people.com Watch Paul McCartney Give a Surprise Performance at Wife Nancy Shevell's Company Holiday Party The rock icon and his wife were also captured dancing to Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" By Claudia Harmata People November 27, 2019
Paul McCartney had a special surprise for his wife’s colleagues at their company’s holiday party over the weekend.
In a video shared to Facebook on Saturday, the 77-year-old music legend could be seen attending the celebration with wife Nancy Shevell — who is reportedly an executive of New England Motor Freight, a company within her family’s transportation corporation.
Holding a microphone while a crowd gathers around, McCartney takes off his jacket as he ushers his wife closer to him. Then he calls out a tempo to the band and begins performing the classic Beatles’ hit “I Saw Her Standing There” as the crowd cheers. His wife, who celebrated her 60th birthday last week, is quick to bust a move.
The private party was held in Jersey City at Hudson House, an event hall with a view of the Hudson River and Statue of Liberty, according to NJ Advance Media.
“It was wonderful,” Maddy Cretella, the director of marketing at Landmark Hospitality, which owns the venue, told the outlet. “We were honored that the McCartney family selected one of our Landmark Hospitality properties for their celebration.”
“Paul McCartney, his wife and their entire staff were all a pleasure to work with and we hope to continue this tradition of creating memories with them,” she added.
According to Cretella, the party lasted from 7 p.m. until midnight, with McCartney and Shevell staying the whole time.
In another video shared by a second partygoer, the couple was also seen dancing along to Beyoncé’s “Crazy in Love” with other attendees.
Shevell is McCartney’s third wife. The pair wed in 2011 in London after nearly four years of dating. They first met through mutual friends while spending a summer in East Hampton.
McCartney’s surprise performance comes after the singer announced he would be headlining Glastonbury 2020 for the festival’s 50th anniversary.
“Hey Glasto – excited to be part of your Anniversary celebrations,” he tweeted last week. “See ya next summer!” The gig will be a stop during his 2020 Freshen Up Tour in Europe.
Fun: The party was eagerly documented by many of the guests on social media, who were delighted to see Paul make a surprise appearance
www.theguardian.com She loved him: Linda McCartney’s 1960s letters about Paul revealed In three handwritten notes, the late photographer writes about her budding romance with the Beatle Dalya Alberge Sun 24 Nov 2019 Linda Eastman talks to Paul McCartney at the launch of the Beatles album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in May 1967. The couple married two years later. Photograph: John Pratt/Getty Images
Her marriage to Paul McCartney was one of pop’s great love stories for almost 30 years. Now, previously unpublished letters written by Linda Eastman in the 1960s reveal her excitement about dating the Beatles star and being commissioned to photograph “groovy” bands of the day.
In June 1967, weeks after she had begun dating McCartney, Linda photocopied an American gossip column that had a sentence about her. She sent it to a friend with the passage underlined. It reads: “They say Beatle Paul McCartney’s latest favourite femme is Linda Eastman, a Yankee Doodle fan-mag [photographer].”
Writing on the back, she told her friend: “Thought you’d get a big laugh over the enclosed clipping. Have no idea where they picked up that lie, but it just shows how truthful newspapers are.”
The friend was Miki Antony, who realised that gossip columnist Walter Winchell had got his facts absolutely right. “My reaction was a chuckle as I did know it was true,” Antony told the Observer. “She stayed with me when she first came to London … [She said] ‘Guess who I dated last night? … It was Paul McCartney, and we had this lovely evening.’ She said Paul really liked white rabbits, and the next day she … bought a white rabbit and sent it to him. That night, she told me, he rang her up and said, ‘Thank you so much for the white rabbit, would you like to come out for dinner again?’ That’s how I knew they’d started dating. The rest is history.”
One of Linda Eastman’s unpublished letters, in which she writes that the newspapers ‘picked up that lie’ about her being Paul McCartney’s ‘favourite femme’. Photograph: Chiswick Auctions
McCartney has spoken in the past of an “instant attraction” when he first met Linda at the Bag O’ Nails nightclub in London’s Soho in May 1967. They married in 1969 and he “cried for a year” after her death from cancer in 1998, aged just 56.
Antony, who went on to make several hit records as a singer, writer, and record producer, discovered her three letters while moving house. He is now selling them throughChiswick Auctions in London, which will include them in its Autographs sale on 29 January.
Professor Kenneth Womack, a Beatles expert, told the Observer: “These letters shed intriguing light on her progress in 1967 from independent rock photographer to the arm of the Beatles’s most eligible bachelor. Especially of interest is her refutation of Walter Winchell’s scoop about her budding romance with Paul McCartney, which turned out to be spot on.”
Antony had befriended Linda while she was studying at the University of Arizona and when, in 1965, he visited as a Rada student.
He said: “She was a good friend for a year and a half. But then, of course, she went off into the Beatles world and that was it … She was lovely.”
In one letter, she wrote: “I quit my job at Town & Countrymagazine to become a freelance photographer – I’m doing very well – sell mainly to teen magazines ’cause most of my subjects are rock’n’roll groups – it’s so groovy – have photographed many English groups … The Stones were my favourite, went out with Mick Jagger, he’s really a terrific person, much to my surprise.”
In another passage, she was excited about the prospect of photographing various shows: “Listen to the lineup: Wilson Pickett, the Miracles, Mitch Ryder, the Who, Ike & Tina Turner … ”
A major exhibition of Linda’s photographs, co-curated by McCartney, is currently at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
www.repubblica.it Paul McCartney annuncia due date in Italia nel 2020 a Napoli e Lucca Il tour farà tappa il 10 giugno in piazza Plebiscito e il 13 giugno al Summer Festival la Repubblica 19 novembre 2019 Paul McCartney torna in Italia. A sette anni di distanza dal suo ultimo concerto nel nostro Paese, sir Paul ha annunciato che il suo tour Freshen Up nel 2020 farà tappa a Napoli dove torna il prossimo 10 giugno dopo 29 anni e a Lucca, dove si esibirà per la prima volta il 13 giugno. "Non posso credere che siano passati sette anni dal nostro ultimo concerto in Italia" annuncia McCartney. "Ci siamo divertiti tantissimo in quell'ultimo viaggio quindi siamo certi che queste saranno due serate memorabili per noi e non vediamo l'ora di tornare. Un ulteriore bonus per me è il fatto che questa sarà la mia prima volta di sempre a Lucca. Tieniti pronta a scatenarti, Italia". Mercoledì 10 giugno sarà in piazza Plebiscito a Napoli, e sabato 13 giugno sulle mura storiche di Lucca per il Summer Festival.
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McCartney si è già esibito in 39 spettacoli straordinari in dodici Paesi diversi da quando ha annunciato il suo tour mondiale Freshen Up, la cui ultima tranche si è conclusa con un concerto sold-out al Los Angeles Dodger Stadium a luglio. Le 5 stelle ricevute nelle recensioni della critica musicale e lo stesso totale entusiasmo ricevuto da parte dei suoi fan, un pubblico di ogni età e background, dimostra come la carriera di sir Paul sia senza eguali, un fenomeno sia come performer che come songwriter e con un appeal globale.
THE 'FRESHEN UP' TOUR 2020 Paul announces live shows for 2020 as his highly acclaimed and unmissable Freshen Up tour prepares to take to the road again
10th June – Piazza Plebiscito, Naples, Italy 13th June – Mura Storiche, Lucca, Italy
Following confirmation of his headline slot at the 2020 Glastonbury Festival next June, Paul today announces two shows in Italy to take place in 2020 – seven years after his last concert there – as well as seeing him visit Lucca for the first time.
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Having wrapped up the most recent leg of the tour with a sold-out show at Los Angeles Dodger Stadium in July, Paul has already performed 39 huge shows across 12 different countries since he launched the Freshen Up global tour. Winning five-star reviews from critics and fans alike all over the world, the Freshen Up tour which draws in crowds of all ages and backgrounds, showcases Paul’s unparalleled career as both a phenomenal songwriter and performer that confirm his universal appeal.
With songs like ‘Hey Jude’, ‘Live and Let Die’, ‘Band on the Run’ and ‘Let It Be’ the Paul McCartney live experience is everything any music lover could ever want from a rock show: Nearly three hours of the greatest moments from the last 50 years of music, dozens of songs from Paul’s solo, Wings and of course Beatles catalogues that have formed the soundtracks of our lives. Paul and his band have performed in an unparalleled range of venues and locations throughout the Americas, the UK, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and all points between: outside the Coliseum in Rome, Moscow’s Red Square, Buckingham Palace, The White House, a free show in Mexico for over 400,000 people, the last ever show at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park where The Beatles played their final concert in 1966, a 2016 week in the California desert that included two headline sets at the historic Desert Trip festival and a jam-packed club gig for a few hundred lucky fans at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, and even one performance broadcast live into Space! Featuring Paul’s band of the last 15+ years - Paul “Wix” Wickens (keyboards), Brian Ray (bass/guitar), Rusty Anderson (guitar) and Abe Laboriel Jr (drums) - and constantly upgraded state of the art audio and video technology that ensures an unforgettable experience from every seat in the house, a Paul McCartney concert is never anything short of life-changing.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10am local time on Monday 25th November HERE!
2020 Tour Dates
10th June Piazza Plebiscito, Naples, Italy 13th June Mura Storiche, Lucca, Italy
www.nme.com Emily Eavis confirms Paul McCartney will headline Glastonbury Nick Reilly Nov 18, 2019 Paul McCartney will headline Glastonbury 2020 Credit: Getty
Macca's heading to Worthy Farm!
Emily Eavis has now confirmed that Paul McCartney will headline Glastonbury next year.
The news comes just hours after the Beatles icon seemingly confirmed that he will headline the festival next year, after sharing a cryptic clue on his Twitter account.
Macca shared an image of American composer Philip Glass, actress Emma Stone and rock legend Chuck Berry. When the surnames of all three are combined, the not-so-subtle clue of “Glass-Stone-Bury” is provided.
Eavis wrote: “IT’S REAL!! So excited.. Having Paul McCartney coming back to headline the Pyramid next year is an absolute dream come true. There really was no one that we wanted more for the 50th anniversary.”
McCartney has now also confirmed the news, writing: “Hey Glasto – excited to be part of your Anniversary celebrations. See ya next summer!”
It ends months of speculation surrounding a headline slot for Macca at Glastonbury’s fiftieth anniversary next year.
IT’S REAL!! So excited.. Having Paul McCartney coming back to headline the Pyramid next year is an absolute dream come true. There really was no one that we wanted more for the 50th anniversary @ Glastonbury Festival https://t.co/soNWgJqoLU
In April, founder Michael Eavis seemingly let slip that McCartney would be coming to Glastonbury, “Hopefully for the 50th. Don’t make a big thing of it though, will you?” he told the BBC.
McCartney himself later admitted that a headline slot was a “distinct possibility”.
“My kids are saying ‘Dad we’ve got to talk about Glastonbury’ and I think I know what they mean,” he told Zoe Ball’s Breakfast Show in September.
“So they go every year, like a lot of people these days, and it is a great festival and we played there quite a long time ago so, maybe it is time to go back, I don’t know, I’d have to put a few things in place and try and do that but it’s starting to become some sort of remote possibility.
“I mean it’s definitely not fixed yet but people are starting to talk about it.”
He last headlined the festival in 2004, alongside Muse and Oasis.
So far, it’s been confirmed that Diana Ross will tackle the coveted Sunday afternoon Legends slot, while the likes of Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar are also heading up bookies odds for a slot on the Pyramid Stage.
www.nme.com Paul McCartney secretly snuck into a cinema to watch ‘Yesterday’ and “loved it” Damian Jones NME Nov 14, 2019 Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell Credit: Getty Images
The Beatle also gave an update on his musical adaptation of 'It's A Wonderful Life'
Paul McCartney has admitted that he’s seen The Beatles inspired movie Yesterday and that he “loved it”.
The Danny Boyle directed film stars Himesh Patel as singer/songwriter Jack Malik, who lives in a world where nobody knows that the iconic Liverpool band ever existed.
McCartney said he politely declined an offer to see the film at an official screening, but later asked his wife Nancy if she fancied watching it at a cinema in the Hamptons in the US.
“That began when Richard Curtis, who [directed] Love Actually, wrote to me with the idea. And I thought, ‘This is a terrible idea’, but I couldn’t tell him, so I said, ‘Well, that sounds interesting – good luck,'” he told Billboard.
“I didn’t think anything more of it. Then someone said Danny Boyle would direct it, and I thought, ‘They must think they can pull it off.’ And I thought nothing more of it until they asked if I wanted to see a screening. I asked Nancy, and we said, ‘Let’s go, you and me, on a date to the cinema’.”
He continued: “We were in the Hamptons in the summer and there it was, so we got two tickets and walked in when the cinema went dark. Only a couple of people saw us. We were in the back row, giggling away, especially at all the mentions of Paul McCartney. A couple of people in front of us spotted us, but everyone else was watching the film. We loved it.”
McCartney also gave an update on his forthcoming musical adaptation of It’s a Wonderful Life, which is due out next year.
He said: “The reason I never wanted to do a musical is I couldn’t think of a strong enough story. But a guy I’ve known since school in Liverpool became a theatrical impresario in London [Bill Kenwright], and he rang me up and said, ‘I’ve got the musical rights to It’s a Wonderful Life’. That’s a strong story.
“So I met with the writer, Lee Hall, and I asked him to write the first 20 minutes of how he sees this as a play. So I was on holiday in the Hamptons, and I had lots of free time. So I read it and thought, ‘That’s a good opening, I like this’, and I sat at the piano and threw this melody at these dummy lyrics he had written. This was August. I sent it to them, and they said, ‘You’ve nailed it’. So it’s going well.”
www.cheatsheet.com Is Ringo Starr's New Album His Last? Matthew Trzcinski Showbiz Cheat Sheet November 12, 2019 Ringo Starr became famous as part of The Beatles, but he’s a legendary artist in his own right. Recently, Ringo released What’s My Name, which stands as his twentieth studio album. The drummer stated that it may be his last. Here are the details behind what might be Ringo’s swan song. Ringo Starr | Michael Putland/Getty Images
Ringo Starr’s new album looks back
What’s My Name is a fairly lean album – a stark contrast to long and demanding Beatles classics like the White Album and Yellow Submarine. Ringo recorded the album in a home studio, which he felt was better for him, his collaborators, and the sound of the music. The album also includes a stirring tribute to the magic of music called “Thank God for the Music.”
Over the course of its 34 minutes, the album manages to work in two nostalgic throwbacks to the Beatles. One is “I Want Money,” a cover of a Motown hit that was previously recorded by the Fab Four. The other is “Grow Old with Me,” which could be considered the final Beatles collaboration. The song is sung by Ringo, was written by John Lennon, includes instrumentation by Paul McCartney, and production by Jack Douglas which was intentionally reminiscent of George Harrison’s solo music.
Is it the final Ringo Starr album?
Ringo Starr in 1967 | John Pratt/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The album’s sense of nostalgia is fitting if this is really going to be the final Ringo album. Ringo told Joe Scarborough that he currently intends for What’s My Name to be his final album, though he would not be adverse to releasing new music. He told Scarborough that he would be more interested in releasing small EP in the future rather than full albums.
Ringo doesn’t feel the need to release more than three songs at a time. He thinks EPs are enough in the modern music landscape. The drummer is probably referring to the decreasing prominence of albums compared to singles. Scarborough was shocked by this admission. He recognized the Beatles helped make albums the quintessential canvases for rock bands at a time when the record industry was primarily driven by singles.
The finale of a legendary career
Ringo Starr wearing sunglasses | RB/Redferns
If this is Ringo’s last album, the drummer can hang up his hat knowing he gave the world an eclectic mix of music during his time as a solo artist. Over the past 45 years, Ringo has produced albums in various genres, including pop, rock, country, soul, funk, and disco. Ringo also became the first and only former Beatle to release a Christmas album when he released I Wanna Be Santa Claus in 1999. He also deviated form the path his former bandmates took by releasing a children’s album tilted Scouse the Mouse.
In addition to his wide array of albums, Ringo can also take pride in his commercial accomplishments. In 1973, the drummer produced two number-one hit singles: “Photograph” and “You’re Sixteen.” Much like “Grow Old with Me,” “Photograph” and “You’re Sixteen” were Beatles reunions in some way. “Photograph” was co-written by George while “You’re Sixteen” includes instrumentation by Paul. Even if he never releases any music again, he can rest assured knowing he has a greater musical legacy than just about any other drummer.
ultimateclassicrock.com RINGO STARR ANNOUNCES 2020 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DAVE LIFTON Ultimate Classic Rock November 4, 2019 Scott Robert Ritchie
Ringo Starr is ready to go back out on the road with his All-Starr Band. They'll play 20 shows in 15 cities next year.
The group will stick to the East Coast for this leg of the tour, which begins on May 29 with two shows at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario -- the only non-U.S. dates on the tour -- and concludes on June 28 at the Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Fla.
Opening for three dates (July 9-11) will be the Americana group the Avett Brothers; former All-Starr Band member Edgar Winter will open the June 26 and June 28 shows. You can see all the dates below and get full ticketing information at Starr's website.
Starr is touring with the same lineup he's used since 2017 that includes Toto guitarist Steve Lukather, former Santana and Journey keyboardist and singer Gregg Rolie, Colin Hay (from Men at Work), Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette and Hamish Stuart.
The former Beatles drummer just released his 20th solo album, What's My Name, last month. The record contains a cover of John Lennon's "Grow Old With Me" that includes Paul McCartney on bass and a string part arranged by producer Jack Douglas that references George Harrison's Beatles classic "Here Comes the Sun."
Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band Spring 2020 Tour May 29 -- Casino Rama, Rama, Ontario May 30 -- Casino Rama, Rama, Ontario June 2 -- Beacon Theater, New York, NY June 3 -- Beacon Theater, New York, NY June 5 -- Beacon Theater, New York, NY June 9 -- Cross Insurance Center, Bangor, ME June 10 -- Boch Center Wang Theatre, Boston, MA June 11 -- Bank of NH Pavilion, Gilford, NH June 13 -- Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence, RI June 14 -- Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ June 16 -- Modell Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, MD June 17 -- Modell Lyric Theatre, Baltimore, MD June 19 -- Tanglewood, Lenox, MA June 20 -- PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA June 21 -- Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia, PA June 23 -- Cobb Energy Centre, Atlanta, GA June 24 -- Cobb Energy Centre, Atlanta, GA June 26 -- St Augustine Amphitheatre, St Augustine, FL June 27 -- Hard Rock Casino, Hollywood, FL June 28 -- Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, FL
Ringo Starr (Image credit: Scott Dudelson - Getty)
