NME — McCartney also reveals it was John Lennon who demanded the end of the Beatles more info

ContactMusic — The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has topped a new poll of best album covers. The colourful artwork on the 1967 classic, which features the Fab Four in a park, surrounded by cut-outs of icons and celebrities, saw off competition from... more info

Guardian Music — 1967: Number 34 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicCarla Bley's 1971 triple album Escalator Over the Hill still stands as one of the grandest, oddest and most spectacular creations in jazz history. This two-hour jazz oper... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — When you’ve shot your mouth off and claimed that your band is the best in the world, what do you say when that band dissolves and you form a new one?“We’re the second-best band in the world.”So says Liam Gallagher, singer from ’90s Britpop ... more info

Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)This unaccompanied acoustic guitar album (recorded alone, late at night, and sounding like it) is the first Metheny has made in his four-decade career in which there isn't a single original. All 10 tracks (including Girl from Ipanema, the... more info

ContactMusic — A sale of cartoon drawings by Sir Paul Mccartney has been put on hold after a last-minute intervention by the Beatles legend's lawyers over an ownership issue. The cartoons were created by the Let It Be hitmaker in the 1970s when he was working on a ... more info

USA Today Music — The newly engaged singer hasn't had an idle year since The Beatles formed in 1960, 2011 is no exception. more info

Guardian Music — June-July 1966: Number 25 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicIn 1966, the Beatles toured the far east. The Japanese started to form bands that adopted the same line-up – drums, bass, lead guitar and a John Lenn... more info

Guardian Music — 16-18 June 1967: Number 27 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicIt paved the way for Woodstock two years later, and in certain respects the Monterey International Pop festival of June 1967 was of even greater lasti... more info

Guardian Music — 27 December 1986: Number 29 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk music1968 was a year of political upheaval in Brazil, with a soundtrack provided by a new musical movement, tropicalia, headed by Gilberto Gil and Caetano... more info