Paul Mccartney

McCartney Digs Out “Help!”—Performs It Fully for First Time Since 1965

Paul McCartney launches his latest U.S. tour with a move that nods as much to nostalgia as it does to historical precision—performing “Help!” in its full form for the first time since 1965 in Cardiff, Wales.

While he teased a 50-second snippet during a medley of Lennon tributes back in 1990, the full rendition has remained shelved for nearly six decades, gathering dust in the archives of his back catalog until now.

McCartney’s Long-Lost £30 Bass Returns—Only Took 51 Years and a Doc to Find It

Paul McCartney’s first Höfner 500/1 bass, purchased in Hamburg for £30 in 1961 and featured on early Beatles hits, vanishes into thin air in 1972, igniting half a century of rumors, amateur investigations, and fan-led retrieval missions.

The saga now becomes a feature documentary, The Beatle and the Bass, directed by Arthur Cary, boasting fresh interviews with McCartney, his brother Mike, Klaus Voormann, and even Elvis Costello, as the instrument resurfaces in 2023—authenticated and returned.

Lennon-McCartney Reunion? Elliot Dreams While McCartney Just Keeps Writing

John Lennon and Paul McCartney, once the engine behind The Beatles’ seismic impact, had a quiet possibility of rekindling their creative chemistry long after the band’s famous split. Mamas & the Papas musician Elliot muses on a hypothetical reunion, picturing them creating again, their restless drive still intact.

McCartney reportedly mentions he’s never stopped making music, day in, day out. The thought leaves Elliot imagining what kind of musical aftermath their reunion might have triggered.

Spinal Tap attempts resurrection—still short a drummer, still stuck at eleven

Spinal Tap resurfaces with its fictional amps turned to eleven, as the trailer for Spinal Tap 2 teases a reunion concert after decades of drummers combusting and careers devolving into cheesemongering. The band, once arena-filling, now struggles to reassemble, missing a percussionist who literally sneezed himself out of existence.

Returning are Rob Reiner as Marty DiBergi and the hapless trio played by Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, and Christopher Guest, with precisely-timed cameos from Elton John, Paul McCartney, and Questlove calibrating the satire's pitch. US release lands September 12.