07/25/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney’s former wife, Heather Mills, told the press that the trauma and pain she went through after losing her leg in a traffic accident was nothing compared to the way she felt after she and the former Beatle split up. The two separated in 2006 after four years of marriage and went on to […]
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1969 (Jul 25) – ‘Abbey Road’ Prolific Recording Session at Abbey Road Studios
07/25/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles record a slew of songs for Abbey Road: “Sun King,” “Mean Mr. Mustard,” “Come Together,” “Polythene Pam” and “She Came In Through the Bathroom Window.”
2006 (Jul 26) – Paul’s First Guitar Sells
07/26/2025 @ All Day – The guitar on which Sir Paul McCartney learned his first chords sold for £330,000 at an auction at London’s Abbey Road Studios. The Rex acoustic guitar helped McCartney persuade John Lennon to let him join his band, The Quarrymen, in 1957.
2018 (Jul 26) – Paul at The Cavern Club
07/26/2025 @ All Day – Paul McCartney plays a gig at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, where The Beatles did about 300 shows in the early ’60s. At one point, he chastises the crowd for using their phones.
1963 (Jul 26) – ‘Introducing The Beatles’ US Release
07/26/2025 @ All Day – Vee-Jay releases ‘Introducing The Beatles’ in the US.
1964 (Jul 26) – At the Opera House, Blackpool
07/26/2025 @ All Day – Concert at the Opera House in Blackpool.
1958 (Jul 27) – Esso Says ‘Rock&Roll’ Makes You Drive Fast
07/27/2025 @ All Day – Fan’s of rock & roll music were warned that tuning into music on the car radio could cost you more money. Researchers from the Esso gas company said the rhythm of rock & roll could cause the driver to be foot heavy on the pedal, making them waste fuel.
2012 (Jul 27) – ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ Compilation Reaches Top 40
07/27/2025 @ All Day – The Beatles returned to the Top 40 of the Billboard albums chart with the iTunes-exclusive compilation Tomorrow Never Knows. The set included 14 classic songs by the band and marked the first time The Beatles released an album exclusively to iTunes that had never been previously issued.
1974 (Jul 27) – ‘Band On The Run’ #1 Album in Britain
07/27/2025 @ All Day – Wings started a seven-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with Band On The Run. Although sales were modest initially, its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles ‘Jet’ and ‘Band on the Run’, such that it became the top-selling studio album of 1974 in the UK and Australia; in addition to […]
1963 (Jul 27) – Beatles Do Photo Shoot, Concert at the Odeon Cinema
07/27/2025 @ All Day – During a UK tour The Beatles played the last night of a six night run at The Odeon Cinema, Weston-super-Mare. The Beatles spent the day with photographer Dezo Hoffman, who took photos and 8mm movies of The Beatles at their hotel, on the beach dressed in Victorian bathing suits, and go-karting.