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Paul McCartney is used to bringing crowds to their feet during live shows, but last night the rock legend took on another type of live performance. The Beatle was the surprise guest of honor on the second ever live episode of NBC's "30 Rock" last night (April 26). The 69-year-old was introduced by Kenneth (Jack McBrayer), who escorted Sir Paul to Kabletown executive Jack Donaghy's (Alec Baldwin) private bathroom. McCartney waved to the show's audience before slapping ... more

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr perform three songs together on the Change Begins Within concert special airing tonight on PBS. The benefit for the David Lynch Foundation was taped in 2009 in New York City and was their first performance together in seventeen years. During the special the two surviving Beatles perform separate sets and share the stage for “Cosmically Conscious,” “I Saw Her Standing There,” and “With a Little Help from My Friends.” The show will ... more

Paul McCartney’s music is way more important to me than John Lennon’s. There, I’ve said it. Now you know my horrible secret. I realize I’ve committed pop-culture heresy by making such an admission. No cool kid would state, in public, a preference for Macca over the Walrus -- it’s just not done. We all know John, rest his soul, was a hundred times deeper and more talented than Paul, right? I mean, Paul was the guy who ... more

Sir Paul McCartney is set to thank Mexican fans for their continued support by staging a free concert in Mexico City’s most historic venue next month. The Beatles legend has lined up two live dates in Guadalajara and Mexico City in May, as part of his current South American tour, and now he has added a third concert on May 10. That show, staged at The ZA3calo, a location which has drawn audiences since the Aztec period, ... more

Paul McCartney premiered 3 brand new, self directed music videos of ‘My Valentine’ featuring Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp at an exclusive screening event in LA this past Friday. Now the videos are available below! ‘My Valentine’ is one of two original compositions on McCartney’s new studio album ‘Kisses on the Bottom’, which went to Number One on the Billboard Jazz Chart as well as Top Five across the world. Please share Sir Paul, Natalie Portman and ... more

James McCartney, the singer-songwriter son of Paul McCartney, has revealed to the BBC that he and the sons of former Beatles members would be open to forming a new band, The Beatles: The Next Generation. "I'd be up for it. Sean [Lennon, son of John Lennon] seemed to be into it, Dhani [Harrison, son of George Harrison] seemed to be into it," said McCartney, adding "I'd be happy to do it." McCartney, 34, explained that the only ... more

Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA), plans to buy the former Liverpool College of Art for £3.7m to expand its teaching space. The Grade II listed building is adjacent to LIPA's Mount Street site. LIPA opened in 1995 in Liverpool city centre in what had been Liverpool Institute for Boys, the school attended by Sir Paul and George Harrison. It currently trains 693 degree and 62 foundation certificate students as well as offering part-time performing arts classes ... more

Sir Paul McCartney’s five-star performance at the Royal Albert Hall had younger rock stars running scared, Jarvis Cocker confessed. Ronnie Wood, Roger Daltrey and Paul Weller joined the former Beatle on stage for an electrifying Teenage Cancer Trust show last night. Members of his succeeding generation, including Cocker, marvelled as the legends lit up the concert hall with a rousing rendition of Get Back. Afterwards the Pulp singer, who will appear with his band tomorrow, told the ... more

The 69-year-old musican was joined on stage at times by Jam's Paul Weller, The Who's Roger Daltrey and Ronnie Wood from the Rolling Stones. Sir Paul rearranged his European tour dates specifically so he could play the concert for the cancer charity founded by The Who frontman Daltrey in 2000. Pulp, Jessie J and Florence and the Machine are all due to play for the charity at the Royal Albert Hall over the coming days.   ... more

It would have been the supergroup of all supergroups, the one that would have bridged jazz with rock and pop, and featured some of the greatest, if not the greatest musicians in their field, and it never happened. Alas!   Imagine jazz trumpet wizard Miles Davis, alongside the finest drummer of his generation, the master of swing Tony Williams, and the guitarist who is the template for all guitar players, the unique Jimi Hendrix, teaming up with ... more