{"id":39176,"date":"2023-11-06T14:35:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1920860"},"modified":"2023-11-06T14:50:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:50:12","slug":"peter-jackson-says-more-new-beatles-music-is-conceivable-after-now-and-then","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/peter-jackson-says-more-new-beatles-music-is-conceivable-after-now-and-then\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Jackson says more new Beatles music is \u201cconceivable\u201d after Now and Then"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Could there still be more music from The Beatles that is yet to be released? <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 06 November 2023 at 13:35 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Until recently, it was thought impossible that we would ever hear a new song from The Beatles, due to the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison in 1980 and 2001 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>However, a song which was written and recorded by Lennon in 1977,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/the-beatles-now-and-then-listen\/\">Now and Then<\/a>, has now been completed and released, with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr providing new material and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/the-beatles-now-and-then\/\">AI audio restoration technology<\/a> being used to extract Lennon\u2019s voice from a demo.<\/p>\n<p>This technology was developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/documentaries\/now-then-final-song-beatles-film-how-watch\/\">Peter Jackson<\/a>\u2018s production company, and was previously used for his work on The Beatles documentary Get Back.<\/p>\n<p>The song has been dubbed \u201cthe last Beatles song\u201d \u2013 however, Jackson has now cast doubt on this, suggesting there could still be more to come.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-handler__container image-handler__container--aspect\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ 1.501210653753);\"> <picture> <source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/The-Beatles-f946ad0.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/The-Beatles-f946ad0.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=599%2C399 2x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/The-Beatles-f946ad0.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=899%2C599 3x, https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/The-Beatles-f946ad0.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=45&amp;resize=1199%2C799 4x\" type=\"image\/webp\"> <source media=\"(max-width: 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height=\"413\" alt=\"The Beatles performig on stage, wearing suits\" title=\"The Beatles\"\/>\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div><div class=\"caption-hold\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-copy\"><i class=\"icon-arrow icon-camera-circle\"\/> The Beatles.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"im-image-caption\"> <i>Keystone-France\/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/paul-mccartney-and-ringo-starr-we-never-thought-the-beatles-would-last-58s6gbkqp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sunday Times<\/a>: \u201cWe can take a performance from Get Back, separate John and George, and then have Paul and Ringo add a chorus or harmonies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou might end up with a decent song, but I haven\u2019t had conversations with Paul about that. It\u2019s fanboy stuff, but certainly conceivable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/greta-gerwig-marvel-star-bond-newsupdate\/\">Barbie director says Marvel star should be next James Bond<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/fingernails-director-metaphor-dating-apps-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Fingernails director explains how film is a metaphor for dating apps<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jackson also explained why he wanted to work on the song in the first place, saying: \u201cIt felt so wrong to have a Beatles song all to myself. It\u2019s not a classic in the sense of I Am the Walrus or Penny Lane \u2013 it\u2019s not complex like that. It\u2019s simple, but it\u2019s got a haunting quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever anyone asks why I like The Beatles, I just say they make me happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the world in the state it is, we need The Beatles to appear again, as if a flying saucer has touched down and they\u2019ve got off and are providing us with their one last song to cheer us up.\u201d<\/p> <p>Jackson, who also directed the music video for the song, explained that he had a meeting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/the-beatles-now-then-george-harrison-son-newsupdate\/\">George Harrison\u2019s son\u00a0Dhani<\/a> before starting work.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI discussed the ending with him, and described one vague idea I\u2019d been toying with. 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