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McCartney Sings 'Help!' for First Time in 60 Years

Former Beatle hadn't done a full version of the mostly Lennon song since performing it with the lads in 1965

(Newser) - Paul McCartney doesn't usually do songs in concert that were mostly written by John Lennon. He made a major exception Friday night at the Santa Barbara Bowl, performing "Help!" in the first show of his North American tour, Rolling Stone reports. The last time McCartney sang about...

John Lennon's Long-Hidden School Desk Resurfaces

School finally embraces Beatle roots after decades of denial

(Newser) - John Lennon's school desk—once tucked away in an attic to keep the "nuisance" Beatle's memory at bay—has emerged from the shadows at Liverpool's Quarry Bank School, now known as The Calderstones School. The desk, which spent decades in hiding, will soon take a...

John Lennon's Killer Denied Parole 14th Time

Mark David Chapman's next hearing is in 2027

(Newser) - The man who killed John Lennon outside the former Beatle's Manhattan apartment building in 1980 has been denied parole for a 14th time, according to New York prison officials. Mark David Chapman, 70, appeared before a parole board on Aug 27, and the decision was recently posted online by...

Beatles' Sons to Release Song Called 'Rip Off'

Some are asking why Dhani Harrison didn't join Sean Ono Lennon, Zak Starkey, James McCartney

(Newser) - It's the nostalgia-driven collaboration we're not sure we needed but we're getting anyway. Sons of three of the Beatles—Sean Ono Lennon, 49, son of the late John Lennon; James McCartney, 47, son of Paul McCartney; and 59-year-old Zak Starkey, son of Ringo Starr (real name: Richard...

'Poignant' Yet 'Smutty' Lennon Love Letter Is Up for Auction

Beatle wrote it to future wife Cynthia in 1962

(Newser) - A playful, lovesick letter from a young John Lennon to his future wife Cynthia—complete with a complaint about Paul McCartney's snoring—is hitting the auction block, offering a rare glimpse into the Beatle's private world before fame. The intimate handwritten note is expected to fetch up...

Meet the Stars of the Upcoming Beatles Biopics

They are Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan

(Newser) - Sam Mendes has his John, Paul, George, and Ringo. The actors who will portray the Fab Four in four separate biopics to be released in April 2028 were announced Monday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where director Mendes made a surprise appearance alongside his Beatles: British actor Harris Dickinson (Babygirl,...

Lennon Guitar Left in Attic for Decades Sells for $2.9M

'If you know the chords, Beatles tunes fall out of the sound hole effortlessly'

(Newser) - In late 1965, John Lennon gave one of his guitars to Gordon Waller of the pop group Peter and Gordon but it doesn't seem to have been a treasured gift. Waller gave it to a road manager, "who took the guitar home, tossed it in the attic, and...

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The Beatles Just Released a New Song

'Now and Then' features the late John Lennon and George Harrison with Paul and Ringo

(Newser) - More than 40 years after John Lennon was killed and more than 20 years after George Harrison died, the Beatles have released a new song. Listen to "Now and Then" here . You can also see a short film about how it was made here . The song comes from a...

The Beatles' Last 'New' Song Is Coming Out Thursday

'Now and Then' features all Beatles members alive and dead, thanks to AI

(Newser) - 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 . The track, called "Now And Then," will be available Thursday as part of...

AI's Latest Trick: A Final Beatles Song

Paul McCartney says it will be released this year

(Newser) - For years, Paul McCartney has teased one final Beatles song. Now, with help from artificial intelligence, it's finally complete. "We just finished it up and it'll be released this year," McCartney told the BBC on Tuesday, adding the song began as a demo from John Lennon....

Mark David Chapman Just Got His 12th No

John Lennon's killer denied parole, will get another chance in 2024

(Newser) - The man who shot and killed John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment building in 1980 has been denied parole for a 12th time, New York corrections officials said Monday, per the AP . Mark David Chapman, 67, appeared before a parole board at the end of August, according to the state'...

Scathing Lennon-McCartney Letter Sells for $70K

Lennon tells former Beatles bandmate that he clearly 'didn't dig the words' to 'Imagine'

(Newser) - Beatles memorabilia is valuable—even when it's from low points in the band's history. The Gotta Have Rock and Roll auction house says a scathing post-breakup letter from John Lennon to Paul McCartney has sold for $70,000, including a $14,000 buyer's premium, TMZ reports. In...

Lennon's Angry Letter to McCartney Up for Sale

'You know damn well we can't just sign a bit of paper'

(Newser) - An angry note John Lennon penned to Paul McCartney after the breakup of the Beatles has resurfaced on the auction block. Lennon sent one copy of the three-page typed letter dated Nov. 24, 1971, to McCartney and another to Richard Williams, the editor of British music magazine Melody Maker, urging...

Jagger Embraces 'Cover Band' Dig From McCartney

Comments reenergized the long Beatles-Stones rivalry

(Newser) - Mick Jagger paused between songs to say a few things to the more than 50,000 fans at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles—a big crowd for a cover band. "There's so many celebrities here tonight, of course, you know, naturally," he said. "Megan Fox is...

McCartney: Lennon Broke Up the Beatles

Ono and Lennon were 'making a new life,' he says

(Newser) - The Beatles, who broke up more than a half-century ago, might instead have gone on making music for years, Paul McCartney says. But they went their four ways, and after receiving much of the popular blame since because he had broken the news, McCartney wants to make clear that it...

Lennon Tape Not Heard for 50 Years Hits Auction Block

Includes never-released 'Radio Peace,' performed during John and Yoko's 1970 Denmark visit

(Newser) - Think you've heard every John Lennon bootleg, remaster, and import? There's a new tape in the mix, unheard for more than 50 years, though you'll have to convince the person who just bought it for $58,300 at auction to play it. The 33-minute recording made in...

He May Have Been First to Report John Lennon's Death

WLIR's Steve North remembers that night, as does a BBC reporter at the scene 40 years ago

(Newser) - On this night exactly 40 years ago, Mark David Chapman fatally shot John Lennon outside the Dakota apartment building where Lennon lived. Two journalists who reported on the events in 1980 reflect on the anniversary:
  • The first? WLIR's Steve North writes in the Daily Beast that he believes he
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Lennon Signed It for His Own Killer. Now, the Auction Block

TMZ estimates its value at up to $2 million

(Newser) - The album John Lennon signed for his killer is hitting the auction block and could rake in up to $2 million, TMZ reports. Lennon signed the Double Fantasy album for Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, only hours before Chapman shot him four times on the Upper West Side...

This Would Have Been Big Birthday for John Lennon

Paul McCartney posts tribute to his fellow Beatle's 80th

(Newser) - It's hard enough to wrap our heads around the fact that John Lennon was killed nearly 40 years ago. Now another fact to make our jaws drop: He would've been 80 years old Friday. And as tributes circulate on the internet , one "heartfelt message" in particular is...

He 'Did Wrong' by Ono Before. Suit Says He's Doing It Again

She sues John Lennon's former assistant in copyright battle going back decades

(Newser) - For decades, Yoko One has been involved in a legal skirmish with a former assistant to late husband John Lennon, and the battle has just ramped up again. TMZ reports the 87-year-old artist and activist has filed a lawsuit against Frederic Seaman, whom she accuses of copyright infringement and breach...

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