The Macca still has it! Saw Mr. McCartney at Bonnaroo. Best headlining set. Played for 2.5 hours. Played 25 or so Beatles tunes, 3 or 4 Wings songs (but no Helen Wheels or Jet). Was kicking ass on bass, lead guitar & piano.

Played 8 Days a Week live for 1st time ever (Beatles played it once for a TV show). Killer fireworks show at end.

Posted by Paul in KY on Thursday, 06/20/2013 @ 08:43am

The Macca still has it! Saw Mr. McCartney at Bonnaroo. Best headlining set. Played for 2.5 hours. Played 25 or so Beatles tunes, 3 or 4 Wings songs (but no Helen Wheels or Jet). Was kicking ass on bass, lead guitar & piano.

Played 8 Days a Week live for 1st time ever (Beatles played it once for a TV show). Killer fireworks show at end.

Posted by Paul in KY on Thursday, 06.20.13 @ 08:43am
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I wish I was there for all of what you described. Bonnaroo sounds like it was great this time out.

You said you'd been to three of them in another post. Which of the three did you like best? (This is if you can find a way to choose, of course...).

Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 06/21/2013 @ 05:40am

Cheese, I've been to the last 3. Best camping experience was this year, as I went VIP & was up close, free showers, some special seating, etc. Mostly it was the closeness, as the other 2 years I was on the backside of forever & had to hike a couple of miles thru dust to get to music. Headliners-wise, this year was best. For non-headliner music, I liked 2011 best.

You should go one year (assuming here that you have not been). Very economical way to see a crapload of killer music.

Posted by Paul in KY on Friday, 06/21/2013 @ 07:53am

I was there too! I knew his performance was going to definitely blow everyone away since I saw his show back in St. Louis in November. This was noted by Rolling Stone as 'the best Bonnaroo performance of all-time'. While this was my first Bonnaroo, I can't really judge, but I know there have been countless renowned headliners who were probably good.

By the way, Paul in KY, I envy you bigtime. While I made some great camping neighbors and I got to mingle with the 'masses' out in the main area, I would have done VIP too. I just don't understand why they weren't sold individually. It was great to experience it though. Also, since I was very bummed about Mumford (I do respect their reasons) and even worse, I hate soccer-mom pop like Jack Johnson I really benefitted from it by reserving my seat for Weird Al in the front row. And I'm glad that I did. I could go on about my favorite moments there. It was such a happy place to be. I'm sure while you were in VIP you got to see and meet some celebrities. I just now heard Uncle Jesse (or John Stamos) was there too.

Posted by Jason Voigt on Friday, 06/21/2013 @ 20:20pm

Hey Jason, glad your Roo experience was fine. VIP tics are only sold in batches of 2. I wish they were sold individually also. Only 'celeb' I saw was the guitarist for 'Of Monsters and Men' who was in the VIP area watching 'Portugal. The Man',

Glad you got to see Weird Al. There was a woman camping nearby who had seen him 50 times in last year. I think she stalks him!

If you are down South, you need to attend The Hangout next year. Hope you got to see 'Delta Rae'. Wonderful band. Lead singer is like a white, younger Sharon Jones.

You might put up a few personal recaps of artists you saw there.

Posted by Paul in KY on Monday, 06/24/2013 @ 07:39am

I'm a huge Weird Al fan, apparently so is Paul McCartney (lol) despite of him not letting Al parody 'Live and Let Die' into 'Chicken Pot Pie'.

I actually live in Illinois (Glen Carbon) which is 20 minutes from St. Louis. I talked to some people at Bonnaroo from Alabama and they mentioned The Hangout which I had never heard of before until then. It sounded cool. On Labor Day weekend, St. Louis is having a miniature festival of its own called 'Lou Fest' which features several indie bands, some of them which were at Bonnaroo this year. Maybe in the future though

Posted by Jason Voigt on Monday, 06/24/2013 @ 21:01pm

Jason, I looked at Lou Fest & it looks really cool. I might go, but I'm very busy at work this year & might not be able to take off the couple of days I would have to.

Hope you go to it, some killer bands playing.

In July, I am going to Bunbury in Cincinatti. Nice 3 day festival.

Posted by Paul in KY on Tuesday, 06/25/2013 @ 10:48am

Bluebird-Buffalo Springfield 1967
Bluebird-Paul McCartney & Wings 1973

Don't Let It Bring You Down-Neil Young 1970
Don't Let It Bring You Down-Wings 1978

Posted by Aaron O'Donnell on Friday, 05/9/2014 @ 20:32pm

Send a tweet to Paul McCartney. Tell him to tell the Rock Hall to induct Wings, the way he told them to induct Ringo Starr.

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 09/27/2015 @ 18:36pm

McCartney's work since the Beatles has been prolific and often amazing. 9 number one's on Billboard's charts.

Those 9 songs are nowhere near his best work for the most part and don't include things like "Maybe I'm Amazed," "Jet," "1985," "Beware My Love," "Live and Let Die," and "Junior's Farm."

Some of his best work sits on the B-sides of singles "Girls' School" and "Daytime Nighttime Suffering." He was far more experimental and adventerous than Lennon or Harrison. Too many people judge him off of 2 or 3 singles that old ladies love. He's continued to put out great records into his 70's.

Posted by Matt on Tuesday, 05/31/2016 @ 13:36pm

Saw Sir Paul for the 3rd time last night at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. His shows are never a letdown. For every music fan, it should be on everyone's 'once-in-a-lifetime' list!

Posted by Jason Voigt on Sunday, 08/14/2016 @ 23:59pm

If McCartney wanted Wings in, it would happen. Look at the strings he pulled for Ringo to get in last year.
It would be a great honor for his late wife Linda and Denny Laine, but it is said that Paul is still mad at Denny for sleeping with Linda while he was in jail in Japan.

Posted by david on Tuesday, 10/11/2016 @ 14:53pm

Paul McCartney's Egypt Station is the number one album on the Billboard 200.

"Paul McCartney achieves his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart in over 36 years, as his new studio effort, Egypt Station, bows atop the list.

The set, which was released on Sept. 7 via MPL/Capitol Records, launches with a larger-than-expected 153,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Sept. 13 according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 147,000 were in traditional album sales.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Sept. 22-dated chart, where Egypt Station debuts at No. 1, will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday, Sept. 18.

Of Egypt Station’s 153,000 units, the majority were powered by traditional album sales: 147,000 copies sold. The remainder was comprised of SEA units (5,000) and TEA units (1,000).

McCartney’s Eighth No. 1 Album: Egypt Station gives McCartney his eighth No. 1 on the Billboard 200. He last led the list for three consecutive weeks in 1982 with Tug of War (on the May 29 through June 12-dated charts). McCartney’s tally of eight leaders includes his albums with Wings, some of which were credited to Paul McCartney & Wings (Red Rose Speedway; Band on the Run). Of course, McCartney is also a member of The Beatles, and they still own the record for the most No. 1s on the Billboard 200 with 19 chart-toppers. The Beatles last led the tally with the greatest hits collection 1, which spent eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 in December 2000 through February 2001.

McCartney’s First Debut at No. 1: Egypt Station is Macca’s first album to debut at No. 1. He had previously logged a pair of No. 2-debuting sets with 1997’s Flaming Pie and 2001’s Wingspan: Hits and History. As an aside, The Beatles logged four No. 1 debuts, all with albums in the 1990s and 2000s: Anthology 1 (1995), Anthology 2 (1996) and Anthology 3 (1996) and 1 (2000). (It’s worth noting that before the chart began using Nielsen Music’s electronically-tracked point-of-sale information in May of 1991, only six albums debuted at No. 1.)

McCartney’s Biggest Sales Week in Over a Decade: As Egypt Station starts with 147,000 copies sold, it tallies McCartney his largest sales week for an album in over 10 years. He last posted a larger sales frame when Memory Almost Full debuted at No. 3 with 161,000 copies sold on the chart dated June 23, 2007. Egypt Station’s launch was bolstered by sales from a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer, as well as a number of merchandise/album bundle packages available on McCartney’s official website.

McCartney was in full-on promo mode during the album's release week, though the campaign for the album really started with his Carpool Karaoke episode, which debuted on June 21 during CBS’ The Late Late Show With James Corden. The 23-minute long segment has been viewed more than 32 million times worldwide on YouTube. It was followed by an hourlong CBS special on Aug. 20 titled Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool, which included previously unreleased footage from their earlier karaoke shoot in June.

Around Egypt Station's release day, McCartney made stops on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show (Sept. 5), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (Sept. 6) and WTF With Marc Maron podcast (Sept. 6). He also partnered with YouTube for Live From NYC, a global live stream performance from New York’s Grand Central Station on Sept. 7.

Egypt Station was led by its first single, “Come On to Me,” which became McCartney’s first top 10 on the Adult Alternative Songs airplay chart in over 20 years. The track has so far peaked at No. 6 (Sept. 1-dated chart).

A 36-Year Gap Between No. 1s: Egypt Station’s No. 1 arrival comes 36 years, 3 months and 10 days after Tug of War last led the list (June 12, 1982). That’s the longest gap between No. 1s for a living artist in the history of the Billboard 200 chart. The only act to have a longer wait between chart-toppers was Johnny Cash, who died on Sept. 12, 2003. A little less than three years later, the posthumous release American V: A Hundred Highways bowed at No. 1 on the list dated July 22, 2006 -- 36 years, 10 months and nine days after he was last atop the tally with Johnny Cash at San Quentin on Sept. 13, 1969.

No. 1s Spanning 48 Years: McCartney’s first No. 1 album came with his solo debut set McCartney, which topped the list dated May 23, 1970 and spent three weeks in a row at No. 1 (May 23 through June 6). Egypt Station ups McCartney’s span of No. 1s to 48 years, three months and 16 days. The longest span of No. 1s is owned by Barbra Streisand, with 51 years, nine months and 20 days between People in 1964 and Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway in 2016.

Back on the new Billboard 200 chart, Eminem’s Kamikaze slips to No. 2 in its second chart week, earning 136,000 units (down 69 percent)."

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8475341/paul-mccartney-first-no-1-album-in-over-36-years-on-billboard-200-chart

Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 09/18/2018 @ 13:37pm

He never should have remarried! He should have just enjoyed being single, and his daughter from the first marriage.

Posted by Roy on Friday, 09/21/2018 @ 15:57pm

I really wish (no I don't) that I had time to address all of the inane comments about Paul McCartney on this forum, but that's a rabbit hole best avoided. However, I do want to express my confusion over the thought process of the people running this site - specifically this page. How can you say that Laurence Juber and Steve Holly were snubbed, but Henry McCullough wasn't? They were all members of Wings for about the same amount of time, and Henry is responsible for that classic solo in "My Love". Really, the Hall should have inducted "Paul McCartney & Wings" which would have covered Paul as a solo artist while also acknowledging some of Macca's best regular backup players.

Posted by Sonny Schlesinger on Sunday, 03/21/2021 @ 13:52pm

Paul is already in the HOF as a solo artist and as a Beatle. This page should be about getting Wings into the HOF. Ram is not a Wings album. New is not a Wings album. Wings are not touring stadiums in 2022. I want to see Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell, Henry McCulloch, Jimmy McCulloch, Joe English, Laurence Juber, Steve Holley, Linda McCartney and Paul McCartney recognized for the music they did from 1971 to 1981; for albums like Band on the Run, Venus and Mars, and Speed of Sound.

Posted by Ron Fowler on Friday, 11/18/2022 @ 20:21pm

RIP Denny Laine :((((

Posted by Will M on Tuesday, 12/5/2023 @ 11:09am