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Report of PETA Millennium Gala - September 18th, 1999
by Mike Kovacich
THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION !
Live Chat Room
Interviews of Guests Arriving:
Every single interview concluded or started with the guest being at awe that they were going to see Paul McCartney. Paul was not interviewed this way.
This reporter did feed us some information though, one being that a special tent was set up for Paul who agreed to do numerous sit down interviews
with various media outlets from around the world. The Today Show was used as an example.
Another piece of information was that "maybe" we will be able to see a little bit of Paul's performance. This didn't sound too good to me, read on.
She also described that the guests are having cocktails in a part of Pararmount Studios now called the "Tank". This is the studio where Titanic was filmed.
She said that they will be taking a break and then the steaming feed stop.
Cocktails
Awards Presentation
With Maybe I'm Amaze playing in the background Paul was introduced by Woody Harrelson who said "Welcome back to the stage, Paul McCartney"
She sang solo on piano, "Angel". When the song (an obvious tribute to Linda), was finished Paul stuggled through the rest of his speech, he was deeply moved by the song. It was interrupted by
a plane going over and Paul made a funny comment on that. He finally got to the introduction of the first winner of the Linda McCartney Memorial Award, Pamela Anderson
and then said, "Here's a video of Pamela, NO, not that one", he paused, the crowd laughed and then said "This one" and then they played a video of her achievements
in the name of animals rights.
Entertainment
Paul's Performance
The audio feed wasn't from the mixer board, more likely from a microphone near the webcast setup as the vocals were muffled and sounded like it was a microphone
recording as the sound was bouncing off the surrounding buildings.
Even though this was not a clean audio feed you can tell that Paul was in top form.
The guys at broadcastisland.com did have a lot of bandwidth at their disposal and in general there was very little complaints about net congestion. Having to wait til 3:30am
til Paul came on stage surely helped since most internet bandwidth hogs were in bed. :)
They had a live chat and a person on hand in the chat room to guide people through
some problems that happen with different media players and computers. Hats off to a job well done !
Well the show ended at about 4am EST. There will be a re-broadcast but for now direct comments regarding the rebroadcast to webmaster@broadcastisland.com
We later found out that the event is being rebroadcast on VH-1 on or about October 16th.
Monday, September 20th NBC Today Show did a very good piece on Paul with good video clips of the event itself and of Linda.
Matt did a quick sit down interview Paul back stage. Talked about why Paul is doing this event and if he discussed with Linda if Paul was to
"carry the torch". The answer being of course animal rights was something they both believed in and that he was simply stepping forward because she's
not here.
Paul said that the F.D.A. mandates
that all drugs must be tested on animals and that "Equal progress can be made using computer models instead of animals."
They showed Paul being introduced to present the Linda McCartney Memorial Award to Pamela Anderson Lee. Matt asked Paul about the award being
named in her honor. "I think it's great. I think that she would be a little shy about it probably, but ah she'd proud of it, she'd be very proud of it.
She's lead a revolution really. So that's no easy for one woman to buck that little whole system
standing up to those big carnivorous men, you know she just did. She was very courageous, very brave woman.
Then showed some comments stars like Alec Baldwin saying, "Go to England and all our friends would have their freezers package with
all these meals that she manufactured"
In an unguarded moment a camera far away recorded Paul wiping tears from his face during Sarah McLachlan's performance of "Angel". Now did they
have to show that. I think we can figure out this was an emotional night for Paul with being shown him crying.
Matt asked him about the interview he did with Paul just prior to Linda's death where Paul said she was doing great.
Matt asked "The last time we had a chance to spend a little time together was in your recording studio outside London and I asked you at that time
how Linda was doing and you said great, with confidence, were you putting on a brave front ? or did you think she had beaten this disease ?"
With Run Devil Run blaring away Matt said the event raised over 1 million dollars. Yes they did show a little bit of Paul's performance of Run Devil Run. Apparently Paul will be talking more with NBC as the album is released in two weeks.
Sit down interview was like maybe 3 questions. They promoted it as "Paul McCartney in Tears" and showed him practically breaking up on-stage and a couple
of close-ups of Stella (who looked stunning). Stella was in tears as well.
Then of course there was the "Toothless Pirate" picture up front and close, geez what class.
They had another segment on the stars at the PETA Gala later in show.
McLachlan Brings McCartney to Tears
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sarah McLachlan's mournful ballad ``Angel'' reduced Paul
McCartney to tears at an animal rights awards show.
McCartney, who was hosting the event sponsored by the People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals Saturday night, returned teary-eyed to the stage after
McLachlan's piano solo.
He explained that the song was brought to his attention after his wife, Linda
McCartney, an active animal welfare crusader, died of breast cancer in April
1998.
It includes the lyrics: ``You're in the arms of an angel. May you find some comfort there.''
McCartney Recaptures Magic of Early Rock
The screams Saturday night on the Paramount Studios lot may not have been of Beatlemania proportions, but they were piercing
enough to remind you that it's a bit magical every time Paul McCartney steps on a stage.
And it was endearing that McCartney used that star power--for what is his only scheduled concert performance of the year--to
support People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an organization that McCartney's late wife, Linda, strongly endorsed.
After presenting PETA's first Linda McCartney Memorial Award to actress Pamela Anderson Lee at a black-tie humanitarian
awards gala attended by an estimated 2,000 on the studio grounds, McCartney treated the crowd to a preview of six songs from his
new album. (Lee was honored for various projects, include posing for PETA's first Times Square billboard, titled "Give Fur the Cold
Shoulder").
Following a set by the B-52's and one number by Chrissie Hynde, McCartney took the stage at 12:30 a.m. with a four-piece band,
including Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on guitar.
Unlike his nervous appearance when he was inducted earlier this year into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York,
McCartney was playful and relaxed on a stage set up on the studios' New York street.
McCartney may be one of the most influential figures in pop music history, but he is still a fan, and the new album lets him relive
some of his early rock memories.
Titled "Run Devil Run" and due Oct. 4, the album features his version of songs he loved as a teenager, both well-known ones, such
as Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up," and relatively obscure ones, including Carl Perkins' "Movie Magg."
Opening with Big Joe Turner's upbeat "Honey Hush," McCartney's vocal intensity reminded you that, for all his acclaim as the
melodic Beatle, he's also a splendid rocker. He followed with an equally blistering rendition of Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed
Handsome Man" before turning to a ballad, the Vipers' "No Other Baby."
Like so much early rock, "No Other Baby" is filled with the innocence of youthful emotion--a statement of everlasting devotion, and
it seemed to mirror McCartney's own storybook love affair with Linda, his wife of some three decades.
He also sang "Lonesome Town," a ballad that was a hit for Rick Nelson, and two up-tempo numbers that he wrote for the album.
Highlights from the PETA event will be shown as a VH1 special, but no date has been announced.
While in town, McCartney also hosted a listening party for the album for about 1,000 fans at the House of Blues on Friday, but did
not perform. Backstage Friday, McCartney said he expects to tour again, possibly even doing a few solo dates a la Neil Young's
recent expedition.
PETA party honors activists
During the morning where the website started taking shape, a Chat Room was set up and was being used all day and of course all during the event.
A technician was on hand later during the broadcast to help people with difficulty with their computers. In general it was very calm and friendly
in the chat but there was the usual Paul impersonator and another idiot saying stupid things. I knew that the chat was being monitored so I told
the person it's being monitored and abusers will be booted, he left on his own.
The first segment of the netcast consisted of a roving reporter who talked to as many major stars they can find. Guests arrived and did there quicky
standup interviews with various outlets. The feed and reporter we had on the webcast was of course top notch, a pro camera and quality audio. 
During all of this there were no webcast streams and after quite a while a member of the crew doing the broadcast come in the chat and told us when
the streaming would be started.
Scheduled list of people to be honoured were Richard Pryor, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Maher, Kathy Najimy, James Cromwell, Sheryl Lee, Todd Oldham,
Steven Seagal, Magali Amadei, the B-52s and Stella McCartney. Richard was brought to the podium in a wheel chair and could not speak and was wisked away.
I had no idea how bad off he is. Someone in the chat mentioned he has MS. Didn't see Stella at all.
Paul talked a bit about Linda and the introduced Sarah McLachlan.
"Last year our family was having a hard time as you can imagine, and my son took me to one side and he said here Dad listen to this song"
The B-52's played 5 or 6 numbers and then Chrissie Hynde took the stage for a song then invited the B-52 back onstage and play a few more.
Paul with a band consisting of Dave Gilmour, Ian Paice, Pete Wingfield and Mick Green played six songs in total.
They were Honey Hush, Brown Eyed Hansome Man, No Other Baby, Try Not To Cry, Lonesome Town and Run Devil Run.
Because of legal reasons broadcastisland.com were not allowed to show the audio or video for the first 3 songs. VH-1 secured the
broadcast rights to the first three songs of Paul's performance to be aired.
NBC Today Show segment
Ellen DeGeneres saying, "She was doing it before it was sheik to do it"
James Cromwell saying "I think she's was important just like Princess Diana was important"
Paul answered "I was putting on a brave front, yeah you got to. Obviously til right to the last moment we had hoped, yeah I was puttin on a brave face.
I was very privileged to have 30 years with a good strong and unsually amazingly talent woman. She was a great American, Linda's like a truly great American
in many ways."
Access Hollywood Segment
Associated Press Story
LA Times Story
By ROBERT HILBURN, Times Pop Music Critic
USA Today Story
LOS ANGELES - The entertainment industry herded into Paramount Studios Saturday night to honor critters and the celebs who love them
at a lavish "Party of the Century," staged by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Paul McCartney presented the first Linda McCartney Memorial Award to Pamela Anderson Lee. Sarah McLachlan sang Angel
as clips of Linda rolled onscreen, and the ex-Beatle fought tears. While pickets protested "animal rights terrorism," activists cheered
designers Stella McCartney and Todd Oldham, Kathy Najimy, Linda Blair and Alicia Silverstone, who received humanitarian awards.
The event closed with performances by the B-52s, Chrissie Hynde and McCartney. An edited version of the evening airs Oct. 16 on VH1.