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Hollywood stars including Paul Mescal have been spotted filming what is believed to be the new series of The Beatles biopics.
Cameras were seen outside the former home of John Lennon, on Menlove Avenue, in Woolton, Liverpool, as the street was taken back in time for the series.
Crews are expected to remain in Woolton for the duration of the week, where screens had been erected to block passers by getting a peak at what was being filmed. More commonly known as Mendips, John lived at the address with his aunt Mimi until 1963.The series of films, which are currently in production, are slated to be released in 2028 and will star Paul Mescal as Sir Paul McCartney, Barry Keoghan as Sir Ringo Starr, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.Paul Mescal could be seen as Sir Paul McCartney on set, with Leanne Best playing Aunt Mimi as she hung out the window of Mendips.
A road sign states City Road will also be closed until 1am on 28 February.
A notice has also been distributed to residents of several streets in Dingle informing them that filming for the new Fab Four series will take place there too.
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Nowadays, no one can deny that George Harrison is one of the best songwriters of his generation. But it wasn't always like that. While Harrison was always a talented musician, it took him a while to get comfortable enough in his writing abilities to actually bring his songs to The Beatles. He was the youngest in the band, not by much, but the Fab Four had met when they were teenagers, and two years could be a big difference at those ages.
In The Beatles: Get Back, they can be seen joking about Harrison being "the baby" of the band, and this put him at a disadvantage when it came to getting his songs included in Beatles albums. His first solo album is the clearest example of that. A lot of the songs included, many of which turned out to be huge hits, were songs that the band had previously rejected. Here's how George Harrison became one of the greatest songwriters in history. George Harrison Wasn't Initially a Songwriter.
In The Beatles Anthology, he opened up about how difficult it was for him to assert himself as a songwriter, and that Paul McCartney and John Lennon had written all of their "bad songs" long before the band had a record contract, so they were already experts by the time they had to record. Moreover, they had each other. Lennon-McCartney wasn't just a songwriting duo, it was a legal partnership they had set up when they were very young. In the Anthology, McCartney admitted that a conversation between him and Lennon took place when they discussed setting up the partnership, and briefly discussed making it Lennon-McCartney-Harrison, but ultimately made the choice to keep it just the two of them.
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There’s something so interesting about learning what food celebrities enjoy after a long day filming a movie, performing a concert for thousands on stage, or on the road and away from home. And it seems like a lot of them can’t get enough of sandwiches. Julia Roberts loves a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with sour cream and onion chips, George Clooney’s favorite is a ham, lettuce, tomato, and mustard toasted on potato bread, and Kate Winslet loves a classic grilled cheese.
Everyone has their go-to, but the lead guitarist for The Beatles, George Harrison, loved a sandwich so much that it's forever memorialized in a studio recording.
George Harrison's Favorite Sandwich
The Beatles have many iconic albums, but one of the most celebrated is "The Beatles," aka the White Album. And on one studio recording, Harrison can be heard placing a lunch request before counting into the legendary song, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
He asks for a cheese, lettuce, and Marmite sandwich, as well as a cup of coffee. If this sounds appealing to you, it's pretty easy to make. All you need is your choice of cheese, two slices of bread, lettuce, and Marmite, a thick, dark brown food spread that’s basically a very concentrated yeast extract that was first established in the U.K. in the early 1900s.
The Marmite and cheese create a salty, savory taste—with a slight crunch thanks to the lettuce. You can toast your bread to help the Marmite melt, play around with the flavors and textures of different types of cheeses, or even add in your other preferred sandwich toppings.
While the sandwich is not on the official cut version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," food has definitely appeared in several Beatles' hits, from "marmalade skies" in "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" to "Savoy Truffle." And Harrison’s fellow bandmate, Paul McCartney, more recently wrote a riff about soup. McCartney and his wife, Linda, made a cameo on "The Simpsons" in the episode "Lisa the Vegetarian," where they were supporting Lisa Simpson’s decision to stop eating meat.
As a vegetarian himself, McCartney’s character said "Linda and I both feel strongly about animal rights. In fact, if you play 'Maybe I’m Amazed' backwards, you’ll hear a recipe for a really ripping lentil soup!" While this isn’t true, McCartney decided to record himself reading a lentil soup recipe, which was then dubbed over "Maybe I’m Amazed” backwards," and played at the end of the episode.
So, if you can’t resist a soup and sandwich combo, Harrison's Marmite sandwich and McCartney’s lentil soup would make quite the pair.
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1969 was a year full of change for Paul McCartney. In January, he recorded the Let It Be album and movie with The Beatles, and did his last live performance with them. In March of that year, he married his first wife, Linda Eastman, and adopted her daughter, Heather. Months later, the couple had their first child together, Mary McCartney. By all means, McCartney lived in domestic bliss. And then, his world turned upside down when John Lennon announced he was leaving The Beatles.
In his new documentary, Man on the Run, McCartney opened up about how hard the breakup hit him. It pulled him into a depression and left him doubting if he could ever write music again. He'd only ever written songs with Lennon and had been in The Beatles since he was 15. But thankfully, he wasn't alone in going through that. He had his wife, Linda, by his side, and she was the one to pull him out of the darkness. In return, McCartney wrote her one of the most beautiful love songs in history.
When John Lennon told his bandmates that he was leaving The Beatles, McCartney felt his entire world collapse. At Linda McCartney's suggestion, he moved his new family to a run-down farm he owned in Scotland to run away from the chaos of London. After the release of Abbey Road in September 1969, fans came up with an outrageous theory that Paul McCartney was actually dead and had been replaced by a double, finding alleged clues in Beatles songs and artwork. After McCartney ran away to Scotland, the press fueled the rumors, since it was the first time in years that the Beatle had disappeared from the public eye. While the rumors were, of course, ridiculous, McCartney couldn't help but find some irony in them. "In so many ways, I was dead," McCartney wrote in the foreword to the book accompanying the documentary, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run. At age 27, newly married and unsure about the future, McCartney was "in need of a complete life makeover."
In the documentary, McCartney shared that Lennon was actually excited about the breakup, saying that it was "like a divorce," and it opened so many new opportunities. McCartney wasn't excited in the slightest, and he had trouble finding a way forward. After the breakup, McCartney revealed, he sank into a depression and developed a drinking problem. He admitted that he would be drinking whiskey from the moment he woke up, since he "didn't have anywhere to go." The Beatles had taken over his entire adult life, and without them, he wasn't sure he would ever write another note of music again.
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Barry Keoghan has brought his work home as he rocked a Ringo Starr-style ensemble at London's Burberry show after a day filming a new Beatles biopic. The actor, 33, transforms into legendary drummer Ringo Starr for the upcoming Beatles biopic.
He will star in the flick alongside Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.
And after a day filming in the capital city, he arrived channelling Ringo with a mariner cap, for the Burberry Autumn/Winter 2026 collection catwalk show. For the outing, he wore a purple and black plaid Burberry coat, which he paired with black trousers.
He completed his ensemble with black leather gloves, which featured an emerald chain, and a pair of black boots. Barry Keoghan, 33, has brought his work home as he rocked a Ringo Starr-style ensemble at London's Burberry show after a day filming a new Beatles biopic
For his Beatles role, Barry has been spotted growing out a beard and styled his hair in Ringo’s classic shaggy cut.
The Daily Mail revealed that the Beatles biopics will be filmed at London's iconic Abbey Road Studios, with production getting underway in November last year despite earlier reports that plans had been blocked.
While it was previously claimed that Westminster Council would not allow filming at the famous zebra crossing, the council has since confirmed to the Daily Mail that production will be going ahead.
Sam Mendes, who is directing the films, had wanted to recreate the Beatles' 1969 album cover on the crossing. Westminster Council told the Daily Mail that they are, in fact, working closely with production teams to facilitate filming, which will involve closing the road.
Speaking at the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas last April, an event the cast also attended, Mendes described the films as the 'first binge-able theatrical experience'.
The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd and The Beatles – Sir Paul, Sir Ringo, and the families of Lennon and Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film.
Sir Ringo previously hinted that Saltburn star Barry had taken on the role. After a day filming in the capital city, he arrived channelling the star with a mariner cap, for the Burberry Autumn/Winter 2026 collection catwalk show.Chloe Louise
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The Beatles have produced hundreds of songs throughout their career as a band, along with an impressive catalog of solo work from each member, and there is no denying how most of their songs have shaped popular music, often being considered timeless classics. But with a number of songs recorded, there will always be a few that feel a bit subpar, a bit rushed, and sometimes slightly out of place on an artist’s otherwise legendary discography. Even a band as monumental as The Beatles had tracks they later considered “filler.” Not every song was regarded as a masterpiece by the band itself, especially by Paul McCartney in particular.
"Hold Me Tight" Was The Beatles' Attempt at Crafting Another Hit Single
By the time the band recorded their second studio album, With the Beatles, they had already established a name for themselves as a musical act to look out for. The album itself contains some of their early standout tracks, including songs like "All My Loving" and "Please Mr. Postman." It was also met with widespread critical praise and strong commercial success, with critics calling it an impressive follow-up album, especially complimenting the album’s more polished production and more mature songwriting. So calling any Beatles song a “filler” might not sit well with millions of fans, but even McCartney himself admitted that not every track was written with the same level of inspiration. While it is a beloved record, McCartney, in his biography Many Years from Now, openly reflected on the band’s early songwriting process. He said:
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Paul McCartney's daughter Stella McCartney recalled how 'hurt' her late mother was by the bullying she faced from fans.
Linda McCartney was a founding member of her husband's band Wings, which launched in 1971, just a year after he announced he was leaving The Beatles.
McCartney's wife, a photographer by trade, did not always win over critics as she played keyboard and sang harmony in Wings.
In the new documentary Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, her daughter Stella, 54, discussed the impact the criticism had on her mother, who died of cancer in 1998 at age 56.
'She wasn't a cookie-cutter example of someone you put in a band. What they, and she especially, had to go through, like when they isolated her voice and ridiculed her? I mean, it breaks my heart,' the designer said in the documentary.
'I know that there was pain there. I knew she hurt. She wasn't like, cold,' Stella added.
Paul McCartney's, 83, daughter Stella McCartney, 54, recalled how 'hurt' her late mother Linda McCartney was by the bullying she faced from fans and critics; Stella pictured in 2025
Linda, who died of cancer in 1998 at age 56, was a founding member of her husband's band Wings, which launched in 1971; Mccartney pictured with Linda and Stella in 1974
Stella added that Linda's resilience showed 'her bravery and spirit. That side to her boosted a side that [McCartney] had perhaps lost.'
McCartney, 83, also spoke about some of the criticism he and Linda faced for her inclusion in the band, which he said was an idea that came to him 'spur of the moment.'
'"She can't do this, she can't sing, she can't play piano, she can't do anything. Oh, they're crazy man, what's he got his old lady in the band for? Who the hell is this?"' the musician recalled people saying.
However McCartney disagreed with the critics, and said Linda's style of singing gave the songs a 'special sound.'
Formed in London, the British rock band also featured McCartney on vocals and bass, with Denny Laine on guitar and vocals, and Denny Seiwell on drums.
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An unassuming Liverpool street went back in time on Monday as director Sam Mendes prepared to shoot scenes for his new anthology of Beatles films outside the childhood home of Sir Paul McCartney.
Mendes is currently working on an ambitious collection of films about the pioneering pop group and their emergence from Liverpool's subterranean Cavern Club to become the biggest and most influential band in the world.
Having already filmed raucous scenes in central London, the director and his team have relocated to Allerton and the modest street outside 20 Forthlin Road, McCartney's home for several years before signing his first record deal with The Beatles in 1962.
Built in 1949, the address was originally bought by McCartney's father Jim in 1955. He would remain their for a decade, until his son – by now a global star – bought him a new house in Heswell, a more prosperous part of the Wirral.
The terraced home, now a National Trust property, was a hive of activity as the street was cut off by traffic cones and diversions were created for oncoming vehicles.
With black tents and vintage cars lining either side of the road, production assistants were seen wheeling period-appropriate props and clothing onto the exterior set.
A production assistant was seen carrying a replica of Sir Paul McCartney's very first guitar, the Framus Zenith (Model 17) acoustic, as Sam Mendes continued filming his Beatles film anthology in LIverpool on Monday
The director and his team have relocated to Allerton and 20 Forthlin Road, McCartney's childhood home for several years before signing his first record deal with The Beatles in 1962
Early sixties-era bicycles, boxes and bags occupied space outside the property, as well as a variety of musical instruments – among them a replica of McCartney's first ever guitar, the Framus Zenith (Model 17) acoustic.
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John Lennon delivered some of the most celebrated songs in music history, both during his time with The Beatles and throughout his solo career. Among his most enduring solo works are "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," "Woman," "Jealous Guy," "(Just Like) Starting Over," "Give Peace a Chance," "Grow Old with Me," "Nobody Told Me," "Watching the Wheels," and arguably his most universally beloved composition, "Imagine." Yet among the many songs Lennon wrote, one held a particularly special place in the heart of Paul McCartney. That song is “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy),” a deeply personal track from Double Fantasy, his fifth collaborative studio album with Yoko Ono.
John Lennon Wrote "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" as a Tribute to His Son Sean
“I haven’t chosen any Beatles records, but if we had more than eight, I probably would have. I haven’t chosen any of my records so to sum up the whole thing I have chosen one of John Lennon’s from Double Fantasy, which I think is a beautiful song very moving to me. So, I’d like to sum up the whole thing by playing ‘Beautiful Boy.’”
The song reflects Lennon’s desire to protect his child from the world’s uncertainties, capturing a peaceful, intimate moment. The lyrics go, "Close your eyes / Have no fear / The monster's gone / He's on the run / And your daddy's here." Lennon also once spoke about how proud he is of his son and the hands-on role he played in raising him. He explained that “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)” is simply about Sean, with the music and lyrics coming naturally from his love as a father.
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