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According to rollingstone.com , the act that owned last weekend's Bonnaroo Festival was not some hirsute jam band, plaintive female singer-songwriter, or preppy indie-rockers, but a guy that much of the world has loved all of his career and even when he turned 64...seven years ago on June 18. Yes, it was Paul McCartney's Herculean ... (more)

Following his second solo album, Ram, in 1971, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, formed Wings, which was intended to be a full-fledged recording and touring band.

Package includes original 28 track 3-LP set on two CDs, fully re-mastered; Bonus CD with eight re-mastered unreleased tracks recorded at the Cow Palace in San Francisco , DVD including Wings Over the World television special and a brand new short charting the tour route in photographs; 112 page book by David Fricke with new interviews and extensive ... (more)

June 15--With their wide-screen imagery and inviting, assertive sounds, rock-music films are far from extinct.

Celebrating the reissue of his 1976 post-Beatles album, "Wings Over America," Sir Paul McCartney stopped by "The Colbert Report" and talked about his days recording "Band on the Run" with Wings.

Wings are on the wing again. Paul McCartney's post-Beatles band is enjoying a 21st century rebound thanks to the May reissue of 'Wings Over America' and this week's return of 'Rockshow' on DVD and Blu-ray.

"How many people have tried to learn 'Blackbird' on the guitar?" asked Paul McCartney .

Sir Paul McCartney , who we also recently caught in Austin , came to Brooklyn for the first of his two shows at the new Barclays Center on Saturday night .

"Rockshow," Paul McCartney and Wings, Eagle Rock Entertainment. Blu-ray, $34.98; and DVD, $29.98.

Paul McCartney performs during the first U.S concert of his "Out There" tour in Orlando, Fla.

Paul McCartney, in his green metal suit, prepares once again to shoot up the city.

Yes, it's another week at the top for Daft Punk's homage to disco, Random Access Memories .

Tickets are available for all shows and can be purchased online at NVOH.org or by calling the box office at 226-7372. The Battle for a Living Planet is the first big-picture exploration of the environmental movement - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change.

TEMECULA Paul McCartney brought one of the most sophisticated and dazzling rock shows of the mid-70s, "Wings Over The World," to over 600,000 fans at 31 concerts.

Members of certain generations instantly sense excitement when hearing the opening lyrics to "Venus and Mars": "Sitting in the stand of the sports arena, waiting for the show to begin." Shortly after those lines, Paul McCartney and Wings roar into "Rock Show" followed by "Jet." If a better opening exists for any rock concert, I haven't heard it.

"One more hour, one more hour, one more hour" a head right to Dicks Wings after work for delicious wings and beer.

Putting "Wings Over America" back on CD with its reissue Tuesday, along with the long-awaited reissue of "Rockshow" on DVD in June, answers a longtime public demand for these two Paul McCartney releases.

John Fogerty reexamines his time with Creedence Clearwater Revival, bringing a raft of bankable stars along, while Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette confirm their spot as jazz's greatest living group.

In 1976, Paul McCartney returned to U.S. concert stages for the first time in 10 years with a new band and different approach to touring.

Paul McCartney is taking stock of the 1975-76 world tour that produced Wings Over America and the concert film Rockshow, just as each are seeing deluxe reissue.