We knew going in that the SNL 40th anniversary special would be chock-full of just about every famous person who has ever walked within spitting distance of 30 Rockefeller Plaza and the opening monologue was quick to make use of this genuinely insane temporary cast of stars. Things got started on the right foot when the always-welcome Steve Martin took the stage ... but then he was joined by Tom Hanks. And then things got really crazy.
At this stage of his illustrious career, Paul McCartney has seen and done pretty much everything. Now that he's in his 70s, he's officially at an age when most artists start to think about slowing down. But Paul McCartney is not most artists.
It's been years since Kurt Cobain's death ended Nirvana's promising career, but the group's music is still closely identified with Seattle. So it only makes sense that when Paul McCartney played his first-ever concert in the city's Safeco Stadium, he invited the surviving members of Nirvana to join him.
Paul McCartney's performance of 'Hey Jude' at last summer's Olympics caused some people on social-networking sites to wonder if it was time for him to finally retire that chestnut. But his sold-out concert at Milwaukee's Miller Park on July 16 proved why he shouldn't: Nothing can unite a massive crowd like that famous coda.
It's been six years since Paul McCartney released an album of original material. But according to his longtime drummer Abe Laboriel, Jr., the former Beatle has written plenty of new songs since then.
The first time John Lennon met Paul McCartney, Lennon was about ready to go onstage with his band the Quarrymen. One of the group members knew McCartney from school, so he introduced him to his bandmates. Lennon was 16; McCartney was 15. It was July 6, 1957, and the most significant meeting in rock history was about to go down.
A copy of Wings' 1972 single 'Hi, Hi, Hi' / 'C Moon' signed by both Paul McCartney and his wife Linda has sold for $1,205 after 16 bids on eBay. The late Linda added "Happy New Year" to her inscription.
Paul McCartney dropped by 'The Colbert Report' last night for a special hour-long episode that included an extended interview with the former Beatle and performances of six classic songs.
The June 12 stop on Paul McCartney's 'Out There' tour will find him playing to one of the bigger audiences he's likely to face this year: Everyone watching 'The Colbert Report.'
Now that Paul McCartney fans have finally had a chance to dig into the recently released deluxe reissue of 'Wings Over America,' it's time to start looking forward to the next installment in the former Beatle's ongoing Archive Collection.
Paul McCartney dropped by Graceland when he was in Memphis for his Out There tour on Sunday, and the ex-Beatle left a special memento behind: a guitar pick that he placed on Elvis Presley's grave.
Paul McCartney has written an open letter of support for one of the jailed members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot. The former Beatle sent handwritten letters to officials in charge of the woman's case.