2021-05: Álbum Ram faz 50 anos...

Editado em 1971, faz 50 anos:

https://www.showbiz411.com/2021/05/16/ram-the-paul-mccartney-solo-album-that-meant-the-beatles-were-over-turns-50-this-week

Citando:

"But by 1971, “When I’m 64” was four years old from “Sgt. Pepper.” They were long years, those four years. The Beatles released a lifetime of classic albums songs between 1967 and 1970. And then it was over. “Let it Be” appeared a month after the “McCartney” album but was Paul kidding? Were the Beatles really over?

Well, they were really over on May 17, 1971. “Ram” dropped, setting “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” on a trip to number 1. The album went there, too. It was Paul’s opening statement that cinched it: “It’s okayyyyyy.” He was telling us that we would now move on without the Beatles, and it was going to be fine. But not before explaining what had happened in the year since “Let it Be” and “McCartney.”"

2021-01: Learn eye yoga with...

... Paul McCartney!

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-mccartney-eyesight/

Citando:

"The former Beatle said he discovered the exercises in India, where a yogi explained the reasoning to him.

“He explained that your eyes are muscles whereas your ears aren’t, so you can’t exercise your ears,” McCartney noted on a recent episode of Table Manners With Jessie Ware. “But your eyes, you can.” He went on to explain how this works: “So, head still, and then you look up as far as you can – one, two, three – go back to the middle, then down – one, two, three – then back to the middle. You do three lots of that, then go to the left and the right. Now you’ve got a cross, up and down and sideways; now you do the diagonals.”"

2021-05: Paul McCartney e 12 selos do Royal Mail?

Pois parece que sim:

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2021/may/06/paul-mccartney-appear-postage-stamps-royal-mail

Para comprar:

https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues/paul-mccartney

Citando:

"Royal Mail has honoured Sir Paul McCartney with a set of 12 special stamps. The main collection features images of eight career-defining albums – solo and with Wings – McCartney, RAM, Venus and Mars, McCartney II, Tug of War, Flaming Pie, Egypt Station and finally McCartney III, which he recorded alone in 2020 during the pandemic and which topped the UK album chart last December.

A mini sheet of four additional stamps shows McCartney in the recording studio, with photos selected from across three decades: recording McCartney in 1970, RAM in 1971, McCartney II in 1980 and Flaming Pie in 1997"

2021-04: 50 coisas sobre o White Album

https://www.loudersound.com/amp/features/50-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-beatles-white-album

2021-04: Cinema salvo?

Classificação de edifício salva cinema que George Harrison e John Lennon frequentavam:

https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-56832865.amp

Citando:

"The cinema was designed by renowned architect and Liverpool City Council leader Sir Alfred Ernest Shennan and opened in 1939.

Harrison and Lennon, who lived nearby, visited as teenagers and it featured in both The Beatles' personal writings and the original lyrics of the band's 1966 song In My Life.

It closed in 1979 and was later used as a bingo hall, snooker club and, most recently, a supermarket."

2021-04: Phil Collins acerca de Ringo Starr

https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/phil-collins-really-thinks-ringo-starrs-drumming-skills.html/

Citando:

"Easily considered one of rock’s greatest percussionists, here’s what Collins – who can be counted on for his brutal honesty – had to say about former Beatle Ringo Starr as a drummer. Collins, already an avid percussionist, saw Starr’s drum set in the auditorium of London’s Scala Theatre that day and knew right away who would be on the stage: “I am privy to some insider’s intel: I would recognize Ringo Starr’s Ludwig drum kit anywhere. But I wouldn’t have guessed that The Beatles were making a film. I can’t believe my luck.”"

2021-04: Paul McCartney e leis de streaming

https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56815282.amp

Quoting:

"Rock stars including Paul McCartney, Kate Bush, Robert Plant and Stevie Nicks have called on the government to reform the way musicians are paid when their songs are streamed online.

More than 150 artists have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling for new legislation to protect artists.

They point out that "songwriters earn 50% of radio revenues, but only 15% in streaming".

The government has yet to respond."