This Month
Rolling Stones pocket $21m a show as ‘pensioner’ rock stars cash in
Keith Richards and Mick Jagger made $21 million each time they played live last year, multiples more than Brat star Charli XCX and Ed Sheeran.
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- James Desborough
Why Paul McCartney, at 82, cannot let it be
Back on tour last month, the legendary songman is still hungry for appreciation and intent on settling old scores.
- Helen Thompson
May 2024
Paul McCartney is reportedly Britain’s first billionaire musician
The 81-year-old is the richest musician in the UK, thanks in part to superstar Beyonce.
November 2023
Almost impossible-to-believe Beatles track drops
Titled “Now and Then,” the recording is the first and only original Beatles recording of the 21st century.
- Maria Sherman
September 2023
Clues emerge in mystery of Paul McCartney’s missing bass
A global search was launched earlier this month by Hofner, makers of the 500/1 electric bass, after Sir Paul told the company that he dreamed of being reunited with it.
- Anita Singh and Scott Jones
August 2023
How this rockin’ MD went from busking to a cover band
Dan Swart, the managing director of Hali Rugs, started his cover band as a musical gift at his mates’ weddings. More than a decade later, the group is still pumping.
- Life & Leisure
Paul McCartney to get back to Australia
The ex-Beatle has ended weeks of speculation, confirming he will take the long and winding road back to Australia in October.
- Michael Bailey
June 2023
Why this Rich Lister isn’t worried about falling profits
Grant Petty, founder of Blackmagic Design, is backing artificial intelligence features to help earnings at the Melbourne-based manufacturer of video and broadcast production equipment recover.
- Michael Bailey
AI helps complete ‘last’ Beatles song with John Lennon’s voice
More than 50 years after the Beatles broke up, Paul McCartney said artificial intelligence helped create one last song that will be released later this year.
- Derrick Bryson Taylor
October 2021
Paul McCartney reflects on his life though his book ‘The Lyrics’
The legendary Beatle says his new two-volume career retrospective, which gives the personal details behind 154 songs, is ‘as close to an autobiography’ as he will write.
- Neil McCormick
January 2021
KKR joins music rights party with Ryan Tedder deal
The value of back catalogues has boomed in the past five years, with the streaming era giving hit songs a new lease of life.
- Nic Fildes
'You'll Never Walk Alone' singer Gerry Marsden dies at 78
Though another Liverpool band – The Beatles – reached superstardom, Gerry and the Pacemakers will always have a place in the city’s consciousness because of classic anthem.
- Pan Pylas
October 2020
- Opinion
- Satire
Money's too tight to mention, unless you are the Treasurer
Canberra cover band Simply in the Red now dominates the top 10 charts.
- Rowan Dean
August 2019
Beatles fans gather for 50th anniversary of ‘timeless’ album
Hundreds gathered to commemorate the moment when, 50 years ago, four men were immortalised in one of the most imitated music photos ever taken.
- Iliana Magra