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The Beatles land first BRIT Award nomination in 42 years for their last ever song Now and Then - featuring John Lennon's vocals thanks to AI


The Beatles have been nominated for a BRIT Award for a song written 45 years ago by the late John Lennon.

The song originated as a ballad that John Lennon (pictured in 1968), who died in 1980, wrote and recorded in 1977 as a solo home demo but ended up leaving it unfinished Then surviving bandmates Paul McCartney, 82, and Ringo Starr, 84, used overdubs and guitar tracks by George Harrison, who died in 2001 from the abandoned session. Other artists nominated for Song of the Year include Dua Lipa (pictured in October), Coldplay, Chase and Status and Sam Ryder, 35

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