Satellite radio’s SiriusXM is debuting Beatles channel
NEW YORK — SiriusXM satellite radio said Tuesday it will debut a channel devoted to the Beatles later this month, achieving a long-sought dream to highlight the music of the pop legends.
The Beatles Channel launches May 18, a week before the band’s newest archival project is released: a box set keyed to the 50th anniversary of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
Backed by the band, the channel will feature music from the Beatles, its members’ solo projects and artists who influenced them. Its suite of programs will include “My Fab Four,” where other musicians and celebrities talk about their favourite Beatles songs.
“I still remember the thrill of when we first heard our music on the radio, but I don’t think any of us would have imagined that we’d have our very own Beatles radio channel more than 50 years later,” said Paul McCartney, with Ringo Starr one of the two surviving Beatles. “The SiriusXM channel will have it all, eight days a week.”