Sir Paul McCartney's guitar has been returned, 50 years after it was stolen. Paul's iconic Höfner electric bass guitar was stolen from him in 1972.
Fans intervened and set up The Lost Bass Project to track it down. The guitar has now been authenticated by H Öfner and Paul is incredibly grateful to "all those involved" The group shared the happy news on their own website. They wrote: "Missing for 51 years, we are thrilled to tell you that Paul's first Hofner bass has been found and reunited with Paul"