Beatles Win 'Best Rock Performance Award' at Grammys for 'Now and Then' - Watch Sean Lennon's Acceptance Speech

The Beatles last night picked up their first Grammy Award since 1997 for their completed version of John Lennon's 'Now and Then.' 

The award was accepted on behalf the band by Lennon's son Sean.

The song, which stemmed from an unfinished John Lennon demo, featured parts added by his fellow three Beatles in the 1990s and was finally completed with new instrumental and vocal parts added by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr and a string section in 2022. The tune was released as the "final"  Beatles single in November 2023.

The tune won in the 'Best Rock Performance' category, where it beat out songs by the Black Keys, Green Day, Idles, Pearl Jam and St. Vincent.

It also was nominated in the "Record of the Year" category alongside songs by Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Taylor Swift, but lost out to "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar.

The Beatles' 1997 Grammys also was awarded for a posthumously completed Lennon tune, "Free as a Bird," which won for "Best Music Video, Short Form" and "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal."

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