Ringo Starr says “final” Beatles track assisted by AI “should have been out already”

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Ringo Starr has shared an update on the “final” Beatles song – which has been made with help from AI – saying that it “should have been out already”.The track was first teased by Sir Paul McCartney earlier this year, where he revealed in an interview that The Beatles will release one “final” song in 2023.According to the musician, he enlisted help from AI technology to work on the song, which allowed him to “extricate” demo recordings from late members, John Lennon and George Harrison, and compile them together with new recordings from himself and Ringo Starr to create a song, over four decades since Lennon’s death.Now, speaking as part of a new interview with AP News, Starr has shed light on the supposed release date for the long-awaited track – explaining that it was supposed to have been already released by now.“The rumours were that we just made it up.

Like we would do that anyway… This is the last track, ever, that you’ll get the four Beatles on the track. John, Paul, George, and Ringo.”When asked about when fans can expect to hear the track or find out the title, he responded: “It should’ve been out already.”This isn’t the first time that Starr has spoken out about the track.

Earlier this summer, the drummer clarified that fans needn’t worry about the track being dominated by AI, and revealed that the final result sounds “beautiful”.“It’s not down to AI… It’s not like we’re pretending anything.

That is actually John’s voice, Paul’s voice and bass playing, George on rhythm guitar and me on drums,” he said.“The two things that are new are Paul’s bass and me on drums… I really worked at it just months ago here.