Pete Best is stepping away from the spotlight. On Sunday, Best — who was the original Beatles drummer before Ringo Starr — confirmed that he is stepping away from public appearances and performances. “Well, what an absolutely wonderful ride we’ve had,” wrote Best’s younger brother Roag on the social media …
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It’s official: the Beatles movie project is really happening. Director Sam Mendes announced this week he’s making four films about John, Paul, George, and Ringo, opening in theaters in April 2028. After months of rumors, he finally confirmed the cast at Cinema Con in Las Vegas. Paul McCartney is Paul …
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This story appears in Issue 02 of Esses, a new media company that covers the culture, art, and characters of Formula 1. Subscribe to Esses to reserve your copy of Issue 02 here. Talking about the Beatles is fucking exhausting. Everything a person can say about them has already been …
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The starring cast for the highly anticipated Beatles films helmed by director Sam Mendes was revealed in Las Vegas on Monday. When speaking at CinemaCon, Mendes announced that all four biopics will be released in April 2028, and paired the ambitious news by bringing out the cast for the Fab …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Following the news that not one but four Beatles biopics will land in April 2028, Beatlemania is back. Or, should we say, it never left. In the intervening …
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A year after her powerful Eternal Sunshine, Ariana Grande still can’t let go of the lingering romantic dreams and bitter nightmares she was exploring in those songs. In her self-described “really vulnerable concept album,” she set out to make her answer to the Beatles’ Rubber Soul, in a hazy psychedelic …
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For decades, the Beatles have auctioned off pieces of their history. Last year, one of John Lennon’s guitars sold for nearly $2.9 million. Just three years before that, rare handwritten setlists from their early days made their way to the auction block. In 2015, the band’s first-ever record contract, signed …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you’ve ever dreamed of captaining your own Yellow Submarine, now’s your chance with this new collaboration between The Beatles and Crocs. Released late last month, these iconic …
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“We had a blast — and you were the blasters!” Paul McCartney told the crowd at the end of his surprise Tuesday show in New York City. McCartney played a spontaneous gig at the Bowery Ballroom, a beloved rock bar on the Lower East Side that holds only 575 people. …
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If any backstage pop institution deserves a biopic of his or her own, it would be Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ tragic manager, champion, and supporter through rough and giddy times alike. Epstein has been portrayed here and there in films, but Midas Man (available on streaming services starting today) is …
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