Normally Starr marks each passing year with live performances that include fellow musicians and hundreds of fans, but the pandemic forced a rethink this time.
Kirchherr had dreamed of photographing “charismatic” men and found her ideal subjects in the Beatles, especially their bassist at the time, Stuart Sutcliffe in the 1960's.
Little Richard, the self-proclaimed "architect of rock 'n' roll" who built his ground-breaking sound with a boiling blend of boogie-woogie, rhythm and blues and gospel, died at the age of 87.
A vintage bass drumhead with The Beatles' logo that was used during the English band's first North American tour in 1964 was another top item, selling for $200,000.
The stage and the lyrics are among 300 items of Beatles memorabilia being sold in New York on April 10, including an annotated shooting script of the band’s 1967 “Hello, Goodbye” music video.
Alan Herring, who worked as a chauffeur for Starr and bandmate George Harrison in the late 60s, said Lennon had given him the glasses after leaving them on the back seat of his Mercedes. The glasses will be sold online by Sotheby's next month.
"Egypt Station" is the first album in five years by McCartney, who has shown renewed vigor with extensive touring since 2016 and dates scheduled through 2019.
Fifty years after the Beatles came to India, the site where the Fab Four visited is all in ruins but thanks to the efforts of a group of locals, the site has been reclaimed from the jungle and tourists now roam.
The President of the European Union made the remarks ahead of the EU's quarterly summit in Brussels, becoming the latest in a series of leaders to say that Britain could still have a future in the bloc.
Considered one of the founding fathers of rock 'n' roll, Berry was present at its infancy in the 1950s and emerged as its first star guitarist and songwriter.
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