Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

McCartney still enjoys performing

|
|
 
  
Former Beatle Paul McCartney performs at Citi Field on July 17, 2009 in New York City. The concert is the first to be performed at the new ball park which replaced Shea Stadium where the Beetles played 44 years ago. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff) 
License photo
Published: Aug. 2, 2009 at 2:08 PM

NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- British singer Paul McCartney says he still enjoys taking the stage in New York, Boston and elsewhere, even after decades of live performances.

The former Beatles star said prior to a recent concert at Citi Field in New York that he and his band mates try to keep their performances fresh by introducing new songs, The Boston Globe reported Sunday.

"We always try and look for something we've never played,'' said McCartney, who has a Boston performance scheduled for this week, "and there are a couple in the set now this year that I've never played.''

McCartney said he also applies his fresh approach in his recording efforts, including his musical pairings with British producer Youth in which McCartney dons the persona The Fireman.

"I do quite like to seesaw techniques so that I don't get bored or feel like I'm doing the same thing over and over, so Fireman was a great relief from that," McCartney told the Globe.

© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional Entertainment News Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Photoshop this multicolored specimen having a snack
Couple married for 65 years reveals secret of marital bliss: wearing matching outfits wherever they...
Behold a pale horse
Maine soft-shell lobsters are in early this year. Marine biologists require more clarified butter...
The Death List: Cars that aren't coming back for 2013. Subby will sob for Saab, the rest shall not...
Come listen to a story about a man named John / A poor farmer, barely kept his family fed / Then...