Paul McCartney (has been dead since 1966?)

misery guts wrote:Having previously headlined at the Glastonbury festival back in 2004, it's been announced that he'll be one of the headliners in 2020 

Obviously this didn't happen as Glasto was cancelled for the year.

Isle of Wight Festival 2010: Paul McCartney
A decent short set, with many Beatles tracks, but some from Wings and beyond too.

Inside Art - Linda McCartney Retrospective
The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool put on this major feature on the photographer's career, including some family stuff and shots of Paul in Liverpool. Nice to hear her getting some positive response for once.

He's announced a new album, made during lockdown. To be apparently called McCartney III, it follows I (in 1970) and II (in 1980).

Idris Elba meets Paul McCartney
Partly to push the new album (which went to #1), he gave this interview. Idris played a little guitar. Paul talked of his background, how Blackbird was a civil rights anthem, starting on the trumpet, liking horse-riding, his talented father, working with John Lennon and KanYe West. He told anecdotes about Yesterday and Let It Be.

misery guts wrote:Yesterday was another big promo day, as he put on a special less-than-secret gig back at the famous Cavern Club for his first trip there in 19 years. 

Paul McCartney - Live at the Cavern Club
July 2018, he did well over an hour, a few Beatles, a few from Wings, and a few which I guess were from the new album. He had some good banter with the crowd, and played a few which seemed more obscure than usual.

MTV Unplugged: Paul McCartney
He rocked Limehouse Studios in London in January 1991, starting with Be Bop A Lula and ending with Singing The Blues, and inbetween doing some perhaps less obvious gems like She's A Woman, Here, There and Everywhere and And I Love Her. He also had laughs at the expense of someone who thought he had a song called Blackboard. Good show, though.

He also recently was honoured by the Royal Mail, being the subject of a set of postage stamps:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-56981458

Many Years From Now, by Barry Miles (1997)
Another thick biography. Barry knew Paul in the late 60s at the Indica bookshop and International Times. He spoke to Paul many times about song-writing, and this book is heavily about the Beatles years, though covers Paul's life in London, the films and how it started to fall apart when Brian Epstein died and John hooked up with new father figures like the Maharishi and the more dubious Magic Alex. Quite a solid read, particularly for those who feel Paul was the best Beatle.

Paul McCartney at the BBC
About 50% longer than these things usually are, given the length of his post-Beatles career to hammer in, and the number of progs he has done to perform on, from Glastonbury to Top Of The Pops. English Tea was about the most up-to-date song here.

He's the latest veteran rocker to turn 80, today, so expect some tribute shows to follow in due course (and he's still on course to headline Glastonbury next weekend) 

In truth, very little happened (certainly compared to the multitudes done for Lennon 80 the other year).

TOTP2: Paul McCartney
10 performances from 1972 to 1980 (well, Coming Up was the video), but with Paul himself telling stories about each song, so some extra value there. He noted that Hi Hi Hi got banned here, so C Moon got promoted instead.

After all that build-up, I find I've missed the show   Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen were reportedly guests on his Saturday night headline set too. Pfft

Hidden Treasures of the National Trust - 20 Forthlin Road, South Liverpool
The childhood home of Paul McCartney, no less. His brother Mike, himself of course a UK #1 hitmaker in the Scaffold, was present to offer help and opinions, and mention checking with his brother about details like a replacement wallpaper, and about the reopening of their mother's bedroom, wherein she died. Plus a somewhat doomed attempt to uncover graffiti from the rest-room, long since painted over. Such is the world of tourism.

Who Do You Think You Are? Emily Atack
A light comedienne in her own right, daughter of impressionist Kate Robbins (who had a UK #2 of her own in 1981) together with Keith from the band Child (who also served as Bonnie Tyler's guitarist for 30 years apparently). However, the real meat is that her grandmother's cousin is, yes, Paul McCartney. So there were photos of the young Paul and his mother. Grandma Robbins taught Paul the ukulele. Emily met his brother Mike; her first cousin, twice removed. There was discussion about brass bands, though no mention of Yellow Submarine. There were some entertainment bits to Emily's father's side too, but this was blatantly a chance for a bit of snooping on a Beatle's background.

He made the news recently when one of his basses, reportedly stolen back in 1972, was found and given back to him.

Parkinson - Sir Paul McCartney
This 1999 interview came about partly as Parky was among the celebrities on the Band On The Run cover, and the return favour of an interview took until then to set up. Macca was pushing his Run Devil Run album, and he performed some tracks from it (with David Gilmour and Ian Paice among his backing band). He talked about the recent death of his wife Linda, he talked about John, about his mother, and about compositions.

He's made the news this week as the new Sunday Times Rich List reportedly lists him as UK music's 1st billionaire 

He completed his latest "Got Back" tour last night, with Ringo Starr joining him for a couple of tracks. He's done a few UK dates, his first here since Glastonbury 2022, and he's had largely fabulous reviews.