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 | Five days after his scheduled performance in Guadalajara, Sir Paul McCartney will play a massive free concert in Mexico City on May 10. Fans may have to queue for hours to gain a decent vantage point of the former Beatle, but they will not have to pay for a ticket. Sponsors will cover the costs, according to Marcelo Ebrard, the mayor of Mexico City. |
 | Paul McCartney stunned the studio audience, and possibly actor Alec Baldwin, by making a surprise walk-on appearance during a live episode of NBC's 30 Rock tonight. In the show, a character is insisting live television has value because "anything can happen," when right on cue and beautifully proving the point, McCartney is escorted into the office. |
 | Officials in Colombia took no risks when Paul McCartney landed in the country last week as 1,400 police officers were designated to help protect the Beatles legend. Paul to South America as part of his On The Run tour earlier this month, and jetted into Colombia last Thursday to play a sold-out gig at the El Campin Stadium in Bogota. |
 | Paul McCartney pulled a young woman from the crowd as he performed at a huge stadium concert in Recife, Brazil, and she asked him to sign her neck. She then rushed off to a tattoo parlor to have his autograph inked on her skin forever. She said, "I could not believe it, it was like a dream come true." |
 | Dhaka's Liberation War Museum in Bangladesh seems an unlikely place to honor the memory of George Harrison. Yet here, in a second-floor gallery is a bronze plaque dedicated to the Beatle who preached love and compassion. "Author, composer, peacemaker, gardener, lyricist, musician, philanthropist, poet," reads the inscription. |
 | Movie studio Paramount has picked up Hole In The Fence from Ringo Starr and Dave Stewart. The coming-of-age drama is about a group of kids who form a band to escape their depressing mining town. Stewart and Starr will serve as executive producers, the script based on Starr and Stewart's music and original idea. |
 | Singer Demi Lovato was left speechless after nearly driving into Sir Paul McCartney on Monday. The Skyscraper hitmaker couldn’t believe her eyes when she spotted the Beatles legend in Los Angeles and nearly mowed him down with her car. |
