{"id":1972401,"date":"2025-08-21T13:59:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1972401"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:59:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T13:59:31","slug":"the-beatles-anthology-returns-for-2025-with-new-book-album-release-documentary-and-free-as-a-bird-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-beatles-anthology-returns-for-2025-with-new-book-album-release-documentary-and-free-as-a-bird-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Beatles Anthology&#8217; returns for 2025 with new book, album release, documentary and &#8216;Free As A Bird&#8217; video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-beatles\">The Beatles <\/a>Anthology\u2019 project is returning in 2025 with a new book, album and video. Find all the details below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/the-beatles-now-and-then-final-song-ai-documentary-peter-jackson-music-video-inside-story-3527104\">\u00a0Inside \u2018Now And Then\u2019: With a little help from AI, The Beatles live again<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speculation that the cult-favourite \u2018Anthology\u2019 series would be returning began yesterday (August 20), when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/paul-mccartney\">Paul McCartney<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/paul-mccartney-teases-return-of-the-beatles-anthology-project-3885943\">shared a cryptic post online that seemed to allude to its previous releases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The original series, \u2018Anthology 1\u2019 arrived in November 1995, around the same time as an eight-part documentary, and some of the first new music from the band since the death of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/john-lennon\">John Lennon<\/a>, with McCartney,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/george-harrison\">George Harrison<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ringo-starr\">Ringo Starr<\/a>\u00a0working with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jeff-lynne\">Jeff Lynne<\/a> on \u2018Real Love\u2019 and \u2018Free as a Bird\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>It was followed up by two more albums, aptly named \u2018Anthology 2\u2019 and \u2018Anthology 3\u2019, which both arrived in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s been confirmed that a new instalment is arriving this year, with the documentary series restored, remastered and set to include a brand new Episode Nine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beatles \u2013 Anthology 2025 (The music, the book, the series)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lWIEFnbjuvE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The new episode features unseen behind-the-scenes footage of McCartney, Harrison and Starr coming together between 1994 and 1995 to work on the original \u2018The Anthology\u2019. It will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+ from November 26.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the documentary, \u2018The Anthology Music Collection\u2019 \u2013 originally curated by George Martin \u2013 will be re-released as three double albums, remastered by Giles Martin. This will include a new \u2018Anthology 4\u2019, with 13 previously-unreleased demos and session recordings, as well as new mixes of \u2018Free As A Bird\u2019 and \u2018Real Love\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The collection will be available digitally, as well as in deluxe 12LP 180-gram vinyl and 8CD box sets, and is released on November 21. You can pre-save\/pre-order it <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thebeatles.lnk.to\/AnthologyPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The original \u2018Free As A Bird\u2019 music video has also been restored, which you can watch below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Beatles - Free As A Bird (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ODIvONHPqpk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Also included is a new <em>The Beatles Anthology Book \u2013 25th Anniversary Edition<\/em>, which will be available on October 14 (pre-order <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/BeatlesAnthology25thAnniversary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Per a press release, the book sees the four Beatles share their \u201chonest, intimate and revelatory recollections of the band\u2019s journey\u201d as well as insight from colleagues and collaborators including Neil Aspinall, George Martin and Derek Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>The book will include 1,300 photos, documents, artwork, and other memorabilia from the band\u2019s archives.<\/p>\n<p>The original \u2018Anthology\u2019 release also included remnants of a song called \u2018Now And Then\u2019, which was developed by Lennon back in 1978. In 2023, McCartney confirmed that, having received the demo from Lennon\u2019s widow <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/yoko-ono\">Yoko Ono<\/a>\u00a0in 1994, and ultimately deciding against including it on the \u2018Anthology\u2019,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/the-beatles-now-and-then-final-song-ai-documentary-peter-jackson-music-video-inside-story-3527104\">he and Starr had used AI to save the track and give it an official release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other Beatles news, John Lennon and Yoko Ono\u2019s NYC era and political activism is set to be explored in\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/john-lennon-and-yoko-onos-political-activism-and-nyc-era-explored-on-new-power-to-the-people-box-set-3884894\">an extensive new box set called \u2018Power To The People\u2019<\/a>, and McCartney has recently\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/paul-mccartney-announces-got-back-2025-north-american-tour-3877385\">announced a North American leg of the \u2018Got Back 2025\u2019 tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018The Beatles Anthology\u2019 project is returning in 2025 with a new book, album and video. 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