McCartney Times

Paul McCartney has spoken in a new interview of his joy at reuniting with The Beatles bandmate and songwriting partner John Lennon.

Talking with Lennon’s son Sean, he says that it would have been a ″heartache″ if they hadn’t been able to meet up again after the band had been torn apart due to what McCartney calls ″arguing … business differences.″

Lennon died after being shot outside his apartment on Dec.8, 1980, at the age of 40 — and the landmark of what would have been his 80th birthday is being celebrated in the interview that airs on BBC Radio 2 this weekend.

″I always say to people, one of the great things for me was that after all The Beatles rubbish and all the arguing and the business, you know, business differences really ..  that even after all of that, I’m so happy that I got it back together with your dad,″ McCartney, 78, says. ″It really, really would have been a heartache to me if we hadn’t have reunited. It was so lovely to me that we did and it really gives me strength to know that.”