Beatles and Rolling Stones: the legends return to the Grammys

And the rock legends return to the Grammys. Among the candidates for the most coveted music awards in the world, whose nominations were revealed today (here is the complete list), there are also the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

All true. The Liverpool quartet – or what remains of it – is in the running for “Record of the Year” and “Best Rock Performance” with “Now and then”, the unreleased song pulled out of the drawer by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr last year : the song was originally composed by John Lennon before his death in 1977, reworked in 1995 with guitar parts by George Harrison and then completed in 2022 with McCartney’s bass and drums by Starr. The Beatles had not received a nomination for “Record of the Year” since 1971, among the main categories of the Grammy Awards: the last time was with “Let it be”, which did not even win the award, awarded that year to “Bridge over troubled water” by Simon & Garfunkel. The Rolling Stones, however, are nominated for “Best Rock Album” with their latest album of unreleased songs “Hackney diamonds”: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood will have to contend with the Black Crowes and their “Happines bastards”, the Fontaines DC and their “Romance”, Green Day with “Saviors”, Idles with “Tangk”, Jack White with “No name” and Pearl Jam with “Dark matter”. The last time the British band received a nomination for the same award was in 2006 with “A bigger bang”, while in 2018 they won the statuette as “Best Traditional Blues Album” with “Blue & lonesome”. .

The 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony will take place on February 2 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Neither Paul McCartney nor Ringo Starr will be on tour at that time. And like them also the Rolling Stones. Who knows, rock legends might come up with some surprises, regardless of the prizes.