| Friday, February 3, 2012 |
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| James McCartney impresses at NYC club debut |
James McCartney has a terrific singing voice that is quite different from his dad's. His tenor, telegraph-clear and sharp as a switchblade, possesses just enough grit to give his pop-rock melodies traction. Backed by a four-piece combo, McCartney applied that voice to 10 original songs, and hit the bulls-eye with a spooky cover of Neil Young's "Old Man."
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| Video: Ringo Starr on his new album |
These days, Ringo and Paul McCartney seem to be treasuring each other. Starr remains touched that Macca showed up at his 70th birthday party at Radio City Music Hall. "I had no idea he was coming," he recalls. "He jumped up to do the Beatle track, Birthday. Nobody told me that he snuck in, and that he rehearsed with the band."
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| Thursday, February 2, 2012 |
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| Ringo Starr denies rivalry with Paul McCartney |
Ringo Starr denies that there is a rivalry between him and Paul McCartney, despite both releasing new albums the same week. Ringo 2012 came out two days ago, McCartney's Kisses on the Bottom will be out Monday. "In all honesty, we had dinner just after Christmas together and I didn't know he had one coming out," Starr told Spinner.
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| Wednesday, February 1, 2012 |
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| Stars shining for Macca tribute |
The lineup for the Grammy-week tribute concert to Paul McCartney has just been announced. Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Tony Bennett and Alicia Keys are among the performers who will celebrate McCartney when he's honored as Person of the Year in Los Angeles.
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| Review: Paul McCartney's new album a triumph |
Kisses on the Bottom is Paul McCartney's tribute to the songs he heard his father play at the piano when he was a boy. These tunes were never dismissed by McCartney as "music his parents listened to" as many of his generation subsequently would when Beatlemania took hold. It is a circle he has been hoping to complete for many years.
Related Articles Source: The Guardian, UK |
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| Hear Paul McCartney's Kisses on the Bottom now |
Each song from Paul McCartney's new album, Kisses on the Bottom, is now available on "First Listen" through NPR and the Guardian UK. McCartney is breaking new ground with his latest album, to be released February 6/7. Covering songs from a bygone era, he delivers authenticity with a slightly modern edge that only McCartney could do
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| Paul McCartney to finally receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame |
Although first nominated in 1993, Paul McCartney is the only Beatle without a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On Feb. 9, nearly 20 years after last being chosen for the honor, he'll finally get that star. Details on guest attendees and speakers have yet to be revealed, but the ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. outside of Capitol Records.
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| Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
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| McCartney pays homage to the music of his youth on new album |
John Lennon disdained Paul McCartney's music hall tendencies as "nice little folk songs for the grannies to dig". But the Beatles' appeal owed as much to solid roots in Tin Pan Alley tunemanship as rock bite and experimentalism. For his 35th post-Beatles album, McCartney pays homage to songs he first heard his father play on the family piano.
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| Review: Paul Mccartney - Kisses on the Bottom |
Kisses on the Bottom is the first CD from Paul McCartney since 2007 and for someone that experienced a great deal of turmoil in that time, you'd be forgiven for expecting him to deliver an album of heart-wrenching personal tragedy. Instead, it's an album of jazz standards that has you wondering how long Michael Buble has agreed to lend Paul his career.
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| Monday, January 30, 2012 |
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| Paul McCartney says his father responsible for Beatles' sound |
Paul McCartney says his father is responsible for the sound of the Beatles. He praises his dad James for introducing him to music growing up in Liverpool. "My first musical memories come from my dad," said Paul. "He would play the piano at home. A lot of what informed the writing I did with John is that early period."
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| Saturday, January 28, 2012 |
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| Paul gets back to where he once belonged |
On Feb. 7, Paul McCartney will release an album called Kisses on the Bottom. The title is a lyric from the first track on the record, a 1935 Fats Waller hit called I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter. Young McCartney loved Waller when he was growing up in Liverpool and listened to that record over and over.
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| Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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| Website offers free download of new McCartney track today |
Only Our Hearts, a track from Paul McCartney's new album, Kisses on the Bottom, is one of two original compositions written by Paul, and includes guest performances by Stevie Wonder and Diana Krall. WhatMakesLoveTrue.com is now offering a limited number of free downloads of the track before the official launch of the album in February.
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| Thursday, January 26, 2012 |
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| Paul McCartney composing music for video game |
Paul McCartney told a German newspaper published Thursday that he is composing music for a video game which he hopes will introduce his work to a whole new generation. He said that a new video game was currently a better seller than a new CD and he had found the prospect exciting.
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| Rare LPs: Paul McCartney's The Family Way soundtrack |
In August 1966, when John Lennon flew to Spain to star in How I Won The War and George Harrison traveled to India, Paul McCartney worked with George Martin on the soundtrack to The Family Way. The album sold poorly, failing to chart on either side of the Atlantic, but McCartney did win an Ivor Novello award for Best Instrumental theme for "Love In The Open Air".
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| Wednesday, January 25, 2012 |
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| Paul McCartney's new single to drop Feb. 7 |
Paul McCartney is in the news for a repeat collaboration with Stevie Wonder. Their single is ready to drop next week, entitled Only Our Hearts, from his new album Kisses From the Bottom. The addition of Stevie Wonder on the cut from his new album, Kisses on the Bottom grew out of a suggestion by Macca's record producer.
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| Rare Paul McCartney print up for auction |
Next month, a very special piece of memorabilia goes under the hammer when Paul McCartney is awarded Person of the Year. Rock Paper Photo, the largest online gallery of pop culture and Tom Murray, renowned Beatle's photographer have joined together to donate one of Murray's highly sought after Beatles prints.
Source: Look to the Stars |
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| Lady McCartney resigns from NYC transit board |
Nancy Shevell, the American heiress married to Paul McCartney, has resigned from the board of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority where she served since 2001. "In my 30-year professional career, this has been a highlight for me," Shevell told the board which oversees the New York area's bridges, tunnels and mass transit systems.
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| Monday, January 23, 2012 |
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| Interview: Paul McCartney will keep playing as long as we let him |
In an interview this week, about becoming one of rock's elder statesmen, Paul McCartney said, "I didn't expect to be singing and playing at the level I am now. We were in South America last year and the crowds were amazing, the best. I always say at the end of all my concerts, 'See ya next time.' And I mean it. I'll do it as long as they'll let me."
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| Sir Paul says America was a little bit backwards on their first visit |
Only a few weeks before he appears at the Grammy Awards in LA, Paul McCartney's timing couldn't be worse. Giving his opinion of the US in the Sixties on new BBC show How The Brits Rocked America, Macca claimed, "We felt it was a little bit backwards. They were a little bit in the dark ages so [The Beatles] were very unusual."
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| Friday, January 20, 2012 |
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| The WannaBeatles campaign to meet Paul McCartney at Grammys |
A Grammy nomination doesn't come along every day for most folks, nor does the chance to be under the same roof as Sir Paul McCartney. Nashville Beatles tribute act and 2012 Grammy nominees The WannaBeatles are well aware of this, and they're making the most of both opportunities with their "We Wanna Meet Paul" campaign.
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| Paul McCartney's new album: I wanted to do this with the Beatles |
Paul McCartney's new album is the album he always wanted to make with the Beatles, he has revealed. After bonding with John Lennon over 30s pop songs, McCartney said he dreamed of putting together a collection of old favourites. "I never got round to it because we were writing Sgt Pepper or The White Album," he explained.
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| Thursday, January 19, 2012 |
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| Paul McCartney to perform at this year's Grammy Awards |
It has been confirmed that Paul McCartney will perform at this year's Grammy Awards, taking place in Los Angeles on February 12. Fourteen-time Grammy winner and 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year, Paul is nominated this year for Best Historical Album for Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Deluxe Edition).
Source: PaulMcCartney.com |
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| Paul McCartney hints at possible Summer Olympics role |
Paul McCartney has hinted that he may have a role in the 2012 Summer Olympics, which will be held in London. According to The Associated Press, McCartney told the media at a promotional event for his new album that he "might be doing something" for the Olympics, but was not sure what that would be.
Source: Celebrity Cafe |
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| Wednesday, January 18, 2012 |
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| Paul McCartney to launch new album with live webcast tomorrow |
Tune in live to PaulMcCartney.com tomorrow at 4pm (GMT) to get an exclusive live behind-the-scenes broadcast of Paul answering questions from some of the world's media. Paul will be spending the afternoon in London talking with press from around the world to promote the release of his new album.
Source: PaulMcCartney.com |
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| Tuesday, January 17, 2012 |
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| American Idol's Casey Abrams signs to Paul McCartney's record label |
American Idol finalist Casey Abrams has signed a deal with Concord Music Group, who also represent the legendary former Beatle, Sir Paul McCartney. Abrams' new label Concord is well known for a history of jazz performers, which will fit well for Casey's soulful style. Abrams was a firm fan favorite and finished sixth in the competition.
Source: Celebrity News and Style |
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| Friday, January 13, 2012 |
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| McCartney's cloud-based archive getting better all the time |
Phase II of Sir Paul McCartney's evolving personal cloud archive and CRM system, designed and built by Hewlett-Packard's cloud group, launched on Jan. 12, showcases what IT now can provide in a cloud service. The new portal contains most of McCartney's newly digitized collected assets from a half-century of trotting the globe.
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| Thursday, January 12, 2012 |
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| Ringo still hangs out with Paul |
Ringo Starr says he is still in close contact with Paul McCartney, but while they still like to get together from time to time, they don't have any immediate plans to work together again in the future. He also told BBC Radio 2, "There was talk about The Olympics last year, but I'm not here, I'm booked to tour America."
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| Tuesday, January 10, 2012 |
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| Sir Paul's personal Macca Mystery Tour |
Sir Paul McCartney says he wants to set up a new tourist company in his home city of Liverpool. He told UK newspaper the Daily Star, "I would really love to start up a sightseeing business. I have my own magical mystery tours of the city, my own special route I go on, and I think other people would love it too."
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| Celebrities toast Stella McCartney's new SoHo store |
As the daughter of a Beatle and designer of some of the hottest gowns on the red carpet, Stella McCartney is not short of celebrity friends. And the A-list were out in force last night as she celebrated the opening of her brand new boutique in New York's SoHo. Among the guests in attendance were actresses Liv Tyler and Naomi Watts.
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| Monday, January 9, 2012 |
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| McCartney confirms new album title and reveals tracklisting and artwork |
Paul put an end to speculation on Sunday, confirming that his new album will indeed be titled Kisses On The Bottom. The phrase comes from the album's opener "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter". The album is a collection of standards Paul grew up listening to in his childhood as well as two new McCartney compositions.
Related Articles Source: PaulMcCartney.com |
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