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What if John Lennon had written Now And Then with The Beatles in 1964? A musician using AI has the answer

And it's good!

MusicRadar

"I said, 'we've added a double wiflocated sploshing flange.' John laughed and said 'let's flange again then'": George Martin and John Lennon thought they'd invented flanging but the whole debate has now taken an odd turn

We discussed whether John Lennon and George Martin really discovered flanging a few months ago. Now the story has taken a wiflocated twist…

MusicRadar

‘It will change the way we think about their story’: mythical archive of ‘first Beatles historian’ comes to light

Mal Evans neglected his family life to go on tour with the Beatles, amassing a priceless trove of ephemera and diary entries. Long after his untimely death, a new book has finally uncovered it

The Guardian - UK

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More Beatles music is "conceivable"

"With the world in the state it is, we need the Beatles to appear again"

Salon

The Beatles' new music video brings us into troubling territory

I'm emotional for all the wrong reasons.

Creative Bloq

Is Now And Then really the ‘last’ Beatles song? Get Back director Peter Jackson says it’s “conceivable” that more could be made with the help of AI

“You might end up with a decent song but I haven’t had conversations with Paul about that,” he says

MusicRadar

"When we played it to people, some cried, some said, ‘Jesus Christ, it’s a Beatles record!’": Paul McCartney on the reaction to The Beatles' final song, Now And Then

Paul McCartney reflects on the Beatles legacy, and the reaction to the group's final song

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The Beatles look set to score their first UK number one single in 54 years with Now And Then

The Beatles' final song, Now And Then, is on course to become their 18th number one single in the UK

Louder

More new Beatles music ‘conceivable’ after Now and Then, Peter Jackson says

Get Back director who helped with AI technology that isolated John Lennon’s vocals in new single says there are more song fragments in archive

The Guardian - AU

The Beatles’ Now And Then on track to become band’s 18th number one single

It would also be their first chart-topper in 54 years, with the last being The Ballad Of John And Yoko in 1969.

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney says death of John Lennon is still ‘bitter pill to swallow’

Musician recalled fond memories of hitchhiking with his bandmates, following the release of Beatles song ‘Now and Then’

The Independent UK

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories, from The Beatles to new MacBook Pros

It's been another big week in tech. Been a bit busy? We've whizzed it all up into this news-flavored milkshake.

TechRadar

Now and Then: enabled by AI – created by profound connections between the four Beatles

In 2023, to still be working on Beatles music … to release a new song the public haven’t heard, I think it’s an exciting thing.

The Conversation

"My lifelong love of The Beatles collided into a wall of sheer terror at the thought of letting everyone down": Peter Jackson's video for Now And Then is now online

Peter Jackson's Now And Then short film is compiled from unseen footage and home movies, and includes a first airing of the earliest known clip of The Beatles playing live

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The 13 best Beatles music videos, ranked (including Now and Then)

The best Beatles music videos of all time, ranked.

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s an emotional day for Liverpool’: fans gather to buy new Beatles single Now and Then

At HMV Liverpool, Beatles heads – including one called John Lennon – queue up for vinyl copies of what is billed as the final Beatles song

The Conversation

Is Now and Then really a Beatles song? The fab four always used technology to create new music

Over the past few weeks, Paul McCartney has been touring Australia to play through three hours of his musical legacy – from Beatles and Wings favourites to solo material, and some unexpected deep cuts.

Crikey

The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’ and lost futures

The Beatles’ ‘new’ single is both a beautiful song and a depressingly modern affair, both smooth and placeless.

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Salon

Listen: Beatles' final song "Now & Then"

AI was used to isolate and enhance John Lennon’s vocals, which were retrieved from a 1977 demo

TechRadar

The Beatles 'new' single 'Now and Then' proves AI can make you profoundly sad

Apple Music delivered The Beatles' new single 'Now and Then', but the AI creation may leave you feeling sad and empty.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release of a “new” Beatles song, “Now And Then.”

Louder

"As unmistakable contemporary backing vocals from McCartney intertwine with Lennon, an involuntary emotional response is utterly inevitable." Classic Rock's Reviews Editor and biggest Beatles fan gives his verdict on Now And Then

Classic Rock Reviews Editor Ian Fortnam gives his take on the song everyone is talking about

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Beatles’ Now and Then is a haunting and beautiful, if unfinished, final statement

It may not be the Beatles' best song, but that doesn't matter.

Guitar World

“There it was, John’s voice, crystal clear. It’s quite emotional. And we all play on it – it’s a genuine Beatles recording”: The final Beatles song, Now and Then, has been released at last – but is it any good?

Built from a John Lennon demo, Now and Then features newly recorded contributions from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, with additional guitar work from the late George Harrison

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ranking the greatest Beatles songs, from No. 1 to No. 189 (updated with Now and Then)

We ranked every song the Beatles wrote, including their last one.

1 … 15 16 17 18

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