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Ringo Starr, Stella McCartney and more wish Paul McCartney a happy 80th birthday

Sir Paul is celebrating his 80th birthday today

Liverpool Echo

Ringo Starr leads celeb birthday messages for Paul McCartney as singer turns 80

Sir Ringo Starr sent 'peace and love' to his pal and former bandmate Sir Paul McCartney as he turned 80. The Beatles singer's birthday message comes as it's reported Sir Paul's headline Glastonbury set will include a virtual duet with the late John Lennon

Daily Mirror

At 80, Paul McCartney still makes genius look effortless

The former Beatle has aged with dignity – but not too much of it – and 60 years after his first hit will be headlining Glastonbury

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Seamas 'Cheddar' Plunkett steps down as Laois manager

Plunkett returned to the job for a second time in 2020 after previously managing his native county from 2012 to 2016

Irish Mirror

Paul McCartney's health at 80 - booze battle, depression and heart surgery rumours

Paul McCartney revealed how he and his band members battled with various degrees of mental health, and said how they would often make light of it in their songs - adding 'there wasn't much time for mental health issues'

Daily Mirror

Ringo Starr sends Paul McCartney touching Beatles-themed birthday message

Two surviving Beatles have remained friends all their life

The Independent UK

80 Paul McCartney facts about Beatles legend's life as he celebrates his 80th birthday

Sir Paul has been an icon for decades

Liverpool Echo

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Paul McCartney at 80: Family tragedy inspired career of Beatles legend

Macca was only a teenager when tragedy struck

Liverpool Echo

Paul McCartney's incredible decades-long journey as he celebrates 80th birthday

Sir Paul McCartney has been in the spotlight for many decades. The Beatles split up in 1970 and Paul formed the band Wings with his first wife Linda a year later

Daily Mirror

McCartney marks 80th birthday with Springsteen, 60,000 pals

How better to celebrate an 80th birthday than by singing about “Glory Days” onstage with Bruce Springsteen, and being serenaded by some 60,000 well-wishers

The Independent UK

Paul McCartney gets a surprise guest at MetLife concert

NEW YORK — Even the Boss bows down before Sir Paul.

Tribune News Service

When I Get Older: Paul McCartney Going Strong at 80

Paul McCartney turns 80 on Saturday and a week later becomes the oldest headliner to play at the Glastonbury Festival.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sir Paul McCartney marks 80th birthday with another huge gig

Beatles legend to celebrate occasion by performing at Glastonbury as the festival's oldest solo headliner

Wales Online

Paul McCartney at 80: How mum's death when he was 14 inspired some of his greatest work

Paul McCartney is still going strong, playing Glastonbury next Saturday as the oldest-ever headliner, a week after he turns 80. When he was 14, his mum died and the tragedy shaped his career

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The Guardian - UK

Paul McCartney’s greatest post-Beatles songs – ranked!

As Macca turns 80 this weekend, we pick the best of his blockbuster solo and Wings catalogue, from new wave curios to classic piano ballads

Liverpool Echo

Beatles autographs smudged by John Lennon's 'greasy' fingers sell for almost £8,000

The inky smudge from John's fish and chips is thought to contain his DNA

Tribune News Service

The ageless Ringo Starr reflects on what keeps him going

PITTSBURGH — Strange to think about it now, but when Ringo Starr launched Ringo and His All-Starr Band in 1989, he hadn’t been a touring musician since 1966.

The Guardian - UK

‘The Beatles? I was more a fan of the Beach Boys’: Peter Blake at 90 on pop art and clubbing with the Fab Four

The groundbreaking artist documented the birth of youth culture and created the most famous album cover in history. Now with a new exhibition, he talks about what inspires him – from corn dollies to music halls

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Evening Standard

Paul McCartney at 80: Has any other pop star got a legacy like this?

As the singer reaches his ninth decade, we look at his extraordinary career at the top of pop

The Independent UK

Ronnie Hawkins: One of rock’n’roll’s greatest showmen

A larger-than-life figure, Hawkins advised a teenage Elvis to change his name, saw his backing group The Hawks morph into The Band under Bob Dylan, and had his garage burnt down by houseguest John Lennon

Salon

Review: Pang on Lennon's "Lost Weekend"

Narrated by Pang, "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story" finds a pocket of bright light in Lennon's unfinished story

Liverpool Echo

Paul McCartney at 80: Look back at Macca's life and career

He's one of Liverpool's most famous sons and has been in the spotlight for six decades

Chronicle Live

Johnny Depp releasing album with Jeff Beck in July following Gateshead concert appearance

Johnny Depp has been on tour with Jeff Beck in the UK - and made an appearance in Gateshead

Wales Online

Johnny Depp releasing album with Jeff Beck in July

The actor has joined Beck for a UK tour after his high-profile libel case against ex-wife Amber Heard

Daily Mirror

Celebrities who've snubbed honours from the Queen - and why they turned them down

A large number of famous faces have been listen in theQueen’s birthday honours - but here is a look at the famous faces who refused or sent them back

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