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June 18, 2016 -- Paul McCartney Birthday Tweets
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18, 2016 --
Top 10 Paul McCartney Solo Songs
Sir Paul McCartney was born
on June 18, 1942 so today he is celebrating his 74th birthday.
McCartney, also known as Macca among his fans, might still be
best known for his work with The Beatles, but it's not like he
hasn't kept busy in the past 46 years since the Fab Four broke
up. He has become one of the most prolific songwriters of our
time and is officially considered the most successful songwriter
of all time by the Guinness Book of World Records.
McCartney is one of the best pop songwriters and performers of
his generation. He might not be your favorite Beatle, but fans
of his work know that there's usually at least one gem on every
one of his albums. To help you sort out the good from the bad,
I've picked the best ones you need to listen to on his birthday,
along with some personal favorites you might have missed.
10. Silly Love
McCartney used to be ridiculed
for writing &silly love songs,& so his response was
to write a song literally about &Silly Love Songs.&
Released in 1976 on Wings At The Speed Of Sound, the single
was a huge smash hit and proved that people do enjoy those silly
love songs. As for the song itself, despite its somewhat dated
sound, it's still a great McCartney track, highlighted by the
bass play and the fantastic triple harmony party with McCartney,
his wife Linda McCartney and Wings cohort Denny Laine.
Love Songs
9. Too Much
Flashing forward to 2005's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard,
we find &Too Much Rain,& a surprisingly introspective
song from McCartney. Chaos was produced by Nigel Godrich
and the first time McCartney worked with an outside producer on
a released studio album since his run with George Martin in the
early '80s. The album feels very different from McCartney's other
work as a result.
8. My Brave
In 1989, McCartney teamed
up with Elvis Costello to write a series of songs that appeared
on their albums at the time. &My Brave Face& was the
most popular result of their collaboration and stands as the last
really successful solo single from any member of The Beatles.
It brought McCartney back from a run of flops during the late
'80s and appears on Flowers In The Dirt.
Brave Face
7. Band on
Band on the Run (1973) is easily McCartney's most popular
solo album, stacked with two huge hits, the title tack and &Jet.&
The other eight songs are fantastic too. But the title track is
a perfect look at McCartney's early solo career with Wings. The
group (down to just the McCartneys and Laine at the time) recorded
the album in Lagos, Nigeria.
on the Run
6. Calico Skies
In the past couple of decades,
McCartney has had a habit of recording at least one completely
acoustic song for an album and &Calico Skies,& from
1997's Flaming Pie, is easily the best of them. It's a
beautiful song and one that became even more poignant after Linda's
death from breast cancer in 1998. As for Flaming Pie, it's
a great album and one to seek out.
5. Another
&Another Day& was
recorded while McCartney was making RAM (1971), but he
decided to release it as a single and kept it off of the album.
This was a practice he carried over from his time with The Beatles,
who tried to keep singles off of albums so fans didn't have to
buy the same song twice. &Another Day& was also famously
referenced by Lennon in his song &How Do You Sleep.&
&The only thing you done was 'Yesterday', and since you've
gone you're just 'Another Day,'& Lennon sang.
4. Wanderlust
Any list of McCartney's best
songs needs a track from Tug of War, his 1981 album that
reunited him with Beatles producer George Martin. The title track,
&Take It Away& and the Stevie Wonder duet &Ebony
and Ivory& were all big hits, but it's a record filled with
good album tracks that only fans seem to know. &Wanderlust&
is one of the best of them.
Wanderlust
3. The Back
Seat Of My Car
In the past 40 years since
its release, RAM has become known as one of McCartney's
best albums. It's a record that has two big climaxes & &Long
Haired Lady& and &The Back Seat of My Car& &
and the hit &Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey.& &The
Back Seat of My Car& is one of those songs the word &epic&
was invented for. The song's idea might sound pretty simple, but
the production kicks it up another notch.
Back Seat Of My Car
2. Coming Up
&Coming Up& is one
of those cases where the live recording sounds so much better
than the studio version. The song first appeared on 1980's McCartney
II in the same self-produced style as the rest of the album,
with McCartney playing all the instruments. But when a live version
was released as a single in the U.S., that became the hit and
the version released on subsequent hits collections. However,
it is the studio version you hear with the song's famous video.
The story goes that when Lennon heard &Coming Up,& it
convinced him to go back into the studio to record Double Fantasy.
1. Maybe I'm
Like &Coming Up,& the most famous version of &Maybe
I'm Amazed& is a live recording. The track made its debut
on 1970's McCartney, which did not have a single and didn't
have a single release at that time. It remains McCartney's best
love song and has a magic that he's always tried to recapture
during his career. There's &My Love,& &Only Love
Remains,& &Love In Song& and other love ballads,
but none of them come close to &Maybe I'm Amazed.&
I'm Amazed
18, 2016 --
by Daniel S. Levine
Paul McCartney's
Net Worth: 5 Fast Facts You Need To Know
Sir Paul McCartney is one of the most successful songwriters of
all time. In fact, the Guinness Book of World Records says he
is the most successful songwriter of all time. The former
Beatle never rests though. In addition to his constant touring,
he has a new greatest hits package out this week, called Pure
McCartney. He released his most recent new album in 2013.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, McCartney's net worth is estimated
at $1.2 billion. However, Forbes does not consider him a billionaire
because that number includes the revenue his wife, Nancy Shevell,
earns. CNNMoney reports that he's worth an estimated $660 million.
While it's true that money can't buy you love, McCartney earns
quite a bit of it. Here's a look at Macca's money.
1. Named Most
Successful Songwriter in 1979!
The Guinness Book of World
Records has considered McCartney the Most Successful Songwriter
of all time since 1979. Thanks to his wok with John Lennon during
The Beatles, his solo hits and his hits with his '70s group Wings,
McCartney's name is on 32 number one hits in the U.S., including
23 co-written songs. In the U.K., he has 28 number one singles,
which is one behind Lennon.
McCartney has a whopping 192 songs chart in the U.K. His 192nd
was &All Day,& which he co-wrote with Kanye West in
2015. Of that total, 32 songs were with The Beatles, 21 with Wings
and 36 as a solo artist or part of a duo. The number also includes
songs McCartney wrote, but didn't record.
2. Nancy Shevell's
Family Makes Millions in Trucking
McCartney's third wife is
Nancy Shevell, the daughter of Myron &Mike& P. Shevell,
who runs a group of trucking companies. That includes Eastern
Freightways, New England Motor Freight and Apex Transportation.
The companies are all under the Shevell Group of Companies, L.L.C.
Nancy is listed as a Vice President of the company. Forbes estimates
that the company earns $300 million a year.
McCartney and his band performed at the American Trucking Associations'
Management Conference & Exhibition in October 2015, with Nancy
and other members of the Shevell family in attendance for the
private performance. He reportedly performed The Beatles song
&Drive My Car& as &Drive My Truck.&
3. McCartney's
Shows Sell Out, Bringing in More Millions
McCartney certainly doesn't
have to perform as often as he does, but he clearly has no intention
of stopping, not when he still sells out venues. In 2014, he had
Billboard's No. 1 tour with his &Out There& Tour, which
grossed $165 million up to that point. During one week in October
2014, he made $10.6 million from five shows.
McCartney is now on his &One On One& Tour which will
return to the U.S. on July 8 for SummerFest in Milwaukee. He's
also expected to perform at Desert Trip, which will also feature
Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and The Who. It's been reported
that each act will earn at least $7 million.
4. Heather
Mills Got $48.6 Million in Divorce Settlement
One of the most bitter celebrity
divorces in recent years was between McCartney and his second
wife, Heather Mills. After four years of marriage, the two split
and spent two years fighting. Mills originally sought $250 million,
People reported at the time, and McCartney proposed $30 million.
But the jury awarded Mills $48.6 million. Mills was under the
impression that McCartney was worth $1.6 billion and insisted
that their daughter, Beatrice, &is obviously meant to travel
B class while her father travels A class.&
Mills continues to criticize McCartney. In March 2015, she said
that McCartney only works with the likes of Kanye West and Rihanna
to stay relevant.
&This is just someone I fell in love with who to me was a
normal guy that happened to write a few cool songs in the '60s
and a few in the '70s,& she told Ireland's The Late Late
Show. &Like everybody that's a partner - you fall in
love, you get married, you sometimes then go 'Oh my God, this
is completely wrong,' you wake up, and you move on.&
5. He's Actively
Trying to Get The Beatles Publishing
While McCartney does own his
own music publishing rights, he is still trying to get the ownership
for the most of songs he and Lennon wrote during the Beatles years.
He famously lost out to Michael Jackson in 1985 after Jackson
spent $47.5 million on ATV Music, which had owned the rights to
the Beatles songs at that point. The Jackson estate is reportedly
planning to sell its 50 percent stake in Sony/ATV Music, which
could open a window for McCartney. Billboard reported in December
that McCartney is already starting the process.
McCartney's MPL Music Publishing is a big business, owning songs
by McCartney's idols, Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins. MPL also owns
songs by Fats Waller, Bessie Smith and Frank Loesser. McCartney
does own the publishing rights to two Beatles songs: &Love
Me Do& and &P.S. I Love You,& the songs that made
up the Fab Four's first single.June 18, 2016 --
&Love is Strange& by Paul McCartney and Wings
As I mentioned in my last post,
I plan on eventually using this blog to explore the connection
between faith and art. To set the stage or mood for that project,
I thought it might be fun to start sharing music with you on a
regular basis.&Why not on Fridays? Why not call it a &Friday
Jam&? It's on the nose, maybe &cliche, but it's clear
and direct.
McCartney and Wings - Love Is Strange
This inaugural FJ (transformed
into an acronym already? Sheesh) comes to you courtesy of Wings
first album, 1971's&Wild Life. It's probably not the
BEST album Paul McCartney made with Wings, but it's certainly
overlooked and underrated. I think it's accurate to think of this
album as sort of a proto lo-fi, indie rock album. It was quite
a turn from the refined, take-heavy studio work of The Beatles.
Wild Life&sounds like it was recorded by a bunch of
friends hanging out in a home studio one weekend. I consider&&Love
is Strange& the stand-out track on the album. The song, originally
written by Ethel Smith, Mickey Baker, and Sylvia Robinson, is
so sweet and relaxed that it's been accused by critics of being
&cloying&.
I beg to differ. I think the sweet, relaxed feeling of the album
reflects where Paul was emotionally at the time. Sure, The Beatles
are over and a new phase of life had begun & but there was
so much love between Paul and Linda that Paul makes the transition
seem placid.&This album, and this song in particular, is
really just a celebration of domestic bliss, and the slow, easy,
and relaxed songs are a testament to marriage.
&Many people, they don't understand / They think having love
is like having money in the hand.&
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May 24, 2016 -- PM.com
Paul collaborates with Jaunt to Produce new 'Pure McCartney' VR,
Six-Part Documentary Series
Award-winning team includes
Tony Kaye and Geoff Emerick to produce immersive VR retrospectives
Paul has teamed up once more
with Jaunt - the leading producer and publisher of fully-immersive
cinematic virtual reality experiences - and today release the
first two episodes of 'Pure McCartney VR', a six-part series of
virtual reality (VR) documentary shorts. As part of the upcoming
launch of 'Pure McCartney', a career&spanning compilation
album, each of these complementary immersive VR experiences delve
into the stories behind some of Paul's most iconic songs.
Filmed in his private home
studio, fans will embark on a personal journey with Paul as he
recounts memories and anecdotes related to various tracks, while
sharing archival and never-before-seen footage. The 'Pure McCartney
VR' episodes, which chronicle 'Dance Tonight', 'Coming Up', 'My
Valentine', 'Mull of Kintyre' and 'Early Days', will be released
episodically, starting today, and continuing through the coming
weeks up to the release of 'Pure McCartney'.
In building the series, the
team sought out the creative expertise of some of the most innovative
minds in the business, including award-winning Director, Tony
K Producer and Soundscape Architect Geoff E and Executive
Producers Cliff Plumer, Lucas Wilson and Doug Allenstein. The
resulting VR experiences include not only high quality cinematic
VR, but digitally remastered and spatially oriented ambisonic
audio mixed in Dolby Atmos. This project marks the first time
an original Paul McCartney track has been remixed in Dolby Atmos.
&It is an honour to
be part of such a tremendously talented team of artists, tasked
with documenting the thinking of this great man, in order to bring
his fans a new means of experiencing some of his greatest songs,&
said Tony Kaye, Director
for 'Pure McCartney VR'. &His musical genius is now on
display for the world in an entirely new light.
Paul and director Tony Kaye on set
&We used to see artists
connect with their fans through album covers and liner notes but
that personal expression, and deeper understanding &of the
music, has diminished over the years,& said Cliff Plumer, President of Jaunt Studios.
&With virtual reality, Paul McCartney is taking the most
he's connecting directly with his fans, to
share his innermost thoughts and experiences, in an entirely new,
personal and immersive way.&
Each track will be released into the custom Paul McCartney world
within the Jaunt VR App. Jaunt VR is available on iOS, Android,
Gear VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Desktop 360.
Get the Jaunt
app by clicking !
The 'Pure McCartney VR' series is presented by the British Tourist
Authority and the GREAT Britain campaign. Paul McCartney has played,
and continues to play, a central role in Britain's music heritage
and the GREAT Britain campaign is proud to be associated with
this innovative and ground-breaking initiative.
McCartney &Coming Up& VR
Pure McCartney
&Dance Tonight& VR
'Pure McCartney'
'Pure McCartney'
- Paul's curated career-spanning compilation - is released on
Friday 10th June. Fans can pre-order the album today from their
local record store, or online through the links below:
Amazon Standard - Click
Amazon Deluxe - Click
iTunes - Click HERE!
Pure McCartney Store - Click
March 2016
March 18, 2016 -- Irish Examiner
First glimpse of Paul McCartney's cameo for Sport Relief's Some
Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em sketch
Paul McCartney is the latest
big name to shoot a cameo for the hotly-anticipated Some Mothers
Do 'Ave 'Em sketch for Sport Relief.
So what will the legendary
Beatle be doing in his sitcom appearance? Well,
somewhat understatedly, he'll just be taking a stroll in a local
park while chatting on his phone when he comes across Frank Spencer.
The beloved sitcom is making a return for one night only, with&Michael
Crawford reprising his famous role of Frank & last seen in
1978 & alongside Michele Dotrice as his long-suffering wife
Bond Girl Gemma Arterton has been signed up as their grown-up
daughter Jessica.
Frank faces a desperate race involving a bike, rollerskates and
a double-decker bus to reach the Olympic velodrome in time to
watch her compete in the 10-minute sketch.
Other big name appearances
include F1 driver Jenson Button, comedian David Walliams and cyclist
Sir Bradley Wiggins.
The sketch
will air on Sport Relief night on March 18 on BBC One from 7pm.March
17, 2016 -- PM.com/Macca Report News
UPDATED: PAUL McCARTNEY 'ONE ON ONE'
Second Minneapolis
Date Added Due To Popular Demand
May 4 & 5 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
VIP TICKETS
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Due to the overwhelming response
to yesterday's announcement of his May 4 date at the Target Center,
Paul McCartney has confirmed a second Minneapolis stop on his
brand new 'One On One' tour.
On May 5, Paul will play a second night the Target Center-added
to satisfy incredible demand for tickets to Paul's first Twin
Cities engagement since his legendary sold out August 2, 2014
evening at Target Field.
March 16, 2016 -- PM.com/Macca Report
Paul Takes His 'One On One' Tour To Minneapolis
PAUL McCARTNEY - 'ONE ON ONE'
New US Date Confirmed
May 4th - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
Paul McCartney has confirmed the newest date of his brand new
'One On One' tour.|
On 4th May, Paul will return to Minneapolis to play the Target
Center - his first appearance in the Twin Cities since the 2nd
August, 2014 performance at Target Field that drew a capacity
crowd and unanimous critical raves...
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March 16, 2016 -- PM.com/Macca
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PAUL McCARTNEY - 'ONE ON ONE'&
France Date Of New Tour Confirmed:
Monday 30th
May & Accor Arena, Bercy, Paris
Paul McCartney has confirmed a brand new date for his 'One On
One' tour in France this summer.
As with the launch of every new Paul McCartney tour, 'One On One'
promises to unveil a dazzling re-designed set, dozens of classics
from the most beloved catalog in popular music, spanning Paul's
entire career--as a solo artist, member of Wings and of course
as a Beatle-and no shortage of surprises.&
'One On One' will be heading to Bercy's Accor Arena this May as
Paul returns to Paris after last year's triumphant concert at
the Stade de France. The announcement is the latest European date
to be confirmed following German and Spanish dates.&
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March 14, 2016 -- PM.com
Paul takes his 'One On One' Tour To Madrid
PAUL McCARTNEY 'ONE ON ONE'
Spanish Date Of New Tour Confirmed
Thursday 2nd
June & Vicente Calder&n Stadium, Madrid
Paul McCartney has&confirmed
a&brand new date for his 'One On One' tour in Spain this
As with the launch of every new Paul McCartney&tour, 'One
On One' promises to unveil a dazzling re-designed set, dozens
of classics from the most beloved catalog in popular music, spanning
Paul's entire career - as a solo artist, member of Wings and of
course as a Beatle - and no shortage of&surprises.
'One On One' will arrive in Madrid on 2nd June with Paul's first
appearance there since 2004. The Madrid show follows the announcement
of the first 'One On One' European tour dates kicking off in Germany
Fans registered
by 9am (CET / 8am GMT) on Tuesday 15th
March will be eligible to purchase pre-sale tickets for Paul's
Madrid concert through the website at 10am (CET / 9am GMT) on
the same day (Tuesday 15th March). LINK
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'One On One' is the first new
Paul McCartney tour since the juggernaut that was 'Out There'
came to its stunning conclusion on October 22, 2015 with Paul's
first ever concert in Buffalo, NY. 'Out There's finale capped
off an incredible 2015, in which the tour played 27 shows in 22
cities&throughout the world, with highlights including Paul's&historic&debut
in South Korea - where the crowd at Seoul Olympic Stadium's refusal
to stop singing the refrain to 'Hey Jude' literally forced Paul
to reprise the song in the first encore, playing that signature
bassline live for the&first time - three nights at the Tokyo
Dome and one at Budokan, a sold out stand at Paris'&majestic
Stade de France, more than a dozen&packed arena shows across
the US, UK and Europe, and triumphant&headlines at festivals
such as Firefly, Roskilde, and Lollapalooza in Chicago - the latter&a
tour de force performance for a 100,000-strong crowd&featuring
a guest appearance from&Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard on
'Get Back'.
The Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover
could ever want from a rock show - and so much more: Nearly three
hours worth of the greatest moments&from the last 50 years
of music, dozens of songs that have formed the soundtracks of
our lives. Paul and his band have&played an&unparalleled&range
of venues and locations: outside the Coliseum in Rome, Moscow's
Red Square, Buckingham Palace, The White House, a free show in&Mexico
for over 400,000 people, the last ever show at San Francisco's
Candlestick Park where The Beatles played their final concert
1966, and even one performance broadcast live into Space! Featuring
Paul's band of the last 10+ years & Paul &Wix& Wickens
(keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar)
and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums) & the&show is never anything
short of life-changing.
The 'One On One' Tour will debut a brand new production, as always&utilizing&state
of the art&audio and video technology and&to ensure
an&unforgettable experience from every seat in the house.
Employing massive screens, lasers, fireworks and, of course, a
staggering selection of the best songs ever written or performed,
every Paul McCartney show promises a once in a&lifetime evening
that&transcends and elevates the potential of live music.March
14, 2016 --
Beatle Sr Paul McCartney spotted at Ashford Cineworld
Rock and pop legend Sir Paul McCartney was spotted at Cineworld in Ashford yesterday
to catch the third instalment in the Kung Fu Panda series.&
He visited the multiplex with a teenage boy, believed to be his
Zoe Robertson, from Folkestone, who is a massive fan of The Beatles, was in the same screening as the singer/songwriter.
Her dreams came true when he approached her after the film was
Miss Robertson said: &We saw him in the popcorn queue before
the film and my partner said 'That's Sir Paul'. But I didn't believe
&But then when we were handing our tickets over to go through,
the member of staff said 'Hello Sir Paul' to him, so we knew it
Sir Paul, 73, and his young companion sat in the row behind Miss
Robertson, who was with her partner and his daughter.
She adds: &When I went to the loo, another woman came up
to me and asked if it was him sitting behind me.&
&Then when we were walking out, I saw him over my shoulder.
He said hello to me and I said it back. He then crossed the foyer
to come and talk to us.&
&He was really relaxed and friendly and asked us if we liked
the film and what we were doing for the rest of the day.&
Miss Robertson did ask for a photo, but the Hey Jude, Let it Be
and Yellow Submarine hitmaker said he didn't take pictures.&
Miss Robertson said there was a &buzz& around the cinema,
adding: &He could have just said hello, but he actually crossed
the cinema to talk to us.
&My partner said that is one thing now crossed off his list,
finding a way to get me to meet a Beatle.&
March 9, 2016 -- PM.com
PAUL McCARTNEY 'ONE ON ONE' - First Dates Of New Tour Confirmed
NORTH AMERICA:
13th April: SaveMart Arena
- Fresno, CA
15th April: Moda Center - Portland, OR
17th April: Key Arena- Seattle, WA
19th April: Rogers Arena - Vancouver, BC
20th April: Rogers Arena - Vancouver, BC
30th April: Verizon Arena - Little Rock, AR
02nd May: Denny Sanford Premier Center - Sioux Falls, SD
28th May: Esprit Arena - Dusseldorf
10th June: Olympic Stadium - Munich
14th June: Waldbuhne - Berlin&
Vicente Calder&n Stadium - Madrid (VIP PRE-SALE TUE 15/03 9am (CET / 8am GMT)
Paul McCartney
has confirmed the first dates of his brand new 'One On One' tour.
As with the launch of every new Paul McCartney tour, 'One On One'
promises to unveil a dazzling re-designed set, dozens of classics
from the most beloved catalog in popular music, spanning Paul's
entire career - as a solo artist, member of Wings and of course
as a Beatle - and no shortage of surprises.&
PAUL McCARTNEY
'ONE ON ONE' NORTH AMERICA PRE-SALE INFORMATION:
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'One On One' will open 13th April
with Paul's first ever appearance in Fresno, CA at the SaveMart
Arena. On 15th April, Paul will play the Moda Center in Portland,
OR, ending the near-11-year stretch since his last show in the
Rose City on the US Tour in 2005. The 'One On One' tour will then
proceed to Seattle, WA, for an April 17 evening at the Key Arena,
a return engagement Seattle has been anxiously awaiting since
the last notes of the encore featuring the living members of Nirvana
that wrapped Paul's sold out Safeco Field extravaganza in 2013.
On 19th April, Paul will roll into the Rogers Arena in Vancouver
BC, returning to Vancouver for the first time since the magical
evening at the BC Place Stadium during the final week of his 'On
The Run' tour in 2012. And on 30th April and 2nd May, Paul will
visit two more U.S. cities for the very first time, appearing
respectively at the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, AR, and the
Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, SD.
'One On One' will then travel to Dusseldorf, Germany on 28th May
with Paul's first appearance there since 1972. On Friday 10th
June Paul will return to Munich, over ten years since his last
visit. His final German date will take him back to Berlin for
the first time since 2009 on 14th June.
'One On One' is the first new Paul McCartney tour since the juggernaut
that was 'Out There' came to its stunning conclusion on 22nd October,
2015 with Paul's first ever concert in Buffalo, NY. Out There's
finale capped off an incredible 2015, in which the tour played
27 shows in 22 cities throughout the world, with highlights including
Paul's historic debut in South Korea-where the crowd at Seoul
Olympic Stadium's refusal to stop singing the refrain to 'Hey
Jude' literally forced Paul to reprise the song in the first encore,
playing that signature bassline live for the first time-three
nights at the Tokyo Dome and one at Budokan, a sold out stand
at Paris' majestic Stade de France, more than a dozen packed arena
shows across the U.S., UK and Europe, and triumphant headlines
at festivals such as Firefly, Roskilde, and Lollapalooza in Chicago-the
latter a tour de force performance for a 100,000-strong crowd
featuring a guest appearance from Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard
on 'Get Back'.&
The Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover
could ever want from a rock show-and so much more: Nearly three
hours worth of the greatest moments from the last 50 years of
music, dozens of songs that have formed the soundtracks of our
lives. Paul and his band have played an unparalleled range of
venues and locations: outside the Coliseum in Rome, Moscow's Red
Square, Buckingham Palace, The White House, a free show in Mexico
for over 400,000 people, the last ever show at San Francisco's
Candlestick Park where The Beatles played their final concert
in 1966, and even one performance broadcast live into Space! Featuring
Paul's band of the last
The 'One On One' Tour will debut a brand new production, as always
utilizing state of the art audio and video technology and to ensure
an unforgettable experience from every seat in the house. Employing
massive screens, lasers, fireworks and, of course, a staggering
selection of the best songs ever written or performed, every Paul
McCartney show promises a once in a lifetime evening that transcends
and elevates the potential of live music.
March 9, 2016 -- PM.com
Paul McCartney on George Martin
I'm so sad to hear the news
of the passing of dear George Martin. I have so many wonderful
memories of this great man that will be with me forever. He was
a true gentleman and like a second father to me. He guided the
career of The Beatles with such skill and good humour that he
became a true friend to me and my family. If anyone earned the
title of the fifth Beatle it was George. From the day that he
gave The Beatles our first recording contract, to the last time
I saw him, he was the most generous, intelligent and musical person
I've ever had the pleasure to know.
It's hard to choose favourite memories of my time with George,
there are so many but one that comes to mind was the time I brought
the song 'Yesterday' to a recording session and the guys in the
band suggested that I sang it solo and accompany myself on guitar.
After I had done this George Martin said to me, &Paul
I have an idea of putting a string quartet on the record&.
I said, &Oh no George, we are a rock and roll band and
I don't think it's a good idea&.& With the gentle
bedside manner of a great producer he said to me, &Let
us try it and if it doesn't work we won't use it and we'll go
with your solo version&.& I agreed to this and went
round to his house the next day to work on the arrangement.
He took my chords that I showed him and spread the notes out across
the piano, putting the cello in the low octave and the first violin
in a high octave and gave me my first lesson in how strings were
voiced for a quartet. When we recorded the string quartet at Abbey
Road, it was so thrilling to know his idea was so correct that
I went round telling people about it for weeks. His idea obviously
worked because the song subsequently became one of the most recorded
songs ever with versions by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Ray
Charles, Marvin Gaye and thousands more.
This is just one of the many memories I have of George who went
on to help me with arrangements on 'Eleanor Rigby', 'Live and
Let Die' and many other songs of mine.
I am proud to have known such a fine gentleman with such a keen
sense of humour, who had the ability to poke fun at himself. Even
when he was Knighted by the Queen there was never the slightest
trace of snobbery about him.
My family and I, to whom he was a dear friend, will miss him greatly
and send our love to his wife Judy and their kids Giles and Lucy,
and the grandkids.
The world has lost a truly great man who left an indelible mark
on my soul and the history of British music.
God bless you George and all who sail in you!
March 7, 2016 --
A family affair:
Proud father Sir Paul and glamorous wife Nancy Shevell sit front
row at daughter Stella McCartney's star-studded Paris Fashion
Week showcase&
He's the proud father of five
successful children.
And doting dad Paul
McCartney couldn't contain
his pride as he settled in to watch daughter Stella McCartney present her eponymous label line for Paris Fashion
Week on Sunday.&Paul looked the vision of health and happiness
as he cosied up to Nancy ahead of his daughter's show.
Paul seemed to be enjoying
himself ahead of the show, pretending to play the guitar and dancing
around before heading in to watch his daughter present her designs
on the runway.
Joined by wife&Nancy Shevell, the former Beatles
frontman, 73, beamed with anticipation as he headed into the show
to take his rightful place on the front row - cutting a dapper
figure in a tailored black suit and crisp white shirt with his
eyes concealed by a pair of black sunglasses.
Standing by his side, Nancy,
56, cut a glamorous figure for the show, donning a pair of cropped
white trousers in polka dot print, with a ruffled cream and coral
Layering up in a chic peach
coat, the star rounded off her ensemble in a pair of nude loafers
with a cleated white sole and carried a small brown bucket bag.
Wearing her chestnut coloured
tresses loose and tousled, she styled her glossy locks in a centre
parting, framing her heart shaped face which bore a neutral make-up
palette, allowing her natural beauty to shine through.&&
Pretty as a peach!&Nancy,
56, cut a glamorous figure for the show, donning a pair of cropped
white trousers in polka dot print, with a ruffled cream and coral
jumper.&Layering up in a chic peach coat, the star rounded
off her ensemble in a pair of nude loafers.
Stella McCartney
Instagram photo
Paul seemed impressed with
his daughter's work as he gave the designs a once-over on the
catwalk. He kept to himself at the show ensuring all eyes were
on his daughter's designs and not on himself.
But despite being surrounded
by famous friends and glamorous stars, Stella was no doubt most
keen to see her father in the audience as she stepped out onto
the catwalk after the show.&
March 5, 2016
Paul to announce shows for the USA this month
The Macca Report
has learned that Paul will announce concert dates for the USA this month,
which includes a rumored July show in the Midwest!
February 2016
February 10, 2016 -- NL Times (Thanks to Jaap Janse, Macca Reporter)
Paul McCartney expected at Pinkpop
Paul McCartney is widely expected
to headline and close the 2016 edition of music festival Pinkpop.
Just days later, American rock legend Bruce Springsteen is set
to perform in Den Haag.
McCartney is &99 percent certain& to perform at the
Limburg event, according to local media outlet 1Limburg. A verbal
agreement was reportedly reached between McCartney's management
and Pinkpop director Jan Smeets, the broadcaster reported.
The performance would likely close the three-day event in Landgraaf
on June 12, just six days before McCartney's 74th birthday.February
10, 2016 --
Behind-The-Scenes
Of The New Skype &Love Mojis&
As announced today, Paul has
partnered with communications giant Skype to compose music to
accompany ten &Love Mojis&.
Shortly after Paul had been in the studio working on the audio,
we were able to catch up with him to ask him about the project
What attracted
you to the project?
Paul McCartney: My team is
always on the look out for interesting ideas. They had been talking
to Skype and suggested that I would write music for some new &Mojis&
to be used around Valentine's Day.
I was intrigued and thought it would be a bit of fun to see if
I could do it! And it turned out to be a great laugh at the same
time as challenging because you suddenly realise you've got to
compress a musical interpretation of an emotion into less than
five seconds. So with some of them, which were five and a half
or six seconds, we had to work out a way to take the front off
or just squeeze this or just take that bit out.
It was great! It was like doing a huge crossword puzzle and coming
up with all these solutions. And at the same time it was musical
so it was great practice for me in the studio.
As you were
expressing universal emotions using music rather than language
was composing for this project different from how you usually
write, and did you learn anything from the process?
Paul: Yeah, that was the thing.
The decision I had to make was if I was g
which I thought might be a good thing because it then identifies
it with me. But it would have to be without using words.
And you know, I've seen kids' cartoons that use sounds rather
than words, but you still kind of know what they're saying! [Impersonates
cartoon character.] So I thought I'll do that and just use &Doo-Dee-Do-Deee&
and kind of sing it so it's me and my voice, but at the same time
no words. So yes, that was a conscious decision.
What instruments
did you use during the recording sessions?
Paul: I wanted to try and
make the whole set have a signature sound, something that pulled
it all together rather than just use a different instrument for
every single sound so that it was like a portfolio of musical
I decided to start roughing them all out with the Moog synthesizer.
So I did a musical phrase on the Moog for each of the 20 emotions.
Then I decided sometimes we don't need a Moog, sometimes another
instrument would be better.
The Moog was the first part and then I added my voice. Then I
added xylophone to some of them, which is like a call sign. It's
kind of like an airport tannoy, but I wanted that. I wanted it
to sound like something you might find on your computer. So it
was, &Do-Do-Doo& [mimics airport call sign].
So that mix of the Moog and the xylophone is something you'll
hear, and then sometimes I added a guitar, voice, piano, harpsichord,
and electric guitar. And then drums on the more sort of funky
ones, like 'I'm solo and loving it'. I thought, &OK! I'm
gonna get a funky drum track on that!& So it was great fun!
Really, I thought it might take a day & it took a week!
Was there any
reason why you fleshed out the ideas on the Moog?
Paul: I wanted it to be modern.
I wanted it to sound sort of electronic so I wanted the signature
to be an electronic signature rather than acoustic guitar, for
instance. So I got the whole overall signature on the Moog in
order to give it a modern flavour.
the easiest expression to compose for?
Paul: I must say I didn't
have too much trouble with many of them because it was instant.
It was like, &I'm not going to spend a week composing this!&
I'm just going to go [sings], &I love you, Do-Whee-Doo'.
And then I gave another variation like, &Do-Whee-Oo-Oo&.
So really it was like, &First thought, best thought&.
'Lust' [laughs], that was a good one to do. It's a great exercise.
How do you do that? It's similar you're trying
to get an emotion like, &I love you,& or an &I
miss you& emotion, or a &Don't leave me& emotion.
'Solo and loving it' was the other one that was good fun to do.
'Be My Valentine?' was nice too, and I think those three I just
mentioned have a little more instrumentation than some of the
others. I kept some of them very spare, because they sounded like
they worked - just like a call sign.
But it was really first thought,
best thought. I thought, &I can't deliberate over this -
I've got to race them all out&. Then I thought, &Well,
I'll give a couple of alternatives,& which were mainly for
me to choose from. But I ended up liking the alternatives so I
thought, &I'll let Skype choose&.
the hardest expression to compose for?
Paul: There were a couple
that w 'Flirting' and 'Blushing'. But I just
kind of had a go at it and thought, &There you go!&
And then if I didn't think it was enough, I might just add another
instrument to try and get the feeling.
Is it exciting
to think that potentially millions of people around the world
will be using your music to express their feelings?
Paul: Yes very, it really
is! It's already very exciting being a composer and a recording
artist because you know in America, UK, Japan, Europe, etc. people
are going to be listening to your records, to your music and that's
a very exciting thing. With modern technology now you get the
idea that millions of people at one point could actually be 'using'
your music.
I like that, it's very exciting and it's very human. It brings
us all together. We all go, &I love you,& together.
I'm interested to see how it goes. Anyone I tell about this I
say, &If it comes off&, because I'm always terrified
with these kinds of projects that you might spend a week doing
it all, and then somebody goes, &No, we tried it on the bosses
and they don't like it!& If it comes off, I do love the idea
of it - someone in America, signaling someone in Japan. It's just
great communication. It's all about communication, baby!
Do you use
Skype to communicate with family and friends?
Paul: I do when I'm on tour
to keep in touch with friends and family. The big Skype user in
the group is Wix! He's 'Mr Skype,' he's always at rehearsals moving
his iPad round the room with his wife and child. I will say hi
to his family!
fan of &Emojis& and do you use them with your family
and friends?
Paul: Yeah I do! When I text
I put a little thing. The one I happen to like a lot & I'm
really lo-fi & is a little smiley face with shades, so it's
cool and it's smiley! &
As these audio
&Mojis& will be published around Valentine's Day, how
would you define 'Love'?
Paul: I think it's one of
the most important emotions in life!
Mojis sketches
The Mojis are available on
Skype now.
February 10, 2016 -- PM.com
Paul Writes New
Music For Skype &Love Mojis&
Paul on composing music
for Skype's &Love Mojis
Today, a collaboration has
been announced between the world's most celebrated living musician
and its foremost video chat and online communication platform: Paul McCartney and &Skype have partnered to launch
a new range of animated love themed Mojis for Valentine's Day
featuring exclusive new McCartney music coupled with Skype's animated
designs. This new set contains ten specially created Mojis.
Paul McCartney's career is unparalleled. His music has reached
hundreds of millions of people globally, spanning generations.
Be it through live performances, composing pop songs, classical
works, electronic music, film themes and scores, and most recently
composing for the most anticipated video game of the last decade
& 'Destiny', Paul has continued to explore new ways to reach
people. Paul's music brings people together and breaks down language
and cultural barriers.&
Mojis are short animated clips that you can use during Skype chats
when words just aren't enough. These Mojis will be completely
unique to hundreds of millions of Skype users and feature sound
as well as video, giving the users chat a whole new dimension.
This collaboration will allow Skype users to use this medium to
convey love through music in a new and original way.&
Skype has long since been used by people all over the world to
communicate and share personal moments. Like music, Skype can
be used anywhere in the world to share the love, regardless of
the user's location. &Visual emoticons have become increasingly
more popular in recent years and have been used to communicate
everyday emotions. &Today's announcement marks the launch
of a new kind of digital expression & the audio emoticon.
&Music has always had the power to express a range of different
feelings and sharing an audio emoticon is a fun way of expressing
feelings via brand new Paul McCartney music.
Paul was set a brief by Skype to compose for specific emotions.
More used to writing chart-topping songs around the three-minute
mark than expressing an emotion musically in a number of seconds
Paul embraced the task.
Talking about
the experience Paul said:
&It turned out to
be a great laugh at the same time as challenging because you suddenly
realise you've got to compress a musical interpretation of an
expression into less than five seconds. It was like doing a huge
crossword puzzle and coming up with all these solutions. And at
the same time it was musical so it was great practice for me in
the studio.&
Paul recorded his compositions over a week at his Hog Hill Mill
studio in Sussex. Using a variety of instruments including guitars,
keyboards, drums, xylophone and his voice. In order to give the
whole set a signature sound Paul started the compositions on a
Moog synthesizer.
Paul explained:
&I wanted it to sound
sort of electronic so I wanted the signature to sound electronic
rather than acoustic guitar, for instance. So I got the overall
signature on the Moog in order to give it a modern flavour.&&
Speaking about the collaboration Gurdeen Pall, Corporate Vice
President at Skype said:
&As one of the most iconic artists of all time, Paul McCartney
is known for expressing his passion through music. When it comes
to composing love songs there is no other artist in the world
who has a better track record. Paul's music has touched the hearts
of millions of people all over the world. We are thrilled to lend
some of his magic to a set of Mojis conveying the world's most
powerful emotion, love, through music and art. It was a great
creative challenge for us to create the animations to match his
legendary sound&.&
February 10, 2016 --
Love me brew: Sir McCartney brews beer from his estate
EXCLUSIVE: The Beatles' Macca running a microbrewery from his East Sussex home
Sir Paul McCartney is brewing his own beer using hops from
his estate.
The Beatles legend, 73, named the ale Old Stinkhorn after a phallic-shaped
mushroom which also grows on his farm.
The concoction is bottled on his land in East Sussex and given
as gifts to colleagues and friends.
Fran Healy, 42, of the band Travis has received regular crates
since the pair worked together on his solo album in 2010.
He said: &A box turns up every year. It's really nice.&
Macca took up his secret home-brewing hobby several years ago.
A source close to the star said: &Paul has been making the
beer for a while now. It's delicious.February
10, 2016 --
Daddy cool! Sir
Paul McCartney parties with daughters Mary and Stella at star-studded
BAFTA film screening &
He is rarely seen in public
with both daughters simultaneously.&
But Sir Paul
McCartney changed all that
when he stepped out with daughters Mary and
Stella on Friday evening in
central London.
The Liverpudlian star, 73, looked delighted to join his glamorous
offspring at the BAFTA screening of new film &This Beautiful
Fantastic&.
Cutting a dapper figure, The Beatles star had clearly dressed to impress for
the occasion.&Stepping out in a navy blue, pin-striped suit,
he matched the ensemble with a classic white shirt and a pair
of leather-effect shoes. Sporting brown hair, he looked considerably
younger than his years.
Not to be out-done, Mary was
also out in force - wearing a conservative, yet trendy, look.
This consisted of a pair of fitted, black trousers with a square-neck
blouse and a silk jacket, complete with baseball collars and equinn
detailing. Scooping her hair up into a classy bun, she struck
a dramatic resemblance to her famous father.
Fashion designer Stella was
also looking good in her less-is-more choice of attire. Sporting
a safe, but successful, sartorial get-up, she worked a little
black dress which she teamed with thick, black tights and a pair
of ankle boots. Wearing her hair down in a centre-parting, she
managed to be both understated yet glam.&Not that they were
the only famous faces there, of course.
A host of British acting and fashion talent also attended the
screening, including Noel Gallagher, Chrissie Hynde and hairdresser
John Frieda.
Gilmour, Polly Samson, Paul and Chrissie Hynde
The Pretenders singer, 64,
looked typically cool in her trademark skinny jeans, grey jacket
and bleach blonde hair. Her indie style was capped with a stunning
pair of Grenson shoes in high-shine white leather-effect.
WEBMASTER'S
NOTE: The McCartney's including
brother Michael were in attendance at BAFTA on February 5th for
a cast and crew screening of Simon Aboud's (Mary's husband) film,&This
Beautiful Fantastic.&
February 10, 2016 --
When I'm 164: Sir Paul McCartney wishes GOSH a happy birthday
and updates a Beatles classic
The musical legend has endorsed
our Give to GOSH appeal and recorded a special message for the
Former Beatle Sir
Paul McCartney has backed
the Independent's Give to GOSH appeal with a heartfelt tribute
to the generosity of reader and the great work of the hospital's
staff and volunteers.
The endorsement from the former member of the Fab Four
comes at the start of the final week of the appeal for Great Ormond
Street Hospital (GOSH), which has already smashed all previous
records for our seasonal appeal by raising more than &3m
($4.3 million).
In a video message&he has updated his 1967 hit &When
I'm Sixty-Four& in honour of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
He said: &This is Paul McCartney here and this is a message
on behalf of the Great Ormond Street Hospital. I want to thank
everybody who has donated to their latest campaign and has given
money to keep this great hospital and the great work it does going.&
Sir Paul has a long history of supporting GOSH, including a paying
surprise visit to the wards, performing karaoke sessions with
patients and attending the hospital's annual Christmas party for
February 10, 2016 --
Paul McCartney portraits shown together for first time
Two portraits of Paul McCartney painted in The Beatles'
heyday in 1967 are on display together for the first time.
The oils are among a raft of pictures of celebrities painted by
John Bratby, one of Britain's most acclaimed artists of the 1950s
and 1960s.
He fell out of fashion in the 1970s and moved to Hastings in East
The town's Jerwood Gallery has brought the paintings of McCartney
together in the first retrospective exhibition of Bratby's work.
The gallery, in collaboration with Bratby's family, launched an
appeal to owners of his work to submit them for the show.
More than 300 entries were submitted, including the portraits
of McCartney owned by collectors in London and Plymouth.
In all, Bratby - who was known for his &kitchen sink realism&
style - painted
three portraits of McCartney.
It is believed the musician himself owns the third.
Actor and comedian Michael Palin, who was invited to sit for Bratby
in 1981, is among those who contributed portraits to the exhibition.
Palin said: &He wrote to me and said 'Come down to Hastings
one day - it will only take an afternoon'.
&He worked very solidly for about three-and-a -half hours
then he said, 'The work is done - it's yours for &700' ($1,017.00)
&I didn't like it at all but I paid the money.
&I really like it now and actually I am rather fond of his
Other paintings in the exhibition include still lifes, pop art
and domestic scenes.
John Bratby:
Everything But the Kitchen Sink Including the Kitchen Sink runs
until 17 April.
Jerwood Gallery
Rock-a-Nore
Hastings Old Town
East Sussex
Tel: + 44 (0)
By Danny Eccleston
McCartney Portraits Star In John Bratby Retrospective
Two paintings of the Beatle reunited for the first time in Hastings
gallery. But where's the third?
CAPTURING THE WHIMSICAL SPIRIT
of one of the world's great musicians and one of the '60s best-dressed
men, painter John Bratby's Paul McCartney portraits ooze character,
one of them freezing the Beatles tunesmith in mid-whistle, or
perhaps even a trademark 'Ooooooh!'.
One of the two Bratby McCartneys
on display at the Jerwood through April 17th.
Two Macca portraits that Bratby
painted in 1967 are reunited for the first time at Hastings' Jerwood
Gallery between January 30 and April 17, 2016, in a show of the
late painter's works entitled John Bratby: Everything But The
Kitchen Sink, Including The Kitchen Sink.
But a third
McCartney by Bratby & this one, presumably & appears to
have hunkered down and has so far eluded curators.
Bratby, who died in his adopted
home town of Hastings in 1992 whilst walking home from his local
fish and chip shop the day after his 64th birthday, was one of
the British art scene's great &radical realists& of
the 1950s and '60s. Celebrities who sat for him included McCartney,
Michael Palin, Arthur Askey and Claire Rayner. He is thought to
have painted over 3,000 works, and many of the exhibition's most
fascinating items were crowdsourced after an appeal for submissions
elicited an avalanche of letters, photos and eccentric Bratby
Jerwood Gallery Director Liz Gilmore says &a retrospective
of John Bratby's work is long overdue, and where better for it
to take place than in the town that he made his home. John Bratby
was a complex and intense personality but I hope the show captures
some of his moments of genius.
For more information about
John Bratby: Everything but the Kitchen Sink, Including the Kitchen
Sink follow
on Twitter and visit
And of course,
if anyone knows the location of the missing Macca, both MOJO and
the Jerwood Gallery would be delighted to hear from you.
Illustrations: Paul McCartney,
1967, by John Bratby. & Copyright the artists's estate and
WEBMASTER'S
NOTE ABOUT THE &MISSING& JOHN BRATBY McCARTNEY PORTRAIT:
From gallery publicist
Harry Cymbler ( for
The Macca Report... )
Report wanted to know if Paul
actually sat for the portraits.
&As far as we know, Paul never owned any of the portraits,
but he did sit for all of them.&
We also asked if they found the missing portrait.
&Victoria has been doing some research on the portraits and
has come across the third painting! It belongs to the collection
of the Kirklees Museum, near Huddersfield.&&
January 2016
January 15, 2016 -- Paul McCartney Twitter
Throwback Thursday Photo
Paul at AIR Studios, London, 1982. Photo by
Linda McCartneyJanuary
15, 2016 -- PM.com
Paul on David Bowie ()
&Very sad news to wake
up to on this (January 10th) raining morning. David was a great
star and I treasure the moments we had together. His music played
a very strong part in British musical history and I'm proud to
think of the huge influence he has had on people all around the
&I send my deepest sympathies
to his family and will always remember the great laughs we had
through the years. His star will shine in the sky forever.&
Photo of Paul and David Bowie
by Linda McCartney,
January 15, 2016 -- Macca Report News
Stella's Autumn 2016 collection
at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles, CA
Stella McCartney had a her Autumn 2016 Fashion show at
Amoeba Music Tuesday, January 12th in Los Angeles, CA. It was
a star studded event with Ringo Starr and
Barbara Bach in attendance
as well as, Beck, Katy Perry, Kate Hudson, Nicole Richie, Gwyneth
Paltrow, Sarah Silverman, Mary J Blige, Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen,
Pink, Dallas Green, Orlando Bloom, Kate Upton, Demi Lovato, Selma
Blair, Pamela Anderson, Quincy Jones and his daughter Rashida,
Kelly Osbourne, Chelsea Handler and others. There were live performances
by Dhani Harrison and his band Thenewno2, Brian Wilson,
Marilyn Mason and Johnny Depp, The Dirty Dozen Brass band and
Ringo Starr and
Barbara Bach (left)
Stella with Kate
Stella who was mourning the
death of beloved rock icon David Bowie, had posters of him displayed
for attendees to sign. His newly released final album &Blackstar&
was played over the PA system.
On her Instagram page Stella posted a photo of her and Bowie and
&The man who fell to earth
as a star and left us holding him in our hearts. He inspired me
from the first time I dreamt and still inspires as I sleep...
Thank you for being you, David, my heart goes out to Iman and
the kids whom I love dearly. X Stella&January
15, 2016 -- The Collector's blog - Macca Report News EXCLUSIVE!!!
By Meredith Evonne, Macca Reporter
What are Paul McCartney autographs worth?
Celebrity autographs are often
sought after by the public for various reasons. For example, either
a person is a fan themselves, or knows someone who would enjoy
a signed memento as a gift. When dealing with Paul McCartney as
a solo artist, and separate from his body of work with The Beatles,
the monetary value of his autograph can be confusing. &How
much are you willing to pay for his signature?& Vs. &What
is the stand alone signature actually worth?& are the right
questions to be asking.
Researching the history of
a McCartney signature is important. Even if a person has an autograph
that was personally signed for them, the main issue with an autograph
is convincing someone else the signature is authentic. It really
doesn't matter if your signature of an LP, like &Press To
Play&, is on display in your house, and as a conversational
piece, you tell people about it all the time. The minute you'd
like to sell it on to someone else, correct information is vital.
If someone is willing to part with high amounts of money, you
owe it to them to be an honest seller, to avoid the issue of having
to refund back the amount of the sale. If you are a buyer, the
major issue is not with spending money but not being taken advantage
of based on what you receive.
Fake autographs are everywhere
and common place. Information about autographs should be correct
but often are not. Wording and phrases used in the market place
are meant to attract attention. &Pre-Printed&, &Copy,&
or any explanation that makes you aware that a computer printer
could have been used to produce an autograph are items that should
be avoided. Anything described as &Hand Signed&, &In
person,& or &Actual& should have something substantial
to back up these claims. Also, both buyer and seller should be
knowledgeable about what McCartney's autograph should look like,
and what types of items he is known to sign.
Aside from having an idea which
autographs are authentic, considering having a Certificate Of
Authenticity(COA) is a really good idea. Separately, using well
known appraisers that specifically deal in Rock and Roll signatures
or even an auction house that can provide the key information,
goes a long way. The amount of money spent to authenticate an
item is marginally small compared with the hassle of dealing with
a fake item.
Actual Solo McCartney autographs
can be priced anywhere in the range of thousands(depending on
currency rates) but also in the mid-hundreds depending on the
item. For example, a common photo with little value can bring
a price down compared to something like one of Paul's signatures
on a charity item or a promotional item from a record company.
Anything he autographed that was relatively easy to obtain, should
not be expected to be worth thousands, yet it doesn't mean that
sellers will offer a price that reflects the actual amount of
its value.
Even as a solo artist and during
the period after The Beatles broke up, actual Paul autographs
can have an intricate history behind it. It should go without
saying, based on the popularity of McCartney autographs, if something
is too good to be true, it probably is. Also, it may be better
to have all the correct information before thinking how you could
increase your income. If your going to part with an autograph,
you should become reputable as seller. Good Luck!
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There's a debate amongst Beatles/Paul McCartney fans whether Wings
is covered by Paul's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of
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and are they worthy with a string of number one hits during the
'70s? Should its band members be recognized for their contributions?
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