Three Come Together for New Beatles Work

The closest possible thing to a Beatles reunion will happen next month when the three surviving members of the group go into the studio to record new music, the New Yorker magazine reported.

Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr plan to record new music, not remake Beatles songs, the magazine says in its Jan. 24 issue, citing two unidentified sources at the Beatles’ record label, EMI. The fourth Beatle, John Lennon, was murdered in New York City in 1980.

EMI officials speaking on the record would not confirm or deny the reunion.

The former Beatles also have decided to issue four to six compact discs of previously unreleased Beatles songs from their vaults at Abbey Road Studios in London, the magazine said.