Guardian Music — The former Beatle will become the first British musician to receive the honour, at a gala ceremony from the French presidentPaul McCartney is to receive France's highest cultural distinction at a ceremony this week. President François Hollande will ... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Paul McCartney is to be given a Legion dhonneur award in France The British singer will receive the medal - Frances highest public distinction - from President Francois Hollande in Paris on Saturday 08 09 12 Stars including... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — French President Francois Hollande is scheduled to decorate former Beatle Paul McCartney with a Legion of Honour award, the president's office told Reuters on Monday. more info

Starpulse — Paul McCartney's fashion designer daughter Stella has created a new perfume in honor of his near 30-year marriage to her mother. Photographer Linda Eastman wed the Beatles legend in 1969 and the ... more info

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ContactMusic — Sir Paul McCartney has helped to free an elephant kept chained in the dark for seven years The Beatles legend and actress Pamela Stephenson 62 pleaded with Indias forest minister Dr Patangrao Kadam for the animals release Yesterday it was... more info

Starpulse — Animal-loving stars Pamela Anderson and Paul McCartney are celebrating after their campaign to save an elephant from a life of misery ended in victory. The former Baywatch beauty and the Beatles ... more info

Guardian Music — The Pussy Riot verdict provides our celebrities with a Spartacus moment: surely it won't be long before Paul McCartney and Stephen Fry storm the altar in St Paul's and sing "Shit, shit, the Lord is shit" (Guilty verdict 'written by Putin' fires up hi... more info

Guardian Music — You might think an unjust trial would damage Putin, but it fits with his strategy of pitting 'simple people' against the 'creative class'Answering journalists in London, Vladimir Putin promised the members of Pussy Riot soft punishment and formally h... more info

Guardian Music — Punk band members Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Yekaterina Samutsevich jailed amid global protestsThree members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and sentenced to tw... more info