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Sir Paul McCartney feared he'd be "finished off" when he was robbed at knifepoint. The 81-year-old musician has recalled the terrifying moment when he and wife Linda were recording Wings' 1973 album 'Band on the Run' in Lagos, Nigeria, and were ambushed with all their “cameras, tape recorders, cassettes in a bag, and Linda’s photographic equipment”. In an interview for his record label, seen first by The Sun newspaper, he said: “We’d been visiting some of our crew at their house and someone said, ‘Do you want a lift home?’ We said, ‘It’s such a beautiful night, we’ll walk.’” Adopting a "desper...
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Sir Paul McCartney's late wife Linda thought he’d died when he collapsed at an African studio. The Beatles legend was working on Wings' iconic 1973 album 'Band On The Run' - which is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a special reissue this year - at an EMI recording studio in Lagos, Nigeria when he went outside for fresh air as he was struggling to breath. Recalling how he immediately fell to the ground, he told Mojo magazine: "I collapsed from too much smoking, but it could have been stress. Who knows? Linda thought I had died. "They rushed me to a doctor and I remember this nightmare of ...
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Sir Paul McCartney has led tributes to the late Wings guitarist Denny Laine – calling him “an outstanding vocalist and guitar player". The Beatles icon shared an emotional message with fans after news broke on Tuesday (05.12.23) his fellow musician – who co-wrote Paul’s ‘Mull of Kintyre’ hit – had died aged 79 after a lung cancer fight. Paul said on Instagram alongside a picture of him and Denny playing together in Wings: “I am very saddened to hear that my ex-bandmate, Denny Laine, has died. “I have many fond memories of my time with Denny: from the early days when The Beatles toured with the...
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Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine has died aged 79. The musician, who also co-founded the Wings band with Sir Paul McCartney, 81, passed away after a lung cancer battle, with his wife Elizabeth Hines confirming his death in a moving social media post. She said on Instagram on Tuesday (05.12.23): “My darling husband passed away peacefully early this morning. I was at his bedside, holding his hand as I played his favourite Christmas songs for him. “He’s been singing Christmas songs the past few weeks and I continued to play Christmas songs while he’s been in ICU on a ventilator this past week. “...
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Sir Paul McCartney is a proficient sheep-shearer. The Beatles legend honed his skills while living in the remote High Park Farm with late wife Linda - who he was married to from 1969 until her death in 1998 - in the 1970s and the pair were so devoted to their flock, they even featured them on the cover of a Wings album. Speaking on his 'A Life In Lyrics' podcast, he said: "I learned to shear the sheep with hand clippers. No one does that these days, it's quite hard. I did about 14 to 20 in one day. "Just getting the sheep on its back is cool. "And that ended up on the cover of 'Ram';. "We did ...
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Mary McCartney found it "overwhelming" figuring out her "own path". The 53-year-old photographer - who is the daughter of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney and his late first wife Linda - admitted she was "confused" about how she could step out of the shadow of her famous parents when she was younger. She said: "Finding my own path was overwhelming at times. Working out how to make my own mark felt confusing. I loved taking pictures, but assumed everyone could. Then one day a friend showed me her awful holiday snaps and I realised maybe I did have something." While the 'If These Walls Could Si...
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Stella McCartney says her family was “always naked” at their remote Scottish farm. The fashion designer’s childhood with dad Sir Paul McCartney and mum Linda was split between Sussex and Kintyre in Scotland, and she said it is where she felt “cleanest”. She told the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday (31.08.22): “I think my childhood in Scotland was where I felt cleanest. “It was so natural. We were always naked. My parents didn’t even wear deodorant and yet they never smelled.” The mum-of-four spoke about her family’s life in the country to promote her upcoming organic, vegan skincare range, and it...
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Stella McCartney thinks skincare is a "need." The 50-year-old fashion designer - who is the daughter of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda - has created her own skincare range with luxury brand LVMH after being unable to find a product she "genuinely believed" in. She said: "For me, skincare isn’t superficial, it’s a need. I couldn’t find what I genuinely believed to be the right products for my belief system that also had the quality, what I want to deliver on my skin, the experience and the sensuality - so I created it. I wanted to provide something that doesn’t exist....
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Stella McCartney has "challenged" herself to be "responsible" with her new skincare line. The 50-year-old fashion designer - who is the daughter of Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney and his late wife Linda - has teamed up with luxury brand LVMH to create skincare range STELLA and has "transferred the key principles" of veganism and cruelty-free production from her fashion house over to her new venture. She said: "At every stage I have challenged myself to make the most responsible decisions, that ranges from the mode of transportation (maximising sea-freight over air-freight), to banning singl...
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Sir Paul McCartney envied the Everly Brothers. The 79-year-old Beatles legend admitted that he and bandmate John Lennon were influenced by brothers Don and Phil Everly, who made hits such as 'Cathy's Clown' and 'All I Have to Do is Dream'. He said: "The biggest influence on John and me was The Everly Brothers. "To this day, I just think they’re the greatest. And they were different. You’d heard barbershop quartets, you’d heard the Beverley Sisters - three girls - you’d all heard that. But just two guys, two good-looking guys? So we idolised them. We wanted to be them." Despite this, Paul, John...
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