The glasses John Lennon wore on a 1966 Beatles tour of Japan have sparked a bidding frenzy in cyberspace after reaching $1.5 million (€1m) at auction.

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.

Capitol Records have air-brushed cigarettes from an original picture featured on the cover of a Beatles four-CD box set, in a bid to fit in with more health-conscious times.

Lost film footage of The Beatles shooting their 1967 movie Magical Mystery Tour has been unearthed in a BBC archive store.

A British TV documentary will shock Beatles fans with claims the Fab Four fathered a string of children before they married.

Paul McCartney reunited with cast members of the first Beatles film A Hard Day's Night yesterday, on the 40th anniversary of the movie's world premiere.

After 40 years The Beatles’ debut appearances on the Ed Sullivan show remain among the most-watched programmes in US history, a study found today.

Rod Stewart has been crowned the "legend of legends" by radio listeners.

Gravel voiced Rod Stewart was today crowned the “legend of legends” ahead of The Beatles and Elvis Presley by listeners to a radio show in England.