The sons of John Lennon and Paul McCartney collaborate at the latest song of the son of Ringo Starr, “Vocals”.
Zak Starkey, James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon Photo: X
Zak Starkey, who – like his father Ringo Starr, whose real name is Richard Starkey – is the drummer of a rock band called the Mantra of the Cosmos, posted on social networks an extract from the song “Rip Off”, in collaboration with two other sons of The Beatles. Sean Ono Lennon, the only son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and James McCartney, the fourth of Paul McCartney’s five children, both appear on the play.
“No, it’s not a Beatles song … It’s like Mantra of the Cosmos with them in it ”Zak Starkey explained in an interview with The Telegraph on June 13. “It is Sean of the Cosmos and James of the Cosmos, and it is still my band ”, writes news.
Zak Starkey, the former drummer of The Who, formed the band with Andy Bell, who he knew when they were together in Oasis. Singer Shaun Ryder and dancer Mark “Bez” Berry, both members of Happy Mondays and Black Grape, complete the rock quartet.
In 2023, after publishing a photo with Sean Ononon, Ringo Starr’s son already closed the door on the possibility of forming a group of The Beatles. “If we spent three years sleeping on the mattresses infested with fleas in the back room of a club in Hamburg, there could have been some chemistry.”he was joking in the comments, as the NME publication reported at that time. “But I grew up in silk and houses so big that you had to travel for miles to make a sandwich ”he added Autooronic.
In April, the sons of John Lennon and Paul McCartney collaborated on “Primrose Hill ”, an acoustic song written by the two artists and sung by James McCartney.
Dhani Harrison, the son of George Harrison, who died in 2001, is also a musician. In 2006, he participated in a tribute album brought to John Lennon, instant “Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign To Save Darfur ”, Together with Jakob Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan.
More than 50 years after the separation, The Beatles are still strong. The success of the song “Now and then”, Launched in 2023, it is testified in this regard. Taken from a record made by John Lennon before his assassination in 1980 and restored by the other three members in the 1990s, the song was completed with the help of artificial intelligence in 2022.
The last two members in life, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, met in London for the last concert of the singer in his tournament “Got Back”. The story of the band will also be said in four films directed by Sam Mendes, which will be released consecutively in April 2028.
