Paul McCartney cosies up to wife Nancy Shevell as they celebrate milestone anniversary

Paul McCartney appears to have changed his explanation about the backstory of ‘A Day In The Life’ and has claimed that he wrote the lyrics – not John Lennon.The former Beatle bassist/vocalist previously said that the ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ (1967) song was inspired by a drugged-up politician who “blew his mind out in a car”.

Paul McCartney‘s forthcoming career-spanning biography, The Lyrics has been shortlisted for this year’s Waterstones Book Of The Year award.The book, which was announced earlier this year and is due for release on November 2, will recount the musician’s life through his earliest boyhood compositions, songs by The Beatles, Wings and from his lengthy solo career.It will also be presented with previously unseen drafts, letters and pictures from his personal archive.

“Reader’s Digest” that he doesn’t like to take selfies or sign autographs for fans anymore because he finds it quite “strange.”“‘Here,” he said. “Can I write your name down on the back of this till receipt please? We both know who I am.”While the British rocker is happy to talk to fans, he doesn’t understand why people need his signature.

Thirteen years after Ringo Starr announced that he would no longer sign autographs, his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney is following suit.“It always struck me as a bit strange”, he tells Reader’s Digest. “‘Here, can you write your name down on the back of this till receipt please?’ Why? We both know who I am”.But I know what you’re thinking.

Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that he no longer complies with autograph requests.

Sir Paul McCartney is following in the footsteps of fellow Beatles member Ringo Starr and will no longer be signing autographs.

Paul McCartney says he has stopped signing autographs, calling the process “a bit strange”.Speaking to Reader’s Digest (via Contact Music), the Beatles legend discussed being stopped by fans and asking for autographs across his career, and why he has grown tired of the idea.“It always struck me as a bit strange,” he said.

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.

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.