The Beatles 'absolutely would have reunited if John Lennon had lived' claims rock star pal

The Beatles may have split in 1970, but despite the brotherly feuding, John Lennon and Paul McCartney remained best friends until the end.

That’s the claim of Alice Cooper, who headed up the 1970s celebrity drinking club they were a part of together called the Hollywood Vampires.

The 75-year-old was recently asked if the Fab Four would have got back together had Lennon not been killed in 1980.

Speaking with QFM96, the rock singer said: “Absolutely. Here’s the thing about them.

“When they were after each other’s throats, when it came to the breakup and all that stuff, if anybody in the Vampires back in those days – that was our drinking club – if anybody said anything bad about Paul, John would take a swing at you, because that was his best friend.”

Cooper continued: “If anybody said anything about John to Paul, Paul would walk out of the room. He’d just walk out.

“Because you are not allowed to talk about their best friends. They were best friends no matter what was going on in the whole thing.”

The singer, who formed a band named after the Hollywood Vampires with Johnny Depp and Joe Perry, also thinks Lennon wanted The Beatles’ music to be much more political than McCartney did.

Cooper added: “One went one way, and one went the other. I think John wanted to be more political. Paul was not into that that much.”

Meanwhile, McCartney is set to reunite with fellow surviving Beatle Sir Ringo Starr. Tomorrow the pair will feature on Dolly Parton’s cover of Let It Be alongside Mick Fleetwood and Peter Frampton.