Little Walter

Beatles author Kenneth Womack has a new book ‘Solid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles’ documenting the technical side of the writing, recording, mixing and reception of The Beatles final studio album.

Neil Young has told Howard Stern the story about how is pissed off a camera-man at Woodstock 50 years ago so to piss him off they edited him out of his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young performance and edited his name out of the band title.

The Australian leg of the Fleetwood Mac tour reached Perth this week. There have been a few changes to the setlist since the start of the tour but Neil Finn gives a Split Enz and Crowded House classic a work-out and Mike Campbell reverts back his Tom Petty years for ‘Free Fallin’.

With John Waters goes out to perform the songs of Bob Dylan for the Dylan Revisited tour he wants the audience to known (almost) every song.

The Beatles have released alternate versions of George Harrison’s ‘Something’ ahead of the 50th Anniversary Abbey Road release in September.

The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ will be the next edition in their expanded reissues. George Harrison’s ‘All Things Must Pass’ was a contender from the Abbey Road sessions that went unused. George used it as the title track for his 1970 triple album. The Beatles demo was later released on Anthology 3.

Neil Young has finalised the title of his next album of new music. The album originally named ‘Pink Moon’ has now been christened ‘Colorado’.