September 2009

McCartney school essay discovered 50 years on

An essay written by Sir Paul McCartney as a 10-year-old has been discovered in Liverpool's Central Library after more than 50 years.

Olivia Harrison wins Friar Park fence battle

George Harrison's widow Olivia has won a legal battle to replace a razor wire security fence around her home, despite objections from neighbours.

The Beatles break chart records around the world in 2009

EMI have announced record sales following the release of the remastered Beatles CDs on 9 September 2009.

The Beatles: officially bigger than Jesus, according to Google

Forty-three years after John Lennon sensationally claimed that The Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus', it finally came to pass.

The Beatles' mono and stereo remasters are released

The Beatles' remastered back catalogue has finally been released in mono and stereo by EMI and Apple Corps.

BBC chart reveals best-selling UK Beatles songs

She Loves You, The Beatles' second number one hit, has topped a chart of the group's biggest selling songs in the United Kingdom.

BBC Radio 2's bank holiday Beatles bonanza

BBC Radio 2 held a series of special Beatles programmes over the late August bank holiday weekend, with new shows and archive material - including the previously lost master tape of The Lennon And McCartney Songbook from 1966.