<![CDATA[]]> https://www.thebeatles-unlimited.com/blog/ EN Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:47:00 +0000 Incomedia WebSite X5 Evo <![CDATA[Global Beatles day 2026]]> imblog
Why 25th June?
On 25th June 1967, The Beatles walked into Studio One at Abbey Road Studios and sent a message to the world.

Broadcast live as part of the BBC’s ‘Our World’ programme, their song
“All You Need Is Love” reached an
estimated 400 million people
around the globe.


For a few extraordinary minutes, the world was watching together.
Decades later,
lifelong fan Faith Cohen

decided this day deserved to be

commemorated. From that belief,

Global Beatles Day
was born.


A fan-made, fan-run celebration dedicated to the band, their music, and a message that continues to resonate across generations and around the world:

love is all you need
.
On 25th June, express your fandom and share The Beatles’ message:

Sign up to be part of the

Global Beatles Day movement
. You never know what surprises may await!
]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:47:00 GMT https://www.thebeatles-unlimited.com/blog/?global-beatles-day-2026 https://www.thebeatles-unlimited.com/blog/rss/00000000F <![CDATA[Great Beatles fans get together in Leiden . May 31]]> imblog
What a party.
Seeing all the familiar faces and lots of new young people. They all came to
Leiden for ... of course THE BEATLES.
Frank Leenheer, the host of the day. did the job for the 50's time.
And he can be proud.
Music, Poster, CD's LP's and Books an so much more you could find there.
Thanks Frank.

Below an impression of the day


]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 16:38:00 GMT https://www.thebeatles-unlimited.com/blog/?superb-beatles-meet-in-leiden https://www.thebeatles-unlimited.com/blog/rss/00000000D <![CDATA[OUT NOW -The Boys Of Dungeon Lane ]]> imblog
It hardly needs saying, but let’s say it anyway: Paul McCartney owes nobody anything. It’s difficult to name anyone else, alive or dead, who has contributed more to collective human happiness. With that in mind, you can’t help rooting for him, willing him on to produce a late-period masterpiece because you know he has it in him. Sadly, while The Boys Of Dungeon Lane certainly has its moments, it is not quite that record.
First single Days We Left Behind boded well. A gentle ode to early times with John Lennon, it suits the torn and frayed side of McCartney’s voice perfectly. There’s also a very moving tribute to his parents’ marriage in the closing Momma Gets By with a simple but beautifully direct chorus of ‘She loves him’ set against swelling strings. Salesman Saint, also about his parents’ lives, has a lot going for it, too, with a lyric about getting on with things, and a horn arrangement that wouldn’t have shamed Glenn Miller. We Two has a pleasing lilt and finds McCartney’s immortal melodic gifts come into focus for that dreamed-of-you-chorus.

The problem elsewhere is that, on the whole, the songs just aren’t memorable enough. It’s all perfectly pleasant, and far from terrible, but the much-heralded Paul ’n’ Ringo duet Home To Us is an occasion that deserves a better tune. The same applies to the Fool On The Hill flutes on Never Know. Nice to hear them, but they’d benefit from a more robust setting.
Opening stalker anthem As You Lie There begins interestingly, with McCartney giving it a bit of spoken-word about a woman he saw once who he hopes is thinking about him, but loses something when it heads up-tempo – a move that also mars Lost Horizon and Come Inside. Again, McCartney is entitled to have a bit of a rock out if he fancies it, but he sounds more at home on lilting tracks like Life Can Be Hard or First Star Of The Night.
Perhaps the shortcomings are best exemplified by Down South. Another tale from Macca’s youth where he and a pal – George, apparently – hitch around the country talking of their future, it has potential and certainly sounds heartfelt, but it would have benefited from a bit more polishing in terms of the lyric and the basic arrangement.
We might point the finger at producer Andrew Watt – could he have taken a leaf out of Nigel Godrich’s book, someone who apparently pushed McCartney hard during the production of 2005’s excellent Chaos And Creation In The Backyard? Then again, it’s a brave man who’d dare to tell possibly the world’s greatest songwriter that he could do better.

By:  Pat Carty
]]> Fri, 29 May 2026 14:40:00 GMT https://www.thebeatles-unlimited.com/blog/?out-now-paul-mccartney https://www.thebeatles-unlimited.com/blog/rss/000000009 <![CDATA[Paul McCartney Perform on SNL’s Season 51 Finale]]> imblog
Sir Paul McCartney was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on May 16, taking on the slot for the first time since 2012 to ring in the show’s Season 51 finale. The 83-year-old artist performed opposite host Will Ferrell, playing his new song “Days We Left Behind” and a Wings classic, “Band on the Run.” Watch highlights from the episode below.
McCartney kicked off his Saturday Night Live stint with an appearance during Ferrell’s monologue. The skit began with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith—who, when suited up the right way, bears an uncanny resemblance to Ferrell—standing in for the monologue before Ferrell interrupts him. After taking over, the real Ferrell fields an audience question from McCartney, who eventually joins him onstage to discuss some of his biggest hits, before McCartney concludes: “Get your ass behind the drums, Chad!” Smith did, in fact, join McCartney on drums for his performance of “Days We Left Behind,” the lead single off his forthcoming album The Boys of Dungeon Lane, due out May 29. Behind McCartney and his band, photos of his childhood and time with early Beatles iteration the Quarrymen were projected onto a screen. Later, he returned for “Band on the Run,” which he also performed during a stint as musical guest in 2010. Any lucky viewer who stayed tuned in all the way through the goodnights also got treated to a third song, “Coming Up,” which McCartney premiered on the show all the way back in Season 5. Elsewhere, McCartney also popped up as an auto mechanic alongside Ferrell and Marcello Hernandez.
]]> Mon, 18 May 2026 08:13:00 GMT https://www.thebeatles-unlimited.com/blog/?paul-mccartney-perform-on-snl-s-season-51-finale https://www.thebeatles-unlimited.com/blog/rss/00000000E <![CDATA[In the picture: New Beatles books]]> imblog All fans have their story about the Beatles. Sometimes there are lucky guys.
Max Bokking from the Netherlands had the luck to visit London in 1970 and 1971.
Ad guess who he met. It was Ringo at Apple's Saville row and John Lennon
at his (then) Ascot home. The book is now available . It is in Dutch ...
BUT the pictures he made from John and Ringo are there for the first time.
When the book will be in English depend on how many people respond on that question.
If you want to buy the Dutch book.  Make sure the postal cost is 8,50euro (+/-10,00 Pound).
Please contact: maxbokking@gmail.com for any question about the book.
or order via this link: https://shorturl.at/cF6xv

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