the Beatles

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The last new Beatles song, ‘Now And Then,’ will be released next week

NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release next week of what is promised to be the last “new” Beatles song.

https://apnews.com/article/last-new-beatles-song-e7b3a349b0e1e58b8668e98ba2d9cd0b?

Listen to the last new Beatles’ song with John, Paul, George, Ringo and AI tech

Titled “Now and Then,” the almost impossible-to-believe track is four minutes and eight seconds of the first and only original Beatles recording of the 21st century. There’s a countdown, then acoustic guitar strumming and piano bleed into the unmistakable vocal tone of John Lennon in the song’s introduction: “I know it’s true / It’s all because of you / And if I make it through / It’s all because of you.”

https://apnews.com/article/beatles-last-song-now-then-release-fbce70071b4624f0d90bd18347f20fc6?

The Beatles Make More Hot 100 History as ‘Now and Then’ Debuts in Top 10

The Beatles score their 35th top 10 – and first since 1996 – as the song starts at No. 7.

https://www.billboard.com/lists/the-beatles-now-and-then-hot-100-top-10-debut/

Beatles to get a Fab Four of biopics, with a movie each for Paul, John, George and Ringo

NEW YORK (AP) — The Beatles are getting the big-screen biopic treatment in not just one film, but a Fab Four of movies that will give each band member their own spotlight — all of which are to be directed by Sam Mendes.

https://apnews.com/article/beatles-biopic-sam-mendes-3f3f74076d78f16ac420820638e05de3?

Beatles history: May Pang’s personal photos of John Lennon come to Central Florida

May Pang sighs as she considers the world’s problems and the political divide here in America.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/16/beatles-history-may-pang-photos-john-lennon-florida/?

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New Beatles ‘Anthology’ projects will be released this fall

Beatles fans will be feeling some “real love” for this: New content from the iconic band is coming this fall on screen, in music and in print.

https://apnews.com/article/beatles-anthology-release-8016c7fcc29732158c642e29887ef67b?

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• 🎸 A new Beatles fan experience is coming to London's 3 Savile Row, where the Fab Four recorded "Let It Be" and held their famous rooftop final show. Paul McCartney says the team has "put together some really impressive plans, and I'm excited for people to see it when it's ready." Go deeper.

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The Fab Four

The Beatles were a 20th-century British band credited with innovating the sound of popular music and, in the process, helping to legitimize rock 'n' roll as an art form.   > How the Beatles became the most influential band on Earth. (More, w/podcast) > Explore Abbey Road Studios, the site of the first ever stereo recordings and home to most of the Beatles' songs. (More)   The intense fandom for the band, called Beatlemania, began in the United Kingdom in 1963 but did not initially translate into success in the United States. In fact, the band's American label rejected the band's first two singles. Eventually, the band gained traction and then exploded after a 1964 appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show."   > Check out a list of the best Beatles songs. (More) > Watch the Beatles' performance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." (More, w/video) > The group was not an immediate success in the United States. (More)   Although the band's recording career spanned a little over seven years, they released an astounding 13 LPs, averaging two a year. Among them were 1965's "Rubber Soul," 1966's "Revolver," and 1967's "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," records that were cohesive, fully realized artistic statements, a concept that was still novel for the time.   > The band stopped touring in 1966, citing frustration with the era's limited sound systems. (More) > The Beatles sued technology company Apple in 1978 to defend naming rights to their record label, Apple Corps. (More, w/video)   Discover more:  > The Beatles tried to get the rights to make a "Lord of the Rings" film starring the band members as Gollum, Frodo, Gandalf, and Samwise. (More) > "Tomorrow Never Knows," the final track from 1966's "Revolver," used innovative recording methods to redefine the sound of popular music. (More, w/video) > Explore all 58 famous figures portrayed on the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album cover. (More)

[hobie]

Yes, what memories. They were my 'gateway drug' as all their songs were just about finding love and happiness at first.. Then they seemed to shift gears as chemicals and more had an effect...