Beatles reunite at Grammys

Published January 27, 2014
Musicians Paul McCartney (L) and Ringo Starr of The Beatles perform onstage during the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. – Photo by AFP
Musicians Paul McCartney (L) and Ringo Starr of The Beatles perform onstage during the 56th GRAMMY Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. – Photo by AFP
Yoko Ono poses with son Sean Lennon on the red carpet  during the 56th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, January 26, 2014. – Photo by AFP
Yoko Ono poses with son Sean Lennon on the red carpet during the 56th Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, January 26, 2014. – Photo by AFP

LOS ANGELES: The surviving Beatles on Sunday reunited in spirit with their late bandmates at the Grammys as Yoko Ono danced to the jamming of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

The two living members of the Fab Four were in attendance to receive an award for lifetime achievement for the Liverpool band, widely considered among the most influential acts in music history.

As Starr took the stage to join McCartney on his song “Queenie Eye,” Ono -- widow of the late John Lennon -- swayed back and forth in the crowd in her trademark dark shades and black hat.

Their son Sean Lennon, who bears a striking resemblance to his slain father with his glasses and unkempt hair, danced respectfully next to his mother.

Olivia Harrison, the widow of fellow late Beatle George Harrison, and the wives of McCartney and Starr were also in attendance at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Starr, sporting a red-and-black polka dot shirt, also separately performed the song “Photograph.”Ono and Harrison later took the stage to present the Grammy for album of the year, which went to French electro duo Daft Punk for “Random Access Memories.”Joining in presenting the award, singer Alicia Keys noted that past Grammys for best album went in 1973 to George Harrison's “The Concert for Bangladesh,”which raised funds for the war-torn new country, and to John Lennon and Yoko

Ono for “Double Fantasy,” released just before Lennon's murder in 1980.

Opinion

A state of chaos

A state of chaos

The establishment’s increasingly intrusive role has further diminished the credibility of the political dispensation.

Editorial

Bulldozed bill
Updated 22 May, 2024

Bulldozed bill

Where once the party was championing the people and their voices, it is now devising new means to silence them.
Out of the abyss
22 May, 2024

Out of the abyss

ENFORCED disappearances remain a persistent blight on fundamental human rights in the country. Recent exchanges...
Holding Israel accountable
22 May, 2024

Holding Israel accountable

ALTHOUGH the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor wants arrest warrants to be issued for Israel’s prime...
Iranian tragedy
Updated 21 May, 2024

Iranian tragedy

Due to Iran’s regional and geopolitical influence, the world will be watching the power transition carefully.
Circular debt woes
21 May, 2024

Circular debt woes

THE alleged corruption and ineptitude of the country’s power bureaucracy is proving very costly. New official data...
Reproductive health
21 May, 2024

Reproductive health

IT is naïve to imagine that reproductive healthcare counts in Pakistan, where women from low-income groups and ...