The week in 1971 when all four Beatles had a solo hit in the charts at the same time
Lauren Hunter
Far Out Magazine
Mon 24 August 2026
Credit: Bruce McBroom / Apple Corps LTD
It always seemed like the more The Beatles tried to get away from each other, the more they inevitably became tied back together.
It has to be said that the band were quite an anomaly, as most other rock outfits going their separate ways would wish for a clean break, particularly after a break-up as acrimonious as theirs was. Yet time and time again, the Fabs always found their way back to one another, whether it was writing songs in cahoots or simply lending an ear.
However, if there was anything bound to get each of their individual backs up, it would be getting pitted against each other in the charts. It was a natural consequence they were always going to have to face at some point in the aftermath of the band, but it was a vicious sting when April 1971 delivered that predicament while the wounds were still fresh.
The four-pronged attack began as George Harrison reigned supreme at the top of the UK charts, with his seminal ‘My Sweet Lord’ having sealed the deal straight to victory. It was a stunning achievement, making him the first solo Beatle to take the number one crown, although admittedly Ringo Starr had a hand in the track’s instrumentation. All hail King George.
However, if Harrison wanted a bit of space to exert his power, he wasn’t being granted it as Paul McCartney’s debut solo standalone single, ‘Another Day’, was hot on his heels when it peaked in the number two position, having been steadily climbing for the better part of two months. Unlike his chart-topping bandmate, though, Macca had the added smugness that the song had been written by him and Linda McCartney, proving they could definitely go it alone.
By the same token, John Lennon was following closely behind on the warpath, sitting pretty at number seven with The Plastic Ono Band’s ‘Power to the People’. It was a song destined to become one of the driving forces behind the activism that would shape the rest of his life and musicianship, so he was waiting as the song gradually became a protest anthem to the whole world.
That left Starr, who trailed the rest of the pack in one respect, but bided his time until his own latest tune, ‘It Didn’t Come Easy’, became a powerhouse. As such, while three of The Beatles occupied the top ten on April 17th, 1971, the drummer was proving, as he had done many times before, that slow and steady wins the race.
The song had only just made its first entry into the charts on that day, while his friends seemed to be on top of the sonic world, but Starr was right to know that his moment in the spotlight was still to come. Eventually, the song climbed all the way to number four, precisely proving the mantra that many things don’t, in fact, come easy, and the rewards come to those who wait.
Regardless of the respective positions, though, no one could deny that the influence of The Beatles has never stopped being all-consuming, even after a time when the band itself was seemingly long since dead and gone. Some might have wished they’d done it sooner, but in the end, both collectively and individually, none of the Fab Four were strangers to a chart rocket.
“I said, 'Dad, what you did with The Beatles was kind of amazing, wasn’t it?’ He looked at me and said, ‘Not as amazing as Brian Wilson’”: Giles Martin on the overwhelming talent of Brian Wilson
By Andy Price
MusicRadar
Published Ago 22 2026
In a lengthy conversation MusicRadar had with the heir to the Beatles’ production legacy, Martin told us about his father’s boundless respect for the man who crafted some of the most innovative music of the 1960s
George and Giles Martin
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While many have debated who the real ‘fifth Beatle’ truly was, in our mind there’s simply no contest. It’s quite obviously the late, great George Martin who deserves that honorary mop-top.
He’s the man who unlocked the Beatles’ creative ambitions and enabled them to evolve from pop sensation to music’s most pioneering figures, Martin was part-producer and part close confidante to four men who changed the way we think about music itself.
Although George Martin sadly passed away in 2016, George’s son, Giles Martin has inherited his father’s flair for manning a console, becoming a key figure in how the Beatles' recording canon is handled today, producing, remixing and supervising all major releases by the brand.
From Get Back to the recent Anthology re-release, to the upcoming Rubber Soul remix, Giles has overseen it all. He's, quite simply, the man entrusted with the keys to music’s most celebrated legacy
But Giles’ studio career extends beyond just taking on his father’s mantle, he has been involved in a wide array of projects including the remixing of The Rolling Stones’ Goats Head Soup and, notably, the incredibly fascinating Dolby Atmos mix of The Beach Boys' timeless Pet Sounds, released in 2023.
Giles Martin (Image credit: Alex Lake)
It was at that point that this writer was able to spend some one-on-one time with Giles, talking in-depth about why expanding Pet Sounds into Atmos was tantamount to genuine musical archaeology - but required some delicate, respectful hands…
“The fact of the matter is that mono can be immersive too – Sgt Pepper and Pet Sounds came out in mono, and people fell into them,” Giles said. “You have to mix to the source. It’s the equivalent of restoring paintings, brightening up an old Dutch master’s work and making it bright. So it’s always a challenge. I was deeply honoured that they asked me to do it.
“There had to be a lot of audio restoration. There were elements missing. So we used a combination of the original master tracks and newly-sourced mix elements,” Giles explained. “There were a couple of vocal things that had to be taken off the mono. Generally speaking, we had about eight tracks to play with. A lot of the instrumentation was on three different tracks, locked-in together.”
The prodigiously talented Brian Wilson was a true studio innovator (Image credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
With the project on his desk, Giles settled on quite a daunting starting point; “You have to start somewhere, and I thought I’d start with God Only Knows, because it’s such an amazing song. It’s one of the greatest songs ever written. That can be challenging in itself. Then we went through the rest of the album in track order from then on. Then you go back and revise and revise and revise.”
Beyond the discussion of the complex process of converting this hallowed record into an immersive Atmos sphere, Giles talked about the vast creativity and singular vision of Brian Wilson - who sadly passed away last year - and also shared his father’s perspective on Wilson's exceptional talent.
“I was with my dad on a plane once, and I just suddenly realised how awesome he was. I said to him ‘Dad, what you did with The Beatles was kind of amazing, wasn’t it?’ and he looked at me and said: ‘not as amazing as Brian Wilson’. He explained to me that The Beatles always had him, and he had The Beatles. But Brian Wilson didn’t have anyone, and he went and made this record. Without this record, The Beatles wouldn’t have made Sgt Pepper.”
George Martin and Brian Wilson (Image credit: KMazur/WireImage/Getty Images)
Giles also explained to us why Pet Sounds continues to be revered all these years on; “Forget sampling, this was real innovation.” Giles gushed, “Pet Sounds is an organic record, and you kind of want it to be real, you want to be closer to them in a way, you want to fall into the record. It’s almost like a classical record, it’s so intricate and so beautiful.”
Where Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono Stand 45 Years After John Lennon’s Death: ‘They Have Both Suffered’
Closer Weekly
Thu, August 20, 2026
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A source says Paul McCartney continues to check in on Yoko Ono, underscoring a reconciliation that has evolved since John Lennon's death 45 years ago.
The report, attributed to Closer, describes Paul McCartney and Yoko Ono as having a genuine friendship after years of distance during and after the Beatles' split.
Quotes from McCartney's 2013 Rolling Stone interview and his 2021 book, Lyrics: 1956 to the Presents, per People, outline his respect for John Lennon's choices and sympathy for Ono.
The source adds that McCartney has defended Ono in recent years and that both share memories of Lennon. Background notes recall Lennon's 1980 murder and the pair's earlier rift and rapprochement.
The 1981 song Jeff Lynne wrote as a goodbye to John Lennon: “He still exists”
Tim Coffman
Far Out Magazine
Thu 20 August 2026
Credit: Far Out / Jeff Lynne
You aren’t going to find a bigger Beatles fan on this Earth than Jeff Lynne.
The guy has seen the Fab Four as one of his heroes for as long as he’s been playing music, and even though he has delivered some of the greatest pop albums of the 1970s with ELO, there’s a good chance that he knows the subtle bits of Beatles songs that not even Paul McCartney would bother figuring out these days. He’s always been keen on making something that could measure up to them, but that didn’t prepare him when he needed to say goodbye to the people who built his childhood memories.
If we’re being completely honest here, though, Lynne has had more than his fill of great moments with his favourite band. The thought of anyone being able to step into the studio and work on what would become the final Beatles tracks with the surviving members standing in the room with him was already heavy enough for him, but George Harrison was one of the few people that he could call a friend from around that time.
It wasn’t easy for him to shoehorn his way into having a stop at the Fab table, but there were more than enough chairs around for him at Harrison’s place. He got to the point where he could know exactly what Harrison was looking for every single time he worked on one of his records, and even if not every one of their songs together became a hit, that wasn’t the point. They were playing what they wanted to hear, and that was all that mattered.
In fact, that same mentality is one of the reasons why John Lennon was so taken with some of their songs as well. ‘Showdown’ was a tune he counted among his favourites of the year when it first came out, and there were more than a few times when he felt that Lynne was carrying on what The Beatles had started in terms of studio tampering. So when Lennon was assassinated in 1980, it hit Lynne especially hard.
Here was one of the leading forces in his youth, and to see him taken so soon was one of the worst things that anyone could have seen. This was the equivalent of losing a family member for most Fab fans, but Lynne felt that the only way to do justice to Lennon was to celebrate how he lived whenever he worked on a song. And without needing much research, Lynne turned ‘21st Century Man’ into the kind of tribute that only he could deliver.
It still has all of the ELO bells and whistles, but Lynne emphasised that the whole tune was describing the kind of person that Lennon would be if he were a time traveller, saying, “He’s listening in the present time, but he still exists in the other time. And it also is that if he could get back to 1981 he’d be like the biggest celebrity ever known ’cause he’d know all this stuff that nobody else knew.”
And since The Beatles Anthology was still firmly in people’s minds, it was almost like Lennon was the kind of friend that they still loved having around when Lynne talked about him. The world was already nostalgic for him, so having a song all about him looking down on us and seeing what the next generation is usually the way that most fans would like to remember him these days.
But that only begs one question: why can’t there be more songs written like this about the best musicians that ever lived? I mean, if Lennon were a time traveller who is looking through different points in history and seeing what the world is like, can’t there be someone doing the exact same thing with someone like David Bowie?
UMG STRIKES GLOBAL DEAL FOR THE BEATLES’ MERCH, LICENSING, AND E-COMMERCE
BY MANDY DALUGDUG
MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE
AUGUST 19, 2026
Promotional photo for 'The White Album', originally titled 'The Beatles', in 1968
Credit: Apple Corps Ltd
Universal Music Group has signed an exclusive, long-term global partnership with Apple Corps Ltd. covering merchandise, licensing, and e-commerce for The Beatles.
The agreement was announced on Wednesday (August 19).
It hands UMG worldwide physical and digital merchandise rights for the band and builds on Universal’s existing stewardship of The Beatles’ recorded music catalog.
Apple Corps Ltd. was founded in 1968 to oversee The Beatles’ creative and business interests.
UMG‘s merchandise and brand management company, Bravado, has handled The Beatles’ merch in North America since September 2022.
The new agreement broadens UMG‘s role globally.
“We are delighted to partner with UMG on a new global merchandising deal,” said Tom Greene, CEO of Apple Corps Ltd.
“There has never been a more exciting time to work on The Beatles as we look ahead to the 3 Savile Row fan experience in 2027, and our biopic movies in 2028.
“The Beatles‘ message has never been more relevant or needed in the world today, and we look forward to delighting millions of fans with everything we have planned.”
Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, said: “The Beatles embody music’s power to change the world, and that influence makes them one of the most iconic and enduring cultural brands of all time.
“We’re grateful for Apple Corps‘ trust as we deepen our global partnership, while protecting and growing The Beatles’ legacy through authentic fan experiences worthy of their artistry.
“As a lifelong Beatles fan, building on the relationships forged over the past 14 years is one of the great highlights of my career.”
“THE BEATLES EMBODY MUSIC’S POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD, AND THAT INFLUENCE MAKES THEM ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AND ENDURING CULTURAL BRANDS OF ALL TIME.”
SIR LUCIAN GRAINGE, UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
Dickon Stainer, Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group UK, added: “The Beatles continue to play an unmatched role in putting UK music front and center on the global stage.
“This new agreement with Apple Corps will ensure audiences across the world are opened up to their unique genius.”
UMG has previously built comparable worldwide arrangements around ‘evergreen’ superstar acts.
Its 2018 agreement with The Rolling Stones saw Bravado take on global merchandising rights, retail licensing, brand management, and e-commerce, while also expanding UMG and The Stones’ recorded music relationship.
Also in 2018, Universal inked a global deal across Elton John’s records, merch, and music publishing.
Meanwhile, Universal also provides services to Taylor Swift across her records, merch, and music publishing.
The Beatles deal arrives during a run of activity at Apple Corps under Greene, who became only the third CEO in the company’s history when he was appointed in September 2025.
Greene previously ran key pillars of the Harry Potter universe: Pottermore Publishing and Wizarding World Digital, a joint venture between Warner Bros and Pottermore.
At the time he left Wizarding World Digital, the Harry Potter Fan Club had grown to over 50 million members, supported by immersive digital experiences, daily content publishing, and an “innovative ecommerce offering”.
At the center of Apple Corps new activity: Sam Mendes‘ four-film Beatles project is scheduled for theatrical release in April 2028 through Sony Pictures Entertainment and Neal Street Productions.
Elsewhere, Apple Corps released Anthology 4 and the Anthology Collection on November 21, 2025.
A restored edition of the Anthology docuseries followed on Disney+ later that month.
“THE BEATLES‘ MESSAGE HAS NEVER BEEN MORE RELEVANT OR NEEDED IN THE WORLD TODAY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DELIGHTING MILLIONS OF FANS WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE PLANNED.”
TOM GREENE, APPLE CORPS LTD.
In May, Apple Corps confirmed that 3 Savile Row in London will open as a ticketed attraction in 2027.
And a Rubber Soul special edition, newly mixed by Giles Martin and Sam Okell, is due on October 2.
UMG’s ‘Merchandising and Other’ revenue stood at EUR €167 million (USD $194.2m) in Q2 2026, according to results published on July 30. That was down 10.7% YoY at constant currency.
The division also recorded an Adjusted EBITDA loss of €5 million ($5.8m) in the quarter, against a €1 million profit a year earlier.
UMG attributed the Q2 fall to a decline in touring income “due to the timing of tours,” plus lower direct-to-consumer revenue.
The division generated around USD $915 million in revenue in 2025.
UMG has been home to The Beatles’ recorded music catalog since 2012.
UMG owns Abbey Road Studios, where the company says The Beatles recorded 190 of their 210 songs between 1962 and 1970.Music Business Worldwide
Inside the Liverpool shop with customers 'from all over the world'
"It's nice to see how much the city is loved"
Evelina Black
Liverpool Echo
15 Aug 2026
Alan Kelly is the manager of Hard Days Night Shop on Mathew Street (Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo
A shop on one of Liverpool's busiest streets has been attracting customers "from all over the world and all different cultures" for years. Hard Days Night Shop on Mathew Street is a self described "haven for Beatles enthusiasts" and is a popular shopping spot with tourists and Liverpool residents.
The shop sells officially licensed memorabilia including things like t-shirts, hoodies, posters, albums and collectibles. The shop gets most of their stock from Liverpool-based RockOff Trade, which is a major UK-based wholesale distributor and manufacturer and one of the main license holders for The Beatles merchandise in the country.
Alan Kelly has been the manager of the shop for the last couple of years. He told the ECHO: "We sell a variety of other music merchandise but our main draw is that we are a Beatles shop.
"I think The Beatles have got the most fanatical, hardcore fanbase out of all the bands that I've ever come across. If people think that love is going to fade they're wrong because we've got little kids coming through the doors who are picking the CDs up and then they're hooked.
"I've watched as the younger generations get into The Beatles and the most loved member and main pull for the band changes over time but the love stays the same."
The shop is on the corner of one of Liverpool's most famous streets (Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)
Outside of his job, The Beatles have been an important part of Alan's life ever since he was a child. He said: "I'm born and bred Penny Lane. I went to Dovedale School which is the school George and John went to and I can remember my primary school leavers assembly was all based around the song Help!
"My nan passed away last year at 103 and she remembers George Harrison coming back off tour on Macket's Lane and she'd always tell me stories about the screaming girls waiting to see him. It's mad how much The Beatles ties into every stage of your life if you live in Liverpool and it's just so mad that I've ended up here."
Alan is not the only staff member who is passionate about sharing their love of The Beatles and the city. Patrick Bourke, moved to Liverpool from Belfast over 20 years ago and has been working at the shop for over eight years. Earning himself the nickname "Beatles Paddy", Alan described Patrick as the "character of the shop", with all the tourists knowing him by name.
Patrick told the ECHO: "I love this city and it's great working here. You get to meet people from all over the world and from all different cultures and I've met loads of musicians.
"You get to make a lot of people happy because it's their dream to come to Liverpool and do the whole Beatles experience so I love it."
Beatles themed gifts at the Hard Days Night Shop (Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)
For Alan, there is one country that he thinks is the most Beatles mad. He said: "In my opinion the most hardcore Beatles fans are Mexicans. Especially when its Beatleweek we meet a lot of people who've travelled over from Mexico and they're always the loveliest, soundest people and they will spend unbelievable amounts of money because they just love them so much.
"We try to be really laid back and make it a fun experience and easier for people visiting the city. One of our staff members is originally from Argentina and she's bilingual so that's really helpful with some of the older clientele we get who struggle with English anyway, never mind our scouse accents.
"She's great at making things a bit more comfortable for them but people love hearing the scouse accent even if they find it hard to understand."
Liverpool is a city whose legacy will be forever intertwined with music and Anfield Stadium had a massive summer of music this year, with Zach Bryan, Foo Fighters and My Chemical Romance all taking to the stage back in June. The home of Liverpool FC is now a leading destination for global artists with Bruce Springsteen, Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey headlining last year's event.
The influx of music fans into the city brought a lot of new customers to the Hard Days Night Shop. Alan said: "It was absolute bedlam and it done really well for us. Bruce Springsteen was immense for us and My Chemical Romance was really popular too.
"It wasn't until afterwards that we found out the guitarist from My Chemical Romance was in the shop and he's a Red so I was winding him up about Everton. I didn't even know who he was until later on when fans told me but that's what I love about the shop. We can have banter and it's just down to earth and it's got a lot of character."
While the shop draws in a strong international customer base, it is also popular with Liverpool residents. Alan said: "We do get a lot of scousers coming in and they tend to want a more classic, plainer design whereas tourists from abroad normally want everything that symbolises Liverpool on a shirt like The Cavern Club and The Beatles."
The shop sells a range of music memorabilia (Image: Andrew Teebay Liverpool Echo)
For Alan and Patrick, interacting with music fans from all walks of life is one of their favourite parts of the job. Alan said: "It's fun working here and meeting people from all around the world. It's just nice to see how much the city is loved whether it's our football teams, The Beatles, or people coming just to visit the city.
"It's all good having a tourist shop full of people who don't know the city but everyone here does and we all love Liverpool which makes a difference. Most of us in here are Evertonians and we get a lot of tourists in when Liverpool's playing so we wind each other up and have a bit of banter and it's great."
George Harrison welcomed his only child, son Dhani, in 1978
By Ellie Beeck
People
August 11, 2026
George Harrison in Cannes, France for the Midem music industry trade fair on January 30, 1976. ; Dhani Harrison attends attend the UK Premiere of “The Beatles: Get Back” on November 16, 2021 in London, England.
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George Harrison found inspiration in many people throughout his storied career, including his son.
The late Beatles singer and his then-fiancée (soon-to-be wife) Olivia Harrison welcomed their only child, Dhani, on Aug. 1, 1978. Harrison, who was a follower of the Hare Krishna sect of Hinduism, named his son after the sixth and seventh notes on the Indian music scale, “dha” and “ni.”
Though The Beatles disbanded years before his birth, Dhani still grew up around music thanks to his dad’s solo career. “He’s lovely,” Harrison told PEOPLE in 1987 of his then-9-year-old son. “He’s good fun, good company. He can play ‘When We Was Fab’ on the piano.”
Harrison wrote several songs for Dhani over the years, including 1982’s “Unknown Delight.” “He was saying, ‘What should I write about? What should I write a song about?’ ” Olivia told NPR of her husband in a 2004 interview. “I said, ‘Write a song about Dhani.’ And he wrote this beautiful song which was very prescient, actually.”
Now 48, Dhani is following in Harrison’s footsteps as a musician while working to keep his dad’s legacy alive following his untimely death in November 2001.
From working as an aerodynamicist to winning a Grammy Award, here’s everything to know about George Harrison’s son.
He was born in August 1978
George Harrison and son Dhani Harrison at Christie’s London for a guitar auction in 1999.
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Dhani was born on Aug. 1, 1978, in Berkshire, England, and was raised on his dad’s estate, Friar Park. His birth came eight years after The Beatles broke up and Harrison moved on to a more quiet life on his 62-acre home.
“My earliest memory of my dad is probably of him somewhere in a garden covered in dirt, somewhere hot, a tropical garden, in jeans, khakis covered in dirt, just continuously planting trees,” Dhani said in Martin Scorsese’s 2011 documentary, George Harrison: Living in the Material World. “I think that’s what I thought he did for the first seven years of my life.”
He went to military school
Eric Idol, Paul McCartney, Olivia Harrison, Tom Hanks and Dhani Harrison attend the ceremony honoring the late George Harrison with a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 14, 2009.
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As an act of teenage rebellion, Dhani enrolled at a military school to annoy his openly pacifistic dad.
“To rebel in my family was to go to…a semi-military school. We did CCF [Combined Cadet Force] one day a week,” he told TIME magazine in 2011. “That used to piss him off, me walking around in an Air Force uniform.”
He studied physics and industrial design
Dhani Harrison attends a private view of “Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser” on June 23, 2021 in London, England.
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In 1997, Dhani moved to the United States to attend Brown University for college. While at Brown, he studied physics and industrial design, though he did try his hand at music.
“I did take a course in music and computers — and failed,” he told the Brown Alumni Magazine in 2018. He also joined the school’s rowing team, where he served as a coxswain.
After graduating in 2001, Dhani worked as an aerodynamicist for British sports-car company McLaren before turning to music, he told the Daily Mail in 2012.
He “freaked out” when he found out his dad was a member of The Beatles
George Harrison poses for a portrait in 1964 in London, England. ; Dhani Harrison arrives at the Friends And Family GRAMMY Event on January 29, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
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Despite his global fame, Harrison didn’t tell Dhani that he was a member of The Beatles until he was in elementary school.
“I was completely unaware that he had anything to do with music,” Dhani said of his dad in the 2011 documentary about his dad. “I came home one day from school after being chased by kids singing ‘Yellow Submarine,’ and I didn’t understand why. It just seemed surreal.”
Dhani added that he “freaked out” at his dad when he got back from school that day. “‘Why didn’t you tell me you were in The Beatles?’ “ he said in the documentary of the moment. “And he said, ‘Oh, sorry. Probably should have told you that.’ ”
He helped his dad make music
Dhani Harrison, Sir Paul McCartney, Olivia Harrison, Yoko Ono, Barbara Bach and Ringo Starr.
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Growing up, Dhani often sat in on his dad’s recording sessions. “My dad treated me like an adult – I got involved, he taught me how to make records from an early age. I grew up in a recording studio,” he told the Daily Mail.
In 2001, Dhani officially started helping Harrison make music, co-writing the song “Horse to the Water” and performing lead guitar behind his dad’s vocals. Dhani also helped his father produce his final album, Brainwashed, which was released in 2002, nearly a year after his death.
In 2021, Dhani worked as the executive producer on the star-studded music video for Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord,” 51 years after the song’s release. He and his mom also made appearances in the video alongside Harrison’s Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr, actors Mark Hamill and Darren Criss, and more.
He’s a Grammy-winning musician
Dhani Harrison performing on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’.
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Though he studied physics, Dhani quickly realized that he wanted to follow in his dad’s footsteps and pursue music after working on Brainwashed. He started a rock band called thenewno2, and released their first album, You Are Here, in 2009.
“I did everything I could to not be a musician,” he told Billboard at the time. “It’s in the DNA, I guess.”
Dhani started another band, Fistful of Mercy, in 2010 with Ben Harper. In 2017, he released his first solo album, IN///PARALLEL.
Dhani honored his dad at the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony – when he was posthumously inducted – by performing a rendition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” alongside Tom Petty, ELO frontman Jeff Lynne and Prince.
In 2022, Dhani won his first Grammy Award for his work remastering Harrison’s album All Things Must Pass for its 50th anniversary.
He loves Star Wars
Hayden Christensen and Danni Harrison attend the Redbull Star Wars Grand Prix Party on May 22, 2005 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
Credit : Dave Benett/Getty
Dhani has been open about his love of the Star Wars series, saying he “grew up” with the films and collects Star Wars toys and memorabilia.
In a 2017 interview with StarWars.com, Dhani revealed that his dad was also a fan of the series: “I’ve always done martial arts, and I’ve done meditation since I was a kid, so ‘Jedi training’ is a very familiar thing in my family,” he joked.
He’s been married
Dhani Harrison and Solveig ‘Sola’ Karadottir at the LACMA 2015 Art+Film Gala Honoring James Turrell And Alejandro G Inarritu on November 7, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
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In 2012, Dhani married former model Sólveig Káradóttir. Per Vogue, Káradóttir’s dress was designed by Stella McCartney, the daughter of Beatle Paul McCartney, who also attended the nuptials along with Starr. Other celebrity guests included Tom Hanks and Clive Owen, according to E! Online.
Dhani and Káradóttir were regular fixtures at red carpet events and even attended Stella’s Ready-to-Wear show at Paris Fashion Week in 2013. In 2016, the couple separated, per TMZ. Dhani is now dating British musician Mereki Beach.
He says he’s similar to Stella McCartney
Dhani Harrison speaks onstage at the 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 7, 2017 in New York City. ; Stella McCartney attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” on May 01, 2023 in New York City.
Credit : Kevin Kane/WireImage ; Jamie McCarthy/Getty
Dhani and Stella, are very supportive friends: he’s cheered her on from the front row at fashion shows, and she tapped him to perform at her Autumn 2016 showcase in Los Angeles.
In his 2012 interview with the Daily Mail, Dhani revealed that he and Stella have both worked hard to make names for themselves separate from their famous dads.
“Of all of them, I think I’m most similar to Stella and Mary [McCartney],” he said of all the Beatles children. “I really relate to the way they’ve dealt with their circumstances — they’re like big sisters to me.”
