Vive la France. 🇫🇷 Happy Bastille Day.

I think I’ll be giving Macca in Chicago a miss this year. The last time I saw him in 2011 I paid $70 and I thought that was a lot!

Maconie has produced some wonderful, whimsical books on British culture, his latest tells the story of 100 people who played an influential part in the Beatles story. Aside from some silly errors, this is an engagingly written, feel good book, and there is nothing wrong with that

After watching the recent documentary, ABBA: Against the Odds, I had a new appreciation for the Swedish Fab 4. But I still can’t agree with this sign that I saw at a recent Sweden England football game! England won.

Ozzy Osbourne, the singular metal legend whose Black Sabbath virtually invented heavy metal and in later years became a reality TV pioneer, has died at the age of 76. More on his life and legacy 🖤 rollingstone.com/music/music-ne…

In the autumn of 1976, BBC Radio One asked listeners to vote for their all-time favourite single. This shows how far the Beatles had fallen in the British imagination in 6 short years. This list has not aged well.

I saw this on Facebook. Ozzy really did like the Beatles.

In 1964 Mick Jagger said the Beatles would last for 2 years. How long did he think The Rolling Stones would last? Happy birthday Mick!

The name Ed Sullivan is now synonymous with the Beatles but there was far more to him than that. As the Netflix documentary, Sunday Best, makes clear, he was a pioneer for inviting African-American artists on to his show, Some great film helps to make this a must see documentary.

Well, I agree!

14 years ago tonight. A bargain (?) $70!

Revolver, the Beatles' seventh UK long player, was released in the UK on 5 August 1966. Ringo Starr: "We were really starting to find ourselves in the studio… just being the four of us and playing our instruments." Read all about Revolver right here: beatlesbible.com/albums/revolve…

TV presenter Carol Klein once shared a bath with John Lennon! Full details here…. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/des…

59 years ago today, at a press conference in Chicago, John Lennon had to explain his remarks about the relative popularity of Jesus Christ and the Beatles. When the group arrived at the hotel, the local paper seemed surprised that they had any fans left after Lennon’s comments.

59 years ago today, the Beatles began their final concert tour with two concerts at Chicago’s International Amphitheatre. In August 1965, over 60,000 people had attended the Beatles' concerts in Chicago. In 1966, they played 2 shows in front of a combined audience of 26,000 fans.

Were the Beatles Progressive Rock? Not according to Uncut Magazine in the latest of their Ultimate Record Collection series.

On the last day of summer-long Bible School in 1966, Reverend Paul Rowgo of the Aston Baptist Church in Philadelphia, led a crowd of 50 children in the singing of religious songs as they burnt Beatle records, dolls, song sheets, and magazines.

On this day in 1965, more people saw the Beatles play at White Sox Park in Chicago than they did on any other day of any of their North American tours. They played 2 shows with a combined audience of over 60,000 people.

The Beatles Anthology, a nine part documentary series featuring previously unreleased footage, premieres November 26 only on Disney+.

Underwhelmed by this.