Month: October 2023

The Beatles surviving band members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr announced Thursday that the band will release a “last” new song, with the help of AI technology.

The song, “Now and Then”, will debut Nov. 2; it is written and sung by late singer-songwriter John Lennon. McCartney and Starr produced new parts for the song, which features guitar parts recorded by Harrison in 1995. A series of social media posts shared the details: “NOW AND THEN. THE LAST BEATLES SONG. OUT 02.11.23. #NowAndThen New expanded and mixed editions of the “Red and Blue” albums to be released 10.11.23.
Pre-order now: https://TheBeatles.lnk.to/NowAndThen”

According to The Guardian, McCartney and Starr completed the track more than four decades later with the help of the same technology used to enhance the audio in Peter Jackson’s docuseries The Beatles: Get Back. Jackson and a sound team led by Emile de la Rey used the software to isolate Lennon’s vocals from the original demo, which Lennon recorded in New York City in the late 1970s. McCartney said in a statement: “There it was, John’s voice, crystal clear. It’s quite emotional. And we all play on it, it’s a genuine Beatles recording. In 2023, to still be working on Beatles music, and about to release a new song the public haven’t heard, I think it’s an exciting thing.”  Starr added: “It was the closest we’ll ever come to having him back in the room so it was very emotional for all of us. It was like John was there, you know. It’s far out.”

In addition, on Nov. 10, The Beatles/1962-1966 (often called The Red Album) and The Beatles/1967-1970 (The Blue Album) will be released in 2023 Edition packages. The original editions were released in 1973, three years after The Beatles’ break-up, and reached No. 3 and No. 1, respectively, on the Billboard 200. Preorder and pre-save 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 (2023 Editions) here.

To pre-order ‘Now and Then’, head here: https://TheBeatles.lnk.to/NowAndThen.

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After her exclusive, sold-out Las Vegas residency this past summer Chemistry…An Intimate Night With Kelly Clarkson, Clarkson has announced that she will return to Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino for four shows over New Year’s Eve and Super Bowl LVIII weekends. Clarkson posted on social media: “I’m coming back Vegas! We are adding new shows to my exclusive Las Vegas engagement! See y’all December 30th, 31st & February 9th & 10th at Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood! Tickets are on sale Friday at 10 AM PT at http://Ticketmaster.com/KellyVegas”

Clarkson and her longtime band will perform hits spanning her 20-year career including “Breakaway,” “Miss Independent,” “Stronger,” “Since You Been Gone” and “Mine,” from her latest album Chemistry.

Tickets go on sale starting Friday, October 27th at 10 am PT via Ticketmaster. The four shows going on sale are December 30th and 31st and February 9th and 10th.  For tickets, head to: http://Ticketmaster.com/KellyVegas.

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Adele has added 32 dates to her Las Vegas residency, with the new shows extending ‘Weekends With Adele’ at the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace through next June. The announcement marks the second time that Adele has added dates to the original three-month residency; back in March, she added 34 dates through Nov. 4.

Adele posted on social media: “This residency, these shows have changed my life. I desperately needed to fall back in love with performing live again, and I have. I needed to reconnect with my songs and remember what they mean to me, and I have! Being on stage over the last year so up close and personal with an audience again after all these years has been a truly extraordinary restorative experience that I’ll never forget. All the hilarious, soulful, wild and heartbreaking interactions we’ve had are banked in my mind for life. The looks on your faces, seeing you laugh and cry together singing your hearts out and hoarding bags of confetti. All the simi dolls, friendship bracelets, flowers, facetime calls and flags. It’s crazy how joyful a show full of sad songs can be!! I’ve felt so much and learned so much about myself and you. It’s humanized everything I thought was scary. Mostly though – it’s just made me realize how much I really enjoy being on stage, that I’m bloody good at it and that it is 100% where I belong! So let’s go one last time before I turn into a showgirl forever! Love you and I’ll see you on the other side soon x”

The final leg of the residency begins Friday, January 19, 2024, and runs through Saturday, June 15, 2024. Registration is open via Ticketmaster Verified Fan. Fans will be randomly selected to receive a code that grants them access beginning Thursday, October 26th.

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Netflix released the first trailer for the apocalyptic thriller, “Leave the World Behind,” starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, and Kevin Bacon.

Leave the World Behind, Sam Esmail’s adaptation of the novel by Rumaan Alam, debuts in theaters starting in November before arriving on the streaming platform on December 8. A film synopsis reads: “In this apocalyptic thriller from award-winning writer and director Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot), Amanda (Roberts) and her husband Clay (Hawke), rent a luxurious home for the weekend with their kids, Archie (Charlie Evans) and Rose (Farrah Mackenzie). Their vacation is soon upended when two strangers — G.H. (Mahershala Ali) and his daughter Ruth (Myha’la) — arrive in the night, bearing news of a mysterious cyberattack and seeking refuge in the house they claim is theirs. The two families reckon with a looming disaster that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.”

Watch the trailer for “Leave the World Behind” – here.

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The new trailer for the Michael Mann biopic ‘Ferrari’ features Adam Driver as the Italian automotive mogul Enzo Ferrari, with Penelope Cruz portraying his wife, Laurie Ferrari. ‘Ferrari,’ based on the Brock Yates book Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine, also stars Sarah Gordon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O’Connell and Patrick Dempsey.

‘Ferrari’ tells the story of Enzo Ferrari’s personal and professional life as he struggles to launch the legendary sports car brand, and later save his business from bankruptcy.  A synopsis for the film reads: “It is the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy threatens the factory he and his wife, Laura built from nothing ten years earlier. Their volatile marriage has been battered by the loss of their son, Dino a year earlier. Ferrari struggles to acknowledge his son Piero with Lina Lardi. Meanwhile, his drivers’ passion to win pushes them to the edge as they launch into the treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the Mille Miglia.”

‘Ferrari’ hits theaters on Dec. 25; take a look at the trailer for ‘Ferrari’ – here.

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