will forever be linked with todays date on the calendar for it was on December 8th of 1980 that the Beatles star solo performer artist and husband of Yoko Ono was tragically shot dead by Mark David Chapman as he came out of a New Y... more info

ContactMusic — John Lennons optometrist once chased off a mystery man the Beatles legend feared was stalking him Optometrist Gary Tracy examined Lennons eyes and provided him with spectacles for four years in the 1970s after the rocker moved to New York with his wi... more info

Popdose — The Beatles are kind of always in the not-distant background, as they are the goddamn Beatles. But every five years or so, there’s a major resurgence in Beatles interest, popularity, and nostalgia. It generally revolves around a new reissue (the 1 ... more info

NME - Radar — Jagwar Ma is Jona Ma, brother of Dave Ma who made this for Foals. Jona, despite living in Australia, is also pretty involved with Yannis and co, having worked some production magic on their last (and next, judging by this) album. He's also created ... more info

Kings of A&R — An article “12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Music” posted by bloggers and Facebook users has become a popular read in the last few days. It’s a nice sound byte but holds no merit when one digs beneath the surface. The article sta... more info

Guardian Music — London Arena"I've got a lot of family here tonight, and when I say that, I don't just mean kids, I mean grandkids!" says Paul McCartney, perennially trim and dapper at 69. He scratches his suspiciously dark hair in mock-wonderment. "What must they be... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Paul McCartney was joined on stage by Ronnie Wood at his concert at The 02 in London last night 05 12 11 The Beatles legend told fans he had a surprise for them before introducing The Rolling Stones guitarist who performed Get Back with him... more info

ContactMusic — Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood joined Sir Paul Mccartney onstage in London on Monday night 05Dec11 The guitarist was an unannounced special guest at the former Beatles stars O2 Arena concert Wood ambled onstage after MCCartney told fans he had... more info