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‘A huge event’: excitement as the Beatles’ final song Now and Then approaches release

AI-enhanced song released at 2pm GMT today, but Beatles experts are divided over how effectively it could capture the band’s spirit

The Guardian - UK

John Lennon’s murder to be explored in ‘definitive’ TV docuseries

The three-part Apple TV+ show will be narrated by Emmy winner Kiefer Sutherland

The Independent UK

Final Beatles song is "quite emotional"

The song features the vocals of the late band members John Lennon and the guitar-playing of George Harrison

Salon

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John Lennon’s murder to be explored in forthcoming TV docuseries

Apple TV+ said the three-part show will be the most extensively researched examination of the 1980 shooting to date

The Guardian - UK

The last Beatles song: How artificial intelligence brought the Fab Four together one final time

‘We all play on it, it’s a genuine Beatles recording – In 2023 to still be working on Beatles music... it’s an exciting thing,’ says Paul McCartney. Roisin O’Connor reports

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr confirm release date for new Beatles song

A 12-minute documentary will be released with the new song.

The Independent UK

The story behind Now and Then: The Beatles' brilliant new track

Taken from a cassette recorded by John Lennon, this uses AI technology to bring all four Beatles back together one last time

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Paul McCartney calls Yoko Ono’s presence in Beatles studio sessions ‘workplace interference’

Musician says he and his bandmates ‘just got on with it’ because they were not ‘confrontational’

The Independent UK

90 is the new 30! How being a nonagenarian became stylish

In a new interview, Dame Joan Collins proves she’s as spirited as ever — and she’s not the only nonagenarian proving the tenth decade can be your time to thrive, says Maddy Mussen

Evening Standard

Coked-up caped crusader: how Hélio Oiticica liberated the art world with drugs, nests and hammocks

He co-founded Brazil’s Tropicália movement, fled fascism, pioneered immersive art in his flat, became a drug dealer and then died aged 42. Now his wild world is being rebuilt at the English seaside

The Guardian - UK

The John Lennon quotes that are still painfully relevant in this troubled world

It's been 36 years since the music icon's untimely death.

The Independent UK

Beatles memorabilia worth an estimated £6m goes for auction

Items include an archive from John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s 1969 peace protest and a curious birthday card sent by George Harrison

The Guardian - UK

Why do we make violent art – and what does it say about the artist?

The sensationalised media coverage of the recent suspected mushroom poisonings in regional Victoria expanded last week, to include children’s scribblings on a wall.

The Conversation

He hated John Wayne, riled Meg Ryan and sparred with Ali: Michael Parkinson defined the British chat show

With his relaxed charm and Yorkshire brogue, Michael Parkinson got some of the world’s biggest stars to open up. Martin Chilton pays tribute to once-in-a generation broadcaster Michael Parkinson, who has died at the age of 88

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Our pick of Michael Parkinson’s 10 most memorable interview moments

His conversations with high-profile names kept him ahead of the competition for decades

MusicRadar

"The worst track we ever had to record" – why 3/4 of the Beatles hated Maxwell's Silver Hammer

No Paul McCartney song ever incurred the joint wrath of Lennon, Harrison and Starr quite like Maxwell’s Silver Hammer. Here’s why…

Louder

"I wish I'd had Rick on Cold Turkey – Clapton choked up": What happened when John Lennon hired Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen to play on Double Fantasy

Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen has never hidden his admiration for The Beatles, and in 1980 he got a call from John Lennon himself

The Guardian - UK

Never underestimate a droid: robots gather at AI for Good summit in Geneva

Ai-da, Desdemona, Nadine and Geminoid join world’s largest gathering of humanoids to promote AI as force for good

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The extraordinary story of John Lennon's ‘Imagine’ piano

John Lennon, George Michael and why it might well not be the piano you think it is.

The Independent UK

Yoko Ono solo exhibition announced at Tate Modern

The London gallery show will take in more than six decades of the 90-year-old artist’s work.

Salon

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"

Evening Standard

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).

Louder

"John Lennon and Yoko Ono essentially hijacked the airwaves": The show that brought the counterculture into American homes and the clip that keeps going viral

On the Mike Douglas Show in 1972, Chuck Berry joined John Lennon onstage – but he clearly wasn't expecting Yoko Ono to be part of the action

The Guardian - UK

‘Everything we do is about connection’: 50 years of Pacha and the Ibiza club scene

The Spanish island’s famed dance venue is celebrating half a century of parties and beat-making, from hippy hangout to superstar DJ rite of passage

The Independent UK

Longtime Lennon-Ono insider Elliot Mintz writing memoir

Elliot Mintz, a longtime insider with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, will release a memoir next year that will weave in behind-the-scenes moments with the famous couple

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