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Even the jokes are cliché. Paul McCartney is so famous—so iconic, so influential a pop cultural figure—that we can't even make "maybe you've heard of him" quips or slap a sarcastic label like "promising singer/songwriter from Liverpool" on a record-store display of his work without being trite. His fame is so transcendent, it’s immune to humor. It's not fleeting like most celebrity; after more than 50 years, it's a universally accepted fact of life. Joking about it is like joking about the sky being blue or water being wet. Even at age 76, it's hard to imagine a room he could walk into and not be among its most well-known occupants. Presidents and other heads of state who grew up listening to his music geek out in his presence (hey, an especially apt performance of "Michelle" will do that). "Yesterday" remains the most recorded song of all time. Just last week, on the heels of announcing a new album due this fall, he made James Corden cry.
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One of the most heartfelt and intimate tracks on the Beatles’ White Album, “Mother Nature’s Son” draws its inspiration from three primary sources: Paul McCartney’s childhood, the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s teachings, and the standard “Nature Boy.” McCartney thoroughly discussed these origins in Barry Miles’ biography Many Years from Now. Childhood days spent in the countryside partially inspired the song, what he called his “child of nature-leanings.” Years later, McCartney’s time studying with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi further encouraged him to explore the wonders of nature. Incidentally, John Lennon would write a song called “Child of Nature” also inspired by the retreat, but later transformed it into “Jealous Guy.”
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In an interview with French publication L’Obs, Gorillaz founder Damon Albarn got heated over what he says was an “abusive” collaboration between Kanye West and Paul McCartney, one that birthed Yeezy’s “All Day,” “Only One” and “FourFiveSeconds,” released in late 2014 and early 2015. According to Stereogum, who translated the already once-translated interview, the Blur frontman accused Kanye of milking the former Beatle for his work. “Do not get me started on Kanye West. Kanye West trapped Paul McCartney,” claimed Albarn. “I have a problem with this abusive collaboration: we’re talking about Paul McCartney, but he’s so precious! Kanye West thinks only of Kanye West, using a name to make headlines, saying ‘McCartney is in my song.’ In addition, he puts McCartney in the video of the song, but not in the song itself.”
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Music memorabilia including signed photographs of Beatle members John, Paul, Ringo and George were taken during a Neston burglary.
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after raiders targeted a house in Chester High Road between 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Tuesday, May 22.
Jewellery and a range of music memorabilia of great sentimental value to the homeowners was stolen from inside the property and a car taken from a garage.
Among the pop items were framed vinyl albums of Led Zeppelin One, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, The Who’s Quadrophenia and The Rolling Stones ’ Sticky Fingers.
Source: David Holmes/chesterchronicle.co.uk
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On Saturday 7th July Ringo Starr celebrates the 10th anniversary of his Peace and Love Birthday. Ringo will share the day with fans, friends and family at the Hard Rock Café in Nice, France and will be joined by followers in over 23 countries worldwide creating a global wave of peace with a simple call to action: to think "peace and love" at noon.
"It's about changing one second so that people think 'peace and love' - it's something I learned from the Maharishi." - Ringo Starr
To coincide with this landmark anniversary, Genesis and Ringo Starr are excited to announce the publication of the signed, limited edition.
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A new Beatles museum packed with memorabilia is opening in a former Victorian warehouse in Liverpool this summer.
Created by Roag Best, brother of 'fifth Beatle' Pete, it will tell the story of band's history through 300 items from his personal collection.
Magical History Museum will take up five floors of the building - at number 23 Mathew Street, next to the Grapes pub - which has been completely gutted and refurbished.
Roag said: "It's going to blow people's minds.
"We will be taking people on a journey though the Beatles' career but unlike any other museum before it, every part of the journey will be accompanied with memorabilia.
"Many things they will never have seen before, others they will have seen back in the day but not for many years."
Objects include George Harrison's Futurama guitar, John Lennon's Sergeant Pepper medals, the cello from I Am The Walrus and Pete Best's Premier drum kit.
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Recently, the comedian James Corden featured the legendary musician Paul McCartney on his popular Late Late Show segment, "Carpool Karaoke."
The recurring segment features famous musicians joining Corden in a car while they sing along to the musician’s hits. To the delight of viewers around the globe, McCartney sang songs from The Beatles, including “Drive My Car."
Now, it’s doubtful they had Saudi Arabia on their minds when they wheeled out that Beatles classic. But a couple of months ago, both that country and that song were on the minds of many around the world.
That's because Saudi Arabia was on the verge of allowing women to drive for the first time ever. It was going to a big moment of freedom for women — the kind of moment that deserves a song. And maybe that song could be some version of The Beatles' "Drive My Car."
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John Lennon’s sister will be the first person ever to be honoured as the Day President for Llanfest, the finale day of the International Eisteddfod.
There has been a long tradition of Day Presidents being honoured at the week-long Eisteddfod. Day Presidents are invited to the event to recognise the ongoing work they do in spreading the message of peace and goodwill, which is at the heart of the event.
Llanfest is the final Sunday of the festival and has evolved into a modern mix of rock, pop and indie music, including bands such as the Manic Street Preachers and this year’s headliners, indie-pop legends the Kaiser Chiefs.
Julia Baird will be joining Liverpool’s iconic The Cavern Club at Llanfest on July 8, which is hosting a special pop up stage for the first time; bringing their resident musicians to Llangollen.
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They have been happily loved-up for more than a decade.
And Sir Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell looked closer than ever as they enjoyed a cosy stroll in Mykonos, Greece on Friday. The Beatles icon, 76, and his businesswoman wife, 58, were the picture of marital bliss as they walked down the street looking effortlessly as they revelled in some downtime from their hectic schedules. Blending in with his fellow holidaymakers, Here Comes The Sun hitmaker Paul looked effortlessly cool in a blush pink fitted shirt and black chinos, paired with tan sandals for his walk.His glamorous wife showed off her toned figure in a lacy white floral dress with ruffled sleeves.
Giving a glimpse of her honed legs, the dress flowed into a semi-sheer floor-length skirt.
Her brunette tresses were styled into a sleek half updo while her pretty features were enhanced with a radiant dusting of make-up.
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BED-IN FOR PEACE John and Yoko on their honeymoon in Amsterdam where they held a ‘bed-in’.
It’s 50 years since Beatle John Lennon made front page headlines in The Mayo News
IT is no wonder the arrival on Dorinish Island of Beatle John Lennon and his new girlfriend, Yoko Ono, in June 1968, ruffled a few feathers. Like the majority of Clew Bay’s tiny inner islands, it was uninhabited by humans and happened to be the nesting season for its resident gulls and gannets: a rather stressful time from an avian perspective. The fact that Ms Ono was coiffed with a beehive bun didn’t help the sense of confusion and, naturally, some of the feathered friends swooped on her assuming she was bearing new soft material for their nests.
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It’s the single most iconic image of the Beatles’ early days, or maybe of the band’s entire existence. Four young men — grinning and bemused, slightly nervous but mostly pleased with their own ability to whip up this kind of reaction — go careening down a city sidewalk. A tidal wave of hormones follows. Most, but not all, of the fans who go chasing them are girls. They scream and cry, and they’re just as happy and bemused as the actual Beatles. The point doesn’t seem to be catching the Beatles. Because what would they do if they caught them? Instead, it’s to take part in that same moment, that same generational feeling of excitement. The Beatles are there to summon that feeling, to channel it. They’re almost incidental to it.
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arly in his career, Richard Starkey was the drummer in another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, with whom he played numerous gigs at Butlins — a chain of insistently cheerful holiday camps designed to provide affordable vacations for working-class Brits desperate for a break, any break. Almost 60 years later, the career of the man who became Ringo Starr has come full circle: He now drums in a band purveying insistently cheerful music for audiences desperate for a Beatle, any Beatle.
Sir Ringo, as we may now call him, was always the dispensable Beatle. When he first joined the group, as he admitted on Saturday night in Tel Aviv, he “wrote a lot of songs” but they were never recorded. (That was the only self-deprecating moment he allowed himself in the show, and even that was probably unwitting.) He certainly couldn’t sing. It is frequently, nastily, but quite possibly accurately asserted that he wasn’t even the group’s best drummer. (Take a bow, Paul.)
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Legendary drummer and Beatle band member Ringo Starr played his first ever show in Israel Saturday night, bringing joyful fans to their feet, singing along at the top of their lungs.
Accompanied by his All-Starr band, Ringo made his Israel debut at the at the Menorah Mivtahim Arena in Tel Aviv in front of thousands of fans of all ages, the first of a two-night gig in the Holy Land.
The current line up of Ringo’s All-Starr band, which has changed over the years, included Steve Lukather, guitarist of “Toto”, “Santana” singer and keyboardist Gregg Rolie, guitarist Colin Hay of “Men at Work”, “10CC” bass guitarist and vocalist Graham Gouldman, saxophonist and flautist Warren Ham and drummer Gregg Bissonette.
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When Sean Gaillard found himself in a time of trouble, Paul McCartney came to him, speaking words of wisdom: “You just wait.”
In 2013, Gaillard was the principal of Wiley Middle School, hopeful that an application for a $1 million federal grant would transform the school into a cutting-edge learning center for science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
That dream crashed hard when Gaillard learned that the grant was not approved, leaving him with the difficult task of breaking the news to a staff that had worked tirelessly on the application.
As he had many times over his life, Gaillard sought comfort in the music and lives of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the Beatles.
A Beatles fanatic, Gaillard is well-versed in the band’s history. Standing there in front of his faculty, he recalled the words a defiant McCartney uttered when the press all but declared the band yesterday’s news in 1966. “You just wait,” McCartney said, according to band lore.
Source: Lisa O’Donnell Winston-Salem Journal
He may have just turned 76, but Paul McCartney is clearly not ready to retire.
The Beatle has just released two new singles and announced a forthcoming album.
That's right, Macca is back. "I Don't Know" and "Come On To Me" dropped Wednesday.
His album, "Egypt Station," will be out September 7.
It's his first in five years and McCartney recently spoke to BBC 6 Music about continuing to make music. He said that unlike some people his age, he doesn't disparage today's music.
"I listen to people, and I think there's a lot of good stuff going on, myself," he said. "But no, a lot of people my generation will say, 'Oh, music's not as good as it used to be.' But I always say, 'No, that's what our parents said.'"
He said he enjoyed working with Kanye West on the single "Four Five Seconds," which also featured Rihanna.
McCartney will be keeping busy performing for the next few months, including at Austin City Limits in Austin, Texas, in October, he said. But he did talk to 85-year-old music legend Willie Nelson about retiring. "And he says, 'Retire from what?,'" McCartney said. " And I think that just says it. Retire from what?"
Source: Lisa Respers France, CNN