Salute to George
Gypsy jazz guitarist Robin Nolan pays tribute to George Harrison with new album, “For the Love of George”, using three of George’s own guitars and some mysterious chords George left behind. Yesterday, acclaimed Gypsy...
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A letter to the government
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Kate Bush, Sir Paul McCartney and Barbara Broccoli are among artists calling on ministers to prevent AI companies “stealing” copyright from Britain’s creative industries. They were joined by Ed Sheeran, Sir...
Paul and Paul and George
Paul Simon opened and Paul McCartney closed Sunday’s Gala concert for the Saturday Night Live 50 celebrations. Here they are, chatting on stage after the show. Paul Simon’s opener was his “Homeward Bound”, which...
Two seventies video clips with Ringo
A couple of video clips (one is actually a film clip) has appeared on YouTube recently, with Ringo Starr. The best one of these is a clip from the Smothers Brothers Show, with Ringo...
Paul closed the Saturday Night Live celebrations
After having performed three ninety minute surprise concerts at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City last week, Paul McCartney and his band finished the week by being the closing act in the SNL50...
Ringo & Friends at the Ryman TV special
Press release: CBS PRESENTS “RINGO & FRIENDS AT THE RYMAN,” A TWO-HOUR SPECIAL FEATURING RINGO STARR AND SOME OF COUNTRY MUSIC’S BIGGEST NAMES, AIRING MONDAY, MARCH 10. Featuring Performances and Duets of Songs Spanning...
Step Inside Love – upgrade
This is a significant upgrade of a version found on bootlegs in the seventies of Kenny Everett playing it on the radio. It’s a Dick James acetate, with Paul on all vocals and both...
Wings One Hand Clapping Coming to Television
Rumour is it was rejected due to quality reasons when offered to TV stations fifty years ago, now it will be televised in the U.K. The “One Hand Clapping” made-for-TV film of Wings and...
Vol. 2 of Perasi’s McCartney trilogy
Published on 18 November 2024, Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 2) 1990-2012 (L.I.L.Y. Publishing, 422 pages), written by Italian author Luca Perasi and with a third volume planned...
Song from John Lennons last performance rediscovered
John Lennon’s last live performance in front of an audience took place in the grand ballroom of New York Hilton Midtown hotel in New York City for the television program “Salute To Sir Lew...
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