It was 48 years ago today (June 8th, 1974) that Paul McCartney & Wings‘ “Band On The Run” hit Number One on the Billboard Hot 100, topping the charts for
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- Now available: this stamp collection celebrating the multi-faceted career of Linda McCartney (1941-1998) Now available: this stamp collection celebrating the multi-faceted career of Linda McCartney (1941-1998). Her work left a lasting impact on photography, music and culture. She continues to be one of...
- Peter Max, Psychedelic Pop-Art Visionary and Friend of The Beatles, Dies at 88 Peter Max, Psychedelic Pop-Art Visionary and Friend of The Beatles, Dies at 88 Peter Max, the artist whose exploding rainbows, cosmic landscapes, stars, flowers and Day-Glo colors helped create the...
- Global Beatles Day: A Message That Still Resonates Around the World Global Beatles Day: A Message That Still Resonates Around the World June 25 marks Global Beatles Day — a celebration not simply of music, but of a message that continues...
- 3 Paul McCartney Songs That Feel Like Running Away to Scotland – American Songwriter In 1970, amidst the Beatles’ tumultuous split, Paul McCartney famously escaped to a farm in Scotland with his wife, Linda, and two daughters. Then while announcing his solo album, McCartney,...
- Linda McCartney – Wikipedia Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (née Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, cookbook author, and activist. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in...
- Paul McCartney Doc Man on the Run: Morgan Neville Interview Listening to documentarian Morgan Neville and actor Paul Mescal dive down the Paul McCartney rabbit hole at the Telluride brunch was one of my festival highlights. Both are McCartney experts...
- Happy Birthday, Sir Paul McCartney! Happy Birthday, Sir Paul McCartney! Today we celebrate not just a birthday, but the life and legacy of a true musical pioneer whose songs have become the soundtrack to...
- 50 Years Ago Today – Paul McCartney & Wings Released ‘Venus and Mars’ Album – Glide Magazine 50 years ago today (5/30/75), Paul McCartney & Wings released Venus and Mars -the highly anticipated follow-up to their commercial breakthrough, Band on the Run (1973). The record is framed...
- Paul McCartney & Wings’ Band on the Run Reissued | Vintage Guitar® magazine Paul McCartney & Wings’ Grammy-winning Band on the Run has been reissued in in 96-kHz/24-bit audio. The download includes nine bonus tracks, with a total of 35 minutes of music...
- The venues that refused to let Paul McCartney play It would have been a no-brainer for any venue to snatch up any Beatle that wanted to play after their breakup. The world was already gutted over the fact that...
- ‘WINGS: The Story of a Band on the Run’ – Coming 4 November 2025 By Paul McCartney Edited with an Introduction by Ted Widmer PRE-ORDER Publishing 4 November 2025 Photograph of Wings featuring Paul and Linda McCartney, Deny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch and Joe English...
- Why ‘Eat At Home’ is Paul McCartney’s most romantic song Throughout his career, Paul McCartney has mastered the art of the love song. From his earliest compositions with The Beatles to his latest solo efforts, from the grand declarative anthems...
- What’s That You’re Doing? January 2025 Newsletter 🗞 We’re only one month into 2025, and it’s already shaping up to be another fun-packed year here at PaulMcCartney.com! Celebrating 50 years since the release of Wings’ fourth studio album...
- 50th Anniversary Half-Speed Master Venus and Mars Vinyl 50th Anniversary Half-Speed Master Venus and Mars Vinyl Out 21st March 2025 PRE-ORDER Following their 1973 masterpiece Band on the Run, Wings reached another peak with Venus and...
- Paul-McCartney-Haus in Klosters steht zum Verkauf – News – SRF In der Bündner Gemeinde Klosters lag noch viel Schnee, als am 4. März 1966 vor dem Chalet namens «Casa Rosmarie» ein Aston Martin DB5 mit britischem Nummernschild vorfuhr. Aus dem...
- The Paul McCartney song that Wings struggled to record The whole point of being a rockstar is not looking at anything as work. Yes, it’s supposed to be a business, but for anyone who gets to play music for...
- The one album Paul McCartney called “throwaway” Over half of the albums Paul McCartney put out throughout his lifetime have been etched in gold at this point. No matter if it was his time with The Beatles...
- The Fab Two, Angie and Ruth McCartney, discuss 60s Liverpool The Fab Two, Angie and Ruth McCartney, discuss 60s Liverpool, being thrust into the whirlwind of Beatlemania in 1964 and how Paul started composing Blackbird and Golden Slumbers at the...
- FLOOD – Paul McCartney and Wings, “Band on the Run” [50th Anniversary Edition] Paul McCartney and WingsBand on the Run [50th Anniversary Edition]MPL/UMEIt took Paul McCartney five albums after The Beatles had disintegrated to make something that gelled (and excelled) in a unified...
- ‘Band on the Run’ is the Best Beatles Solo Album It’s really quite fascinating, really, how Band on the Run became such a smash hit. Yes, of course, Sir Paul McCartney—a quarter of the greatest band in music history—is at...
Flashback: Paul McCartney & Wings’ ‘Band On The Run’ Single Tops The Charts | Vermilion County First
On January 14th, 1969, Paul McCartney entered the largely-vacant Twickenham studios to continue working on The Beatles Get Back project. During a conversation with a member of the film crew,
As one of the greatest lyricists of all time, Paul McCartney has a profound understanding of the power of words. He made a career crafting pithy fragments of imagery that
Wings At The Speed of Sound is the moment Paul McCartney felt comfortable enough with his bandmates to let them play their own material, which, admittedly, only lasted for one
When an Avis van full of unknown musicians rolled up at Newcastle University asking if they could play a gig
Happy Birthday Linda – we miss you! Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney (née Eastman, formerly See; September 24, 1941 –
Legendary Sir Paul McCartney has kept his late wife Linda McCartney in his heart more than a decade after her
The Beatles weren’t just a great outfit; they were comprised of four incredibly impressive songwriters who, after the band’s split
Paul McCartney and his daughters Mary and Stella will take part in a special streaming event on Tuesday, June 29,
On the 50th anniversary of Ram by Paul McCartney & Wings, over 100 musicians have come together to celebrate this
