Tuesday 16 August 2022 10:43 PM John Lennon's son Julian shocked by his father's posthumous duet with Sir Paul ... trends now

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The son of slain Beatles legend John Lennon has told how difficult it was to watch his father's posthumous Glastonbury performance with former bandmate Sir Paul McCartney.

Lennon was brought back to life via the magic of video and artificial intelligence to perform a duet of the 1969 track 'I've Got A Feeling' alongside Sir Paul, who delivered a stunning three-hour set at the summer festival in June.

The enthralling stunt was the brainchild of Beatles documentary Get Back film-maker Peter Jackson, who used machine learning technology to isolate Lennon's vocals from decades-old recordings and arranging them to create a facsimile of a live performance. 

'I watched it on YouTube — and I kind of went: ''Errrr . . . I don't know if I'm comfortable with that.'' It shocked me,' said Julian, 59, whose mother was Lennon's first wife Cynthia. 

Julian was 17 years old when his father was shot and killed in December of 1980.