Roof climbing with Paul McCartney – a classic interview from the archives
To celebrate Sir Paul's 70th birthday we flick through Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism – to bring you this NME piece from 1963 where Macca reveals his love of … go-kartingI went roof-climbing with the Beatles – up a rickety wooden ladder, over drainpipes, and past the huge chimney-pots of London's plush Washington Hotel. The traffic bustled dizzily below. "After YOU!" laughed Paul McCartney, pointing to the gaping emptiness that stretched down t...
Guardian Music — The former Beatle celebrates his 70th birthday on 18 June. In this interactive gallery, you can see how the Guardian and Observer originally reported the key episodes in ... more info
Guardian Music — To celebrate Sir Paul's 70th birthday we flick through Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism – to bring you this NME piece from 1... more info
Topix — Paul McCartney once sang about life "when I get older, losing my hair, many years from now" when he imagined how life would be when he was 64. more info
Guardian Music — In perfect tune with Macca's 70th, an exhibit of rare and never-before-seen photos are up for show for the first timeMacca turns 70 today – six years past 64 – and ju... more info
Starpulse — Happy Birthday, Paul McCartney! The former Beatle celebrates his 70th birthday today. The music icon is still going strong; he most recently performed at the Queen’s Di... more info
KEXP Seattle — Many, many years ago, James Paul McCartney wrote a song asking if his lover would still be with him when he turned 64. For Paul, that year has come and passed, and today,... more info