He's one of the best-loved pop stars in the world but Glastonbury 2022 headliner Sir Paul McCartney once got into hot water after calling Wales a 'Third World country.' Sir Paul will play the Pyramid Stage on Saturday, June 25 as the festival returns after a three-year absence.
Macca made the comments about Wales back in 2007 and later reiterated that he "loves the Welsh". The world-famous star, who celebrated his 80th birthday earlier this year, was chatting to Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson during a New Musical Express interview and joked about the fact he never gets recognised when visiting a Third World country.
When Wilson replied that the same thing happens to him in Wales, McCartney quipped that was because “Wales is a Third World country”. But the music legend quickly backtracked and stressed his love for Wales. He said: “We love Welsh people, by the way... especially my Auntie Dilys”.
