What feud? Paul McCartney reveals John Lennon visits him in his dreams

McCartney admitted while he always knew the truth, seeing the constant rumours about them in the media often got to him – and he even “bought into” the idea that he may be the villain after all. However, he said seeing photos like that would help him remember the good times. He added: “It’s like, this is how we were: this is why we related, or else we couldn’t have collaborated for all that time. Just seeing the joy between us here really helped me, because it reminds me that the idea we weren’t friends is rubbish. We were lifelong friends, our relationship was super-special.”

Meanwhile, McCartney and Ringo Starr recently joined forces to deliver some new music, with the pair announcing they have reunited in the studio to record a cover of a track written by their late former band mate Lennon shortly before he died. The pair have recorded a version of ‘Grow Old With Me’, which was written by Lennon for inclusion on his final album Double Fantasy shortly before he was shot dead.

Starr released a statement confirming the exciting news, in which he revealed it was record producer Jack Douglas who inspired his decision to record the song. He said: “Jack asked if I ever heard The Bermuda Tapes, John’s demos from that time. And I had never heard all this.

“The idea that John was talking about me in that time before he died, well, I’m an emotional person. And I just loved this song. I sang it the best that I could.”

Ringo added: “I do well up when I think of John this deeply. And I’ve done my best. We’ve done our best. The other good thing is that I really wanted Paul to play on it, and he said yes. Paul came over and he played bass and sings a little bit on this with me.

“So John’s on it in a way. I’m on it and Paul’s on it. It’s not a publicity stunt. This is just what I wanted. And the strings that Jack arranged for this track, if you really listen, they do one line from ‘Here Comes The Sun’. So in a way, it’s the four of us.”