{"id":612726,"date":"2026-05-30T22:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612726\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:20:10","slug":"paul-mccartney-explains-why-the-beatles-never-reunited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/612726\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney explains why The Beatles never reunited"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Paul<\/p>\n

Credit: Apple Music \/ The Zane Lowe Show<\/p>\n

Sat 30 May 2026 15:10, UK <\/p>\n

Paul McCartney has explained why The Beatles<\/a> never reunited in the 1970s to make more music.<\/p>\n

After they officially split in 1970, members of the Fab Four did work on each other\u2019s work in the studio, but never recorded together as a full band again.<\/p>\n

While rumours of a reunion were a constant after their split until John Lennon\u2019s death in 1980, it never came to fruition, and McCartney believes it\u2019s right that they left it where they did.<\/p>\n

In a new interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music, the topic of conversation turned to why The Beatles never got back together while discussing his new solo track, \u2018Home to Us\u2019, which marks the first time he\u2019s ever duetted with Ringo Starr.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on why they never picked up where they left things off, McCartney frankly admitted, \u201cI think we knew we\u2019d finished and we\u2019d all said it\u2019s full circle, this is great. John was off with his life with Yoko, you couldn\u2019t say, \u2018Would you mind coming back and we\u2019ll do a bit more Beatles?\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

He honestly added, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have put that to him, I could see what he was doing, it was a different life. And I was too, with Linda, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

McCartney then said of the band\u2019s post-Beatles relationships, \u201cWe were doing, y\u2019know, \u2018would you play drums on this for me\u2019, \u2018would you play bass on this for me\u2019, \u2018would you sing on this\u2019, on bits and pieces. So it was great to get around to it in the end on this.\u201d<\/p>\n

His comments to Lowe come after McCartney finally admitted that John Lennon was his favourite member of The Beatles.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, there\u2019s only one left. Now, currently, it\u2019s Ringo,\u201d he told Amelia Dimoldenberg on Chicken Shop Date<\/a>, before adding, \u201cDuring The Beatles, I think we all used to look up to John; he was like the leader, even though there wasn\u2019t officially a leader of the group. He was very witty, and he was great to have in the group.\u201d<\/p>\n

On behalf of George and Ringo, he added, \u201cI think all of us might have said John was the leader of the group.\u201d<\/p>\n

With his new album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, McCartney is in a reflective mood and has been looking back through rose-tinted spectacles at The Beatles, declaring them as \u201cthe greatest band ever\u201d<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n

In a four-star review of McCartney\u2019s new album,\u00a0Far Out\u00a0observed<\/a>, \u201cOn one hand,\u00a0The Boys of Dungeon Lane\u00a0is a good but not great collection of songs, but on the other, also perhaps the best album ever recorded by an 83-year-old?\u201d<\/p>\n

The review adds, \u201cI\u2019ve always imagined that McCartney must find it odd to be asked\u00a0every day\u00a0about things he did 60 years ago, considering how much he\u2019s done since. But as it turns out, what he\u00a0really\u00a0wants to talk about was stuff that he did\u00a070 years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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All the latest stories about The Beatles from the independent voice of culture.
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