The purchase of the newspaper on Sunday, April 10, 1970 was not the same as the previous one, neither the previous one, nor the previous one. In none of the previous purchases contained a much-feared and that it was to be remembered more than fifty years after publication. None, until then, had officially announced the separation of The Beatles.The Daily Mirror graphed it with the synthesis of a newspaper headline: “Paul leaves The Beatles”. Those simple words, which turned the world around in a matter of hours, ended a decade-long musical spring that, in it, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney took the luxury of revolutionizing rock and pop.
Maybe no one wanted to see him, but his separation could be seen from afar. First came the death of Brian Epstein, a representative who was considered the fifth beatle for how he knew how to keep the group afloat with his management; He then entered Yoko Ono into Lennon’s life and finally the four members began to look for other motivations in personal projects. The last straw was, however, McCartney’s departure, the album with which Paul kicked off his solo career and came out at about the same time as Let It Be and his eponymous film even though Ringo Starr asked him to please do not. In this way, along with the British copy of his album, Paul added a statement where he self-intrerated himself and gave a hint of what was going on with the group’s current affairs, albeit without giving very taxative answers.
Cover of Paul McCartney’s first solo album.
“Are you planning a new album or recording any songs with the Beatles?” asked McCartney himself. “No, ” he answered. “Is the album the end of the Beatles? Is this the beginning of his solo career?” he insisted. “No, ” he repeated.” Spring is here and tomorrow Leeds play Chelsea and Ringo, John, George and Paul are alive, well and full of hope. The world is still walking, and so are you and us. The time to worry will be when the world stops. Not before. Until that happens, the Beatles are alive and well. And the music keeps playing,” he recited the statement apple records wanted to silence the press. But they couldn’t. Lennon’s wishes to the other three in 1969 and the group’s willingness to separate their paths after a decade of success was already a fact. The decision had been made and there was no turning back.
