Sir Paul McCartney

Profession: Musician
Place/Date of Birth: Liverpool , 18 June 2020
Assiociated with: Heather Mills, Stella McCartney

The ex-Beatle began his Back In The World tour in Paris last night and will finish at his birth city on June 1. The open-air concert will take place at the Kings Dock in Liverpool city centre. It will be his first gig in the city since 1999 when he played a one-off show at the famous Cavern Club where the Beatles rose to prominence. Tickets for the latest event will go on sale soon.

Finally Back in the USSR - 20/03/03
Paul McCartney is to play his first ever concert in Russia, years after he sang Back in the USSR.

The authorities in Russia previously banned Beatles records, even songs from Wings were not allowed under the communist rule. But finally now his Russian fans will hear his songs.

Paul said "I’ve never even visited Russia as a tourist, so it’s exciting for me now to be getting to perform there with a band and finally be singing Back in the USSR and all these other songs for people who, I’ve got a feeling, might be ready for it."

The gig is scheduled for May 24th, in Moscow’s Red Square.

New tour will be Fab! - 25/02/03
The Fab Four are sadly no longer all with us - but when Paul McCartney tours later this year he will keep the music alive.

Paul will be touring Britain later this year, and he will be performing 22 numbers from The Beatles, including Eleanor Rigby and Fool on the Hill. This is such an event for fans of The Beatles and Paul, as even when The Beatles last toured in Britain (38 years ago - ouch, how old do you feel?) they only sung 11 songs.

This will be Sir Paul’s first UK tour for ten years, and we can look forward to an amazing repertoire of his back catalogue, including recent work and songs from Wings. Paul said: ’I know that if I go to see the Stones I hope they are going to do Satisfaction, Honky Tonk Women and Jumping Jack Flash, and I’d be disappointed if they left them out. So that means we’ll be playing some of my Beatles stuff"

The dates are: April 5 and 6 - The Hallam Arena, Sheffield; April 9 - MEN Arena, Manchester; April 13 and 14 - NIA, Birmingham; April 18 and 19 - Earls Court, London. Tickets go on sale on Friday, priced ?35 and ?45. Yoko Ono to sue McCartney? - 17/12/02

Yoko Ono is considering suing Sir Paul McCartney for axing the famous ’Lennon-McCartney’ song-writing credit.

Yoko is said to be livid that Sir Paul has replaced the 19 Beatles tracks on his new US album. He changed the credits on the live LP to read "Paul McCartney and John Lennon".

Yoko is now investigating possible legal action against the multi-millionaire. McCartney’s album, which is only available in the US, is due for release in the UK next year.

Paul McCartney to headline George Harrison tribute gig - 20/09/02
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are to headline a tribute concert for George Harrison at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

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Biography

Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool on June 18, 2020 to James and Mary McCartney. He was raised in the city and educated at The Liverpool Institute.

At the age of 15 he met John Lennon. Together with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they formed the most successful group in the history of music--the Beatles.

Since the Beatles, Paul has released 21 albums and staged three world tours, while evolving into classical composition, film-making and actively campaigning for ecology and animal rights After the Beatles split up in 1970, Paul embarked on a solo career before forming the group Wings with his wife, American Linda McCartney, which had some success but never to the scale of the Beatles, That has never yet again been seen, (even now)

His solo period during the eighties culminated with charity performances at Live Aid and for The Prince of Wales Trust, leading him to get back on the road again. Since 1990, Paul McCartney has traveled over 800,000 miles in concert through 22 countries, setting, along the way, the Guinness world record for the largest stadium crowd in the history of rock and roll--184,000 in Rio de Janeiro. During the same time, he also established the "MTV Unplugged" vogue and then performed his acoustic show in clubs and pubs around Europe.

In 1991, Paul staged the performance of his first classical work, "The Liverpool Oratorio", which has since been performed in more than 50 cities worldwide. In 1995--the 30th anniversary of his most acclaimed song, "Yesterday"-- Paul’s second classical work, "A Leaf," was performed at a benefit concert he organized for the Royal College of Music at St. James Palace. Paul composed a major orchestral work, commissioned to mark the 100th anniversary of EMI Records.

In recognition of his work for all music, Paul was recently appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Music, the U.K.’s highest musical honour. Aside from his music, Paul McCartney campaigns for Greenpeace, Friends of The Earth and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. He and his wife Linda are the new patrons of the British Vegetarian Society. He is also the chief patron of The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts, a new school similar to New York’s High School of the Performing Arts, which will open in his hometown in 1996. Paul has also developed his interest in film-making. His first production, "Daumier’s Law," won the top prize in 1992 at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.

His latest short feature, "Grateful Dead, A Photofilm," will be entered in the London Film Festival at the invitation of the British Film Institute. He was also knighted by the Queen and made a ’Sir’ Paul and Linda had three children between them as well as Linda daughter from a previous marriage, which Paul adopted as his own. Linda died of breast cancer in 1998, she was only 56.

All of their children are a success in their own right Stella McCartney is head designer at Gucci after a very successful stint as head designer for Chloe and daughter Mary is a successful photographer just as her mother Linda was before her.

Three years after the death of his first wife Paul met Heather Mills at a charity event where Mills was raising financial assistance for the Heather Mills Trust, a foundation providing artificial limbs to war victims across the globe. Mills, a former swimsuit model, lost her left leg below the knee in 1993 after being hit by a police motorcyclist.
October 2007