Julian Lennon, the eldest son of the legendary Beatles singer-songwriter John Lennon, says he and his father had a rather distant relationship. "You have to realise that when Dad left, when I was between three and five (it was a bit of a process),

John Lennon's older son Julian Lennon opens up in a new interview about how he hasn't felt connected to the Beatles throughout his life, telling 'The Guardian': 'I’m not part of the inner circle — I never have been.

Julian Lennon has opened up about the relationship he has with his dad John Lennon's bandmates The Beatles and how he and his late mother have nothing to do with them

Julian Lennon said he was never told about Beatles projects as he wasn’t in the band’s inner circle, and revealed a heartbreaking career moment in January 2025.

It remains a fascinating exercise to wonder how John Lennon and Paul McCartney felt about each other’s songs. Bands, and especially a band’s primary songwriters, are famously competitive. This explains why it’s so difficult to keep even the most successful groups together.

"I'm just as curious as anybody else, although I do find myself going, 'how is it possible that there's another Beatles film?'"

You’d be a hard-hearted soul not to feel at least a shred of sympathy for Julian Lennon. It can’t have been easy, for all the reasons you’d expect. Though he’s enjoyed a decent-ish career in music (Top Ten hits,

Despite his last name, John Lennon's son Julian Lennon wants to make it clear he rarely has the inside scoop on The Beatles. "I'm not part of the inner circle - I never have been," Julian, 61, shared in an interview with The Guardian published Sunday,