Coming up! Paul McCartney is the subject of Uncut's latest Ultimate Music Guide - a fab extravaganza, even by the standards of this handsome and authoritative series. As ever, we've uncovered a host of remarkable Macca interviews from the archives of NME, Uncut and Melody Maker. Along with definitive new reviews of all his albums, they tell the story of how Paul McCartney changed the world, and what happened next.
A sculpture of Eleanor Rigby made of £1m of used bank notes has gone on display in Liverpool.
Created by Liverpool-born sculptor Leonard Brown, the five foot two inch figure of the fictional star of the Beatles song of the same name is made of thousands of shredded £5, £10 and £20 notes, which were supplied by the Bank Of England in the form of pellets.
The original tapes for The Beatles' Please Please Me are becoming "sticky" and "sludgy" – so much so that Abbey Road engineers working on the new Beatles In Mono vinyl set have been forced to make a new master for the album.
Director Richard Lester, actress Pattie Boyd, extra Phil Collins and choreographer Lionel Blair, among others, recall the filming of The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night in the new issue of Uncut, dated September 2014 and out now.
