McCartneys

Dave Grohl paid tribute to his one-time Nirvana bandmate Paul McCartney (technically, it’s true!) with a rendition of “Live and Let Die” at the Love Rocks NYC benefit concert Thursday night, March 7.  The Foo Fighters frontman gave a characteristically full-throated performance of McCartney’s hit 1973 James Bond theme song. Though he strained a bit to hit some of the high notes during the ballad-y sections and left the “You know you did” refrain to the backing vocalists, he attacked the hard rock portions the way…

Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner bass guitar — dubbed “the most important bass in history” for its role in the creation and recordings of dozens of the Beatles classics — has been found over 50 years after it first went missing. The Lost Bass Project, a grassroots campaign that hoped to discover what happened to the instrument, announced Wednesday that the 1961 Höfner 500/1 bass guitar had been rediscovered, and McCartney himself confirmed in a statement that he was back in possession of the bass. “Following…

This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more.I’ve got a rather assorted issue of Hot Pod for you all today. First off, Paul McCartney is getting a podcast. I spoke to the executive producer of the new show to learn more about the inner workings of the two-season series. There’s a new leader at Amazon Music and a new sales partnership from Soundrise with TED Audio Collective. Also, the popular rewatch podcast The Always Sunny Podcast is going on a break.How hours of…

Never-before-seen photographs taken by Paul McCartney recording the eruption of Beatlemania are to be published in a new book this summer.The images record the months towards the end of 1963 and beginning of 1964 when Beatlemania gripped the UK and the band first visited the US, where they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, thereafter becoming some of the most famous people on the planet.1964: Eyes of the Storm by Paul McCartney. Photograph: Penguin Random House1964: Eyes of the Storm, which will retail at £60 and is being…

It had always seemed inconceivable that the James Bond producers wanted to replace Paul McCartney with another singer for Live and Let Die, particularly as his title song for the 1973 Roger Moore classic became a massive hit.But the story told by Beatles record producer George Martin, and repeated by McCartney, was that the 007 producers thought McCartney’s recording with his band Wings was just a demo and they wanted a female voice.Now Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair, authors of a forthcoming book, have unearthed…

Laura SnapesHello, it’s Laura taking over from Gwilym for a bit. I’ve had some mezze and a small cry while watching the clouds go by on the Park stage, so you’re in ... semi-capable hands.Les Amazones d'Afrique reviewedShaad D'SouzaPyramid stagePowerhouse West African supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique open day two of Glastonbury with a set that combines striking political activism with desert blues, dub, and crunchy, glitched-out electronics. These four women, who sing about the harsh realities of gender inequality and…

30. Paul McCartney – Secret Friend (1980)McCartney’s penchant for the musical avant garde dates back to the mid-60s (before John Lennon’s, as he’s often keen to point out). You didn’t hear much from leftfield Macca in the 70s, but he reappeared on Secret Friend, an outtake from McCartney II that sounds, extraordinarily, like abstract, ageless, Balearic techno 10 years early.29. Wings – Listen to What the Man Said (1975)You can see why the cheery thumbs-aloft philosophising and perky soprano sax of Listen to What the Man…