Paul McCartney will warm up for the Sept. 26 relaunch of his Got Back Tour in Palm Springs, Ca., with a performance three days earlier at the 4,500-capacity Santa Barbara Bowl. It will be the Beatle great’s first appearance at the historic venue, which will require fans to secure their phones in Yondr pouches for […]
Amazon MGM Studios has acquired the long-in-the-works, Morgan Neville-directed Paul McCartney documentary Man on the Run and will release the film Feb. 25, 2026, on Prime Video and in select theaters on a date yet to be announced. Man on the Run is premiering this weekend at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. As previously […]
Spinal Tap gets a glorious do-over of its disastrous “Stonehenge” performance from the original 1984 film This Is Spinal Tap during the movie’s upcoming sequel, this time with a little help from Elton John. The artists’ new take on the cut is the lead track from the soundtrack to Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, […]
The Beatles have set an Oct. 28 release date for six different deluxe reissues of their iconic 1966 album Revolver, all of which feature a new mix by Giles Martin and Sam Okell. For hardcore fans, the big ticket will be 31 “session takes and home demos” from the Revolver period. Several editions feature a […]
After hours of emceeing and playing various instruments for other acts, Dave Grohl closed out the Taylor Hawkins tribute in London with the surviving members of Foo Fighters and surprise guest Paul McCartney. Though no one can replace Hawkins behind the kit, the Foos were joined by a number of drummers during their set, including […]
In Saturday’s main event at Glastonbury, Paul McCartney had a couple of major surprises for those who attended the festival English countryside. First up: Dave Grohl. In what is his first public appearance onstage since his Foo Fighters bandmate Taylor Hawkins died in March, Grohl joined McCartney on the Pyramid Stage for a garage rock […]
Paul McCartney turned the big 8-0 on Saturday, and Sean Ono Lennon was one of the many people who celebrated via social media. John Lennon’s youngest son took to Instagram for an acoustic cover of the Beatles’ Revolver cut “Here, There and Everywhere.” “A little birdy told me this was one of your your fav Beatles tunes. […]
Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney have caused trouble before. In 2012, Macca showed up at Springsteen’s show in London in Hyde Park where they played until the last minute and subsequently had the power clipped by the authorities. So, what better thing for the Boss to do than to return the favor, well, sort of. […]
The emotion started welling up during, of all songs, “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” Something about the sight of a gaggle of teen girls, singing the nonsense chorus of that White Album classic started to crack my critical resolve. By the time Paul McCartney hit the chords of “Hey Jude,” already two-plus hours into the opening night of […]
Tributes continue to pour in for Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died suddenly on March 25 in Bogota at the age of 50. Paul McCartney, who inducted the Foos into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, is the latest to weigh in, calling Hawkins “a true rock and roll hero” who […]