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Forbes
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Ringo Starr Casually Announces A New Album
Ringo Starr confirms he's recording a new album with T Bone Burnett, following the Americana-leaning ... More Look Up, which arrived earlier in 2025. BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - JULY 07: Ringo Starr attends Ringo's Peace & Love Birthday Celebration at Beverly Hills Garden Park on July 07, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo byfor ABA) Ringo Starr's energy shows no sign of waning, even though the celebrated musician recently turned 85. After more than six decades in the spotlight, the legendary drummer is not only still touring, he's expanding his musical horizons in ways few could have expected, and continuing to produce more new music. Just months after releasing Look Up, his first full-length in more than half a decade, Starr recently shared some good news via an announcement that confirms that more new work is on the way. A Follow-Up to Look Up In a video Starr shared recently on YouTube, the former Beatle revealed that he is already working on a new album, and the project sees him reuniting with the producer who helped him produce his latest genre-shifting effort. 'I'm in the studio here now doing another album with T Bone [Burnett]. Thank you, Lord. Woo. Yeah,' he said in the clip. He jokingly referred to the album's working title as Look Up Two, but then added with a smile, 'I don't think it'll be called that.' Few Details Are Available For the moment, details about Starr's upcoming album are scarce, but that's likely only because it's still early days when it comes to putting the project together. The set, which doesn't have a real title or release date yet, will be Starr's twenty-second as a soloist. Look Up Was Something Different The upcoming effort will follow Look Up, his country-leaning full-length released in January 2025, which marked his first studio album in nearly six years. That project was a stylistic pivot for Starr, as it leaned into Americana and roots sounds. Fans embraced the sonic move, and Look Up was a relative commercial success in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Touring Picks Up Again in September While Starr is focused on recording for now, he'll soon be back on the road. The second leg of his U.S. tour is set to kick off on September 10 in Chicago. The next piece of the run will wrap with a six-night Las Vegas residency at the Venetian Theatre, which opens on September 17 and runs through September 27. Ringo Starr's Creative Push This upcoming collection will seemingly build on the momentum of Look Up, which earned praise for everything from the production to Starr's decision to try something new and focus on a style that's growing in popularity. The album featured guest contributions from Billy Strings, Lucius, Molly Tuttle, and Alison Krauss, who all rank among the most celebrated names in Americana at the moment.
Mint
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
All you need is love: How John Lennon and Paul McCartney's songs with The Beatles reinvented male friendships
Rock critic Lester Bangs once famously called The Beatles 'the firstest with the mostest". A phrase that is patently true, even if Bangs used it ironically. The Beatles certainly were the first to a staggering number of new experiences within pop culture, not to mention re-writing or inventing new ways of composing, recording and delivering popular music. They were also the first in other, less apparent, if equally important ways, like growing up together within an intense maelstrom of public scrutiny, falling apart in a fog of recrimination and sorrow just when divorce became a real cultural phenomenon, and charting very individualistic lives in the aftermath, while very much remaining a 'Beatle". All this is fairly well known by now. What writer Ian Leslie's new book does is get to the heart of The Beatles—the friendship between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs is one of the definitive portraits of the Lennon-McCartney partnership, and thus, one of the definitive portraits of the band. While previous biographies have focused on one or the other of John and Paul—clearly taking sides—Leslie goes in search of the duo's dynamic in the music that they wrote together, and then apart in their solo years. Reading the book, the first thing that strikes me is just how much our understanding of The Beatles has changed over the past decade or so. The myth of the band started forming almost as soon as they broke up in 1970, and the attention shifted immediately on what Lennon and McCartney would do as solo artists. In this respect, Lennon was out of the blocks in a flash, giving a series of unforgettable interviews to the likes of Rolling Stone magazine, where he proceeded to methodically deconstruct the band's aura, and especially that of the partnership that had defined the 1960s: between him and his friend Paul. 'I don't believe in Beatles! Just believe in me," he sang in God. No one realised at the time that they were buying a disingenuous story from a bitter lover, an anguished and angry version of the truth. As Leslie writes in the introduction, Lennon's edgy, take-no-prisoners and radical re-casting of The Beatles in general, and McCartney in particular, entranced the tastemakers of the day—young journalists, nearly all male, who's entire raison d'etre was to demolish cultural certainties. Thus did a compelling image form of radical, straight-talking rock'n'roller John, and the safe, baby-faced, straight-laced balladeer Paul. Lennon's assassination in 1980 only cemented the myth. It's only now, when the attention has shifted to The Beatles' music, away from The Beatles as celebrities, that a clearer understanding of the band and its two principal songwriters is beginning to emerge. And that is frankly much more riveting and revealing. Leslie understands the true underpinning of the Lennon-McCartney partnership: that of a remarkable friendship that began when they were in their teens, bonding over their shared trauma of losing their mothers, and a visceral love for rock'n'roll and other forms of Black American music. This only deepened as they lived through their most formative years together as cultural titans with a Midas touch, holding space for the other to flourish. The story of John and Paul is an examination of male friendship so radically new for the time that it changed culture. 'It's like you and me are lovers," says Lennon, while smiling bashfully and brushing away his hair, in a scene from Peter Jackson's Get Backdocumentary of The Beatles rehearsing and recording in 1969. He says this in response to McCartney suggesting that his and Lennon's new songs (Get Back, Two of Us, Oh Darling! and Don't Let Me Down) are in conversation with each other. 'It's like, after Get Back, 'we're on our way home". So, there's a story. There's another one: Don't Let Me Down, 'Oh Darling, I'll never let you down'," McCartney says. When Lennon suggests they may be lovers, McCartney says 'Yeah," and brushes his hair, mirroring Lennon. It is this conversation in song, which lasted from when the two met in 1958 to Lennon's death in 1980, that Leslie seizes on. And it's a fine conceit, since Lennon and McCartney are both on record saying that they prefer to communicate through their songs. 'Talking is the slowest form of communication anyway. Music is much better," Lennon once declared. As Leslie masterfully shows through his analysis of 43 songs, no matter what Lennon and McCartney may or may not have admitted to each other, they were constantly talking to each other through their songs. Whether it is in the way they constructed harmony vocals for If I Fell, referenced their joys as hitchhiking teenagers in Two of Us, elevated the other's song through lyrical contributions as in Getting Better or We Can Work it Out, or sang as if their two distinct voices belonged to the same person as in She Loves You, Lennon and McCartney's artistic collaboration was deeply rooted in the fact that they were friends who loved, understood and cared for each other. This bedrock of love in their partnership has always been an open secret, but in bringing it to the fore, the book shows very clearly just how The Beatles re-invented male friendships and its possibilities. Growing up in a conservative English Protestant society, where men were supposed to work hard, be tough, sexist, homophobic and suppress their feelings, each of the four strove to shed that patriarchal burden and fashion a different reality for themselves. None more so than Lennon and McCartney, who often exhibited all the flaws of fragile masculinity, only to turn around and point out to themselves and to their fans that it was wrong, and that men can do better. 'I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved. Man, I was mean, but I'm changing my scene, and I'm doing the best that I can," they sing in Getting Better. They could change their scene because they had the empathy of each other to work with. They referenced their love for black girl groups like The Supremes and The Shirelles to craft songs like She Loves You, From Me To You or Thank You Girl. In their lyrical construction and musical arrangements, Lennon and McCartney essentially chatted with each other and with their women fans, as if they were all friends together, looking out for, consoling, hyping and loving each other. No wonder the male commentators of Beatlemania were disapproving of just how 'girly" The Beatles seemed, such 'pussies", as Cassius Clay labelled them. The Beatles are often credited with making androgyny in pop music cool, but what they really did was to show that men could be in touch with their feminine side, even to the extent of being queer coded, and that doing so was a source of strength. That men needn't be islands of self-pity and resentment, because they could always reach out to their friends, who would happily lift them up. They fumbled their way towards this realization in their personal lives, since they, as usual, were working without a blueprint. The fact that at a very foundational level, Lennon and McCartney were in love with each other is not lost on modern fans. Indeed, do a round of the countless Beatles pages on Instagram Reels and TikTok and you will find fans shipping the two, or stanning on just how cute the two are together. The teenage girls of Beatlemania probably sensed the same thing. And the ferocity with which Lennon lashed out at McCartney after the band's split, while McCartney suffered from serious depression and aimlessness, speaks to that love as well. When the initial pain faded and the sniping ceased, they were back to proclaiming their love for each other, this time from a distance. Lennon felt inspired in 1980 to return to recording music after hearing McCartney singing Coming Up on the radio ('You want a love to last forever, one that will never fade away, I wanna help you with your problem, stick around, I say, coming up"). He responded with the song (Just Like) Starting Over('Why don't we take off alone, take a trip somewhere far, far away. We'll be together, all alone again, like we used to in the early days"). Although Leslie doesn't write about it, this nearly romantic conversation between John and Paul continued all the way to the song Now and Then, released as the final Beatles record in 2023. Working off a Lennon demo from the late 1970s, the other three Beatles tried to complete it during the Anthology project in the mid-1990s. But the muddiness of the demo's sound led to the song being abandoned. Until 2022 that is, when it became possible to isolate Lennon's vocals from the demo using AI. Hearing the finished version, it's easy to see why McCartney was so obsessed with the song. In it, Lennon sings: 'Now and then, if we must start again. Well, we will know for sure that I will love you. Now and then, I miss you. Oh, now and then, I want you to be here for me, always to return to me." It's easy to imagine that Lennon is singing to McCartney, and in finishing the song, Paul is returning that love to John. McCartney repeatedly says in interviews these days that he regrets the fact that he never could say the words 'I love you" to Lennon, because, well masculinity. In Now and Then, he does so in song.
Time of India
7 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe Gates is dating Arthur Donald: Here's who he is
When your dad is one of the richest men on Earth, your dating life tends to spark a little interest. That's exactly what's happening with Phoebe Gates, the youngest daughter of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, who's been quietly making headlines not for her startup moves this time, but for her relationship with none other than Arthur Donald — yes, that last name should ring a bell. Who is Arthur Donald? Arthur Donald may not have the paparazzi flash of a Hollywood star, but his lineage is iconic. He's the grandson of Paul McCartney — as in Sir Paul, the legendary Beatle. Arthur is the eldest son of Mary McCartney, Paul's daughter with his first wife Linda, and was born in 1999. He's got that cool British charm, a low-key vibe, and reportedly went to Harvard, where he majored in history. So yes, we're talking elite brains and Beatles blood — a combo that practically writes its own rom-com. Phoebe Gates: More than a billionaire's daughter If you've been following Phoebe Gates, you know she's not just chilling in billion-dollar yachts. The 21-year-old Stanford grad is a tech entrepreneur, fashion innovator, and rising voice in sustainable fashion through her AI-powered shopping platform Phia. Phia is Phoebe Gates' fashion-tech startup that blends sustainability with AI-powered shopping. Co-founded by Phoebe and her friend Sophia Kianni, the app is all about empowering users to make ethical, budget-friendly choices. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Gold Is Surging in 2025 — Smart Traders Are Already In IC Markets Learn More Undo She's also been vocal about using her platform for social causes, women's rights, and climate awareness. Basically, she's got ambition, intellect, and the kind of grounded presence that screams 'I'm not here just for the inheritance.' Phoebe Gates confirmed the relationship recently Phoebe Gates made things Instagram-official, last year, with a sweet photo captioned, 'My boyfriend, Arthur, giving me a lift post-ceremony,' showing Arthur Donald playfully carrying her on his back. The dating buzz first kicked off back in October 2023, as per reports, when Phoebe shared snaps from her Paris trip on Instagram — and yep, Arthur was tagged in one of the pics and spotted in the background. That was enough to set the rumor mill spinning. Later on, the two were seen together at the 'Feud: Capote vs. the Swans' premiere, according to Page Six. And when asked about it in an interview? Phoebe played it cool and kept things private, offering zero details about her relationship status.
New York Post
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Paul McCartney adds Alamodome concert to 2025 tour. Get tickets today
Vivid Seats is the New York Post's official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Featured pricing is subject to change. Paul McCartney just remembered the Alamo. The former Beatle announced he's adding a concert at San Antonio, TX's Alamodome on Saturday, Oct. 25 to his fall 2025 North American 'Got Back Tour.' That makes 19 concerts scheduled for Sir Paul; other notable stops for the 'Band On The Run' include huge arena and stadium shows in Las Vegas (Oct. 4), Denver (Oct. 11), Minneapolis (Oct. 17), Nashville (Nov. 6) and Buffalo (Nov. 14). Advertisement This recently-added San Antonio gig will be Macca's first in the River City since he headlined at the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in October 2014 as part of his 'Out There! Tour.' According to Set List FM, he performed 30 songs at that gig including two rousing encores concluding with the hair-raising 'Abbey Road Medley.' Prior to that, the last time he took the Alamodome stage was in May 1993 on 'The New World Tour.' Over the course of that 33-song set, he delivered Beatles, Wings and a number of solo tracks from his album 'Off The Ground,' Set List FM reported. At the time of publication, the Oct. 25 concert is McCartney's only Texas concert for his 2025 trek. 'San Antonio, welcome to the Got Back Tour,' the 83-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer shared via Instagram. Advertisement Fans can purchase tickets for all upcoming North American Paul McCartney 'Got Back Tour' shows on sites like Vivid Seats; the official on-sale for the San Antonio concert is Friday, Aug. 1. Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand. They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event. Paul McCartney tour schedule 2025 A complete calendar including all tour dates (with the new one in bold), venues and links to buy tickets can be found below. Advertisement Ringo Starr tour schedule 2025 Paul isn't the only Fab Four member hoofing it these next couple months. Starr, 85, who has been touring all year long with his All Starr Band, has a few shows lined up this September. In June, The Post just caught him live at Radio City and raved their 'Ringo expectations [were] officially met and exceeded.' Advertisement If you'd like to see the gifted drummer turned frontman live, here's where Ringo will be later this year. Paul McCartney set list In June 2022, McCartney wrapped the first North American leg of his 'Got Back Tour' at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium. According to Set List FM, here's what he brought to his fans (along with Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi to celebrate his birthday) that evening: 01.) 'Can't Buy Me Love' (The Beatles song) 02.) 'Junior's Farm' (Wings song) 03.) 'Letting Go' (Wings song) 04.) 'Got to Get You Into My Life' (The Beatles song) 05.) 'Come On to Me' 06.) 'Let Me Roll It' (Wings song) 07.) 'Getting Better' (The Beatles song) 08.) 'Let 'Em In' (Wings song) 09.) 'My Valentine' 10.) 'Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five' (Wings song) 11.) 'Maybe I'm Amazed' 12.) 'I've Just Seen a Face' (The Beatles song) 13.) 'In Spite of All the Danger' (The Quarrymen song) 14.) 'Love Me Do' (The Beatles song) 15.) 'Dance Tonight' 16.) 'Blackbird' (The Beatles song) 17.) 'Here Today' 18.) 'New' 19.) 'Lady Madonna' (The Beatles song) 20.) 'Fuh You' 21.) 'Jet' (Wings song) 22.) 'Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!' (The Beatles song) 23.) 'Something' (The Beatles song) 24.) 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' (The Beatles song) 25.) 'You Never Give Me Your Money' (The Beatles song) 26.) 'She Came in Through the Bathroom Window' (The Beatles song) 27.) 'Get Back' (The Beatles song) 28.) 'Band on the Run' (Wings song) 29.) 'Glory Days' (Bruce Springsteen cover) (with Bruce Springsteen) 30.) 'I Wanna Be Your Man' (The Beatles song) (with Bruce Springsteen) 31.) 'Let It Be' (The Beatles song) 32.) 'Live and Let Die' (Wings song) 33.) 'Hey Jude' (The Beatles song) Encore 34.) 'I've Got a Feeling' (The Beatles song) 35.) 'Happy Birthday to You' (Mildred J. Hill & Patty Hill cover) (with Jon Bon Jovi) 36.) 'Birthday' (The Beatles song) 37.) 'Helter Skelter' (The Beatles song) 38.) 'Golden Slumbers' (The Beatles song) 39.) 'Carry That Weight' (The Beatles song) 40.) 'The End' (The Beatles song) (with Bruce Springsteen) Paul McCartney new music On May 16, McCartney and Barbra Streisand released their yearning duet 'My Valentine.' The romantic song is fairly straightforward for Macca who typically tends to embrace unique sounds even when he releases Christmas music; therefore, the heartfelt standard, which he originally released in 2012 with a bit more verve on the cover-heavy jazz record 'Kisses on the Bottom,' is an oddity — a star-studded one but an oddity all the same — and must be heard to be believed. Want to give it a spin? Check out 'My Valentine' here. Classic rockers on tour in 2025 Advertisement Although not many rockers that made their U.S. debut during the LBJ Administration are still on the road, there are quite a few iconic acts who made their bones in the '60s and '70s that haven't quit just yet. Here are just five of our absolute favorites we can't wait to see live these next few months. • Yusuf/Cat Stevens • Neil Young Advertisement • Bob Dylan with Willie Nelson • Eric Clapton • Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues Who else is out and about? Take a look at our list of all the biggest classic rockers on tour in 2025 to find the show for you. Advertisement This article was written by Matt Levy, New York Post live events reporter. Levy stays up-to-date on all the latest tour announcements from your favorite musical artists and comedians, as well as Broadway openings, sporting events and more live shows – and finds great ticket prices online. Since he started his tenure at the Post in 2022, Levy has reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert and interviewed Melissa Villaseñor of SNL fame, to name a few. Please note that deals can expire, and all prices are subject to change
West Australian
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- West Australian
Basil Zempilas: Hakea report shows Labor is fixated on votes over basic needs
1. It's messy and expensive — but also necessary. Three commissioners are now in place to run the Nedlands council for the next nine months. Where though are John Carey's inspectorate of local government and local government monitors? You remember, announced three years ago with much fanfare, we were told they would investigate and oversee complaints and assist in resolving ongoing issues. Still we wait for their arrival, and Nedlands counts the cost. 2. A scathing report which described conditions within Hakea prison as 'entirely unacceptable' is the latest evidence of a Government fixated on pet projects such as the racetrack at Burswood, instead of the basics. As 7NEWS veteran Geof Parry put it so well, 'there's very few votes in prisons or prisoners — and the Government knows it, but the public should pay more attention. Every time there's a breakout or prison riot, the bill to taxpayers can run into the millions.' 3. Not everything has to be about dollars or votes. In WA we expect a certain standard, even for those who are behind bars. Prisoners being kept in inhumane conditions increases the risk to prison guards and decreases the chances of any meaningful rehabilitation. If there's no chance of prisoners coming out any better than they went in, we've lost our way. 4. Vale Ozzy Osbourne. I never really got into him, Black Sabbath or the family reality show, but the other day I saw a clip of him meeting his lifetime idol Sir Paul McCarthy. The genuine warmth and respect he showed for the legendary Beatle was enough to convince me Ozzy was all right. 5. I was at the West Coast Fever's semi-final demolition of the Sydney Swifts on Sunday — a display I'd rank as one of the most dominant team performances I've seen. The Fever's on-court confidence has carried them to 13 consecutive wins and the grand final. One to go. 6. The other delight of attending with my daughter and niece, was seeing first-hand the phenomenal match day atmosphere and sheer inspiration the Fever players provide the stadium full of impressionable young athletes. I'm not sure any club in WA does it better. What wonderful role models they are. 7. I visited our State's largest food relief provider, Foodbank, this week. It was a reminder of how many people in WA are doing it tough. Each year Foodbank provides more than 9 million meals to West Aussies in need. 8. Can the Dockers win the flag? They can if they sneak into the top four. 9. One of the most remarkable people I have ever met turns 90 tomorrow. Happy birthday Don Cruden, a sparkling gentleman with an insatiable appetite for knowledge, who served his country for 21 years in the 7RAR 'Porky Pig' battalion of the Australian Army. 10. The WA Liberals listening tour is in Harvey on Friday. I'll be with Michelle Boylan MLC at the Curious Cockatoo Café at 9am. Great name. Come and say hi.
