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It is November 2, 2023, and The Beatles are, theoretically, as alive as they ever were. We have a brand-new Beatles song. Well, sort of. “Now And Then,” otherwise referred to as “the last Beatles song,” was a long time coming and features contributions from all four members. The process overlapped with Peter Jackson’s 2021 The Beatles: Get Back documentary series, as Sir Paul McCartney explained this summer.

“[Jackson] was able to extricate [John Lennon’s] voice from a ropey little bit of cassette,” McCartney told Radio 4’s Today Programme, later clarifying his comments on X (formerly known as Twitter). “We had John’s voice and a piano and he could separate them with AI. They tell the machine, ‘That’s the voice. This is a guitar. Lose the guitar.’”

He continued, “So when we came to make what will be the last Beatles’ record, it was a demo that John had [and] we were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI. Then we can mix the record, as you would normally do. So it gives you some sort of leeway. We just finished it up and it’ll be released this year.”

Jackson and McCartney (and whomever else) needed to go through so much trouble to get Lennon’s vocals for “Now And Then” because Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980.

Below is an overview of what happened to each member of The Fab Four.

John Lennon

Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, while outside of his apartment in New York City’s Upper West Side. Forty years later, on December 8, 2020, McCartney and Ringo Starr reflected on the horrific tragedy.

And on October 26, Apple TV+ announced its forthcoming three-part documentary series, John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial, narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. A release date has not yet been confirmed, but Apple TV+’s press release provided an ample description, as excerpted below:

“The docuseries features exclusive eyewitness interviews and previously unseen crime scene photos, shedding new light on the life and murder of music and cultural icon John Lennon, and the investigation and conviction of Mark David Chapman, his confessed killer.

John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial is the most thoroughly researched examination of John Lennon’s 1980 murder, which shocked and saddened the world. The production was granted extensive Freedom of Information Act requests from the New York City Police Department, the Board of Parole and the District Attorney’s office; and the series includes exclusive interviews with eyewitnesses — speaking for the first time — along with some of Lennon’s closest friends, revealing shocking details of Lennon’s tragic murder. John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial also features interviews with Chapman’s defense lawyers, psychiatrists, detectives, and prosecutors.”

Paul McCartney

If Instagram is an accurate indicator — and is it ever? — McCartney appears to be thriving at 81 years old. There’s also plenty of real-life evidence. In 2022, the Beatle-turned-solo-superstar staged his US tour, Got Back, and headlined the Glastonbury Festival. This January, McCartney announced his 1964: Eyes Of The Storm Beatles photo archive, published as a book and exhibited at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Not to mention, he recorded “Let It Be” with Dolly Parton and Ringo Starr for Parton’s Rockstar covers album.

Ringo Starr

Sort of gave it away there, but yes, Ringo Starr is very much alive. In October, the 83-year-old former Beatles drummer released a solo EP, Rewind Forward, and just yesterday (November 1), he celebrated the release of “Now And Then” with an Instagram video. Starr also spent a good chunk of 2023 on tour — most recently staging a North American run throughout September and October.

George Harrison

Sadly, George Harrison died on November 29, 2001, after battling lung cancer and a brain tumor. He was 58 years old. At the time of his death, The New York Times noted that Harrison had also undergone surgery to treat throat cancer in 1998.

On October 31, The Beatles’ official website published an essay by Peter Jackson explaining how he came to make his music video directorial debut for “Now And Then.” In his lengthy essay, Jackson wrote, “Dhani Harrison [George’s son] happened to be visiting NZ at this time. I discussed the ending with him and described one vague idea I’d been toying with. His eyes immediately filled with tears, so that is the way we went.”

It is November 2, 2023, and The Beatles are, theoretically, as alive as they ever were. We have a brand-new Beatles song. Well, sort of. “Now And Then,” otherwise referred to as “the last Beatles song,” was a long time coming and features contributions from all four members. The process overlapped with Peter Jackson’s 2021 The Beatles: Get Back documentary series, as Sir Paul McCartney explained this summer.

“[Jackson] was able to extricate [John Lennon’s] voice from a ropey little bit of cassette,” McCartney told Radio 4’s Today Programme, later clarifying his comments on X (formerly known as Twitter). “We had John’s voice and a piano and he could separate them with AI. They tell the machine, ‘That’s the voice. This is a guitar. Lose the guitar.’”

He continued, “So when we came to make what will be the last Beatles’ record, it was a demo that John had [and] we were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI. Then we can mix the record, as you would normally do. So it gives you some sort of leeway. We just finished it up and it’ll be released this year.”

Jackson and McCartney (and whomever else) needed to go through so much trouble to get Lennon’s vocals for “Now And Then” because Lennon was murdered on December 8, 1980.

Below is an overview of what happened to each member of The Fab Four.

John Lennon

Lennon was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, while outside of his apartment in New York City’s Upper West Side. Forty years later, on December 8, 2020, McCartney and Ringo Starr reflected on the horrific tragedy.

And on October 26, Apple TV+ announced its forthcoming three-part documentary series, John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial, narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. A release date has not yet been confirmed, but Apple TV+’s press release provided an ample description, as excerpted below:

“The docuseries features exclusive eyewitness interviews and previously unseen crime scene photos, shedding new light on the life and murder of music and cultural icon John Lennon, and the investigation and conviction of Mark David Chapman, his confessed killer.

John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial is the most thoroughly researched examination of John Lennon’s 1980 murder, which shocked and saddened the world. The production was granted extensive Freedom of Information Act requests from the New York City Police Department, the Board of Parole and the District Attorney’s office; and the series includes exclusive interviews with eyewitnesses — speaking for the first time — along with some of Lennon’s closest friends, revealing shocking details of Lennon’s tragic murder. John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial also features interviews with Chapman’s defense lawyers, psychiatrists, detectives, and prosecutors.”

Paul McCartney

If Instagram is an accurate indicator — and is it ever? — McCartney appears to be thriving at 81 years old. There’s also plenty of real-life evidence. In 2022, the Beatle-turned-solo-superstar staged his US tour, Got Back, and headlined the Glastonbury Festival. This January, McCartney announced his 1964: Eyes Of The Storm Beatles photo archive, published as a book and exhibited at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Not to mention, he recorded “Let It Be” with Dolly Parton and Ringo Starr for Parton’s Rockstar covers album.

Ringo Starr

Sort of gave it away there, but yes, Ringo Starr is very much alive. In October, the 83-year-old former Beatles drummer released a solo EP, Rewind Forward, and just yesterday (November 1), he celebrated the release of “Now And Then” with an Instagram video. Starr also spent a good chunk of 2023 on tour — most recently staging a North American run throughout September and October.

George Harrison

Sadly, George Harrison died on November 29, 2001, after battling lung cancer and a brain tumor. He was 58 years old. At the time of his death, The New York Times noted that Harrison had also undergone surgery to treat throat cancer in 1998.

On October 31, The Beatles’ official website published an essay by Peter Jackson explaining how he came to make his music video directorial debut for “Now And Then.” In his lengthy essay, Jackson wrote, “Dhani Harrison [George’s son] happened to be visiting NZ at this time. I discussed the ending with him and described one vague idea I’d been toying with. His eyes immediately filled with tears, so that is the way we went.”

Today, improbably, there is a new song from The Beatles. The song, “Now And Then,” was written by John Lennon in 1994, but the demo tape it was on couldn’t produce the audio quality required to turn it into a full-fledged release. However, thirty years and an explosion in assisted learning technology later, Paul McCartney and Peter Jackson were able to pull out John’s voice, and then add instruments, turning it into a real song.

For The Beatles’ generation, this is a massive accomplishment. But for later ones, this all might be confusing. Why are boomers so enthused about these four guys with floppy hair — and just what the heck even is a Beatle?

If you were wondering just how The Beatles got their name, here’s the story: Three of the original members, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, were already a group called The Quarrymen. After adding bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe and drummer Pete Best, they eventually became The Beatles, with a few attributions for the name’s inspiration — all sort of apocryphal.

One story has it that the name was inspired by the 1953 Marlon Brando movie The Wild One, with John Lennon saying he identified with the biker gang in the movie, The Beetles. However, the movie was banned in the UK until 1967, well after the group’s debut. Another story has Lennon suggesting the name as a tribute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets. This one’s the most likely, as it’s the one told on John Gilliland’s The Pop Chronicles radio show in 1969.

For more about The Beatles, click here.

Today, improbably, there is a new song from The Beatles. The song, “Now And Then,” was written by John Lennon in 1994, but the demo tape it was on couldn’t produce the audio quality required to turn it into a full-fledged release. However, thirty years and an explosion in assisted learning technology later, Paul McCartney and Peter Jackson were able to pull out John’s voice, and then add instruments, turning it into a real song.

For The Beatles’ generation, this is a massive accomplishment. But for later ones, this all might be confusing. Why are boomers so enthused about these four guys with floppy hair — and just what the heck even is a Beatle?

If you were wondering just how The Beatles got their name, here’s the story: Three of the original members, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, were already a group called The Quarrymen. After adding bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe and drummer Pete Best, they eventually became The Beatles, with a few attributions for the name’s inspiration — all sort of apocryphal.

One story has it that the name was inspired by the 1953 Marlon Brando movie The Wild One, with John Lennon saying he identified with the biker gang in the movie, The Beetles. However, the movie was banned in the UK until 1967, well after the group’s debut. Another story has Lennon suggesting the name as a tribute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets. This one’s the most likely, as it’s the one told on John Gilliland’s The Pop Chronicles radio show in 1969.

For more about The Beatles, click here.

Invincible Season 2 drops this week, and fans of the hit series based on the Robert Kirkman comic book are dying to know when they can see finally catch up with Mark/Invincible after the brutal events of the Season 1 finale. Fortunately, fans won’t have long to wait.

While the official release date for Invincible Season 2 is Friday November 3, Amazon tends to play a little more loose with the timing of its episode drops. According to Total Film, Invincible Season 2 will most likely follow the same release schedule as Gen V, which means there’s a very high chance that the first Season 2 episode will actually start streaming at 8 PM EST on Thursday November 2.

Total Film also reports that Invincible Season 2 will have a weekly episode drop instead of releasing all of the episodes at once. That decision tracks because Amazon is only releasing the first four episodes of Season 2 this year. The remaining four will stream sometime in 2024, so why not let Mark Grayson and the gang dominate Fridays in November?

Picking up after the cataclysmic events of Season 1, Invincible Season 2 will follow Mark as he’s left to deal with the aftermath of his own father, Omni-Man, turning against him and the entire planet. The two collided in a brutal bloodbath that will leave everyone wondering if Mark will eventually turn on Earth also, and if he doesn’t, can he survive another round when his father returns?

Invincible Season 2 starts streaming November 3 on Amazon Prime Video.

(Via Total Film)

Invincible Season 2 drops this week, and fans of the hit series based on the Robert Kirkman comic book are dying to know when they can see finally catch up with Mark/Invincible after the brutal events of the Season 1 finale. Fortunately, fans won’t have long to wait.

While the official release date for Invincible Season 2 is Friday November 3, Amazon tends to play a little more loose with the timing of its episode drops. According to Total Film, Invincible Season 2 will most likely follow the same release schedule as Gen V, which means there’s a very high chance that the first Season 2 episode will actually start streaming at 8 PM EST on Thursday November 2.

Total Film also reports that Invincible Season 2 will have a weekly episode drop instead of releasing all of the episodes at once. That decision tracks because Amazon is only releasing the first four episodes of Season 2 this year. The remaining four will stream sometime in 2024, so why not let Mark Grayson and the gang dominate Fridays in November?

Picking up after the cataclysmic events of Season 1, Invincible Season 2 will follow Mark as he’s left to deal with the aftermath of his own father, Omni-Man, turning against him and the entire planet. The two collided in a brutal bloodbath that will leave everyone wondering if Mark will eventually turn on Earth also, and if he doesn’t, can he survive another round when his father returns?

Invincible Season 2 starts streaming November 3 on Amazon Prime Video.

(Via Total Film)

At this point, George R.R. Martin readers (and viewers of shows based upon his source material) should probably accept that the long-promised Winds Of Winter book might be a fable. The much-hounded author has promised this tome for many years, and in 2020, the day even arrived when Martin said that fans could imprison him if he hadn’t finished the book. Three years later, still no arrival date sits on the horizon.

(House of the Dragon Season 2 will certainly arrive much sooner!)

Well, Martin might be trolling people with his latest announcement involving a book that contains his writing. This is perhaps even more faux-cruel than his involvement in producing AMC’s Dark Winds (yes, nice title). Martin took to social media with a declaration that he’s “excited to introduce you to THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THRONES COOKBOOK!”

A… what?

Yes, a cookbook. This isn’t the first one, either, but this one will have Dothraki recipes. The arrival date is May 7, 2024, and the book is authored by Chelsea Monroe-Casselat with a foreword by Martin.

Seriously, the Purple Wedding drinks could be off the hook. More to the point, though, GRRM’s replies were a sea of questions about Winds of Winter and inquiries about whether this was an intentional troll-job tweet.

C’mon, the dude does have a sense of humor. You gotta give him that.

At this point, George R.R. Martin readers (and viewers of shows based upon his source material) should probably accept that the long-promised Winds Of Winter book might be a fable. The much-hounded author has promised this tome for many years, and in 2020, the day even arrived when Martin said that fans could imprison him if he hadn’t finished the book. Three years later, still no arrival date sits on the horizon.

(House of the Dragon Season 2 will certainly arrive much sooner!)

Well, Martin might be trolling people with his latest announcement involving a book that contains his writing. This is perhaps even more faux-cruel than his involvement in producing AMC’s Dark Winds (yes, nice title). Martin took to social media with a declaration that he’s “excited to introduce you to THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THRONES COOKBOOK!”

A… what?

Yes, a cookbook. This isn’t the first one, either, but this one will have Dothraki recipes. The arrival date is May 7, 2024, and the book is authored by Chelsea Monroe-Casselat with a foreword by Martin.

Seriously, the Purple Wedding drinks could be off the hook. More to the point, though, GRRM’s replies were a sea of questions about Winds of Winter and inquiries about whether this was an intentional troll-job tweet.

C’mon, the dude does have a sense of humor. You gotta give him that.

Green Day announced their new Saviors Tour, which finds the band playing shows across the globe throughout next year. They will be joined by The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, The Linda Lindas, and more as support.

Tickets for the massive world tour go on sale next Friday, November 10 at 10 a.m. local time. More information can be found here.

Continue scrolling for a complete list of Green Day’s The Saviors Tour dates.

05/30/2024 — Monte do Gozo, ES @ O Son do Camino
06/01/2024 — Madrid, ES @ Road to Rio Babel
06/05/2024 — Lyon Decines, FR @ LDLC Arena *
06/07/2024 — Nurnberg, DE @ Rock im Park
06/08/2024 — Nurburgring, DE @ Rock am Ring
06/10/2024 — Berlin, DE @ Waldbühne (with Donots)
06/11/2024 — Hamburg, DE @ Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld (with Donots)
06/15/2024 — Interlaken, CH @ Greenfield Festiva
06/16/2024 — Milan, IT @ I Days – Hippodrome La Maura
06/18/2024 — Paris, FR @ Accor Arena – with The Interrupters
06/19/2024 — Arnhem, NL @ GelreDome #
06/21/2024 — Manchester, UK @ Emirates Old Trafford !
06/23/2024 — Isle of Wight, UK @ Isle of Wight Festival
06/25/2024 — Glasgow, UK @ Bellahouston Park !
06/27/2024 — Dublin, IE @ Marlay Park !
06/29/2024 — London, UK @ Wembley Stadium !
07/29/2024 — Washington, DC @ Nationals Park $
08/01/2024 — Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre $
08/03/2024 — Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
08/05/2024 — New York, NY @ Citi Field $
08/07/2024 — Boston, MA @ Fenway Park $
08/09/2024 — Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park $
08/10/2024 — Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium $
08/13/2024 — Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field $
08/15/2024 — St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre ^
08/17/2024 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Field $
08/20/2024 — Kansas City, KS @ Azura Amphitheatre ^
08/22/2024 — Cincinnati, OH @ Great American Ballpark $
08/24/2024 — Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Field $
08/26/2024 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion ^
08/28/2024 — Atlanta, GA @ Truist Park $
08/30/2024 — Nashville, TN @ Geodis Park $
09/01/2024 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PNC Park $
09/04/2024 — Detroit, MI @ Comerica Park $
09/07/2024 — Denver, CO @ Coors Field $
09/10/2024 — Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater ^
09/11/2024 — Arlington, TX @ Globe Life Field $
09/14/2024 — Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium $
09/18/2024 — Phoenix, AZ @ Chase Field $
09/20/2024 — San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park $
09/23/2024 — Seattle, WA @ T-Mobile Park $
09/25/2024 — Portland, OR @ Providence Park $
09/28/2024 — San Diego, CA @ Petco Park $

* with The Interrupters
# with The Hives and The Interrupters
! with Nothing But Thieves and Maid of Ace
$ with The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas
^ with Rancid and The Linda Lindas only

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

Green Day announced their new Saviors Tour, which finds the band playing shows across the globe throughout next year. They will be joined by The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, The Linda Lindas, and more as support.

Tickets for the massive world tour go on sale next Friday, November 10 at 10 a.m. local time. More information can be found here.

Continue scrolling for a complete list of Green Day’s The Saviors Tour dates.

05/30/2024 — Monte do Gozo, ES @ O Son do Camino
06/01/2024 — Madrid, ES @ Road to Rio Babel
06/05/2024 — Lyon Decines, FR @ LDLC Arena *
06/07/2024 — Nurnberg, DE @ Rock im Park
06/08/2024 — Nurburgring, DE @ Rock am Ring
06/10/2024 — Berlin, DE @ Waldbühne (with Donots)
06/11/2024 — Hamburg, DE @ Trabrennbahn Bahrenfeld (with Donots)
06/15/2024 — Interlaken, CH @ Greenfield Festiva
06/16/2024 — Milan, IT @ I Days – Hippodrome La Maura
06/18/2024 — Paris, FR @ Accor Arena – with The Interrupters
06/19/2024 — Arnhem, NL @ GelreDome #
06/21/2024 — Manchester, UK @ Emirates Old Trafford !
06/23/2024 — Isle of Wight, UK @ Isle of Wight Festival
06/25/2024 — Glasgow, UK @ Bellahouston Park !
06/27/2024 — Dublin, IE @ Marlay Park !
06/29/2024 — London, UK @ Wembley Stadium !
07/29/2024 — Washington, DC @ Nationals Park $
08/01/2024 — Toronto, ON @ Rogers Centre $
08/03/2024 — Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Music and Arts Festival
08/05/2024 — New York, NY @ Citi Field $
08/07/2024 — Boston, MA @ Fenway Park $
08/09/2024 — Philadelphia, PA @ Citizens Bank Park $
08/10/2024 — Hershey, PA @ Hersheypark Stadium $
08/13/2024 — Chicago, IL @ Wrigley Field $
08/15/2024 — St. Louis, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre ^
08/17/2024 — Minneapolis, MN @ Target Field $
08/20/2024 — Kansas City, KS @ Azura Amphitheatre ^
08/22/2024 — Cincinnati, OH @ Great American Ballpark $
08/24/2024 — Milwaukee, WI @ American Family Field $
08/26/2024 — Charlotte, NC @ PNC Music Pavilion ^
08/28/2024 — Atlanta, GA @ Truist Park $
08/30/2024 — Nashville, TN @ Geodis Park $
09/01/2024 — Pittsburgh, PA @ PNC Park $
09/04/2024 — Detroit, MI @ Comerica Park $
09/07/2024 — Denver, CO @ Coors Field $
09/10/2024 — Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater ^
09/11/2024 — Arlington, TX @ Globe Life Field $
09/14/2024 — Los Angeles, CA @ SoFi Stadium $
09/18/2024 — Phoenix, AZ @ Chase Field $
09/20/2024 — San Francisco, CA @ Oracle Park $
09/23/2024 — Seattle, WA @ T-Mobile Park $
09/25/2024 — Portland, OR @ Providence Park $
09/28/2024 — San Diego, CA @ Petco Park $

* with The Interrupters
# with The Hives and The Interrupters
! with Nothing But Thieves and Maid of Ace
$ with The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and The Linda Lindas
^ with Rancid and The Linda Lindas only

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.