BEATLES MAGAZINE

Monday, 15 June 2026

ON THIS DAY JUNE 15 ...

June 15

1961 Performance at the Top Ten Club, Hamburg.

1962 The Beatles at Cavern Club, Liverpool (lunchtime and evening)

5.00-5.29pm. BBC's 'Here We Go' broadcast (recorded 11 June 1962).

Lunch and evening: Performance at the Cavern, with the Soiderman.

1963

'Please Please Me' LP number 1, 6th week (UK Record Retailer chart).

Performance at City Hall, Fisherton Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire.

1964

US single release: 'Nobody I Know', with Peter and Gordon.

A tape of the Beatles in concert is played on an Australian radio programme called 'Beatles Show' (recorded 12 June 1964, in Adelaide).

Two performances at the Festival Hall, Melbourne. Ringo is back on drums.

1965

Studio 2. 2.30-5.30pm. Recording: 'It's Only Love' (takes 1-6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Norman Smith; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.

'Daily Mirror' headline: 'Two MBEs sent back because of Beatles'.

1966

'Rubber Soul', 28th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).
'Paperback Writer', 1st week in the ranking (UK New Musical Express chart)

US LP release: ''Yesterday'... And Today', with original butcher's cover.

1967

US gold certification: 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.

1968

John and Yoko appear on the 'National Sculpture Exhibition', at the Coventry Cathedral. Peace acorns are planted outside Coventry Cathedral.

1969

'The Ballad Of John And Yoko' number 1.

1971 Recording: Thrillington by Paul and Linda McCartney

1974

Wings rehearse in Nashville. Wings' Denny Seiwell is replaced by Geoff Britton on drums.

1979: Filming: Baby’s Request by Wings.

The shoot took place at Camber Sands in East Sussex, England, under the direction of Keith "Keef" McMillan.

During that same week, McMillan also filmed promotional videos for several other tracks from the Back To The Egg album.

1992 Ringo and his All-Stars band's concert at the Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, Michigan.

1993

1995: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Sendai Sun Plaza, Sendai

2000: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Mountain Winery, Saratoga

2006: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Casino Rama, Rama

2009: Paul McCartney launches Meat Free Mondays campaign

2011: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Sala Kongresowa, Warsaw

2012: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Avalon Theatre, Niagara Falls

2014: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence

2016: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: St George Theatre, New York City

2018: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Rock i Lunden

2023: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles

2025: Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band live: TD Pavilion at the Mann, Philadelphia

Paul's concert at the Blockbuster Pavillion, Charlotte, North Carolina ('The New World Tour', end of American tour). Televised live.

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Friday, 12 June 2026

PAUL McCARTNEY: "I’M THINKING ABOUT 84…”

Photo: Ben Gibson At a sold-out event held this past Wednesday at London's Roundhouse—a renowned multi-arts space and youth charity located in Camden—fans gathered to hear the musician offer intimate insights into his creative process. During the evening, he candidly admitted that he frequently lacks a concrete plan when writing songs, a approach he wears as a badge of honor.

The presentation was moderated by comedian Rob Brydon, who guided the audience through the night as the artist’s latest record, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, was played in its entirety. The listening experience was punctuated by McCartney himself, who interspersed the tracks with personal stories, thoughtful reflections, and spontaneous acoustic guitar performances.

The primary focus of the evening centered on the narrative arc behind his new collection of songs. Throughout the session, Paul explored the inspirations for the album, detailing how the project serves as a nostalgic chronicle of memories drawn from his own youth.

"I don't want to know any rules because that’s the fun of it," Paul said.

McCartney added that he has a "hard time doing down songs" because "it’s just not me".

"Positive songs I really like. If I’ve got a down song, I’ll suddenly try and lift it, give it a happy ending or something."

Speaking about his Beatles co-songwriter, the late John Lennon, he added: "I look back and I just think, 'wow’.

"We met in Liverpool just as a couple of kids.

"People would say, ‘what do you do?’ and I said, ‘well I like writing songs’ and most people would go ‘oh, yeah, what football team do you support?’

"But when I met John, I said ‘oh I like writing songs’ and he said ‘so do I!’

"He was the first person I’d met who ever said that."

Paul explained how his track Down South was about hitchhiking holidays he used to take with his late bandmate George Harrison, who he praised as being someone who grew into a very "erudite, smart guy, very spiritual, very beautiful guy".

He said: "We had some great times together.

"Besides, this was all before The Beatles, so this really gave The Beatles its strength.

"We knew each other really well."

Reflecting on the success of the band, he said: "I can look back on it now like I’m a major fan.

"When you’re doing it, you’ve got to be a bit modest. But once it’s all done, you don’t have to be modest at all!

"So I do enjoy looking back on those memories."

Later, he mentioned his vegetarianism and Pilates, and reflected: “I wrote ‘When I’m Sixty-Four’ thinking: ‘64! My God, how old! And then I thought: “Ah, I’m 64! Wait, I’m 74!”. And now I’m thinking about 84…’”

Brydon asked him, “Is your hearing still good?”, to which McCartney replied: “It can be a bit hit-and-miss. Sometimes I hear pretty well, but the thing is, you miss a few words, so it can be a bit weird.”

Photo: Ben Gibson
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Sunday, 7 June 2026

ON THIS DAY JUNE 7 ...

On this day...June 7

1963

The Beatles appeared on the live television show ‘Round-Up’ lip-synching to “From Me To You.”

Concert at the Odeon, Glasgow (3rd British tour).

1965

10.00-12.00am. BBC's 'The Beatles (Invite You To Take A Ticket To Ride)' broadcast (recorded 26 May 1965).

Last BBC session broadcast.

1967

Announcement to the press that the Beatles have accepted the 'Yellow Submarine' project.

Studio 2. 7.00pm-2.00am. Recording: 'You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)' (overdub onto take 9, takes 20-24). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Richard Lush.

'You Know My Name' session May 17, 1967

1968

George and Ringo fly to Hollywood as guest artists for a Ravi Shankar film. 1st trip of a Beatle out of England while sessions are in progress. Michael McCartney marries.

1969

'Yellow Submarine' LP, 21st and last week in the Top 100 (Billboard).

'Get Back' number 1, 3rd week; 5th week in the Top 30 (Billboard). John and Yoko appear on the 'David Frost Show'.

1976

US LP release: 'Rock'n'Roll Music'.

1991

Paul's concert at the St Austell Colosseum, England.

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Friday, 5 June 2026

ON THIS DAY JUNE 5 ...

On this day...

June 5

1955

George Smith dies. He was the maternal uncle, through marriage, of John Lennon. In 1955, at the age of 52, Smith suffered a fatal liver hemorrhage at his residence on a Sunday and was subsequently laid to rest within the family plot at the St. Peter’s Church cemetery in Woolton. When this occurred, fourteen-year-old Lennon was away in Sango Bay, Durness, Scotland, visiting relatives of the Stanley clan; he remained unaware of the loss until he arrived back home.

1963

'Please Please Me' LP, 11th week in the Top 10 (UK New Musical Express chart).

Concert at the Odeon, Leeds (3rd British tour).

1964

During their arrival in Amsterdam, fans throw themselves to a channel trying to get near ther Beatles.

Evening: Concert in Amsterdam, on a live TV show. Recording for Dutch television (Vara TV), at the Cafe-Restaurant Treslong, Hillegom, Holland.
Jimmy Nicol on drums.

Single UK release: 'Like Dreamers Do', with The Applejacks. Radio KFWB of Los Angeles releases the single 'KFWB Beatles'/'You Can't Do That', with interviwes to the Beatles.

Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas, Brian and Tony Barrow fly from London Airport to the US.

1966

Interview for the Ed Sullivan Show.

Broadcast on the Ed Sullivan Show of clips of 'Paperback Writer'/'Rain'.

1967

NEMS Enterprises announces news about the film 'Yellow Submarine'.

1968

Studio 3. 2.30pm-1.30am. Recording: 'Ringo's Tune (Untitled)' (working title of 'This Is Some Friendly', both working titles of 'Don't Pass Me By') (takes 1-3, tape reduction take 3 into takes 4, 5, overdub onto take 5, tape reduction take 5 into take 6). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Geoff Emerick; 2nd Engineer: Phil McDonald.
1st recording of a Ringo's composition.

1969: Travel: John Lennon – Toronto to Frankfurt

1971: Filming: Ram promos by Paul and Linda McCartney

1971: John Lennon and Yoko Ono meet Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman

1978: Travel: John Lennon – New York to Tokyo

1981: UK album release: Somewhere In England by George Harrison

1995