Sir Paul McCartney, 79, will forever be one of the biggest rockstars on the planet — but one title comes first for The Beatles’ star: dad. Paul is the father of five children, including four with his late wife Linda McCartney.
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Dave Grohl’s daughter Hannah has some major bragging rights.
Grohl, 52, was on “The Graham Norton Show” on Friday promoting his new memoir, “The Storyteller”, when he told one particularly captivating story about how dinner at his house with Paul McCartney turned into his daughter’s first piano lesson.
“We have wine and pizza and we were hanging out, and it was time for Paul to go,” Grohl recalled. “Paul and [his wife] Nancy were leaving and there was a piano in the corner of the room, and he
Sir Paul McCartney, 79, will forever be one of the biggest rockstars on the planet — but one title comes first for The Beatles’ star: dad. Paul is the father of five children, including four with his late wife Linda McCartney.
the Times of London on Sunday, McCartney, 79, revealed that Dylan, 80, gave the British rock group weed during a trip to New York in 1964.“What happened is that we were in a hotel suite, maybe in New York around the summer of 1964, and Bob Dylan turned up with his roadie. He’d just released ‘Another Side of Bob Dylan,'” McCartney wrote in his book. “We were just drinking, as usual, having a little party.
Paul McCartney has shared an excerpt from his forthcoming book The Lyrics: 1956 To The Present, in which he remembers the inspiration for one of his best-known Beatles songs, ‘Eleanor Rigby’.Writing about his childhood in Liverpool, McCartney recalled doing chores for local residents during the Scouts’ ‘Bob-a-job week’, during which he met an old lady who would go on to inspire the song.“Eleanor Rigby is based on an old lady that I got on with very well,” McCartney wrote in an extract published
Mick Jagger has joked on-stage about Paul McCartney’s recent comments on The Rolling Stones, during which he called them a “blues cover band”.During an interview with the New Yorker earlier this month, McCartney said: “[The Beatles’] net was cast a bit wider than [the Stones’]. I’m not sure I should say it, but they’re a blues cover band, that’s sort of what the Stones are.”At a concert in Los Angeles last Thursday (October 14), Jagger made a brief swipe at McCartney’s comments.“There’s so many
Mick Jagger threw shade at Paul McCartney at Thursday's Rolling Stones concert. Jagger, 78, and McCartney, 79, have been part of the long-standing rivalry between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
Paul McCartney seems to have reignited the longstanding rivalry between The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.
Paul McCartney made waves earlier this week as he branded The Rolling Stones a 'blues cover band' in a new interview, after insisting he thought the Beatles were 'better. 'And frontman Sir Mick Jagger was quick to respond just days later in front of a crowd of 70K including the famous bassist as he made a playful dig at him during a huge gig.
“blues cover band” in an interview with The New Yorker.Jagger, 78, and his mates played at the LA’s SoFi Stadium on Thursday, where he called out the plethora of celebrities that were at his concert, including A-listers like Megan Fox, Lady Gaga and Leonardo DiCaprio.Then Jagger added, “Paul McCartney is here.
Chris Willman Music WriterAt the first of two Los Angeles-area concerts Thursday, Mick Jagger reeled off a list of celebrities, real and imagined, whom he said were attending the Rolling Stones’ opening night at SoFi Stadium.
Mick Jagger has some shade to throw.
The New Yorker, the Beatles member called rival British rock band The Rolling Stones a “blues cover band.”Ouch.“I’m not sure I should say it, but they’re a blues cover band, that’s sort of what the Stones are,” McCartney, 79, said. “I think our net was cast a bit wider than theirs.”It’s not the first time he took a dig at the band, either.
Paul McCartney wants to set the record straight. The legendary musician is opening up and sharing his side of the story of who decided to break up the Beatles.As part of the new BBC interview special, the 79-year-old music icon reflected on his past, and addressed the long-standing belief that it was his decision to quit the Beatles and thus effectively end the band back in 1970.«Stop right there.
James Taylor has spoken about auditioning to join The Beatles‘ label Apple Records in the late 1960s.The singer-songwriter said in a new interview that he believes his youth – besides his musical talent – helped him have the confidence to sell himself.“I had some kind of competence and the arrogance of youth, without which nobody would ever do anything, because you’d hedge your bets,” Taylor recalled to GuitarWorld of auditioning in front of Paul McCartney and George Harrison.“There’s a stage in
Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, flatly disputing the suggestion that he was responsible for the group’s demise. Speaking on an episode of BBC Radio 4’s "This Cultural Life" that is scheduled to air on Oct.
Dave Grohl has recounted the first time he met the two surviving members of The Beatles, sharing the story to his blog Dave’s True Stories.The latest entry to Grohl’s blog – which evolved from pandemic posts on Instagram, and eventuated into his recent book The Storyteller – titled “Entering Valhalla” (and taken from The Storyteller) is a retelling of when Grohl first met Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in 2002.Grohl recounts being approached by Dhani Harrison (son of the late George Harrison)
Dave Grohl is mining his personal and professional life for a new collection of short stories, The Storyteller: Tales Of Life And Music in which he details his journey from drumming with Nirvana to creating the Foo Fighters and everything in between. ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante caught up with Grohl to get the inside scoop on how the project came to be and stories he shares, including his bond with Beatles icon Paul McCartney.