High in the Clouds, the animated film derived from Paul McCartney‘s children’s book, has enlisted a star-studded voice cast. Legendary singer Celine Dion, Himesh Patel, and Hannah Waddingham are leading the cast based on the book of the same name. Stars such as Idris Elba, Lionel Richie, Beatle bandmate Ringo …
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Barbra Streisand‘s upcoming album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two, is a collaborative effort that will feature duets with Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Sting, Hozier, Laufey, Sam Smith, Tim McGraw, Josh Groban, Seal, and Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande. It arrives in stores on June 27, but …
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This spring, the art gallery Gagosian LA will exhibit 36 of Paul McCartney‘s recently rediscovered photos, including some that featured in the former Beatle’s Eyes of the Storm book and many that have never been shown before. The photos were taken between December 1963 and February 1964. And the exhibition, …
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If you look closely at the cover of the third album singer-songwriter-actor Joe Keery has released as Djo, you can see him hanging out a window, his back turned to a busy, sunny street scene in which no one seems aware of his precarious situation. The self-obscuring image can pretty …
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Paul McCartney wants Joe Cocker in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On Monday, publicist Bob Merlis shared a scanning of a Feb. 25-dated letter from McCartney urging that the English musician be inducted into the organization. “Joe was a great man and a fine singer whose unique style …
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Paul McCartney will reflect on his time piloting Wings in an upcoming book that focuses on his post-Beatles band. Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run, due out November 4 via Liveright / W. W. Norton and Allen Lane / Penguin Press, culls from dozens of hours of …
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Producer/songwriter Andrew Watt went from the pop world to finding himself in the studio with his rock heroes, from the Rolling Stones to Pearl Jam — and now he’s back at the center of pop as executive producer of Lady Gaga‘s upcoming album Mayhem. His career is reaching new heights …
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Paul McCartney closed out Saturday Night Live‘s 50th anniversary show by performing a medley of the final three songs on the Beatles’ 1969 album Abbey Road. McCartney began on piano with “Golden Slumbers,” singing about getting “back homeward”–a fitting conclusion to a show that began with Paul Simon and Sabrina …
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Near the end of the 50th anniversary Saturday Night Live special on Sunday night, original cast member Garrett Morris sat on a chair at the show’s primary stage (a.k.a. home base) to introduce “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” a 1978 SNL short that imagined an elderly John Belushi as the …
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Seven years after Paul McCartney played a surprise show at Grand Central Station, the Beatle is back with more impromptu New York City concerts. McCartney played an intimate show at the legendary Bowery Ballroom on Feb. 11, with physical tickets only available at the box office. (McCartney’s Instagram post warned …
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