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Making "the last Beatles record" with AI

If Paul McCartney's announcement has fans concerned, maybe it's because of these unconvincing AI Beatles "covers"

Salon

OPINION - Sir Paul McCartney should carry on using AI to finish John Lennon’s songs

In the weeks after the Grenfell disaster, the radio was full of ballads, big mournful songs which were sequenced in attempts to give distance and pay respects (DJs don’t really cope well with events as disrupting as this).

Evening Standard

Paul McCartney says the “final Beatles record” is nearing release – and it’s been created using AI

McCartney called upon a process that was used to make Peter Jackson's Get Back documentary to complete the song

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Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence made upcoming ‘last Beatles record’ possible

A new Beatles song is coming together with a little help from AI, according to Paul McCartney.

Tribune News Service

Sir Paul McCartney says AI helped John Lennon’s voice for last ever Beatles single

‘George didn’t like it. The Beatles being a democracy, we didn’t do it’, Sir Paul said

Evening Standard

AI used to create new and final Beatles song, says Paul McCartney

Musician says he used technology to ‘extricate’ John Lennon’s voice from an old demo and complete a decades-old song

The Guardian - UK

George Harrison's My Sweet Lord: the love song to a higher power that spurred a $1.6m lawsuit

"I anticipated that a lot of people might get weird about it" - George Harrison on My Sweet Lord, his love song to The Creator

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My London: Deepak Chopra

Well-being and meditation legend Deepak Chopra nourishes his body and mind at Bombay Brasserie, gets lost on the Tube and has been known to disturb the peace at Buck House

Evening Standard

Chas Newby, fill-in bassist who rejected a full-time gig with the Beatles, dies at 81

Chas Newby, an English rock bassist and brief member of the Beatles in the early 1960s, died this week at 81.

Los Angeles Times

The Beatles’ “first left-handed bassist”, Chas Newby, dies aged 81

The bass player and former math teacher was subbed into the Liverpool legend’s early lineup in December 1960 and played one of the most formative shows of the era

Guitar World

George Harrison's son Dhani is the double of Beatles dad in rare public outing

George Harrison's son, Dhani, appears to have inherited more than his love of music as he stepped out at the Chelsea Flower Show looking almost identical to the late star

Daily Mirror

Chas Newby, one-time Beatles bassist, dies at 81

The British musician, who performed with the Beatles for several gigs in 1960, went on to become a high school mathematics teacher

The Guardian - US

The Beatles' former bassist Chas Newby dies as tributes pour in for The Quarrymen musician

The Beatles' former bass player Chas Newby, who played with the band in their early days, is thought to have died early on Tuesday morning and social media has been flooded with tributes to the musician

Daily Mirror

Deep Purple’s Ian Paice on how he ended up on a Paul McCartney record

Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice wound up recording with the Beatles icon thanks to a little help from some guy called George Harrison

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"To me, the challenge of guitar playing is playing stuff people want to hear over and over again" – Nashville session player Rob McNelley teaches the art of writing hooks

"My favourite players are people like Keith Richards and George Harrison, they played a ton of great parts and hooks and riffs"

Daily Mirror

Showbiz exclusives and a friend to the stars - how Fleet Street's Don Short led the way

A look back on the glittering career of the Mirror reporter who broke the biggest stories, including The Beatles' split

The Conversation

What Ed Sheeran's copyright court case win means for songwriters in future

Ed Sheeran came out swinging in his statement after a New York court found in his favour last week over a claim that his 2014 song Thinking Out Loud infringed copyright in Marvin Gaye’s hit Let’s Get It On. He called suits like the one brought by the estate of…

Homes & Gardens

Bird bath mistakes – 8 common errors to avoid if you want to keep your feathered friends happy

Experts reveal what not to do when providing a drinking and bathing station for these backyard visitors

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"That whole guitar hero thing – it's just a load of crap, really": An interview with Echo and The Bunnymen’s Will Sergeant

From the archive: Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant on economy, influences and why you should avoid “twiddling away like those knobheads you see in a guitar shop”

The Independent UK

Alec Baldwin admits he ‘forgot’ to include daughter Ireland in tribute to his children

‘Don’t you have eight children?’ one critic asked in response to actor’s recent tribute

Daily Mirror

Paul McCartney's home dubbed 'Birthplace of the Beatles' is explored in new BBC show

The family’s post-war council house was where Paul, his songwriting partner John Lennon and bandmates George Harrison and Ringo Starr would create the sound that changed music for ever

Louder

Coke! Ghosts! Chaos! Inside the recording of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: only in the new issue of Classic Rock

Inside: Black Sabbath, George Harrison, Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad, The Damned, Crown Lands, Sparks, Peter Frampton and much more

Louder

From the heart: The 12 best Tom Petty songs

With chiming guitars and widescreen imagination, Tom Petty's take on Americana was as irresistible as it was authentic

Liverpool Echo

Beatles star John Lennon didn't go to Stuart Sutcliffe's funeral and couldn't even say his name

When he heard that his friend had died he "laughed hysterically" then dropped to his knees and weeped

MusicRadar

Session drummer Jim Keltner recalls John Lennon and George Harrison telling him not to bad-mouth Paul McCartney

“We can say that but you shouldn’t”, the drummer was told by the former Beatles

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