Category : Tout sur les Beatles

Musical mysteries: the unlikely album cover stars who became modern pop enigmas

As the old man on Led Zeppelin’s fourth album artwork is identified, we take a look at albums that are as famous for the faces on their sleeves as their musicWhen I was young, I was entranced by the mysterious figures who appeared on the sleeves of v...

The Beatles’ Now And Then becomes their 18th UK number one single

The Beatles’ ‘Now And Then’ has become the band’s 18th UK number one single, smashing several records in the process. The single entered the official UK singles chart at number 42 last week, based on just 10 hours of sales and...

The Beatles set record 54-year gap between No 1 singles as Now and Then tops UK chart

Paul McCartney says success of band’s ‘final’ song together has ‘blown my socks off’, as it becomes the fastest-selling vinyl single this centuryThe Beatles have broken UK chart records as they return to No 1 with their “final” song together, Now and...

Beatlemania now and then | Letter

Stephen Percy says he couldn’t afford to buy the band’s debut single in 1962, Love me Do, but has got hold of their final oneI first heard the Beatles’ debut single, Love Me Do, on the day it was released, 5 October 1962, on my way home from school i...

‘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 itBehind every creative genius, there often stands a cast of...

‘Dull and unremarkable’ or ‘just fab’? Readers on the Beatles’ Now and Then

Guardian readers share their very varied responses to the ‘final’ single by the 60s superstarsAs soon as I heard John’s voice in the opening lines, I was transported back to December 1980. A 16-year-old schoolboy sitting in a small empty cafe in an o...

Paul McCartney live: Heritage Bank Stadium, Gold Coast

Paul McCartney performed at the Heritage Bank Stadium on the Gold Coast, Australia, on 4 November 2023. It was the 25th show of the Got Back Tour, which lasted for 36 dates between April 2022 and December 2023. McCartney’s band was Paul ‘...

‘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 songCommunity: share your thoughts on Now and ThenReview: final song is a poignant act of closureIt almost resembles...

Share your thoughts on the final Beatles song Now and Then

The Beatles have released their AI-assisted final song together, let us know what you think of itThe Beatles have released their “final” new song together, Now and Then. AI technology was used to isolate John Lennon’s vocals from an original demo whi...

Now and Then: listen to the ‘final’ Beatles song

Fab Four are reunited on track that pieces together performances by the late John Lennon and George Harrison with fresh recordings by Paul McCartney and Ringo StarrRead the review of Now and ThenThe Beatles have released what is being described as th...

Single release: Now And Then

‘Now And Then’, described as “the last Beatles song”, has been released worldwide. The song was based on a 1970s demo by John Lennon. It was briefly worked on by Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr in 1995, and wa...

Paul McCartney live: Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Paul McCartney performed at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, on 1 November 2023, as part of the Got Back Tour. McCartney’s band was Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens (vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, harmonica), Brian Ray (vocals,...

‘Earliest known film of the Beatles’ to feature in Peter Jackson-directed music video

Director makes his first ever music video for Now and Then, the ‘final’ Beatles song combined from 1995 sessions and a late-70s John Lennon demoFollowing his acclaimed documentary Get Back, director Peter Jackson is continuing his relationship with t...

Rock biographer Philip Norman: ‘It took me years to understand the paradox of George Harrison’

After books on Lennon and McCartney, the author turns to the contradictory ‘quiet Beatle’ – whose acid tongue and sexual buccaneering coexisted with his mantras and prayer wheelsGeorge Harrison died on 29 November, 2001 after a four-year battle with...

Here, there and everywhere: why the world is still crazy about the Beatles | Neil Spencer

Now and Then may be the band’s final song, but the appetite for books, exhibitions, films and TV series about the Fab Four seems never to wanePerhaps the real surprise behind this week’s release of the “final” Beatles song, Now and Then, is not that...