Some 45 years after the first wave of Beatlemania, retailers are preparing for the biggest chart invasion ever seen by the Fab Four from tomorrow.

INFAMOUS record label owner Allen Klein, who played a key role in the demise of the Beatles andalso took control of some of the Rolling Stones’ best-known songs, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

All of the Beatles’ original albums are to be re-released, digitally remastered, on the same day, it was announced today.

Paul McCartney has announced he is happy for people to download music illegally - just as The Beatles' deal with music giant iTunes fell through.

The Beatles’ music is set to be incorporated into a “groundbreaking” interactive video game, it was announced today.

A US judge has signed a temporary injunction preventing a company from using the Beatles’ songs or trademark until legal action over the historic recordings is resolved.

Neil Aspinall, a close friend of the Beatles and the man who ran the Apple music empire, has died, his family said today.

Lawyers for the Beatles have filed a lawsuit in Miami to prevent the distribution of never-released recordings purportedly made during Ringo Starr’s first performance with the group.

Music lovers face a wait for the right to buy Beatles hits on Apple’s iTunes online store, despite the iPod maker’s truce in its dispute with the Fab Four’s guardian, Apple Corps, over the use of the iconic apple logo and name.

Mac computer and iPod maker Apple Inc said today it settled long-simmering trademark issues with The Beatles’ company Apple Corps Ltd company about the use of the name “Apple” and apple logos.

Yoko Ono is suing music company EMI Group and a subsidiary for £5.6m (€4.46m), claiming she was cheated out of royalties due from the sale of music recordings by her late husband, former Beatle John Lennon.

It was Beatlemania all over again. Flashes popped and hundreds of fans screamed as Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr walked the red carpet for the opening performance of Love, a surrealistic portrayal of the Fab Four’s career performed by Cirque du Soleil.

The Beatles were invited to join the iPod generation today after losing their trademark battle with the company that shares the apple logo.

A HIGH Court judge rules today in the latest battle between the big apples — the Beatles’ Apple Corps and Apple Computer.

AS THE unmistakable opening notes of the disco hit Le Freak thumped through the High Court in London yesterday, it was clear that Apple Corps Ltd vs Apple Computer Inc was not going to be a typical trademark lawsuit.

John Lennon's digital back catalogue will not be made available to iTunes users due to a legal wrangle between The Beatles' management company Apple Corps and technology giant Apple.

THE Beatles’ psychedelic cartoon, The Yellow Submarine, is being made into a children’s book.

The Beatles’ psychedelic cartoon The Yellow Submarine is being made into a children’s book.

A “back-to-basics” version of The Beatles album Let It Be is to be released next month, their company Apple Corps announced today.