Paul McCartney has announced a special live event in London, where he’ll discuss his new album ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’. Find all the details below.
The former Beatle will appear in front of an audience at the Roundhouse in Camden Town next Wednesday (June 10).
He’ll speak about the journey behind the creation of his latest solo record, and reflect on the making of the LP from its earliest beginnings.
McCartney is set to share stories and insights from his first meeting with producer Andrew Watt in 2021, through to the recording process, and duetting with former bandmate Ringo Starr for the first time. The legendary musician will also talk about artwork development and the album’s release.
“The audience will gain a rare, first-hand perspective on how ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ came to life, and hear the new music played amongst Paul’s stories,” a press release notes.
Tickets go on sale at 10am BST today (Wednesday June 3) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Visit here for more information, and check out the announcement post below.
NME gave ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ a four-star review, describing the collection as “a guided tour of the long and winding road”.
“Elsewhere, against all odds, given that this album arrives some 63 years after the Beatles’ debut ‘Please Please Me’, Macca actually makes history on ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’,” it adds.
“Remarkably, the jaunty ‘Home To Us’ is his first-ever duet with Ringo Starr, who assists him in celebrating their rough-and-tumble hometown. ‘Days We Left Behind’, though, is the album’s real tear-jerker, as Paul nods to the “secret code” he shared with John Lennon but will never reveal
“Still, despite the absence of any real bombshells, it’s a pleasure to accompany McCartney as he gets back to where he once belonged.”
Speaking to NME recently, McCartney looked both forward and back on his extraordinary career, shared his “excitement” at contributing to the new Rolling Stones album, and also revealed whether he has plans to retire.
“I don’t know. I never know, y’know?” the 83-year-old icon said, recalling how his manager asked him the same question when he was 50.
He then added that he still wants to perform live as he is aware that there are very few opportunities for fans to hear the music from his era in person, and said that his love of songwriting hasn’t diminished over the years.
“Creative satisfaction is just writing a song – it’s still the same old satisfaction that it was,” McCartney told NME. “There’s something magical about it, and I often think, ‘I never set out to be a singer-songwriter person.’ When I was at school, I thought the only thing left for me would be a teacher, because I didn’t have massive qualifications and unfortunately, that mean[t] you have to be a teacher.”
He continued: “But I got in the band, and it just led me to this. So, the satisfaction is just being able to write a song and, if you pull it off, that’s the same satisfaction that it always was. Some of them you pull off better than others, but it’s still a great thing.”
Read the interview in full here, or watch the video above.
‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ was released last Friday (May 29), marking Macca’s first solo album since 2020’s ‘McCartney III’. The 14-track project sees the artist reflect on his childhood in Liverpool, his parents’ resilience, early adventures shared with George Harrison and John Lennon before they found fame with The Beatles, and more.
In other news, Stella McCartney has released an exclusive, limited edition T-shirt to celebrate the record.