Out today (September 7th) is Paul McCartney‘s 26th mainstream solo album, Egypt Station. The collection was recorded in Los Angeles, London, and Sussex, and produced — with the exception of one track — by Greg Kurstin, who’s best known for his work behind the boards for Adele, Beck, and Foo Fighters. Egypt Station marks McCartney’s return to his and the Beatles‘ longtime label, Capitol Records, after a 13-year-hiatus.
McCartney recently called into to New York City’s National Public Radio affiliate WFUV and explained how his intention was to make Egypt Station a concept album: “The kind of albums that used to get made in the ’60s and ’70s; the idea then was that you sort of put on your album and you just chilled out and you would just listen to the whole album. So, it was kind of like, a journey, y’know? And you would start and go through this magical journey. So, we did that with, like, Beatles albums, like Sgt. Pepper, Pink Floyd with The Dark Side Of The Moon, so I thought it’d be nice to make an album like that, rather than, y’know, just a collection of singles.”
Last night, Paul McCartney appeared on NBC’s The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon and helped open the show by joining Fallon and fellow guest Kendall Jenner by dancing to his new single “Fuh You” in Jenner’s dressing room. He and Fallon also took part in a sketch in which they surprise 30 Rock elevator passengers who stop on a random floor and catch the pair reading newspapers and playing ping-pong. Fallon brought out his childhood McCartney albums — and at one point had “Macca” fulfill a childhood dream of calling Fallon’s childhood house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9q3e5wIrDw
McCartney performs tonight (September 7th) at a secret lottery-only show in Manhattan, which his not-so-subtle online and TV clues now indicate will take place in a portioned-off section of Grand Central Station.
Paul McCartney tour dates (subject to change):
September 17 – Quebec City, QC – The Videotron Centre
September 20 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
September 28 – Winnipeg, MB – Bell MTS Place
September 30 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place
October 5, 12 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits Music Festival
October 31 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome
November 1 – Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Dome
November 8 – Nagoya, Japan – Nagoya Dome
November 28 – Paris, France – U-Arena
November 30 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena
December 3 – Krakow, Poland – Tauron Arena
December 5, 6 – Vienna, Austria – Vienna Stadhalle
December 12 – Liverpool, England – Echo Arena
December 14 – Glasgow, Scotland – SSE Hydro
December 16 – London, England – O2 Arena
May 27 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
May 30 – Greenville, SC – Bon Secours Wellness Arena
June 1 – Lexington, KY – Rupp Arena
June 6 – Madison, WI – Kohl Center
June 11 – Moline, IL – TaxSlayer Center
