When was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album released and how is the 50th anniversary being celebrated?

THE Beatles celebrating a very special anniversary in 2017.

Here's how fans celebrated the 50 years since the release of the iconic album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...

When was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released?

The four-time Grammy Award-winning album was released on May 26, 1967.

By releasing the compilation under the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band persona, The Beatles decided to experiment with their songs more experimentally.

Their eighth studio album was an immediate success, spending 27 weeks at the top of the UK albums charts.

Since it was released, the world-renowned album has been named in Rolling Stones' 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and it has been in the National Recording Registry in the Library Congress since 2003.

How was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band celebrated?

In celebration of the anniversary, the band's longest-running tribute act played out the 1967 album in full.

The Bootleg Beatles performed all of the tracks in the Royal Albert Hall to thousands of excited fans.

The BBC honoured Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by compiling plenty of programmes across TV and radio.

This includeded BBC Radio 2's two documentary series - Sgt. Pepper Forever and Paul Merton On The Beatles.

Chiswick House and Gardens marked the occasion by creating a special artwork display.

The Sun also spoke to legend Sir Paul McCartney about the making of the album.