Paul McCartney slams Italian government’s “outrageous” policy preventing ticket refunds

took to YouTube Tuesday to notify fans that that he’d be holding the annual benefit show online due to coronavirus concerns.“We’re doing something for my birthday — but it’s going to be a little different than usual,” says Starr, who has hosted Peace and Love birthday concerts for over a decade, reports Radio X.He tells Rolling Stone: “There’s no big get-together, there’s no brunch for 100.

Ringo Starr has announced a livestream benefit concert to mark his 80th birthday this week.The star-studded event will consist of exclusive new at-home performances and previously unseen concert footage from former Beatles-bandmate Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Joe Walsh, Ben Harper, Gary Clark Jr and more.Donations during the event will be split between the Black Lives Matter Global Network, MusiCares, The David Lynch Foundation, and WaterAid.

Ringo Starr plans on celebrating online with an all-Starr broadcast benefit called "Ringo's Big Birthday Show" next Tuesday, July 7.Starr traditionally spreads peace and love outside of Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, Calif. for his birthday, but he's not letting the coronavirus pandemic stop him from doing so.

Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis has said she’s planning to combine two festival line-ups for the 2021 event, as well as hoping that Paul McCartney will return to headline once more.The festival’s edition 2020 edition was set to kick off yesterday (June 24), but was cancelled as a direct result of coronavirus.Speaking to BBC 6 Music, Eavis explained that expansive plans for the 2021 event were already underway.“I think because we’re rolling two festivals together for 2021, we’ve got a hell of a

Paul McCartney has backed calls to change guidance that makes it mandatory to serve fish, meat and dairy in England’s school meals.Joined by his daughters Stella and Mary, the McCartneys are asking for schoolchildren to be given the option of choosing vegan meals.They rallied for the change in a new letter to education secretary Gavin Williamson as part of the consultation process for the National Food Strategy, a new review of Britain’s food system.In a statement, the McCartneys said: “No one

Sir Paul McCartney, along with his daughters Stella and Mary, are calling for a change in the mandatory requirements of school lunches in the United Kingdom.

An all-star group of rock icons banded together on Saturday night (June 20) to support New Orlean's iconic Preservation Hall. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band's "Midnight Preserves" livestream -- with all the musicians perf

Dave Grohl, Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney have teamed up for the most unlikely cover.

Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, and a host of other famous musicians united to perform with New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Jazz Band to raise funds for their foundation.The ‘Round Midnight Preserves livestream event featured a mix of previously recorded footage and live shows, headed up by a rousing performance of ‘When the Saints Go Marching In’ – led by McCartney on trumpet.Irma Thomas, Dave Matthews, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and Nathaniel Rateliff also contributed to the rendition – watch

photos on Instagram of her twins Max and Emme with ex-husband Marc Anthony, wishing the "Tu Vide en la Mia" singer "the best day today." She also recognized her fiance, former baseball star Alex Rodriguez, with a video montage of past interviews in which she gushes about her love being a great father.The "Medicine" singer didn't forget her own pops, though. For her dad, she resurfaced a TODAY show video in which she recalls how her dad has always supported her.

Dave Grohl, Paul McCartney, Arcade Fire and more will perform as part of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band live-stream tomorrow (June 20).The band will take their ‘Midnight Preserves’ festival jam sessions online this weekend in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.The group will instead host a live-stream from their respective homes on Saturday and are set to be joined by a number of special guests.

In the 2019 Danny Boyle film, Yesterday, the premise surrounded around a world where The Beatles never existed. Even the thought of such an alternative universe leaves us in a shuddering mess.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticBlasting the British government for what he says has been “no tangible practical support,” producer Cameron Mackintosh says his company’s West End productions of Hamilton, The Phantom of the Opera, Mary Poppins and Les Miserables won’t reopen until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.“This decision is heart-breaking for me,” Mackintosh said in a statement, “as I am sure it is for my employees, as everyone who has worked with me over the last 50 years,

Paul McCartney has a birthday wish one week before he turns 78.

Paul McCartney! The Beatles legend is turning 78 on June 18, and is also celebrating the 10th anniversary of Glass Walls, a heartbreaking clip in which he dives deep into the meat industry."All I've ever wanted for my birthday is peace on Earth—including for the animals," McCartney wrote in a new guest blog for PETA.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPaul McCartney fiercely criticized the Italian live-music industry over its refund policy for his canceled 2020 concerts in a Facebook post that has apparently been deleted. McCartney was scheduled to perform in the Italian cities of Naples and Lucca this week but canceled the shows early last month due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sir Paul McCartney remembers the racial divide in the U.S. during his time with The Beatles and he is disappointed to see that hatred in 2020.

on Jun 5, 2020 at 12:37pm PDT"I feel sick and angry that here we are almost 60 years later and the world is in shock at the horrific scenes of the senseless murder of George Floyd at the hands of police racism, along with the countless others that came before," he said. "All of us here support and stand alongside all those who are protesting and raising their voices at this time. I want justice for George Floyd's family, I want justice for all those who have died and suffered.