McCartney & Vedder Set For World Harmony Concert

Paul McCartney, Eddie Vedder, Donovan, Moby, Sheryl Crow and Paul Horn, amongst others, will perform at a New York benefit concert for the David Lynch Foundation on April 4th. Tickets for the Radio City Music Hall show are available for pre-order through the Foundation’s website, with a special package apparently offering “premium concert seating, back-stage passes, “green room” access with photo opportunities with Paul McCartney and friends, and a gala post-concert celebration in the historic…

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Paul McCartney recording new album, Tom Morello preps follow-up

Just months after releasing his latest record, Memory Almost Full, ex-fab four Paul McCartney is making plans for a new album. New material has already been written in vast majority and actual recordings have also started, as detailed by Paul’s publicist: “Paul started recording last week, but he has been writing for a while. It should be ready by the summer.” Rumors have it, Paul’s working with producer Youth, famous for prodicing  Guns N’ Roses’…

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Israel wants Beatles

In 1965, the band was booked to play in Israel and everything seemed set for a huge concert. But the, the government refused to grant the necessary permits on the ground that its music might corrupt the country’s morals. Everybody was sorry, and the regret remained.But now, it seems Israel wants to make it all right again, and they invited the surviving members to participate in a concert celebrating the country’s 60th birthday. But still,…

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Metallica’s new single to come out via Rock Band [?!]

It seems more and more bands are starting to release their material through  unconventional and exclusive distribution methods. Only this year there’s been [tag]Paul McCartney[/tag] with his Starbucks Memory Almost Full, the famous [tag]Prince[/tag] Verizon mobile released single “Guitar,” [tag]Eagles[/tag] comeback album “Long Road To Eden” released exclusively in Walmart stores and a lot lot more. We live in a digital age of piracy, so I guess artists have to find new ways of promoting…

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Beatles catalog to go digital next year?

A lot of die hard fans have been waiting for this for a long time, but apparently their wait is soon to come to a end, as [tag]Paul McCartney[/tag] stated, earlier today, that [tag]The Beatles[/tag] catalog is soon to be released digitally as well, sometime in 2008. McCartney tells Billboard.com that “it’s all happening soon. Most of us are all sort of ready. The whole thing is primed, ready to go — there’s just maybe…

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McCartney likes delete button

At his age and with his knowing of music it is hard not to listen to what he says. His words are often filled with wisdom and when he says that the inspiration for the title of his latest album, Memory Almost Full, came from a phrase he saw on his cellphone there is a story there. A good story is there. “It seemed symbolic of our lives today,” the 65-year-old ex-Beatle said Monday. “Your…

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‘Walk Hard’: a Johhny Cash biopic parody

Remember when we told you [tag]Jack White[/tag] was going to act in a new movie soon? Well that movie is none other then Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story a clear spoof of the [tag]Johnny Cash[/tag] biopic Walk The Line, staring John C. Reilley as Dewey Cox, a man on a mission: to become a musical legend. The movie also features Paul Rudd as John Lennon, Jack Black as Paul McCartney and of course Jack…

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Joni Mitchell joins Starbucks ‘Hear Music’

A week ago  Music Week editor Matt Talbot hinted us at the next Hear Music signing, a Starbucks label, after he stated: “I’m absolutely sworn to secrecy. But it is another big-name artist — one of the all-time great female artists which will, I think, reaffirm what Hear Music is all about.” Today, however, all the rumors and speculation that were up and about as a result of the above statement, have been made clear…

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Paul McCartney to pay 140 million $ divorce settlement

British ex-Beatle [tag]Paul McCartney[/tag] has just tied up the issues concerning his divorce with his former wife Heather Mills. Heather is set to receive, a whooping, 140 million dollar divorce settlement; 30 million now and 7 million each year, until their 3 year old daughter turns 18. Macca’s fortune is evaluated at 1.4 billion dollars. The couple first announced their breakup in May 2006 and since then loads of posts on various tabloids and newspapers…

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Paul McCartney: ‘Memory Almost Full’

Artist name: Paul McCartney Album name: Memory Almost Full Label: Hear Music – Starbucks Gender: Rock/Alternative Release date: June 4, 2007 ZMErating: 4.5/5 (awesome) Website: http://www.paulmccartney.com/ Wine gets better by the ages and so does [tag]Paul McCartney[/tag]’s music, releasing his 21 solo album a few days ago, at the soon to be age of 65 (June 18, happy birthday Paul! ). It’s a tough task to live in Paul McCartney’s shoes in terms of artistic…

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