Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’: The story behind their last song

Beatles' 'Now and Then': The story behind their last song

Paul McCartney may be the only person on Earth who believes the Beatles have any unfinished business in 2023. For years, McCartney fixated upon “Now and Then,” a song John Lennon sketched in the late […]

The Beatles: ‘final’ song Now and Then to be released thanks to AI technology | The Beatles

Ed Ruscha’s artwork for Now and Then.

Now and Then, the long-awaited “final” Beatles song featuring all four members, is to be released next week thanks to the same AI technology that was used to enhance the audio on Peter Jackson’s documentary […]

Why Quincy Jones Said The Beatles Were “The Worst Musicians in the World”

Paul McCartney in the early years of the Beatles

In early 2018, Quincy Jones sat down with Vulture’s David Marchese for a romp of an interview that would soon set the internet ablaze. In less than 1400 words, the then-84-year-old legendary producer claimed that a […]

‘Nothing artificially or synthetically created’ Sir Paul McCartney clarifies use of AI on Beatles track – Music News

'Nothing artificially or synthetically created' Sir Paul McCartney clarifies use of AI on Beatles track - Music News

Sir Paul McCartney has insisted there will be nothing “artificially or synthetically created” on the upcoming new Beatles song. The 80-year-old musician revealed last week work had been finished on “the final song” by the […]

The Beatles to release final song using AI to isolate John Lennon’s voice : NPR

The Beatles to release final song using AI to isolate John Lennon's voice : NPR

The voice of John Lennon, seen here in 1963, will appear on The Beatles’ new record, says his former bandmate Paul McCartney. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images The voice of […]

Former ‘Fill-In’ Beatles Bass Player Chas Newby Dies Aged 81

Chas Newby dies

Photo Credit: Nick Fewings Former “fill-in” Beatles bass player Chas Newby — who was also a member of John Lennon’s first band, The Quarrymen, has died at age 81. Chas Newby, a British musician who […]

‘Here Comes the Sun’ First Beatles Song to Hit 1 Billion Spotify Streams

The Beatles Here Comes the Sun first song to one billion Spotify streams

Photo Credit: Kevin Burg / CC by 2.0 The Beatles achieve another milestone as ‘Here Comes the Sun’ has become the first Beatles song to hit 1 billion Spotify streams. “Here Comes the Sun,” a […]

Dolly Parton to host Beatles, Elton John and 39 other stars on new rock album | Pop and rock

Cover of Dolly Parton’s upcoming album Rockstar.

Dolly Parton has announced a genre switch to rock music, and has tapped what will surely be the starriest supporting cast for any album this year. Her new album Rockstar – a 30-track epic with […]

Beatles AI Tracks Are Surfacing With Lennon & McCartney Realism

Paul McCartney performing in the Netherlands in 2009. (photo: Eddie Janssens)

Paul McCartney performing in the Netherlands in 2009. Photo Credit: Eddie Janssens With the well-documented explosion of artificial intelligence music continuing to evolve, a number of AI tracks made to sound like releases from The […]

It was 60 years ago today… schoolboy’s tape of the Beatles transports us to an era of optimism | Samira Ahmed

Stowe school

What’s on the set list? Why did he only tell you about the tape now after 60 years? Two of the questions I’ve been bombarded with since I made public the existence of an almost […]