In 1989, George Harrison rejected Paul McCartney's latest proposal for a Beatles reunion. "As far as I'm concerned," he told an interviewer, "there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead."

["Every time Paul needs some publicity, he announces to the press that we're getting back together again," Harrison later sniped. "I wouldn't pay much attention to that." Citing business differences, McCartney did not attend the ceremony (on January 20th, 1988 at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel) at which the Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.]