Julian Lennon has opened up about the relationship he has with his dad John Lennon’s bandmates The Beatles and how he and his late mother have nothing to do with them

Fans have claimed the statue looks like several different female musicians, and criticised it for showing Gallagher playing a Telecaster instead of his trademark Strat

The Mercury Prize-winning band start the countdown of the BBC’s annual list of music’s rising stars.

The nearly 20-minute-long Metallica track appears on an unlikely collaboration album that the band made with another Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.

While songwriters never really stop, John Lennon felt that these demos from the Beatles days were worth fleshing out into full songs.

Late sixties Belfast. It was the best of times. The worst of times was just round the corner. Waiting for us like a mugger in a darkened alley. It is surprising to think back to those days, pre – troubles. Such a different time. The troubles never really started, in my opinion, until July 1969, and even then 1969 recorded only 16 deaths. I remember this period well, I travelled daily to school in Belfast and socialised occasionally in Belfast …

Before their career completely took off, The Beatles had only ever experienced a modest, working-class way of living but money changed everything.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Rory Gallagher. The Irish guitarist-songwriter founded the short-lived blues rock band Taste before embarking on a celebrated solo career, and his playing influenced a number of guitar legends. The virtuoso has regularly been dubbed “the greatest guitarist you’ve never heard of,” but he’s getting a little more recognition now with a new statue outside Ulster Hall, a venue he played often in Belfast.