“It is great to play with him maybe I’ll join the All-Starrs,” McCartney joked, though nimbly sidestepped Stern’s attempt to get him to answer whether he ever considered carrying on with Starr and late guitarist/singer George Harrison after John Lennon broke the band up.
They also discussed McCartney’s joy in reuniting onstage with his former Beatles mate drummer Ringo Starr during a gig at Dodger Stadium last year and whether the two might think about playing together more often.
McCartney, a longtime vegetarian and animal rights activist, also made a plea for the Chinese government to shut down the country’s so-called “wet markets” - which sell freshly slaughtered animals of all stripes - which some have linked to the novel coronavirus that has essentially shut the world down. “It’s a very serious thing, and that’s why someone’s definitely got to do something about it,” McCartney said.Īmong the gigs Sir Paul had postponed this year was a planned headlining slot at this year’s Glastonbury festival, with the singer saying he’s bummed that all the people who bought tickets to the show have had the plug pulled on their big summer outing. “It is good to see that, it’s inspiring.” A lot of people are pulling together and it’s a great thing,” he said. “It is around, that’s what we’re seeing now. “The spirit that showed, this ‘we’ll get on with it, we’ll do whatever’s necessary, we’ll all pull together and we’ll try and stay happy and we’ll thank all the people who look after us and the people who fight for us, et cetera’ - that spirit is kind of what they needed and it’s what we need now,” he said. every night banging pots and pans to celebrate the frontline healthcare and EMS workers who are toiling to save lives in the city.Īs a member of the post-WWII generation who saw how his parents picked themselves up after that war’s devastations, the “Let It Be” singer said he was having a hard time fathoming the global pandemic that has shut the entire world down. They are, of course, in constant touch and Sir Paul mentioned that like a lot of New Yorkers, Nancy is out at 7 p.m. McCartney said they were on holiday together and Nancy had to get back to New York to tend to some family matters while he needed to get back to England. Listen to the promo at the VAN HALEN News DeskĪudio samples from A Different Kind Of Truth can be found at this location (click view in iTunes).Paul McCartney’s 'Hey Jude' Handwritten Lyrics Sold for $910,000 in Virtual Auction The Whole Truth: The Howard Stern/Van Halen airs Tuesday, February 7th, 2-7pm Eastern (11am – 2PM Pacific) on Sirius XM/Howard 101. It’s entirely for Van Halen fans who like Stern and want to relive the band’s past drama, for some reason. You will not hear any of the band’s new music on this. Every past or present band member is in there except Wolfie. Funny, interesting and of course entertaining. It’s an amazing oral history as told through the band members themselves. They pulled a variety of appearances from the different band members over the years to really get a sense of the up and down history of the group and the back and forth bickering. This Tuesday, February 7th, the release date for VAN HALEN’s new album, A Different Kind Of Truth, a new special called The Whole Truth: The Howard Stern/Van Halen which is essentially a five-hour uncensored history of Van Halen will air on The Howard Stern Show…the good, the bad and the ugly.