They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy anniversary to our dear Abbey Road LP, 57 years young today and sounding as magnificent as it did on its first needle-drop Sept. 26, 1969. Usual shameless promo: Catch up on Abbey Road’s extensive roots in the Beatles’ Get Back sessions here: theymaybeparted.com/tag/abbey-road/ 1103
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Remembering Linda on the 85th anniversary of her birth 🎂📸💜 0284
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Beatles now soliciting 3 Savile Row stories and photos. I’ll be sharing! 🍏 live.umusic.com/thebeatles-3...live.umusic.comThe Beatles at 3 Savile Row 032
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Greatest Tea Room Orchestra in the World took the stage 58 years ago today, when the Beatles performed “Hey Jude” for Frost on Sunday. The experience planted the seeds for and was a notable influence on the Get Back sessions months later. Related posts here! theymaybeparted.com/tag/hey-jude/ 0132
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Celebrating the birth of the great Billy Preston, September 2, 1946 — 80 years ago today 🎹🎂 0141
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 31/08/2026My annual repost, celebrating the birthday of the most incomparable Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze @squeezeofficial.com, marking No. 69. Very excited to see Squeeze again (for the millionth time) tomorrow night (and then again later this week!) 🎂 🧵⬇️ 053
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 29/08/2026My annual August 29 post (wherever I happen to post): This was the scene at San Francisco's Candlestick Park during the Beatles' final tour date, 60 years ago today. I'll repeat myself and ask, could you blame them for not wanting to play on stage before an audience anymore? A short thread: 13512
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Happy Aug. 15, the 61st anniversary of the Beatles at Shea! I wrote the daylights out of this from a slightly different angle last year for MLB.com, where I've worked almost 25 years. Sometimes you get to assign yourself the perfect story. www.mlb.com/news/feature... www.mlb.com/news/feature...mlb.comHistory of the Beatles' 1965 concert at Shea StadiumThe Official Site of Major League Baseball 0103
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Marking August 8, the 57th anniversary of the Beatles’ Abbey Road photo day, with our own ritualistic crossing in 2024 📸 141
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Excited for Rubber Soul outtakes? Just fire up your copy of the Nagras and listen to the Beatles screw around with Norwegian Wood for half a minute 🪵 🔥 1143
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 20/07/2026OTD, July 20, 1969: A big day in the history of the Beatles' Let It Be film. At the same moment mankind made a giant leap on the moon, the stars of the film sat in place to screen a long working cut of the film. (1/3) 161
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 08/07/2026If you were in Liverpool on July 7, 1992 - and I bet some of you were - you had the choice of seeing either Ringo Starr at the Empire (on his 52nd birthday), or Pete Best at the Cavern. 061
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 07/07/2026He's the greatest, and you better believe it, baby! To celebrate Ringo's 86th, here's my annual birthday card - delivered with peace & love, of course - peering at his life as it straddled 1968 and '69 and the profound effect the period had on his life since✌🏽💜🥁🎂🥦 theymaybeparted.com/2017/07/07/t...theymaybeparted.comTMBP Extra: Oh what joyWith birthday posts previously produced for Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison, it’s about time we righted a wrong, and completed the set with the man born as Richard Starkey. Like the… 1113
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Highly appropriate for today, July 6. From the ceiling of the entryway of the outstanding Liverpool Beatles Museum, photographed when I visited in 2024. 161
Reposted by They May Be PartedThey May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 02/07/2026NEW POST!! Jan 14: A Day at the Circus Their documentary at an impasse, the Fab Two and friends fantasize about the films they could make instead. Let’s dig into Beatles movies that might have been in a post replete with chains, trains and excessive tangents 🎪🚊⛓️🎥 theymaybeparted.com/2026/07/02/j...theymaybeparted.comJan. 14: A day at the circusWhile they ultimately became a legend of the silver screen, the Beatles didn’t make as many films as they actually did. As recently as January of this very 2026, octogenarian Paul McCartney recalle… 172
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 02/07/2026NEW POST!! Jan 14: A Day at the Circus Their documentary at an impasse, the Fab Two and friends fantasize about the films they could make instead. Let’s dig into Beatles movies that might have been in a post replete with chains, trains and excessive tangents 🎪🚊⛓️🎥 theymaybeparted.com/2026/07/02/j...theymaybeparted.comJan. 14: A day at the circusWhile they ultimately became a legend of the silver screen, the Beatles didn’t make as many films as they actually did. As recently as January of this very 2026, octogenarian Paul McCartney recalle… 172
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 25/06/2026"The Beatles have changed so many lives that the need for them still exists. The hope that they represent still exists. And as long as that exists, then they have to exist. ... If the Beatles don’t exist, you don’t exist.” -Derek Taylor, April 10, 1970. And true every day since. #GlobalBeatlesDay 16520
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Wishing all the best to our dear Macca on No. 84. Don’t ever change, and here’s to many, many more. Happy birthday, Paul! 🎂 0267
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Heading out to see the Billy Preston documentary, finally! I’ll report back 🎥 1251
Reposted by They May Be PartedTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Is there anybody going to listen to my story All about the gull who came to stay? 1046062
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Today would have been Prince’s 68th birthday, and while he didn’t celebrate birthday, I do. I posted this thread connecting Beatles-Prince links, and should still hold up 💜⬇️ 1114
Reposted by They May Be PartedThey May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Finished first listen to Dungeon Lane. Loved it, exactly what I hoped Paul would be making now - sparse, measured, precise pop songs. No wasted moments. Production reminded me of Wildflowers by Tom Petty (which I love, it's one of my favorite LPs). Keep that one, mark it fab. More listens tomorrow. 1152
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Finished first listen to Dungeon Lane. Loved it, exactly what I hoped Paul would be making now - sparse, measured, precise pop songs. No wasted moments. Production reminded me of Wildflowers by Tom Petty (which I love, it's one of my favorite LPs). Keep that one, mark it fab. More listens tomorrow. 1152
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Remembering Mal Evans on what would have been his 91st birthday 🎂🔨🔨 1225
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Happy 85th to the one and only Bob Dylan! 🎂 0192
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 20/05/2026With so many staggered release dates, there's always a Let It Be-related anniversary in May, (and plenty chances to repost things). OTD in 1970 (May 20), Let It Be film enjoyed gala premieres in London and Liverpool. No Beatles showed up, but plenty of adjacent figures and celebrities attended. 🎥 343
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 19/05/2026A good read from UCR by my friend @mwardlaw.bsky.social, who interviews the Rock Hall's archivist who helped put together the new McCartney exhibit 172
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Happy anniversary - again - to the "the most eagerly awaited album ever issued!" Let It Be: released 56 years ago today (May 18, 1970) in the US, 10 days after it was first out in the UK. (It did reportedly set a record at the time with 3.7M advance orders in the US, so the claim is justified!) 182
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 18/05/2026My intention was to post in real time from last night’s opening party of the new McCartney/Wings exhibit at the Rock Hall in Cleveland, but I was totally consumed by the content and simply being social and having a good time. I won’t post every detail - you should come out here, it’s amazing 👐 3143
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 17/05/2026At the Rock Hall for the opening party of the new McCartney exhibit. Just heard “Bip Bop” playing on the sound system on my way in (now “Country Dreamer”) so it’s gonna get real. 1182
Reposted by They May Be PartedThey May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 13/05/2026It's a good day to post this, too, which I wrote 2 years ago on the film's rerelease on Disney+, on the importance of Let It Be and tying together more than a half-century of Beatles history: theymaybeparted.com/2024/05/07/t...theymaybeparted.comTMBP Extra: Then and nowIt’s spring 2024 A.D., and when we last saw the Beatles, they were vanishing before our eyes in the “Now and Then” video, ascending to Pepperland, probably. In the moment, it was a powerful and tid… 084
Reposted by They May Be PartedThey May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 13/05/2026OTD 56 years ago - May 13, 1970 - The Beatles’ Let It Be arrives in theaters dotting the US without any glitzy premiere. Right before Get Back came out in 2021, I wrote at length about the extended lead-up and aftermath of the release of the original film: theymaybeparted.com/2021/11/22/t...theymaybeparted.comTMBP Extra: That road beforeAs a film, Let It Be has more backstory than story. In Beatle-time, the 15-plus-month turnaround from the end of their January 1969 sessions until the film’s release in May 1970 was simply a glacia… 2158
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 13/05/2026OTD 56 years ago - May 13, 1970 - The Beatles’ Let It Be arrives in theaters dotting the US without any glitzy premiere. Right before Get Back came out in 2021, I wrote at length about the extended lead-up and aftermath of the release of the original film: theymaybeparted.com/2021/11/22/t...theymaybeparted.comTMBP Extra: That road beforeAs a film, Let It Be has more backstory than story. In Beatle-time, the 15-plus-month turnaround from the end of their January 1969 sessions until the film’s release in May 1970 was simply a glacia… 2158
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Absolutely unbelievable news to wake up to this morning. See you all at 3 Savile Row next year! 3savilerow.thebeatles.com3savilerow.thebeatles.comThe Beatles at 3 Savile RowThe Beatles at 3 Savile Row will feature seven floors of never-seen-before archive material, rotating exhibitions, a fan store, and the recreation of the original studio where Let it Be was recorded. 5293
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 08/05/2026New Paul-Ringo song is out - I haven't listened to either of the new Paul songs yet, I think I'm going to wait to hear everything in context of the new album as a whole. This marks a good time, though, to recall when Paul & Ringo shared a writing credit in 1969: theymaybeparted.com/2024/03/29/j...theymaybeparted.comJan. 14: Morning, Paul! Morning, Rich!This time, Paul McCartney’s line was delivered with a smile: “And then there was one.” It was up to the viewers of the 2021 Get Back docuseries more than 50 years later to make out the invisible wi… 0193
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Happy 56th the Let It Be LP, first released (in the UK) May 8, 1970. It’s spirited, soulful, confusing and emotional, a compilation both disjoined yet cohesive at once, a true reflection of the late-stage Beatles. Read all about its making, now and forever, at theymaybeparted.com 🎂🎁🍎 093
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Intimate crowd at my showing of Power to the People 🎥 0100
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 01/05/2026I had this in a reply, but reposting -- it looks like this is the poster behind Chris Difford, hanging askew. Ordered from the fan club! (you can get your own today on Ebay) 050
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Posted to Chris Difford’s Instagram, a photo of the songwriter from his teenage years in a post about having a fish tank. Spot the Abbey Road, John poster from the White Album and another Beatles poster behind him 160
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Happy, healthy to Klaus Voormann!! 🎂 0202
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 28/04/2026It’s April 28, and OTD in 1964 our Fabs filmed "Around the Beatles," a variety show that was an occasional talking point during the Get Back sessions as the group tried to plan a new TV special in Jan 1969. I took an extremely deep dive into it several years ago: theymaybeparted.com/2016/08/31/t...theymaybeparted.comTMBP Extra: Around the BeatlesIn this space, one post from now, you’ll see this quote from Paul McCartney as he describes a new idea for the January 1969 live show: It’s a bit like “Around the Beatles.” By early 196… 0133
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Saw the new Michael Jackson biopic last night, and that sent me to look back at my old LPs. Totally forgot about this doodle by MJ on the Thriller inner sleeve. Fun fact for those who don’t remember or weren’t around: “The Girl is Mine” was the lead single off Thriller! 0112
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 22/04/202657 years ago today - April 22, 1969 - John Lennon returned to the 3 Savile Row rooftop with Yoko Ono for a ceremony that legally added "Ono" to his own name. "Yoko changed her name for me, I’ve changed mine for her." 2151
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I'm much more likely to celebrate a birthday than mark the anniversary of a death, but 10 years is a milestone and it's incredible we've been without Prince for so long. I put together the below thread on the event of his birthday last year, but I figured we can revisit it, with Prince on our mind 💜 081
Reposted by They May Be PartedBeatles Lyrics Bot @beatleslyricsb.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Will never disappear, I've seen that road before #TheBeatles 031
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Lucky Wilbury plays Bob Dylan, April 10. (He was great, maintained my belief in Zimmerman) 3133
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 10/04/2026April 10, 1970: "Spring is here and Leeds play Chelsea tomorrow and Ringo and John and George and Paul are alive and well and full of hope. The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you When the spinning stops – that'll be the time to worry. Not before." 1/ 161
They May Be Parted @theymaybeparted.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Happy April 9, the 57th anniversary of the Beatles’ preantepenultimate photoshoot. Iconic shots by Bruce McBroom at Madingley Club, Ducks Walk and in the Thames. Photos are a treasure to admire to this day www.nemsworld.com/beatles/frit...nemsworld.comBeatles: Voyage Of The FritzAmong the photographers this day was Bruce McBroom. The Beatles first gathered at an unknown indoor location somewhere in London. 160