October 31, 2012 When a letter from John Lennon dropped through your letter box, you would, if you and he were on good terms, be smiling almost before you opened the envelope. Because, as he would say, everything he wrote was “for laughs or fun”, and his letters would be happily embroidered with jokes and… Continue reading…
October 6, 2012 “We goofed,” Paul McCartney said half-jokingly on the morning of December 27th, 1967, trying unsuccessfully to make light of the Beatles’ first disaster. His father, who was staying with him for Christmas, had just brought him the morning papers and the Beatle was sitting in bed reading venomous reviews of the group’s television… Continue reading…
Daily Mail, June 18, 2012 The perfectionist in Paul McCartney won’t have enjoyed it, but, with his voice scratchy and strained, he sounded and looked exhausted as he closed the show at the Diamond Jubilee Concert a couple of weeks ago. Perhaps, though, his tiredness was to be expected. His short performance at Buckingham Palace… Continue reading…
Daily Telegraph, April 5, 2012 There are many advantages in having a supremely talented and successful parent. Money is rarely a problem, and family access to those who might be helpful in a career cuts a lot of corners. But, when Paul McCartney’s only son, James, let slip this week that he and some of the… Continue reading…
When first rumoured it must have sounded like cultural sacrilege. After forty years of the Beatles’ musical heritage being preserved by the strictest controls, the founder of Cirque du Soleil wanted to plunder Beatle archives to re-edit, remix and generally monkey around with their records for a Las Vegas show called Love. But then came… Continue reading…
