Archive for the 'McCartney' Category

Paul McCartney’s love loss

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Sir Paul McCartney is on a diet to please his girlfriend. The former Beatles star is trying to abstain from his favourite sweet treats in order to stay trim for American lover Nancy Shevell.

Negotiations to put Beatles on iTunes stalled (AP)

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

AP - Paul McCartney says negotiations on a long-awaited deal to make the Beatles’ catalog available on the online music service - Paul McCartney says negotiations on a long-awaited deal to make the Beatles’ catalog available on the online music service iTunes have stalled.

Paul McCartney’s lost track

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Sir Paul McCartney is set to release a previously unheard Beatles song. The singer had been reluctant to make experimental track ‘Carnival of Light’ public after fellow band members - John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr - considered it too adventurous.

Getting back

Monday, November 17th, 2008

The Beatles are back. Sort of. Paul McCartney is preparing to release “Carnival of Light,” a 14-minute experimental track the Fab Four recorded in 1967 but never released. It reportedly includes distorted guitar, organ sounds, gargling, and shouts of “Barcelona!” and “Are you all right?” from McCartney and John Lennon . “I like it because [...]

Paul McCartney’s Killer mask

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Sir Paul McCartney wore an Alice Cooper mask when he met The Killers. The Las Vegas rockers’ frontman Brandon Flowers was stunned into silence by the bizarre encounter with the former Beatles star following his group’s show at London’s Royal Albert Hall last week.

Jesse McCartney to sing at Detroit Lions game

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Pop singer Jesse McCartney will perform during halftime of the Tennessee Titans-Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day game at Ford Field in Detroit.

Paul McCartney’s burning rubber

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Sir Paul McCartney was deported from Germany for setting fire to condoms. The Beatles’ former drummer Pete Best has revealed he and Paul returned to the UK after being accused of arson when they used the rubber contraceptives as emergency lighting.

Paul McCartney’s career fear

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Sir Paul McCartney feared his new album would ruin his career. The Beatles legend has just completed work on ‘Electric Arguments’, an ambient record with his side project The Fireman, which he says was recorded from entirely improvised sessions.

Paul McCartney’s McRage

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Sir Paul McCartney has urged people to boycott McDonald’s. The vegetarian singer is furious the fast food giant are displaying his picture - along with his former Beatles bandmates Ringo Starr and the late John Lennon and George Harrison - at one of their outlets in his home city of Liverpool to attract more customers.

Thousands cheer McCartney’s Tel Aviv performance (AP)

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

AP - TEL AVIV, Israel — Paul McCartney performed his first concert in Israel, kicking it off with the familiar Beatles’ song “H - TEL AVIV, Israel — Paul McCartney performed his first concert in Israel, kicking it off with the familiar Beatles’ song “Hello, Goodbye” to the joy of tens of thousands of cheering [...]

Paul McCartney’s peace show

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Sir Paul McCartney defied death threats to perform in Israel last night (25.09.08). The former Beatle had been warned by Islamic extremists not to appear at the ‘Friendship First’ show “if he values his life” but defied protestors to perform to 50,000 screaming fans, telling them: “I am bringing a message of peace.”

Concert in Tel Aviv

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Paul McCartney performed his first concert ever in Israel yesterday, kicking it off with the familiar Beatles song “Hello, Goodbye” to the joy of tens of thousands of fans. McCartney billed the Tel Aviv concert “Friendship First,” saying he’s on a mission of peace for Israel and the Palestinians. Singing “Give Peace a Chance,” he [...]