The legendary musician attended the premiere of new documentary ’64 yesterday
Fans of The Beatles asked the same question as they spotted something missing from Sir Paul McCartney’s latest update. The iconic musician was in New York yesterday for the premiere of new documentary, ’64.
The series arrives on Disney + on Friday and explores the Fab Four’s three week trip to the USA in 1964. Martin Scorsese has produced the documentary, which features never before seen footage of the height of Beatlemania.
The legendary filmmaker was pictured alongside Sir Paul at the premiere at the Hudson Square Theatre. The snaps were shared on Sir Paul’s Instagram account in a joint post with Disney, along with the official accounts of the Beatles and the late John Lennon.
The caption said: “Beatlemania returned to New York City for the celebration of the original documentary, Beatles ’64. Stream it this Friday, only on #DisneyPlus.”
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The two weren’t the only famous faces to grace the red carpet at the Big Apple premiere. The 82-year-old music legend posed for a picture alongside comedian Chris Rock and Steve Van Zandt, who is renowned for his role in The Sopranos and for being a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band.
Ethan Hawke and Elvis Costello were also spotted at the star-studded premiere. The post was liked by thousands of followers, who can’t wait for the documentary to land on streaming services this week.
However, other fans took to the comments as they wondered why Sir Paul’s bandmate, Ringo Starr, didn’t appear to be at the premiere. Louise said: “Looking great! Where is Ringo?”
Zane added: “Ringo where are you?” Leandro commented: “Sir Richard Starkey???” Giovanna commented: “Where’s Ringo????” Kadence posted: “CANT WAIT but where’s Ringo??”
Ringo has recently released a new country album named Look Up and was interviewed by Entertainment Tonight over the weekend. The 84-year-old described his relationship with John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney and George as “like four brothers”.
He also explained how John and George’s tragic deaths still hit hard. He said: “I miss them both, George and John. We were friends, we were like four brothers and we looked out for each other. When we made music, we went through moments where getting a little happy was good.
“So, we really worked very hard, we had a lot of cups of tea and we could just feel where it was going. For me, it was like psychic, we knew where it was going. No one had to look at you or stamp their foot or whatever.”
He added: “We did it together, that’s what was great. We had two great songwriters. It was great.” The Beatles shot to stardom in the 60s but their cultural impact shows no sign of waning and Ringo admitted he is blown away by the continued success.
He said: “The Beatles are still doing like five billion streams a year, it’s far out!” Ringo was then quizzed on the success of Taylor Swift, who holds the mantle of most successful contemporary popstar.
Ringo spoke to Entertainment Tonight to reflect on the the Beatles’ Grammy award nomination for record of the year. The band’s 2023 song ‘Now and Then’ is up against work from Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar among others.
Released last November, ‘Now and Then’, featured cleaned-up John Lennon vocals from the 1970s and 1995 guitar recordings from George Harrison alongside new work from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. The vocals are taken from a demo recorded by John at his home in New York’s Dakota Building.
The song hit number one in the UK official charts and meant The Beatles set a record for the longest gap between an act’s first and last number one.
There were 60 years and six months between the April 1963 release of ‘From Me to You’ (the band’s first number one in the official charts) and the November 2023 release of ‘Now and Then’. The Beatles have won 13 Grammys in total – six of which came while the band were still active as a group.
