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Commuters with tickets to ride out of New York’s Grand Central Station heard a special serenade on Friday evening, with Paul McCartney taking over a corner of the majestic hub for a concert.
Only invited guests including Jon Bon Jovi, Meryl Streep, Amy Schumer, Kate Moss and Steve Buscemi were let behind black curtains to see the stage, but everyone could hear a 24-song set that spanned more than 50 years of music.
It was a stunt to promote a new album called “Egypt Station.” McCartney said he wondered “what’s the coolest station we could think of?” and settled on the Manhattan landmark. The band set up under a chandelier and in front of a giant clock, just off the 42nd Street entrance.
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The Beatles and the Stones musicians both holidayed in Turks and Caicos at the same time
Paul McCartney has shared the bizarre business idea that he and Keith Richards came up with on holiday.
The Beatles and Stones musicians were both on vacation in Turks and Caicos recently, with McCartney saying he would visit Richards after lunch most days.
Speaking to Marc Maron for the latest episode of his WTF podcast, McCartney revealed, while there, the pair had come up with an unusual business prospect. “[We were] designing portable dog kennels that were inflatable,” he said. “It was a pretty good idea, we thought.
Asked if a lot of weed was involved in that idea, he joked: “In the kennels? In the creative process, it was required.”
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The Beatles' Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr chat about their documentary 'The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -The Touring Years' and the legacy of their band.
Paul McCartney performs at the annual Roskilde Festival in Denmark on July 4, 2015.(Photo: Sophia Juliane Lydolph, EPA)
It’s not particularly cool to claim Paul McCartney as your favorite member of The Beatles. On one hand, the facts are on your side: Sir Paul is an institution in a way the other Beatles aren’t, perhaps the most beloved melody man in rock 'n' roll history, the defining force behind the genre’s defining band.
And yet, legacy aside, claiming Paul as your favorite is corny, in the same way as claiming The Beatles are your favorite band is too obvious.
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Songs performed by The Beatles at their first concert in the United States have been at the centre of copyright litigation in a London court more than 54 years on.
Two Court of Appeal judges have produced the latest ruling on the dispute, which relates to The Beatles’ appearance at the Coliseum in Washington DC on February 11 1964.
The concert was videotaped and judges were told that about a decade ago plans were put in place to make a documentary, called The Beatles: The Lost Concert, which would feature the video recording.
Music giant Sony, which owns the copyright to eight of the 12 songs The Beatles performed at the show, sued two firms involved in plans for the documentary, alleging “actual or threatened infringement” of UK, and US, copyrights.
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Paul McCartney now believes John Lennon was right to split the band up and devote his life to being with Yoko Ono.
The Beatle, 75, was reportedly furious at the time of the split and he and Lennon struggled to patch up their friendship before he was shot dead in 1980.
But speaking in the US, Macca said: “I don’t think anyone tried to pin it on anyone, it just came out that way.
"There was a meeting where John came in and said, ‘I’m leaving the group.’, and he was with Yoko. And looking back on it, he’d reached that stage in his life.
“We all had, But he found Yoko and John loved strong women; his mum had been a strong woman his auntie who brought him up was.”
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Former Beatle (is one ever really a former Beatle?) Ringo Starr brings his All-Starr Band back to Milwaukee Saturday, Sept. 8 for a show at the BMO Harris Pavilion on the Summerfest grounds, but Starr's talents will be on display here longer than that.
The legendary drummer's artwork – hand-signed by Starr – will be on display and for sale from Thursday through Saturday at Gallery 505, 517 E. Silver Spring Dr., in Whitefish Bay. Some of the work features Starr's own image.
Source: onmilwaukee.com
SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has revealed he doesn’t blame Yoko Ono for John Lennon’s departure from The Beatles, despite her “intrusive” nature.
Paul McCartney admits taking LSD in Beatles film
Back in 1970 The Beatles split after a decade together becoming what is probably the most influential band in history.
And over the years there have been all kinds of rumours surrounding what caused the breakup.
McCartney and Lennon certainly had a clash and fans have debated how much of an influence Yoko Ono, John’s wife, was on this.
But now in a new interview, McCartney has revealed she was not to blame.
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Paul, John, Ringo and George may have disbanded the Beatles nearly a half century ago, but the magic and memories evoked by their music linger on.
And it will definitely be resonating in a big way on Sept. 8 at the Newberry Opera House when The Fab Four takes stage to transport the audience back to the 1960s with Beatles favorites and taste of what it might have been like to watch the Beatles live during their heyday.
“Other than playing the songs, we try to give our audience members a visual window into what it might’ve been like to see the Beatles perform live,” said Gavin Pring, who plays the role of George Harrison for The Fab Four. “To some, it’s reliving a memory. To others (too young to have seen the original lads), it’s a moment of what It might’ve been like to see the Beatles live.”
Source: By Lezlie Patterson/The State
Stephens Auditorium is due to host the iconic supergroup, Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band, on Wednesday — led by former Beatles drummer and vocalist Ringo Starr.
This will be The All Starr Band’s fourth date of their North American tour, which started not long after recently wrapping up their European tour. The group has been touring for more than two decades, originally forming in 1989.
Starr has led 13 different variations of the band, members comprised of rotating stars who hail from other well-known bands.
The current version of the band includes Gregg Bissonette, Graham Gouldman from 10cc, Warren Ham from AD and Kansas, Colin Hay from Men at Work, Steve Lukather from Toto, and Gregg Rolie from Santana and Journey. The concept of the rock supergroup is credited to producer David Fishof.
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Fifty years ago the Beatles released a single that sold over 8 million copies — their highest selling 45rpm — "Hey Jude." While "Hey Jude" made the greater impression, it was the B-side — "Revolution" — in which John Lennon addressed the global political upheaval of 1968 that has the more interesting story. Rare as it was for a pop song to address politics, the message in "Revolution" attracted fierce resentment within the radical left before re-appearing in 1987 in one of the most seminal and ground breaking advertisements ever made.
Lennon wrote "Revolution" in India where the Beatles were meditating with the Maharishi while the Vietnam War and Chinese Cultural Revolution raged on. There was a major riot in London and Paris was brought to the brink of another revolution in May of that year.
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