Paul McCartney performed The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" for the first time in 60 years at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding reception at Madison Square Garden. The song, a pivotal hit in the "British invasion," was last performed by the band in 1964.
The Beatles' cultural impact remains unparalleled, with recent events, documentaries, and upcoming biopics reigniting a new wave of Beatlemania, comparing their enduring legacy to Shakespeare's.
The house at 113 McCann Street in Benton, Illinois, where George Harrison stayed while visiting his sister's family in September 1963 before the Beatles' US debut on The Ed Sullivan Show, is now for sale for $105,000. The five-bedroom bungalow, saved from demolition in 1995 by activists including Harrison's sister Louise, was operated as a Beatles-themed bed-and-breakfast from 1996-2010. Fans and local historians worry about the property's future as interest in preserving the historic site appears to have faded.
