Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney talks about how his new album “McCartney III” came to life, the meaning of the album’s cover and the role his family plays in his art.

Paul McCartney plays all the instruments on his latest solo effort “McCartney III,” the third in a trilogy that started in 1970.

Money may not buy you love, but it did snag a neat bit of pop history Friday when a collector placed the winning $910,000 bid for Paul McCartney’s handwritten lyrics to the 1968 Beatles classic “Hey Jude.”

At the poignant memorial service for Diahann Carroll, the Oscar-nominated actress was remembered for all the things that made her famous — her glamour, her sublime talent, her beauty and her elegance.

Photographer Robert Freeman, who helped define the image of The Beatles with some of the band’s best-known album covers, has died aged 82. A statement on The Beatles’ official website announced Freeman’s death Friday but didn’t give a cause. Born in 1936, Freeman began his career as a photojournalist for London’s Sunday Times and captured portraits of leading jazz musicians...

This past week, the Recording Industry Association of America released its mid-year report. It showed that 80% of the of music industry’s revenue comes from streaming, but it also showed that revenue from sales of vinyl records is on track to overtake that of compact discs by the year’s end, should current trends continue. When the compact disc was introduced...

Paul McCartney is writing his first stage musical, an adaptation of the classic movie “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The ex-Beatle is collaborating with “Billy Elliot” playwright Lee Hall and West End producer Bill Kenwright. McCartney said he’d never considered writing a musical, but after meeting Kenwright and Hall three years ago, “found myself thinking this could be interesting and...

Mariah Carey’s 24-year-old Christmas classic is so popular it set a new one-day streaming record on Spotify on Christmas Eve. Chart Data reported that “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” released in 1994, was played 10.8 million times on Spotify on Monday. The song bested the record set by rapper-singer XXXTentacion, who logged 10.4 million streams with “SAD!” a...

The Library of Congress said powerhouse couple Emilio and Gloria Estefan will be the next recipients of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

Hundreds of hopeful concert attendees showed up to Grand Central Terminal in New York Friday in anticipation of a performance from Paul McCartney.

Hundreds of hopeful concert attendees showed up to Grand Central Terminal in New York Friday in anticipation of a performance from Paul McCartney.

Paul McCartney and Jimmy Fallon surprise Beatles super fans riding an elevator in 30 Rockefeller Center, during what they think is an NBC Studios tour, and entertain them with comedic antics.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney has told a British newspaper he believes he once saw God during a psychedelic trip. The 76-year-old star told The Sunday Times he was “humbled” by the experience.

The Material Girl enters her seventh decade poised to chart new territory in pop stardom paths.

It’s been nearly 49 years since The Beatles released their penultimate album, “Abbey Road,” as well as the street-crossing cover that accompanied it. But it’s hard to imagine that many years have really passed after seeing Paul McCartney re-create that iconic stroll on Monday. The legendary singer-songwriter visited Abbey Road Studios to promote the release of his upcoming record, “Egypt...

The Emmy Awards nominations announcement Thursday underscored that the fierce competition in drama (“Game of Thrones” scored a top 22 nominations) and comedy alike (“Saturday Night Live” notched 21 nods) is no laughing matter.

The restored rerelease floats back into theaters 50 years after its birth as an intergenerational Beatles favorite.

The Victoria & Albert Museum says Paul McCartney has donated 63 photographs taken by his late wife Linda to the museum’s new photography center. The collection includes Linda McCartney’s portraits of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix as a well as images from nature and photos of her family.

The firstborn son of the late John Lennon is the co-author of “Heal the Earth,” the second in his picture book series teaching kids as young as 3 ways to help the planet.