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NANCY Shevell is Sir Paul McCartney's third wife.
But what do we know about her? Here's the lowdown.
Who is Nancy Shevell?
Nancy Shevell is an American businesswoman.
She was a former member of the board in the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority and worked as vice president of the New England Motor Freight - her family's business.
Nancy met singer-songwriter Paul McCartney in 2007, while he was still married to Heather Mills.
But he divorced Heather in 2008 and married Nancy in 2011.
How old is she and what is her net worth?
Nancy was born on 20 November 1959, making her 58 years old.
Her net worth is estimated to be around £152 million.
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In the summer of 1980, 24-year-old writer David Sheff is whisked off to New York City on the biggest assignment of his career so far — an interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono for Playboy Magazine.
This isn’t a quick sit-down interview, grabbing a few comments, shaking a few hands. The young writer spent three weeks with the couple and their 5-year-old son Sean.
He hung out in their Central Park West apartment, laughing in their kitchen, watching them record new music, going on walks and out for coffee at Lennon’s favorite spots.
Of course, this would be exciting for any 20-something writer; he was using expense accounts, staying in a posh hotel, spending his days following around the world’s most recognizable rock star, but Lennon’s music had spoken to Sheff from an early age.
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December 8 will mark forty years since John Lennon was murdered in New York City. Just days before his death, Lennon took part in an extensive interview that would become the last one he ever gave.
Lennon’s Last Weekend goes inside that fabled interview between John Lennon and BBC Radio’s Andy Peebles and explores the wide-range of topics Lennon opened up about in the hours leading up to his death. Unlike other documentaries about Lennon or The Beatles, this film offers a unique perspective on the icon that doesn’t place his music at the forefront.
“There’s a lot more to John than just his music,” Director Brian Grant told RADIO.COM in an interview. “He was an activist, an activist for peace, and a better world. I tried to balance the songwriter with that activist and the humanitarian, he was the ultimate humanitarian if you think about it. But, he was a flawed character as well.”
Source: Marty Rosenbaum /radio.com
Sir Paul McCartney can find inspiration for music “anywhere”.
The 78-year-old rocker wrote his new album, ‘McCartney III’, whilst the world was in lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic, and has said that whilst many artists struggled to find the inspiration to write when they had no personal experiences to draw from, he had plenty going on in his “overactive brain”.
He said: “You know inspiration can come from anywhere. Not just interaction with others. Truth is the main stuff that comes from my overactive brain, which is always switched on, but my songs don’t have to be about current events.”
Paul has been writing in the same way for decades, as he used Beatles hit ‘Eleanor Rigby’ - which was released in 1966 - as an example of a song he’d written that isn’t inspired by himself.
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Paul McCartney has opened up about his friendship with John Lennon in a new interview.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, McCartney opened up about his friendship with Lennon in the period following The Beatles split.
On being asked if he thought the Beatles would have ever worked together again, McCartney said: “We made a decision when the Beatles folded that we weren’t going to pick it up again. So we switched off from the Beatles. You talk about something coming full circle that is very satisfying; let’s not spoil it by doing something that might not be as good. It was a conscious decision to leave well enough alone, so I don’t really think we would have. But who knows? We could have.”
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Forty years after John Lennon died at the hands of an evangelical Christian assassin, surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are still making music, now on their own.
Sir Paul may be 78 years old but he is bringing out his 18th solo album “McCartney III” on Dec. 18.
It will be the third album McCartney has released on which he has not only written the songs but also played everything from piano to drums.
Fab Four drummer Ringo is 80 and does not enjoy the same level of global fame as Lennon and McCartney, or perhaps even the late George Harrison, but he too is still going strong.
‘Home studio pioneer’
“McCartney III” refers back to “McCartney,” released in 1970 — the first time he did everything himself — and “McCartney II” from 1980.
“McCartney is a pioneer of the ‘home studio’ where everything is done at home, because he knows how to play every instrument,” said Stan Cuesta, author of “The Beatles.”
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Capitol/UMePaul McCartney has released the fourth installment of his series of six-track digital-only EPs featuring previously available songs that boast themes that tie in with the tunes on his new record.
The new EP is titled Love, and it features songs that span from McCartney and Wings' 1971 cover of the Mickey and Sylvia's 1956 hit "Love Is Strange" through 2010's "My Valentine." The EP kicks off with McCartney and Wings' 1976 chart-topper "Silly Love Songs" and also includes the 1980 gem "Waterfalls," the 1973 #1 Wings smash "My Love," and a 1979 live rendition of Sir Paul's classic ballad "Maybe I'm Amazed," which originally appeared on his 1970 debut album, McCartney.
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Of the five, only one — with James Patterson’s name slapped on the cover — reads like a money-grabbing misfire. While Kenneth Womack’s “John Lennon 1980: The Last Days in the Life” is the standout, to varying degrees four are worth reading. As a group, you might say, they passed the audition.
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“The Last Days of John Lennon,” by James Patterson, with Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge
Patterson’s brand is violent crime, so he and his collaborators start the book inside the mind of killer Mark David Chapman as he journeys to New York. This tasteless tactic is exacerbated by the rest of the book, starting with the bait-and-switch title. The book recaps the Beatles story in short, punchy sentences in short, punchy chapters. It often strikes false-sounding notes when presuming to be inside the minds of the Fab Four, but it might have passed as a CliffsNotes biography were it not for the cross-cutting to Chapman’s thoughts and actions as he closes in on his date with infamy.
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Bob Dylan has secretly released ‘Bob Dylan – 50th Anniversary Collection 1970’ which includes the rare sessions with former Beatle, George Harrison.
The recordings were put on sale quietly via the UK store Badlands. A European law stipulates that recordings enter the public domain 50 years after their creation if they aren’t officially released by the copyright holder.
Since 2012, Dylan has been releasing recordings to avoid legal bootlegs flooding the market. Many of the releases since 2012 would be of no interest to any one other devout Dylan fans. The recordings include repeated takes of songs. However, some of the recordings can fetch up to €1,000.
The new release is different as it would appeal to more people. It includes the rare session with George Harrison. The pair’s recording of the Beatles classic, ‘Yesterday’ has been published before, yet now the sound quality is infinitely better. You can check out a previous released version of ‘Yesterday’ below.
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People from all walks of life have been affected by the music of The Beatles. They gave the world inspiration and happiness in almost everything they did. On October 9, the 80th anniversary of his birth, a new music video was released honoring John Lennon – “John Lennon: A Day In His Life”, Grammy- nominated American producer, Michael Franklin, and Beatles animator, Alvaro Ortega teaming up to create it.
The spark of Lennon’s tribute began when Franklin awoke from a dream in which he dreamt of the Lennon song, “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” while hearing John’s voice singing “A Day In The Life”. Amazed by the similarity between the two songs’ chord sequences and lyrics, Franklin hurriedly put this combination to the piano, the next night, another similar dream awakening him again – this time the baroque piano solo bridge sped up to sound like a harpsichord dashed off by my father, Sir George Martin, for John’s song, “In My Life” from Rubber Soul while The Beatles were on a lunch break.
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