The Beatles were a rock band from Liverpool, active 1960-1970, whose four members - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - permanently reshaped popular music. With over 526 million equivalent album sales, they remain the best-selling musical act in history, and their records on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 have never been matched. Albums such as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) and Abbey Road (1969) are cornerstones of the recorded canon.
The Beatles launched a countdown on their website on July 28, 2026, widely interpreted as a tease for a Rubber Soul Super Deluxe Edition announcement.
Sam Mendes' four Beatles biopics began filming on Abbey Road in London, with a planned April 2028 theatrical release.
The Beatles released Anthology 4 in November 2025 as part of a new deluxe 8-CD / 12-LP box set, alongside remastered editions of the original Anthology volumes.
The cast for Sam Mendes' four-part Beatles biopic series was confirmed at CinemaCon: Paul Mescal as McCartney, Harris Dickinson as Lennon, Joseph Quinn as Harrison and Barry Keoghan as Starr.
Giles Martin stated in January 2026 that there are no new Beatles songs left to release, though many Get Back session performances remain outside the official catalogue.
