The Beatles‘ unearthed 2023 single “Now And Then” marked their first new song since 1996, and now, it’s led to the Fab Four’s first Grammy win in 28 years.
At the Premiere Ceremony for the 2025 Grammy Awards, The Beatles won the award for Best Rock Performance for “Now And Then,” beating out songs from Pearl Jam, IDLES, The Black Keys, St. Vincent, and Green Day.
Neither surviving members of The Beatles (Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr) were present at the ceremony, so John Lennon’s son Sean Ono Lennon — who won earlier in the evening for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package for the expanded reissue of his father’s 1973 LP Mind Games — accepted the award on The Beatles’ behalf.
“It’s really incredible… The Beatles have done so much incredible work and they’re still in the culture and people still listen to the music,” Ono Lennon said. “As far as I’m concerned, it’s the greatest band of all time.”
“Now And Then” wasn’t just nominated for Best Rock Performance at the 2025 Grammys. It also up for Record of the Year, a category that The Beatles have never won (despite having been nominated thrice for “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” “Hey Jude,” and “Let It Be”). Their win for Best Rock Performance is their eighth competitive Grammy win in history.
Serving as The Beatles’ “final” song and incorporating decades-old recordings of the late Lennon and George Harrison, Consequence named “Now And Then” our Song of the Week upon its release in November 2023.
You can find our full coverage of the 2025 Grammy Awards here.