Sir Paul McCartney has ended his decades-long feud with Apple, marking a historic reconciliation between the Beatles legend and the tech giant. (Daily Star reports)
The conflict began in 1968 when The Beatles launched Apple Corps, their own company encompassing records, films, and retail. The most successful venture was their record label, which released classics like Hey Jude and Mary Hopkins' Those Were The Days.
Tensions escalated in the early 2000s when Apple Inc. entered the music market with iPod and iTunes. The Fab Four's company sued Apple Computer over alleged trademark infringement, claiming the tech firm breached a 1991 agreement barring them from music-related applications.
The legal battle was spearheaded by Neil Aspinall, The Beatles' former road manager, until his death in 2008. The dispute was officially settled in 2007, and three years later, Beatles music finally appeared on iTunes.
McCartney was recently spotted soundchecking at Apple's California headquarters for their 50th anniversary celebrations. He was heard practising Beatles hits including Help, Lady Madonna, and Get Back.
Paul McCartney drop new single with single ‘Days We Left Behind’ from new LP The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’
"I do often wonder if I’m just writing about the past but then I think how can you write about anything else?" says McCartney, as The Beatles icon offers up memories never shared before
Described as his “most introspective album to date”, ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ is said to find McCartney “in a candid, vulnerable and deeply reflective mood, writing with rare openness about his childhood in post-war Liverpool, the resilience of his parents, and early adventures shared with George Harrison and John Lennon long before the world had ever heard of Beatlemania”. Having been teased this week by his brother and named after an area they’d knock about in their youth, the record promises “extraordinary honesty” to tell “the story before THE story”.
