Scott Mills sparks fury as he labels iconic band The Beatles as 'boyband'

02 November 2023 , 21:23

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Scott Mills sparks fury as he labels iconic band The Beatles as 'boyband'

Radio host Scott Mills has been slammed by music fans after he referred to legendary musicians The Beatles as a 'boyband'.

Speaking on air on BBC Radio 2, Scott aired the last ever Beatles song 'Now and Then' which has been remastered and pieced together with recordings by the late John Lennon and George Harrison with fresh recordings by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

As he spoke about the clip, radio host Scott labelled the Fab Four as "the original boyband", which has not gone unnoticed by listeners and music fans. Annoyed by the comment, many fans took to social media to criticise the radio DJ and slam him for likening The Beatles to boybands.

Scott Mills introduced the 'final' song from The Beatles and also announced it to his Twitter/X account (scott_mills/Twitter)

In response to Scott's comments, one fan wrote on Twitter/X: "I just knew Scott Mills would be trending for barfing up "the original boyband" line. Nice track anyway." Another added: "Great stuff apart from @scott_mills saying @thebeatles were ‘the original boy band!’ I mean… seriously…they were just a little bit more than that!"

"Seriously mate how are you a DJ on Radio 2?" asked a third. Another shared: "And you talked over the last second, well done. John Lennon said 'good one'.." Whilst another listener said: "What's funny is that Scott so obviously doesn't like the track! Totally avoiding commenting on it." Another simple shared: "Boy band. Only Scott Mills".

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Sir Paul McCartney has joined with the other last living member of The Beatles, Ringo Starr, to record the band's 'final' song (WireImage)

The BBC programme Have I Got News For You also referred to it on their official Twitter account as it wrote: "Introducing the Beatles' new 'last song' on Radio 2, Scott Mills calls them 'the original boy-band' – although can he name the drummer in Take That, One Direction or JLS?"

The new song from The Beatles uses a series of songs written by John Lennon, which were handed in demo form to Paul McCartney in 1994 by Yoko Ono, with “For Paul” written on the cassette. Paul and the remaining Beatles created two new songs from the recordings, Free As a Bird and Real Love, which were both hits in the Top 5 in the UK charts in the 90s.

Now and Then was also included on the cassette but was never used or released, until now when AI technology has been used to enhance John Lennon's vocals and allow the band to record a song from the four of them again.

The Beatles rose to fame in the 1960s and were one of the biggest music icons of the era (Getty Images)

A film showing the making of the new song has been released, which features the last two members of The Beatles Ringo Starr and Sir Paul McCartney discussing the new track. In the film, Ringo Starr reflects on the late John Lennon as he said: "It was the closest we’ll ever come to having him back in the room."

McCartney explained why the song hadn't been used before: “On John’s demo tape, the piano was a little hard to hear. And in those days, of course, we didn’t have the technology to do the separation … we kind of ran out of steam a bit, and time. Now and Then just languished in a cupboard.”

Niamh Spence