Liverpool’s Jacaranda Club hosts emotional Beatles listening party for ‘Now And Then’

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The Beatles‘ ‘Now And Then’ this afternoon (November 2).Fans gathered to listen to the track, the last to feature all four original members, ahead of its premiere at 2pm GMT.Pictures shared by the club, where The Beatles played their first ever gig, on their Instagram showed many fans in tears as the song was played.A statement on the page read: “Now and Then, what a beautiful moment!

Hundreds gathered at The Jacaranda to hear The Beatles’ last song ‘Now and Then’ for the first time. 23,039 days have passed since The Beatles played their first gig, yet today people stood in the very same venue and listened to new music by the band.

Try and tell us magic isn’t real!”A post shared by The Jacaranda (@jacarandaliverpool)Footage was also shared from inside the venue by local radio station, Radio City News.Hundreds of people packed into ⁦@thejacclub⁩ in #Liverpool earlier for a first listen of the last ever new track by ⁦@thebeatles⁩, #NowAndThen.

Our regional correspondent @victoriaaglover was there… pic.twitter.com/ujm1k0UhMd— Radio City News (@RadioCityNews) November 2, 2023The highly-anticipated project was first teased by Paul McCartney back in June when he confirmed that he was working on a new track with Ringo Starr, which would come together as the “final” song of the band’s discography.The release stems from a demo tape recorded by late bandmate John Lennon and was completed with the help of AI – which lifted the songwriter’s vocals off the initial recording and allowed the surviving members to work with them.Since first sharing details of the song, both McCartney and Starr have continued to tease the upcoming project for months.