Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Author talks about new Paul McCartney book in Liverpool Author Howard Sounes appeared as a guest speaker Sunday at the Adelphi Hotel as part of the Liverpool Beatles Convention to talk about his new book on Paul McCartney, "Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney", which was released last week in England and will be released in the US in October. Source: Beatles News

Liverpool artists recorded five of the top 20 singles Liverpool artists recorded five of the top 20 best-selling singles of all time in a list compiled for a BBC Radio 2 show broadcast yesterday. Paul McCartney's Wings hit Mull Of Kintyre is at number four. It outstripped his chart successes with The Beatles, who only took two places in the top 20. Source: Liverpool Echo

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Monday, August 30, 2010

Geoff Baker makes first appearance at Liverpool Beatles Convention Geoff Baker shared a few stories and insights on Sunday about what it was like to have worked for more than 14 years as Paul McCartney's former publicist. He spoke before a packed audience during an interview with author and BBC Radio Merseyside host Spencer Leigh as part of the Liverpool International Beatles Week 2010. Source: Beatles News

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Paul McCartney to appear on Gibson TV show Gibson Les Paul guitar fans can check out a programme dedicated to their favourite brand of axe later this month on CNN International. Sir Paul McCartney, arguably the most famous guitarist to choose Gibson Les Paul guitars, will speak in an interview on the show about why the model is so special to him. Source: Gear 4 Music

Friday, August 20, 2010

Paul McCartney backs Liverpool all girl alt-folk trio Paul McCartney has described the all girl Liverpool alt-folk trio called Stealing Sheep as "a talented group who completely capture the times", and has been backing the girls to make it big. They studied at LIPA, where they performed for the first time in a one on one song writing session with Sir Paul. Source: Liverpool Echo

Paul McCartney wraps Up and Coming tour in Pittsburgh Sir Paul McCartney was full of stories, jokes and trivia last night in Pittsburgh, Pa., at the Consol Energy Center, the final stop of his 2010 Up and Coming Tour in North America. Oh yeah, he played some songs, too, 39 songs spanning five decades over the course of nearly three hours and two encores, more than half of which were Beatles tunes. Source: Spinner

Thursday, August 19, 2010

McCartney fan turns autograph into tattoo A Pennsylvania woman now has a permanent reminder of her fan fever for singer Paul McCartney. Rose Ann Belluso went to the McCartney concert at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Sunday carrying a sign asking the superstar to sign her back. Paul spotted the sign and called Belluso up on stage after the show to grant her request. Source: NBC Philadelphia

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Fran Healy confirms solo album details Ex-Travis frontman Fran Healy has confirmed the details of his debut solo album, recorded in Berlin, New York and Vermont. It will be released Wreckorder on October 4 through his own wreckordLABEL. As previously announced, former Beatle Paul McCartney plays bass on the track called As It Comes. Source: Digital Spy

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Canadian fan gets to hug a Beatle It's the chance of a lifetime, to hug a Beatle, to share a personal moment with one of the Fab Four. So 12-year-old Julia Savage is pretty excited that she was given the opportunity to wrap her arms around Paul McCartney, on stage at the Air Canada Centre in front of thousands of fans, during the encore of his Sunday concert in Toronto. Source: The Daily Gleaner, Canada

The inside story of the marriage that cost Sir Paul £24m They met at a London awards ceremony in May 1999. Back then, he'd been in a very sorry condition, wandering about his estate and talking constantly about Linda. "Paul was just haggard. I mean, he sat there like an old man, lost," says Linda's friend, the TV writer Carla Lane. They announced their engagement in 2002. Source: The Daily Mail, UK

Friday, August 13, 2010

Review: McCartney honours body of work in Montreal Paul McCartney is the sole carrier of the Fab legacy now, fun though Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band can be. His every live note suggests he feels a responsibility to honour that body of work. In Thursday night's masterful marathon performance, with more than half its songs from the Beatles era, he lived up to that responsibility over and over again. Source: The Windsor Star

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Kiss contributes song to Paul McCartney tribute album Kiss says that they will be contributing a recording of the Wings track Venus And Mars/Rock Show to a new Paul McCartney tribute album that will also include Billy Joel and Garth Brooks. They said, "We consider it an honor to be asked to participate on a tribute to one of the most influential and greatest singer/songwriters of all time." Source: Rockstar Weekly

Music fan describes the night he met two legendary Pauls For rock 'n' roll fan Rick Glover, one summer night in New York in 2001 proved to be extra special. He was at the Iridium jazz club in New York, hoping to meet legendary guitarist and inventor Les Paul, who was performing. He was stunned when former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney also arrived at the venue. Source: CNN

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Live and Let Die coming to the Seattle Symphony in September Paul McCartney's music is coming to the Seattle Symphony, September 16-19, 2010. Live and Let Die features a four piece band and a full symphony orchestra. Conductor Martin Herman leads the Orchestra and the Beatles trinbute band as they re-create McCartney's most popular songs, including Beatles and Wings hits. Source: John Lennon Examiner

MGMT's McCartney wish still hasn't come true Psychedelic pop duo MGMT have revealed Sir Paul McCartney still hasn't got in touch to arrange a collaboration, despite having said in the past that he was keen to work alongside the pair. Frontman Andrew Wells VanWyngarden told Spinner, "His bass playing is unreal, he is definitely our favourite bass player." Source: Tourdates, UK

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

How Laurence Juber joined Paul McCartney's other band Most famous for playing lead guitar in Wings from 1978 to 1981, Laurence Juber has since had a distinguished career as a solo fingerstyle guitarist. The two-time Grammy award-winning artist has developed a reputation as a world-class guitar virtuoso solo artist, composer and arranger, and released 15 critically acclaimed solo albums since Wings. Source: Daytrippin' Magazine

Monday, August 9, 2010

Paul McCartney: Snapshots of a musical life Paul McCartney is the most successful songwriter of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. "It's hard to find a better singer than Lennon was, or than McCartney was and still is," said Bob Dylan. Even without the Beatles, the scope of Sir Paul's life and times is too broad a subject to tackle in one article. Source: The Montreal Gazette

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Interview: Q&A with Wings guitarist Laurence Juber Former lead guitarist for Paul McCartney's Wings Laurence Juber has released 15 critically acclaimed solo albums, including LJ Plays The Beatles, one of Acoustic Guitar magazine's' top 10 all-time acoustic albums. His new album, LJ Plays The Beatles Vol. 2 is yet another collection of classic Beatles' tunes in acoustic format. Source: Register Herald, Eaton, OH

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Interview: Paul McCartney bassist Brian Ray "Playing bass for Paul McCartney, it's almost unthinkable," says Brian Ray. "He practically invented rock bass. I might be in his band, but I still consider myself a fan, a follower, a devotee." So how did Ray land the sweetest of sweetheart gigs? And what kind of advice does he have for other musicians looking to nab their big break? Source: Music Radar

Friday, July 30, 2010

Paul McCartney honours talent at LIPA Sir Paul McCartney led the graduation celebrations by giving special awards to a host of talented performers at his acting college in his home city. LIPA, which was originally Sir Paul's old school, the Liverpool Institute for Boys, awards companionships for outstanding achievement and practical contribution to students' learning. Source: BBC News

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Paul and Stevie Wonder sing Ebony and Ivory at White House Last night, PBS aired "Paul McCartney: In Performance At The White House" which featured live performances of several artists singing famous McCartney tunes as well as a mini-concert by Sir Paul himself, who said, "One of the highs was singing 'Ebony and Ivory' with Stevie because we'd never done it live together, so that was great." Source: Daytrippin' Magazine

Apple Jam McCartney tribute rocks Seattle Apple Jam, local Seattle Beatles group, performed a McCartney tribute at the Triple Door last weekend to a packed audience. Apple Jam has done other theme-based Beatles tributes, including the John Lennon Jam on the 25th anniversary of his death, and George Harrison Jam on the 5th anniversary. Saturday night McCartney got his turn. Source: John Lennon Examiner

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

PBS defends cutting McCartney's jab at Bush from broadcast Despite the furor over Paul McCartney's jab at former President George W. Bush last month following a taped performance at the White House, PBS has decided to let it be and drop the footage from its broadcast on Wednesday. "It wasn't even in the body of the show so no, it wasn't difficult" to cut, said PBS Vice President Mary Stewart. Source: Fox News

Paul McCartney as father: All you need is love Paul McCartney may be a global pop star, a founding member of the most famous rock band and a renaissance man who has succeeded at painting, poetry, animation and film. But the title he takes most seriously? Dad. When McCartney went to the White House in June, his chat with President Obama focused not on politics but on parenting. Source: USA Today

In Photos: Paul McCartney treats Nashville to three hours of gems Paul McCartney and Nashville got along splendidly Monday night, as he and his four-piece backing band treated a packed house to three hours of Beatles, Wings and solo gems. "Oh man, it's great to be back," McCartney said onstage. "This is such a cool scene, I'm going to take a second here, just to take it all in for myself." Source: The Tennessean

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Video: Clever teen befriends McCartney and Wings in 1974 When Paul McCartney and Wings took over a farmhouse in Lebanon 36 years ago, Dan Ealey used his teenage ingenuity to get past the gate. "My first question is, 'Hey, can you show us the opening lick to Band On the Run?' And Jimmy McCullough shows us the opening riff, and after that, we were just hanging out and talking about music." Source: WSMV TV, Nashville

Monday, July 26, 2010

In Pictures: Paul McCartney in Nashville, 1974 It wasn't the same scene that greeted him and his fellow Beatles at JFK Airport in 1964, but Paul McCartney still had quite a reception when he and his family touched down in Nashville on June 6, 1974. During his famous six-week stay, he crashed the Grand Ole Opry and laid down a few country tunes with a group of locals including Chet Atkins. Source: The Tennessean

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Interview: Paul McCartney on being vegetarian At just turned 68, McCartney seems like a bundle of energy himself. After our interview, he will return downstairs to the studio to play with a new computer programming system for music. He's not anti-technology then? "Not really, but this is the only time I'd sit with my head in a computer for six hours." Source: The Guardian, UK

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Dinner for Schmucks pays $1.5 Mil for Fool on the Hill The Beatles have allowed their classic, Fool on the Hill, to be used as the song over the opening credits in the new film, Dinner for Schmucks. The film comes from Dreamworks, which means Spielberg, who is Paul McCartney's neighbor in the Hamptons. Also, the film's producer says that both McCartney and Yoko One saw and liked the movie. Source: Showbiz 411

Are the McCartneys the most irritating family in Britain? Stella McCartney is worried that by sending her children to the very best private schools in the capital, the little tykes might become too posh. Perhaps Stella should have thought of that before calling her three children Miller, Bailey and Beckett. You know, many parents can only dream of sending their children to first-class establishments like these. Source: The Daily Mail, UK

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