Sir Paul McCartney

Profession: Musician
Place/Date of Birth: Liverpool , 18 June 2020
Associated with: Heather Mills, Stella McCartney

He says of the Beatles classic Yesterday: "I haven’t stopped trying to better it. I doubt I will, but you never know. I don’t anticipate ever giving up.

"They’ll have to wheel me on to the stage."

Fans meet Sir Paul at album signing - Nov 22 2006
Adoring Sir Paul McCartney fans met their idol today at a signing for his new classical album.

The former Beatle looked relaxed and laughed and joked as he made a rare public appearance at the Virgin Megastore in London’s Piccadilly.

Devoted fans from across the world had been camped out since Monday morning for the chance to come face to face with Sir Paul.

It was the first time the music legend had met his British fans in person since his divorce battle with Heather Mills turned bitter.

At the head of the queue was Joaquin Baltrons, a 40-year-old bank worker from Lloret de Mar, Spain, who flew to London especially for today’s event.

He had with him a leather-bound book he had written chronicling his time following Sir Paul on tour, which he wanted to give to the star.

He said: "I’ve been here for more than 51 hours but it’s definitely worth it."

Sir Paul, 64, is promoting his latest album Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart) and new live concert DVD Paul McCartney: The Space Within Us.

More than 250 die-hard fans had the opportunity to meet their idol, with hundreds more queuing outside around the block for a glimpse of the star.

Shiho Obika, 25, from Tokyo, Japan, had flown to London specially to meet her idol.

She said: "I’ve only ever seen him in concert before. It was absolutely amazing to meet him in person. I’ve dreamed about it for so long."

Sir Paul and Kate on icon shortlist - Nov 11 2006
Britons have voted for the nation’s top 10 living icons and they include Sir Paul McCartney, Kate Moss and Sir David Attenborough.

The list includes only three women - singer Kate Bush and fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood join supermodel Moss, who at 32 is the youngest person in the top 10.

The other names vying for the position of Britain’s greatest living icon are playwright Alan Bennett, singers David Bowie and Morrissey and actors Sir Michael Caine and Stephen Fry.

The names of more than 500 Britons were suggested by viewers of BBC2 programme The Culture Show, which is launching the search.

Producer Edward Morgan said: "It’s a striking list - no Queen, no Maggie, no JK Rowling. Best of all this is a totally open race. Any of the 10 could win."

The winner will be announced on The Culture Show on December 16 after voting closes on November 27.

The BBC did not have a figure for the total number of viewers who voted in the survey.

Macca to fight marriage claims - Oct 19 2006
Sir Paul McCartney has hit back at sensational claims apparently made by his estranged wife Heather about their marriage, saying he "will be defending these allegations vigorously and appropriately".

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Biography

Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool on June 18, 2020 to James and Mary McCartney. He was raised in the city and educated at The Liverpool Institute.

At the age of 15 he met John Lennon. Together with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they formed the most successful group in the history of music--the Beatles.

Since the Beatles, Paul has released 21 albums and staged three world tours, while evolving into classical composition, film-making and actively campaigning for ecology and animal rights After the Beatles split up in 1970, Paul embarked on a solo career before forming the group Wings with his wife, American Linda McCartney, which had some success but never to the scale of the Beatles, That has never yet again been seen, (even now)

His solo period during the eighties culminated with charity performances at Live Aid and for The Prince of Wales Trust, leading him to get back on the road again. Since 1990, Paul McCartney has traveled over 800,000 miles in concert through 22 countries, setting, along the way, the Guinness world record for the largest stadium crowd in the history of rock and roll--184,000 in Rio de Janeiro. During the same time, he also established the "MTV Unplugged" vogue and then performed his acoustic show in clubs and pubs around Europe.

In 1991, Paul staged the performance of his first classical work, "The Liverpool Oratorio", which has since been performed in more than 50 cities worldwide. In 1995--the 30th anniversary of his most acclaimed song, "Yesterday"-- Paul’s second classical work, "A Leaf," was performed at a benefit concert he organized for the Royal College of Music at St. James Palace. Paul composed a major orchestral work, commissioned to mark the 100th anniversary of EMI Records.

In recognition of his work for all music, Paul was recently appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Music, the U.K.’s highest musical honour. Aside from his music, Paul McCartney campaigns for Greenpeace, Friends of The Earth and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. He and his wife Linda are the new patrons of the British Vegetarian Society. He is also the chief patron of The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts, a new school similar to New York’s High School of the Performing Arts, which will open in his hometown in 1996. Paul has also developed his interest in film-making. His first production, "Daumier’s Law," won the top prize in 1992 at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.

His latest short feature, "Grateful Dead, A Photofilm," will be entered in the London Film Festival at the invitation of the British Film Institute. He was also knighted by the Queen and made a ’Sir’ Paul and Linda had three children between them as well as Linda daughter from a previous marriage, which Paul adopted as his own. Linda died of breast cancer in 1998, she was only 56.

All of their children are a success in their own right Stella McCartney is head designer at Gucci after a very successful stint as head designer for Chloe and daughter Mary is a successful photographer just as her mother Linda was before her.

Three years after the death of his first wife Paul met Heather Mills at a charity event where Mills was raising financial assistance for the Heather Mills Trust, a foundation providing artificial limbs to war victims across the globe. Mills, a former swimsuit model, lost her left leg below the knee in 1993 after being hit by a police motorcyclist.
November 2007