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Minnesota governor declares Saturday Sir Paul McCartney Day as ex-Beatle performs
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Updated: August 2, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS — Saturday is Sir Paul McCartney Day in Minnesota.
Gov. Mark Dayton issued that proclamation as the ex-Beatle prepares to perform at Target Field in Minneapolis.
Dayton recognized McCartney for his musical career spanning nearly six decades. The proclamation also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first — and only — Beatles concert in Minnesota.
McCartney performed with the Beatles at the old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington in 1965. His most recent Twin Cities appearance was in 2005 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.
McCartney brings his "Out There" tour to Target Field Saturday night for a sold-out show. With that concert, he will have performed in every Minnesota Twins baseball stadium.
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Paul McCartney at Target Field, Minneapolis August 2, 2014
Paul McCartney concert at Target Field. Photo: Brian Mark Peterson
Lisa Fravel, from Sioux City, IA., pointed to her Beatle button collection on her hat. Photo: David Brewster
Sir Paul McCartney performs with his band during the “Out There" Tour at the Times Union Center on Saturday, July 5, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Photo: Hans Pennink
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Fans Flock To Target Field For Paul McCartney Concert
Kate Raddatz
August 2, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The heavy rain held off for thousands of Paul McCartney fans packed into Target Field Saturday night.
The Governor declared this “Sir Paul McCartney Day” in Minnesota.
McCartney’s first concert in Minnesota was nearly 50 years ago back in 1965 at Met Stadium.
WCCO’s Kate Raddatz got to enjoy the show from nearby Target Field.
You can hear the crowd loving every minute of it.
And why wouldn’t they?
This was a sold out show. Tickets ran out in just 20 minutes.
As fans got to see a Beatle make his return to the Twin Cities, and for the first time at Target Field.
To fans both young and old, his music is timeless.
At the time period that he started making music, and with the Beatles, has influenced so many other artists like across genres,” Ashley Hudak, of Delano, said.
Sir Paul McCartney’s music career spans nearly six decades.
When fans found out he would be the featured summer concert at Target Field excitement was an understatement.
“So Stoked I’m here with my aunt and uncle I’ve been listening to the Beatles and Paul McCartney since I was a kid and they got me started on it,” Penny Cody, of Brooklyn Park, said.
Fans lined up early ahead of the concert ready to rock, hoping for their favorite songs would be played.
“‘Hey Jude’ probably. Or ‘Yellow Submarine’,” Kelsey German, of Delano, said.
“I know he’s going to play them all,” Bob Lier, of Canton, S.D., “They’re all my favorite. I like them all.”
But whether they had a favorite tune or not, if it was their first McCartney concert or one of many, fans knew it would be a night to remember.
“It’s classic. All the Beatles music is classic. It’ll live forever,” Lier said.
McCartney was last in the Twin Cities in 2005 at Xcel in St Paul, Minn.
Fans said they hope to see him make a stop again not so far away.
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Paul McCartney concert considered a big coup for new Tobin Center
By W. Scott Bailey
Aug 1, 2014,
Former Beatle Paul McCartney commands top billing in big stadiums. It’s rare to find the iconic rocker in a small venue.
So officials with the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, which will officially open this fall, are understandably giddy over the fact that McCartney will bring his portfolio of hits to the venue’s 1,750-seat H-E-B Performance Hall on Oct. 1.
“It is a real coup for us to be able to bring Paul McCartney to San Antonio,” says Tobin Center President and CEO Michael Fresher. “His appearance ... will complete essentially a full month of performers and events, which will demonstrate the versatility of The Tobin Center and its three performance spaces.”
McCartney’s performance will benefit will serve as a benefit for the $203 million Tobin Center. His last on-stage appearance in San Antonio was in 1993.
“To have Paul McCartney, the single most iconic musician, singer and songwriter in the world, perform as part of our grand opening celebration is special in so many ways,” said J. Bruce Bugg Jr., chairman of the Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation, which owns and operates the Tobin Center. “It is very rare for Paul McCartney to perform in a theater setting instead of a large arena or stadium. This will be a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity for people attending this concert to see and hear this incredible musician in the intimacy of the Tobin Center with its world-class acoustics.”
The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts will open on September 4. In addition to the H-E-B Performance Hall, the theater houses the 250-seat Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater and the 600-seat River Walk Plaza for outdoor performances and events.
For ticket information, contact tobincenter.org.
Former Beatles star Paul McCartney will make a rare appearance in San Antonio in October.
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Paul McCartney ticket refunds available until Sept. 1; rescheduled concert is Oct. 11
By Alison Fensterstock, NOLA.com
The Times-Picayune
July 31, 2014
Paul McCartney's rain check approaches: This spring, due to health reasons, the former Beatle was forced to postpone his scheduled June 19 concert at the Smoothie King Center until Oct. 11. Tickets purchased for the original date will be honored in October or refunded, but for the latter, time is ticking. Refunds, promoters announced Thursday (July 31), will be offered only until Monday, Sept. 1, via Ticketmaster.
After his illness, the Cute One appears to have bounced back strong. Reviews for the resumed U.S. leg of his "Out There" tour, currently underway, have been stellar: a MassLive.com review for his first show back on the horse, July 6 in Albany, New York, praised his "expert" backing band, saying it was "an energetic performance ... that seemed to feed off the excitement in the sold-out arena." A July 19 Seattle date was reported as "epic" and "as close to perfect as it gets."
On Sept. 23, it was announced earlier this week, Concord Music Group will reissue two remastered versions of classic Wings albums, 1975's "Venus and Mars" and 1976's "At the Speed of Sound," as part of its Paul McCartney Archive collection. Both albums will be available in several physical and digital formats: a two-disc edition, with a collection of demos and unreleased tracks; a three-disc version sold in a hardback book featuring unpublished photos, new interviews with Paul, various materials from McCartney's archives and expanded track-by-track information, plus a bonus DVD of material filmed around the time of the album's original release, some not before seen.
Both albums will also be available in gatefold vinyl editions, which come with a download card for digital versions of the songs. Remastering work was done at Abbey Road studios by a team that has worked on previous McCartney Archive releases, as well as the Beatles catalog.
Paul McCartney returned to a concert stage Saturday in Albany, N.Y., after being sidelined for two months because of a virus.
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Sir Paul McCartney tells LIPA graduates 'go out there and be wonderful'
Ex-Beatle spoke of his determination to save his old school building with Mark Featherstone-Witty
By Lorna Hughes
Jul 31, 2014
Sir Paul McCartney told students at the performing arts college he co-founded to “go out there and be wonderful” as he attended its annual graduation ceremony.
The ex-Beatle spoke of his determination to save his old school building with Mark Featherstone-Witty and his pride at seeing it become a base for the successful Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA).
And he joked students should ignore what they had learned from tutors and said his advice was to “be yourself.”
LIPA, which opened in 1995, is housed in Sir Paul and George Harrison’s old grammar school, the Liverpool Institute for Boys.
Around 280 students from 26 countries, including Israel, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland and the USA, graduated at the ceremony at the BT Convention Centre. Meanwhile nine leading figures from the entertainment industry – including legendary lyricist Don Black, Island Records President Darcus Beece, actor Sam West and Grammy Award-winning music producer Giles Martin – were made Companions of LIPA, an accolade given for outstanding achievement and practical contribution to students’ learning.
Paul McCartney leaves Liverpool BT convention Centre after attending LIPA graduation.
The other 2014 Companions were theatre director Adrian Jackson, Executive Director of the National Theatre Nick Starr, theatre designer Colin Richmond, lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe and professional dancer Briony Albert. Meanwhile radio presenter Janice Long and songwriter Suzahn Fiering were named Honoured Friends of LIPA.
Sir Paul – who gave a thumbs up as he made his entrance – said: “I just love to come here and see this amount of talent, this amount of hopefulness, the spirit, about to be launched into the world. Just go out there, be wonderful and be yourself.”
