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And you thought the Taylor Swift tour was bonkers...

A new book celebrating 60 years since the Beatles toured Australia is the deepest dive into the Fab Four you could imagine.

  • Michael Dwyer

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Long before Taylor Swift, conspiracy theorists were joining the cultural dots.

  • Jordan Prosser
The remarkable footage was captured by journalist Gil Wahlquist in 1964.

Unseen for 60 years: Lost Beatles tape unearthed at secondhand market

Sydney filmmaker and former musician Greg Perano bought an old 8mm film that contained live footage from the legendary Sydney Stadium gigs for $11.

  • Michael Dwyer
To Kill A Mockingbird

It’s a crime that my father can’t serve on a jury

For whatever reason, the gods of the NSW Sheriff’s Office have had a love-hate relationship with my dad over the decades.

  • Michelle Cazzulino
The Matildas’ remarkable run to the World Cup semi-finals has helped secure funding for women’s sport, but much more is needed, say the sport’s peak governing bodies.

42 things the Brisbane Times team loved about Brisbane in 2023

From Lang Park to the stages of QPAC, a lot of good things happened this year. 

  • Cameron Atfield, Kristen Camp, Alex Condon, Brittney Deguara, Nick Dent, Jocelyn Garcia, Courtney Kruk, Tony Moore, Rosanna Ryan and Matt Shea
Paul McCartney in concert at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium on October 27.

Eighty is not the new 60. We’re just getting better at being 80

There’s no way I’ll airbrush 20 years of great experience from my life.

  • Anne Ring
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Giles Martin.

‘Abbey Road were disgusted’: George Martin’s son Giles on AI and the Beatles’ legacy

Giles Martin was messing with sacred texts. His late father, Beatles producer George Martin, told him he’d gone too far. Paul McCartney listened and said “go further”.

  • Michael Dwyer
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Prayer beads or cocaine? Chasing the Beatles’ dark horse

George Harrison was a mass of contradictions, as Philip Norman’s relentless biography shows.

  • Michael Dwyer
All four Beatles feature on the track, which will be the last credited to Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr.

Should there even be a new Beatles song? We ask the experts

We ask a musician, an industry mainstay, academics and a critic to tell us what they think about the new Beatles song and its use of AI.

  • Hannah Story
After a week of build-up, The Beatles will release what’s been billed as their “final song” on Thursday. Called Now And Then, it’s been 45 years in the making - with the first bars written by John Lennon in 1978 and the song finally completed last year. All four Beatles feature on the track, which will be the last credited to Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr.

Simple, witty and so sad it hurts: The Beatles’ final song reviewed

After a week of build-up, The Beatles have released what’s been billed as their “final song”.

  • Michael Dwyer

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