Paul McCartney

RFT Spring Arts Guide 2013: Music

The Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup Announcement Is Here [Updated With Complete Lineup]

[UPDATE: The complete lineup is now on page two of this post.] Right now, even as I type this, Weird Al Yankovic is in the midst of a three-hour long live streaming video announcement for this year's Bonnaroo Festival, a four-day event that takes place every year in Manchester, Tennessee. As one wh ... More >>

Dave Grohl's Movie Sound City is Playing at the Tivoli Tonight Only: Read Our Review Here

Here's something you don't get to say too often: It's a shame when Paul McCartney turns up. Before McCartney arrives, rasping, puppy-eyed, and eager to have a go at the hot new grunge sound of 1993, Dave Grohl's Sound City is an exciting, sometime illuminating documentary about how a squad of techni ... More >>

Nirvana and Paul McCartney collaborate; Nirvana fans resist inevitable McCartney-ization of Nirvana

Most music fans seemed to greet the news that Paul McCartney would be fronting what appeared to be a reunited Nirvana at the 12.12.12 Hurricane Sandy benefit concert with a mix of insistent cool-detachment and curiosity. Nirvana fans--at least the ones who use Twitter--greeted the news that Paul McC ... More >>

Paul McCartney at the Scottrade Center, 11/11/12: Review, Photos and Setlist

70-year-old Paul McCartney tripped and fell face-first from his piano riser onto the stage at the Scottrade Center. It was halfway through the 35th song of a three hour set. He sprang back up, struck a pose like a cartoon thief caught in a spotlight, strapped on his guitar and started trading solos ... More >>

Paul McCartney Tickets Are On Sale at 10 a.m. Today [Sold Out]

Paul McCartney Tickets will be on sale at 10 a.m. today in St. Louis, Vancouver, Edmonton and Houston. He's appearing here on November 11 at the Scottrade Center. You can buy tickets for the St. Louis show here through Ticketmaster. They range from $27 (before fees) to $250. It looks to us at the mo ... More >>

The Paul McCartney St. Louis Presale is Happening Now!

Paul McCartney has just announced a St. Louis show -- it's on November 11 at the Scottrade Center. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster, BUT the presale started at 10 a.m. this morning! Show some hustle! Update: 9/13/12, 10:30 a.m. We've done some cursory ... More >>

Five Deeply Inappropriate Beatles Songs For Paul McCartney To Sing At The London Olympics Opening Ceremony

Paul McCartney is probably going to sing "Hey Jude" at the London Olympics' opening ceremonies tonight. Just call it a hunch, or else just Google all the reports from trusted anonymous sources that he's been practicing the song at what I believe is officially called Not-The-Bird's-Nest-But-That's-Ok ... More >>

Paul McCartney Is Dead Is Alive, Thankfully

So far as I can tell, this is what differentiates a fun conspiracy theory from an annoying one: A fun conspiracy theory puts far too serious a spin on an unserious issue, while an annoying one maps too unserious a worldview over a serious one. Aliens building the pyramids? Fun, unless you're an Egyp ... More >>

Paul McCartney's Six Best Moustaches

Today, June 18, 2012, Paul McCartney celebrates his seventieth birthday. We're having our own private party by counting down Sir Paul's six best moustaches. Let us know your favorite McCartney mouthbrows in the comments below.

Play the Celebrity Artwork Matching Game, in Honor of Ringo Starr's (Microsoft) Paint Tour

Update: Chris Ward wins round one, but there are still tickets on the table. To win Flux Pavilion or Beach House tickets, write a scholarly sounding sentence about one or more of the paintings. We'll give 'em to whoever makes us laugh the hardest. Ringo Starr is taking his All Starr (...) band on t ... More >>

Paul McCartney's Ram: An Appreciation of the Album that Made Him a Pariah

Late last month, the third piece of the Paul McCartney remaster series--a super-deluxe version of 1971's Ram--finally hit stores. The timing, if a little belated, was fitting; by now it seems like Ram is everyone's favorite Paul McCartney record, but that's only because after 40 years we've finally ... More >>

The Don Draper Revolver Power Rankings

As a fan of Mad Men, great music cues in TV shows and movies, and every Wings album, I was more than a little disappointed when second wife and hip-things enthusiast Megan was foolish enough to suggest Don Draper, TV's least psychedelic man, start off the Beatles' Revolver by listening to "Tomorrow ... More >>

The Spirituality of Vinyl

Art and life co-habitate, informing, imitating, and enriching each other constantly. Each week in Better Living Through Music, RFT Music writer Ryan Wasoba explores this symbiotic relationship. Record Store Day has passed, that noble annual event that gets music enthusiasts out of computer chairs a ... More >>

The Six Worst Songs On Great Albums

Even on a quote-unquote perfect album, one song has to be inferior to the others, just as one song has to rule the roost. Such is the yin and yang of nature. Here are the six worst songs on the best albums. 6. Wilco - "Heavy Metal Drummer" from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Heavy Metal Drummer by Wilco on ... More >>

The Ten Most Facepalm-Inducing Uses of French in Pop Music: In Honor of Bastille Day

​Bastille Day is upon us, when all the world celebrates Louis XIV crossing the Delaware or something. We're not clear on the details, and on that front we join countless English-speaking pop and rock stars who took similarly haphazard forays into the Language of Love. In honor of the Frog's b ... More >>

Solae Wants You to Grill on Meatless Mondays. But Do You Want To?

meatlessmonday.comFiring up the grill for Meatless Monday? Not so fast. ​Since the beginning of year, the Meatless Monday movement has gained momentum, thanks to publicity from vegetarian Paul McCartney and carnivore Mario Batali. The Oprah Effect kicked in, with the former talk show queen off ... More >>

Beatle Bob: Not a Grammy Winner

​If you'll recall, Healthy Food For Thought: Good Enough To Eat -- an album to which Beatle Bob contributed -- was nominated for a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for Children. While Bob wouldn't get an actual Grammy statue if the album won, he would get a certificate. The honor was not me ... More >>

KEZK Wants You to (Oh-So-Softly) Rock This Holiday Season

A still from the "Last Christmas" video.​As of 5 p.m. Friday, November 12, KEZK (102.5 FM) has started programming Christmas/holiday music 24-7 on the terrestrial airwaves and online at KEZK.com. According to a press release, the station "will feature traditional songs from top artists like Bi ... More >>

Review Photos Setlist: Paul McCartney Defies Age at the Sprint Center, Kansas City, Saturday, July 24

Annie Zaleski​Among other things, the members of the Beatles have taught us that we should never take them for granted. While their (relatively) brief time as being part of the world's biggest band cemented them as musical untouchables, as human beings John, Paul, George and Ringo are (or were ... More >>

Artgasm: This Weekend's Art Openings, July 9 - 11, 2010

Recession got you down? For some artists, such as those exhibiting at the Bruno David Gallery, tough economic times prove inspirational. This weekend you can check out what a down economy looks like, artistically speaking, and take a gander at contemporary Native American artwork and more. ... More >>

Some Happy VD Reading, Courtesy of Our Friends at The Pitch

image source​The Plog, the news blog of Riverfront Times' sister paper in Kansas City, The Pitch, runs a delightful weekly feature called Studies in Crap in which Crap Archivist Alan Scherstuhl "brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sa ... More >>

Interview Outtakes MP3: Old Lights, "Losing My Mind"

In this week's paper, Christian Schaeffer wrote a feature on Old Lights. (Photo above by Jennifer Silverberg.) The band's limited-edition vinyl LP, Every Night Begins the Same, is available today on St. Ives. (Order here.) Schaeffer describes the band's sound thusly: Old Lights' ascent is first an ... More >>

Listen To What the Man Said: Paul McCartney discusses his dance-music project Fireman, the Beatles and, of course, the loves of his life

Open Comment Thread: The 2009 Grammy Awards

Because I'm on vacation, I'm writing this FROM THE PAST (ooh, spooky), and there won't be any live-blogging about Sunday's Grammy Awards broadcast from me this year. However, consider this post an open commenting thread for the show. According to Grammy.com, the list of performers is crazytown:Curre ... More >>

Top 5 Charmingly Awkward Holiday Videos: Bowie/Bing, Hall & Oates, Wham!, Max Headroom, Paul McCartney

Christmas music is inherently sentimental and sappy -- which just makes videos for some of its most famous songs unintentionally hilarious. Here are five that are particularly awkward/charming.David Bowie and Bing Crosby, "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" This was from Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde C ... More >>

David Vandervelde

9 p.m. Wednesday, October 15. Billiken Club, in the Busch Student Center on the campus of Saint Louis University, 20 North Grand Boulevard.

Ted Nugent: "“I’m Dirty Harry with a ponytail, and I’m at Paul [McCartney]’s service."

The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 9.2

The Morning Brew: Friday, 8.29

Did Paul McCartney Stop at a Circle K in Springfield, Illinois, Last Weekend?

Wisely

8:30 p.m. Thursday, January 17. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue.

Sammy Hagar

American English

(The Casino Queen, East St. Louis)

Sloan

Never Hear The End Of It (Yep Roc)

Ron Sexsmith

Time Being (Ironworks)

La Russa Palooza

Five nights in November with the "Card-Carrying Rocker"

Joey Molland's Badfinger

Friday, June 10; Off Broadway (3509 Lemp Avenue)

Ian Brown

Solarized (Koch)

John Lennon

Acoustic (Capitol)

Letters

Week of September 15, 2004

Letters

Week of September 8, 2004

The Ten Most Hated Men in Rock

(Besides Sting)

Various Artists

Concert for George (Warner Strategic)

Let Him Be

Sir Paul's best years may be far behind him, but he's still worth checking out, if you can afford it

Red, White and Bleaaaah

If Radar Station ran the post-9/11 world, the playlist would change

Paul McCartney

Driving Rain (Capitol)

Dressy Bessy

The California EP (kindercore)

Baby, Get Back

"Autobiography" and bootleg box prove that when it comes to the Beatles, you can never just let it be

Shiner with Someday I and Nosey Parker

Friday, June 2; Side Door