Sir Paul McCartney made headlines a few weeks back when he dismissed The Rolling Stones as “a blues cover band,” and now a fellow British rocker is offering a similar assessment of the legendary group.
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“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.
“What you’ve usually got is a ropey photo with a poor backdrop and me looking a bit miserable,” he continued. “Let’s chat, let’s exchange stories.”McCartney’s
.Sir Paul McCartney made headlines a few weeks back when he dismissed The Rolling Stones as “a blues cover band,” and now a fellow British rocker is offering a similar assessment of the legendary group.
bandmate beef caused The Beatles to break up was apparently nothing but a bunch of bunk.And freshly exhumed, unused footage from the British rock royals’ 1970s film and album, “Let It Be” — released the same year the group disbanded — punctures prevailing rumors that the “She Loves You” luminaries were at each other’s throats in the days leading up to their earth-shattering split.“These are not guys that dislike each other,” director Peter Jackson told “60 Minutes” of Paul McCartney, 79, Ringo
Paul McCartney has urged world leaders at COP26 to acknowledge the impact of animal agriculture on climate change.McCartney founded the Meat Free Mondays campaign in 2009 alongside his daughters, Mary and Stella.
songwriting partner John Lennon.The global celebrity revealed intimate details of his relationship with his late Beatles bandmate at the Southbank Centre in London Friday, where he was promoting a new book, The Sunday Times reported.“As 16-year-old, 17-year-old Liverpool kids, you could never say that. It just wasn’t done,” McCartney said.
Paul McCartney has responded to chancellor Rishi Sunak’s plan invest to £2million in looking at the potential of giving Liverpool yet another museum dedicated to hometown heroes The Beatles – arguing that he’s “happy that they’re recognising that it’s a tourist attraction” but he “thinks they could also spend the money on something else.”Last week, Sunak announced the proposals on Liverpool’s Waterfront in his Budget as part of an £850million investment to protect museums, galleries, libraries
Paul McCartney has said his parents were “the original inspiration” for his songs with The Beatles and his solo career.He said that although there had been “so many” influences on his songwriting, his parents had the largest impact.Speaking at an exhibition of memorabilia from his own collection at the British Library in London via BBC News, in connection with his career-spanning biography, The Lyrics, he said: “Thinking about songs that I’ve written at every stage of my career, I came to
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Beatles attraction have been branded “pointless nonsense that no-one needs or wants” by the Music Venue Trust.Sunak announced the proposals on Liverpool’s Waterfront in his Budget earlier this week as part of an £850million investment to protect museums, galleries, libraries and local culture across the UK.Speaking in the House Of Commons, Sunak said: “Thanks to the Culture Secretary [Nadine Dorries], over 800 regional museums and libraries will be renovated, restored, and revived.“And she’s
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.
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.
Preview in new tabMegastars Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger, the respective faces of The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, last week reignited the decades-long rivalry between the two British supergroups.McCartney, 79, belittled the Stones by calling them a “blues cover band,” while Jagger, 78, disparaged the Fab Four for failing to play giant stadiums — in contrast to the thousands of concerts staged by the “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” singer and his cronies.Fans have debated the relative
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