Paul McCartney “blames Bruce Springsteen” for long gigs

Paul McCartney has announced a new podcast titled ‘McCartney: A Life In Lyrics’, which will share the stories behind some of his best-known songs.Each episode will see Macca focusing on a single song from his work in the Beatles and Wings as well as his solo career. Tracks included in the first season of the podcast series include ‘Eleanor Rigby’, ‘Let It Be’ and ‘Live and Let Die’ among others.The series will also provide listeners an unrivaled opportunity to sit in on conversations between McCartney and poet Paul Muldoon, who wrote the foreword to McCartney’s bestselling book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present.“When we listened back to the tapes, we realized there was something very special happening in these conversations,” explained Muldoon in the prologue episode which is out now.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom packed on the PDA as they attended a star-studded Bruce Springsteen concert at London's Hyde Park.The A-list couple were snapped sharing a kiss in the concert's VIP area, which the Lord of the Rings star, 46, also photographed on his phone. Another snap saw the pair excitedly singing and dancing along to the music. Katy, 38, donned a pink Prada mini dress, which she paired with some stylish pink sunglasses, accessorising with some bangles and a pair of necklaces, one of which featured a daisy pendant, a sweet nod to the couple's two-year-old daughter.

Paul McCartney befuddled Beatles fans last month when he announced the band would be releasing a record featuring the late John Lennon, with the help of artificial intelligence.  "When we came to make what will be the last Beatles record it was a demo that John had – that we worked on and we just finished it up – it'll be released this year. We were able to take John's voice and get it pure through this AI so that then we could mix the record as you would normally do," he told BBC Radio 4's Today show. Fans began questioning why the Beatles would do such a thing, sharing their disdain on social media.

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band are set to play two huge shows at BST Hyde Park this week – check out the full list of support acts and stage times below.Springsteen will hit the stage in London tonight (July 6) before returning for another outdoor gig this Saturday (July 8).The Chicks serve as the main support for both concerts. They’ll be joined this evening by Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls, The Coronas, Stone, Picture Parlour, First Time Flyers, Theo Lawrence, and Attawalpa.Saturday’s line-up is completed by James Bay, Brittney Spencer, Pa Sheehy, Sam Barber, Kingfishr, Kezia Gill, and Kelly McGrath.Attawalpa will kick off today’s show with a set on the Birdcage stage at 3pm BST, followed by Theo Lawrence (4.30pm) and First Time Flyers (6.10pm).The Rainbow stage, meanwhile, will host performances from Picture Parlour and The Coronas.Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are due to arrive on the main stage – aka the Great Oak – at 7pm both nights for a mammoth three-hour-and-20-minute headline show.

Paul McCartney says musicians today are expected to perform much longer concerts than the Beatles did in the 1960s, and he appears to blame Bruce Springsteen for it.  "These days it’s pretty much the main act and there might be a warmup act," McCartney recently told Conan O’Brien on his "Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend" podcast. Sir Paul said "nobody" did long sets during the Beatles' time because there were so many other acts in a show.  "Now, people do three, four hours. I blame Bruce Springsteen.

A short live performance is the key to Paul McCartney’s musical heart.

Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, and members of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and more are set to appear in legendary photographer and director Anton Corbijn’s first feature-length film Squaring The Circle: The Story Of Hipgnosis – in cinemas and on demand from July 14. Check out the trailer below.Hipgnosis was the collective of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell – and later Peter Christopherson – who created iconic record sleeves for the likes of Pink Floyd, T.

Paul McCartney was spotted by fans enjoying the sunset on Saturday night (June 24) at Glastonbury 2023.The Beatles legend is on site at Worthy Farm this weekend, with rumours about him making a special guest performance with Guns N’ Roses during their headline set last night.That didn’t materialise – Dave Grohl joined them instead on ‘Paradise City’ – but one fan did spot McCartney soaking up the sun at the top of the Park hill as evening drew in.“A surreal moment amongst an already mad weekend,” the fan wrote. “Walked to the top of the Glastonbury hill for a sunset photo, turns out Paul McCartney had the same idea!”Alongside the caption was a video of McCartney watching the sunset next to an SUV at the top of the bill.

Paul McCartney has been rumoured to be a special guest during Guns N’ Roses‘ headlining set at Glastonbury 2023.According to a tweet posted by @secretglasto on Twitter, it was speculated that the former Beatle will be joining the rockers for a rendition of Wings 1973 hit ‘Live and Let Die’.“As many of you saw, Paul McCartney was in attendance at The Pretenders gig on the Park. We’re hearing he may be guesting with Guns ‘n’ Roses later for a rendition of Live and Let Die,” read the tweet.As many of you saw, PaulMcCartney was in attendance at The Pretenders gig on the Park.

The Pretenders have taken to the stage at Glastonbury 2023 and delivered a career-spanning setlist complete with some surprise guests.Taking place at The Park stage this evening (June 24), the set marked the band’s third time returning to Worthy Farm, following two previous appearances in 1994 and 2017. It also marked one of their first performances since they announced their upcoming album ‘Relentless’ — which is set for release on September 15 .Despite being nearly three decades since they made their Glastonbury debut, Chrissie Hynde and co.

Paul McCartney might be joining Elton John on stage at Glastonbury Festival this weekend.The Beatles legend was among VIPs who were spotted watching Foo Fighters side stage when the band performed their surprise set as mystery band The Churnups yesterday (June 23).However, festival-goers and watchers have suspected that Macca is down on the farm for another reason – to appear as John’s special guest when he performs in the Legends slot tomorrow (June 25).Back in December, John was confirmed as first Glastonbury Festival 2023 headliner, which will be the final UK show of the ‘Rocket Man’ singer’s last ever tour.He’s since revealed that he has developed a “brand new show” for his Glasto set.Rumours of potential guests first arose following a recent interview with John, in which he teased that some special guests would be joining him for during his closing headline set on Sunday.

little help from AI — but just a little.Paul McCartney has responded to the speculation about the use of artificial intelligence in the Beatles’ upcoming song.McCartney, 81, told the BBC that “the final Beatles album” will be released later this year — using AI technology to “extricate” John Lennon’s voice from a previously unheard track.“It was a demo that John had that we worked on, and we just finished it up, it’ll be released this year,” he said in his initial announcement on June 12. “We were able to take John’s voice and get it pure through this AI, so then we could mix the record as you would normally do.”With AI being at the center of much concern and debate, many fans jumped to conclusions and assumed that the technology was being used to generate fabricated vocals from the late Lennon.McCartney took to social media to ensure his fans that nothing was fabricated.“Been great to see such an exciting response to our forthcoming Beatles project. No one is more excited than us to be sharing something with you later in the year,” he tweeted.“We’ve seen some confusion and speculation about it.

wrote on Twitter yesterday. “No one is more excited than us to be sharing something with you later in the year”.However, he added, “we’ve seen some confusion and speculation about it.

Paul McCartney has clarified the process of creating a freshly announced AI song by The Beatles, saying that it features nothing “artificially or synthetically created”.Last week, McCartney revealed that artificial intelligence has allowed him to create a “final” Beatles song.The legendary singer-songwriter and bassist discussed the prospect during a new interview with Radio 4’s Today Programme, and revealed that AI technology allowed him to “extricate” John Lennon’s vocals from an old demo track — meaning that he could complete the song.Now, after fans debated about the specifics of the creation process, Macca took to Twitter to clarify.He wrote yesterday (June 22): “Been great to see such an exciting response to our forthcoming Beatles project. No one is more excited than us to be sharing something with you later in the year.“We’ve seen some confusion and speculation about it. Seems to be a lot of guess work out there.

Paul McCartney wants to clear up confusion about that upcoming Beatles record: Nothing, including the vocals of the late John Lennon, has been artificially created.

The Princess of Wales met Sir Paul McCartney and Tracey Emin as she re-opened the National Portrait Gallery following its three-year, £41.3 million refurbishment.

Sir Paul McCartney as she officially reopened the National Portrait Gallery after its extensive three-year refurbishment. She met the Beatles member and his wife, Nancy, at the gallery on Tuesday, and was left laughing at the musician’s joke about the age gap in his marriage. The 81-year-old has his own photography exhibition at the gallery next week, depicting the Beatles in 1963 and 1964 – and joked about whether his wife would have been born then.

Legendary Beatles star Paul McCartney is giving fans a glimpse inside the band’s "innocent" rise to fame in never-before-seen photos.  During the historic 1964 Beatlemania tour, the iconic band "dominated the world" as the members took the world by storm in their early 20s.  McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison went on a global tour that spanned over six cities: Liverpool, England; London; Paris; New York; Washington, D.C.; and Miami.  Amid their rise to fame, the now 80-year-old McCartney snapped a few camera shots of their adventures which are highlighted in his first photo book, "1964: Eyes of the Storm." With more than 200 pictures, McCartney takes fans behind the lens through candid photos of himself and his bandmates enjoying a journey of a lifetime. "It shows when this group… just dominated the world, became a worldwide sensation," "1964: Eyes of the Storm" editor Robert Weil told Fox News Digital.  Pictures capture an overwhelming number of photographers and fans doing everything they can to snap shots of the famous English rock band.

said.“[John] had a really tragic life,” he continued. “As a kid, his mother was decreed to not be good enough to bring him up…His father had left the home when John was 3.

Paul McCartney sat down with Conan O'Brien for a podcast recording of. And while looking at old photos of himself and his former Beatles bandmates, McCartney opened up about the late John Lennon, explaining why he looked so vulnerable in one of the images on display. "[John] had a really tragic life," McCartney said.