Yoko Ono grooves as Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr perform at Grammys (2024)

She was famously blamed for the break-up of The Beatles and it was said that Yoko Ono was resented by her husband John Lennon's bandmates.

But there was no sign of animosity as the 80-year-old artist stood up and started grooving while Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr performed at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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Dressed in a black suit with a hat and sunglasses, Yoko looked to be having the time of her life as the two remaining living members of the legendary group gave a rousing performance of Queenie Eye, a single off Paul’s 2013 album New.

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At one point during the night, Paul even approached Yoko in the audience where the duo warmly held hands and smiled as they exchanged a few works.

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The sight is something that would not have been expected just a few years ago but as the saying goes, ‘time heals all wounds’.

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Last year, the long-standing feud between Paul and Yoko came to an end.

Yoko was dressed in a navy and black suit, which was daringly low-cut in the front and a black hat.

Despite being inside, she didn't remove her sunglasses as she swayed to the music.

Paul sat behind a multi-coloured piano for the performance and both he and Ringo performed in suits.

In an interview with Rolling Stone last year, the 71-year-old musician talked frankly about Ono, whom McCartney had shared bad blood for several decades.

'She's bada**,' admitted McCartney.

'Time, the great healer,' noted the musician as to what repaired the rift. 'I thought, 'If John loved her, there's got to be something. He's not stupid.'

In the interview, McCartney also credited the late Beatles guitarist George Harrison, who died in 2001, with helping the Wings frontman let go of his anger.

George would say to me, 'You don't want stuff like that hanging around in your life,' McCartney said.

McCartney and Ono were odds with each other for years, mostly over songwriting credits for Beatles tunes.

The battle spilled over into the media, where the two would make pointed remarks at each other.

According to McCartney, the Lennon widow had reneged on an agreement to let his songs be credited as McCartney/Lennon rather than Lennon/McCartney.

The two began building bridges in 2012 when McCartney told David Frost in a televised interview that he didn't blame the Japanese performance artist for the 1970 break-up of the Beatles, a belief held by many Beatles fans.

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'She certainly didn't break the group up, the group was breaking up,' said Sir Paul in the interview.

He also generously credited Ono with helping John Lennon find a new creative side, which included writing the song Imagine.

'I don't think he could have done that without Yoko, so I don't think you can blame her for anything.

When Yoko came along, part of her attraction was her avant garde side, her view of things.

She showed him another way to be, which was very attractive to him.'

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