beatlemethisbeatlemethat
Feb 22, 2001, 03:34 PM
From the Paul McCartney press office:
PAUL McCARTNEY'S WINGS TO FLY AGAIN
TV Film & Double CD For May 2001
NEW YORK----Feb. 15, 2001--PAUL McCARTNEY'S Wings are set to fly again and the story of the band is set to be told in both a double CD of Wings hits and a television special that will be released worldwide in May. The project, which has been three years in the making, will be launched under the banner Wingspan. The two-hour film will tell the inside story of Wings for the first time on television.
Led by extensive and candid interviews with Paul McCartney, Wingspan reveals how, while trying to raise a young family and follow the BEATLES, Paul and Linda formed a back-to-basics band that rose to become one of the biggest rock groups of The Seventies.
Featuring never-before-seen home movie footage of Paul and Linda and their family, together with previously-private band archive and rare concert film, Wingspan will tell how Paul McCartney, devastated by the break-up of The Beatles, restarted his career from scratch - with him, Linda, their children, pet dogs and the band all driving around Britain in a van asking for work. Instead of arriving at stadium concerts in policed-escorted limousines, Wings drove themselves to small halls unannounced and uninvited, and were paid for their impromptu shows in 50p pieces.
Besides following Paul and Linda's family life from 1970-1980, Wingspan reveals how- despite the handicap of lawsuits, pot busts and BBC airplay bans-Wings soared to success with hit singles, NO.1 albums and eventually even a bigger stadium show than that of The Beatles.
Wingspan will be premiered primetime on American TV in the early May and then broadcast around the world. Alongside the TV film, EMI/Capitol Records will release a double CD featuring 40 Wings songs, which will be supported by the reissue of videos and promo films and worldwide media, internet and advertising campaign.
Said Paul McCartney: "I always thought that you couldn't follow The Beatles; Wingspan is the story and the soundtrack of how we set out to do it."
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Peace, Love, and Beatles,
Stefanie
Beatle Me This, Beatle Me That (http://beatlemethisbeatlemethat.virtualave.net/)
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"After all is said and done, you can't go pleasing everyone, so screw it"
--John Lennon
PAUL McCARTNEY'S WINGS TO FLY AGAIN
TV Film & Double CD For May 2001
NEW YORK----Feb. 15, 2001--PAUL McCARTNEY'S Wings are set to fly again and the story of the band is set to be told in both a double CD of Wings hits and a television special that will be released worldwide in May. The project, which has been three years in the making, will be launched under the banner Wingspan. The two-hour film will tell the inside story of Wings for the first time on television.
Led by extensive and candid interviews with Paul McCartney, Wingspan reveals how, while trying to raise a young family and follow the BEATLES, Paul and Linda formed a back-to-basics band that rose to become one of the biggest rock groups of The Seventies.
Featuring never-before-seen home movie footage of Paul and Linda and their family, together with previously-private band archive and rare concert film, Wingspan will tell how Paul McCartney, devastated by the break-up of The Beatles, restarted his career from scratch - with him, Linda, their children, pet dogs and the band all driving around Britain in a van asking for work. Instead of arriving at stadium concerts in policed-escorted limousines, Wings drove themselves to small halls unannounced and uninvited, and were paid for their impromptu shows in 50p pieces.
Besides following Paul and Linda's family life from 1970-1980, Wingspan reveals how- despite the handicap of lawsuits, pot busts and BBC airplay bans-Wings soared to success with hit singles, NO.1 albums and eventually even a bigger stadium show than that of The Beatles.
Wingspan will be premiered primetime on American TV in the early May and then broadcast around the world. Alongside the TV film, EMI/Capitol Records will release a double CD featuring 40 Wings songs, which will be supported by the reissue of videos and promo films and worldwide media, internet and advertising campaign.
Said Paul McCartney: "I always thought that you couldn't follow The Beatles; Wingspan is the story and the soundtrack of how we set out to do it."
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Peace, Love, and Beatles,
Stefanie
Beatle Me This, Beatle Me That (http://beatlemethisbeatlemethat.virtualave.net/)
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"After all is said and done, you can't go pleasing everyone, so screw it"
--John Lennon