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Front Page > Paul McCartney News
Latest news as of Thursday, May 23, 2013
| Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
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| Paul McCartney's LIPA to open new Liverpool free school |
Sir Paul McCartney's fame academy Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts hopes to use the arts to inspire young children after confirming it will open a new Liverpool-based "free school". LIPA is set to open the new city-base for primary school children as early as September next year after winning initial government approval.
Source: Liverpool Echo |
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| James McCartney plays for sold-out crowd in New Haven |
Singer-songwriter James McCartney took the stage at a sold-out Cafe Nine Tuesday night in his first-ever appearance in New Haven, on the very day that his first full-length album of all-new material was released, for the start of his his first-ever 47-date, 27-state tour. He looks kind of like his father's son, but doesn't really sound like him. Nor does he need to.
Source: New Haven Register |
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| Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
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| Win a Paul McCartney Wings Over America deluxe box set |
Ultimate Classic Rock and the Concord Music Group are giving fans a chance to win a deluxe box set version of the remastered Paul McCartney and Wings live album Wings Over America which hits stores May 28. The four-disc deluxe box set has been lovingly remastered and tricked out with an unbelievable amount of bonus materials.
Source: Ultimate Classic Rock |
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| Review: Paul McCartney Archive collection rocks on with Wings Over America |
The tour souvenir Wings Over America, originally released as a triple LP, stands as a pretty special album in Paul McCartney's catalog. It's all the proof needed to demonstrate that, once upon a time, McCartney could perform a two-hour set that mostly ignored his Beatles past while still thoroughly thrilling audiences.
Source: The Morton Report |
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| Monday, May 20, 2013 |
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| Interview: James McCartney in Hudson NY |
In a new interview, James McCartney, currently on tour, talks about his dad, on suggesting the title of his new CD release, simply called "Me." "Dad thought it would be a good title. So, I kind of went with that, but 'Me'...you can read whatever you want into it." James also said his father was a "master teacher times infinity."
Source: YNN, Hudson Valley, NY |
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| McCartney kicks off North American tour in Orlando |
Paul McCartney rocked the Amway Center in Orlando on Sunday evening for the second straight night. The 70-year-old McCartney showed no signs of fatigue, playing for nearly three hours on the second night of the North America leg of his "Out There" tour, concluding with a seven-minute version of "Hey Jude" and then a double encore.
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| Fans mob Stella McCartney as she visits her Tokyo boutique |
When fashion designer Stella McCartney stopped by her Tokyo boutique during her Asian tour this morning, her thrilled customers couldn't resist whipping out their cameras to capture the moment they met a legend. McCartney was soon mobbed by a crowd of excited fans crowding round her to get the perfect photo and asking her to sign mementos.
Source: The Telegraph, UK |
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| Thursday, May 16, 2013 |
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| Streets in Tulsa temporarily renamed to honor Paul McCartney |
Circling the BOK Center in Tulsa, four downtown streets will temporarily have new names that should sound familiar to Paul McCartney fans, including "Abbey Road," "Penny Lane," "Blackbird Boulevard" and "All Together Crossing." McCartney will perform May 29 and 30 as part of the BOK's fifth anniversary celebration.
Source: Tulsa World |
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| Paul McCartney attends VIP premiere screening of Rockshow |
On Wednesday night, Paul McCartney attended the VIP premiere of the Wings film "Rockshow" at BAFTA in London with wife Nancy and his brother Michael. The film, originally released in 1980, has been fully restored and is being shown in select cinemas around the world. Before the screening began Paul gave an short speech.
Source: PaulMcCartney.com |
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| Wednesday, May 15, 2013 |
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| Paul McCartney plants a tree at Brazil resort |
Paul McCartney chose Txai Resort to rest after his shows in Brazil. During his stay, the ex-Beatle got to know the resort's philanthropic projects, and was invited by the President of Txai Resorts to plant a seedling of the Juerana tree, used by the Pataxo Indians for the making of crafts.
Source: Travel Video News |
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| Tuesday, May 14, 2013 |
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| Video: Man proposes on stage at Paul McCartney concert |
An audience member at McCartney's concert in Brazil last week was holding a sign that said, "Paul, I want to propose to my love onstage. Would you bless us?" The couple came onstage and, after a little prompting from McCartney, the groom-to-be got on one knee, pulled out a ring, and popped the question. She said yes.
Source: Huffington Post |
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| Listen: Wings Over America preview |
Formed by Paul and Linda McCartney, Wings swiftly became one of the biggest rock bands of the 70s. Their 1976 tour has gone down in history, captured for posterity on the Wings Over America live album, it remains one of the band's best loved LPs. It is set to be re-issued later this summer, and you can listen to an exclusive preview online now.
Source: Clash Magazine |
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| Ex-McCartney band members join in special tribute to Wings |
Two ex-members of Paul McCartney's Wings will join Jeff Slate's Birds of Paradox for a special tribute to McCartney's band at 10 p.m. May 29 at the Cutting Room in New York City, it was announced Monday. The show will also celebrate the re-releases of the "Wings Over America" album and the concert film "Rockshow."
Source: The Examiner |
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| Monday, May 13, 2013 |
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| Fans lobby Paul McCartney to buy Everton Football Club |
Founded in 1878, Everton FC has enjoyed a fairly illustrious history including nine league championships, but is currently suffering a financial rough patch and is currently seeking a new buyer. One group of fans has started a petition "to appeal to Beatles legend and Liverpool native son Paul McCartney to purchase our illustrious football club."
Source: Ultimate Classic Rock |
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| Photographer Mary McCartney goes behind the scenes |
Mary McCartney, daughter of Paul McCartney and his photographer wife, Linda Eastman, followed in her mother's footsteps. Her work, now showing at a gallery in Toronto, includes her shots of models such as Kate Moss, as well as famous subjects, from Madonna to Elvis Costello. McCartney credits both her mother and father as influences on her photos.
Source: CBC, Canada |
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| Friday, May 10, 2013 |
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| Jimi Hendrix wanted Paul McCartney for supergroup |
Fans have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix in 1970. But less attention has been paid to the bass player they were trying to recruit, Paul McCartney. The super group that never was proposed in a telegram that Hendrix sent to McCartney on Oct. 21, 1969.
Source: Spinner |
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| Thursday, May 9, 2013 |
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| Listen to remastered Paul McCartney Blackbird online |
An exclusive remastered version of the classic track Blackbird, taken from a forthcoming reissue of the album Wings Over America, by Paul McCartney and Wings, is now available online. The live album Wings Over America was originally released in December 1976, and is being reissued along with the live concert film Rockshow, filmed in 1976.
Source: The Telegraph, UK |
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| Bev Bevans says Paul McCartney told him he was better than Ringo |
ELO drummer Bev Bevan says a chance meeting with the Beatles years ago provided him a huge ego boost. Appearing as part of Denny Laine and the Diplomats, Bevan had an opportunity to open for the Fabs in 1963. After the show, Paul McCartney told him, "That drum solo, in five-four time? That's great. Our drummer could never do that."
Source: Something Else Reviews |
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| Wednesday, May 8, 2013 |
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| Ewww: Beatle bugged by grasshoppers in Brazil |
On Tuesday night, Paul McCartney's stage was invaded by a swarm of insects during a concert in Goiania, Brazil. Macca was forced to complete his three-hour performance as clouds of grasshoppers buzzed around him, but appeared unfazed by the attack as he pushed through and delighted the 47,000 crowd with his songs.
Source: The Daily Mail, UK |
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| The harrowing story behind Wings' classic album Band on the Run |
Making an album, even a classic album, sometimes can be an exercise in overcoming adversity. Still, the monumental troubles that Paul McCartney and Wings had to surmount to record Band on the Run, easily McCartney's best post-Beatles album, easily could have served as fodder for an epic Hollywood film.
Source: Gibson |
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| Tuesday, May 7, 2013 |
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| Rock art show to feature paintings by the Beatles |
The Classic Rock Art Show near Philadelphia in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, features the world's largest collection of paintings, drawings and photographs created by and depicting some of the most celebrated names in classic rock. Paintings by Paul McCartney, John Lennon and Ringo Starr will be showcased.
Source: Montgomery News, PA |
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| Monday, May 6, 2013 |
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| Paul McCartney wows crowd with songs previously unheard on tour |
On Saturday night, Paul McCartney thrilled a sold out audience in Brazil. Paul opened with Eight Days A Week, previously only played live once with The Beatles in 1965. The show also included the first live performances of Beatles classics Your Mother Should Know, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite, Lovely Rita and All Together Now.
Source: PaulMcCartney.com |
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| Saturday, May 4, 2013 |
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| Interview: Mary McCartney gets by with a little help from her dad |
The baby on the cover of Paul McCartney's first solo record from 1970 is Mary McCartney. In a new interview, she talks about her her book, Mary McCartney: From Where I Stand, now the focus of an exhibition in Toronto next week, growing up on the road touring with her parents' rock band Wings and her life as a mother of four sons.
Source: The Globe and Mail, Toronto |
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| Friday, May 3, 2013 |
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| James McCartney brings his low-key show to Oklahoma |
By no fault of his own, James McCartney has one of the most famous faces on the planet. He looks like the cute Beatle, but he has reddish-blond hair and a rounder face. Setting out on his first solo tour, James is crisscrossing the country in a nondescript white van playing intimate acoustic shows with songs from his forthcoming album, Me.
Source: Oklahoma Gazette |
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| Video Interview: Mary McCartney |
From her work with the Rolling Stones to her shots of the Beatles on tour and intimate portraits of family life with Sir Paul, Linda McCartney was responsible for some of the most spectacular rock n' roll photography ever. GQ spoke with Linda's daughter Mary McCartney on the launch of the new iBook Linda McCartney - Life in Photographs.
Source: GQ Magazine |
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| Folk artists perform Paul McCartney's songs |
A 2011 album featured country artists paying homage to Linda McCartney. Now a follow-up album, scheduled for release June 25, showcases songs by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
Source: USA Today |
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| Thursday, May 2, 2013 |
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| Paul McCartney & Wings documentary premieres May 15 |
Rockshow, a film documenting Paul McCartney and his band Wings on their 1975-76 Wings Around the World tour, will have its big-screen premiere May 15 at BAFTA in London. McCartney is scheduled to appear on the red carpet for the event. The next day, the film will be screened in more than 700 cities worldwide, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
Source: USA Today |
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| Wednesday, May 1, 2013 |
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| The Boss surprised they pulled the plug on Sir Macca |
Bruce Springsteen says he was surprised when the sound cut off at Hyde Park, thinking concert bosses wouldn't pull the plug because he was duetting with Sir Paul McCartney, whose knighthood would give them special status. The promoter cut the sound as the pair performed last July after the gig overran its curfew by 10 minutes.
Source: London Evening Standard |
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