EasternBird
Apr 27, 2003, 02:16 PM
http://www.sundayherald.com/33401
Sir Paul: we can't work it out
By Mike Merritt
Sir Paul McCartney is set to scrap his only Scottish gig, leaving tens of thousands of fans disappointed.
The ex-Beatle announced the planned gig at Celtic's Parkhead stadium last month, and a fortnight ago he told an interviewer it was one of the concerts he most looked forward to on his European tour.
But a concert at Sheffield's Hallam Arena on April 6, which had to be cancelled at the last minute because McCartney lost his voice due to a cold, has been rescheduled for May 29 -- the day before the planned Glasgow show.
Promoters are trying to see if it might be possible to play the Scottish gig -- McCartney's first here in 13 years -- but admit it is unlikely. With rumours that it could the 60-year-old's final tour, the last chance to see McCartney live in Scotland might have been lost.
'Paul is really frustrated by all of this. We are trying desperately hard to sort it out but it looks very doubtful we can do both shows,' said spokesman Geoff Baker.
'Tickets for the Sheffield show have obviously been sold. We cannot get the stage from different parts of Britain in the time -- it is not like putting up an inflatable tent. The other problem is that after June 1 [the date of a planned concert in Liverpool] half the stage crew are committed to other tours. Paul was, and is, looking forward to the Scottish gig. That is why he is so hacked off . But it isn't looking good.'
Doubts about the gig surfaced earlier this month after the promoters and Celtic said it remained unconfirmed, despite it being listed in McCartney's tour schedule . Thousands of fans have enquired about tickets .
McCartney was planning an emotional triangle: Dublin on May 27 -- he is of Irish descent -- Glasgow three days later and a tour finale in Liverpool, his birthplace, on June 1.
Last month McCartney, whose last Scottish gig was at the SECC in 1990, said he had told promoters that he would not do a world tour without playing in Scotland. He had been looking for a pipe band to perform a song that 'would not be performed elsewhere', believed to be his 1977 Wings hit Mull of Kintyre.
Sir Paul: we can't work it out
By Mike Merritt
Sir Paul McCartney is set to scrap his only Scottish gig, leaving tens of thousands of fans disappointed.
The ex-Beatle announced the planned gig at Celtic's Parkhead stadium last month, and a fortnight ago he told an interviewer it was one of the concerts he most looked forward to on his European tour.
But a concert at Sheffield's Hallam Arena on April 6, which had to be cancelled at the last minute because McCartney lost his voice due to a cold, has been rescheduled for May 29 -- the day before the planned Glasgow show.
Promoters are trying to see if it might be possible to play the Scottish gig -- McCartney's first here in 13 years -- but admit it is unlikely. With rumours that it could the 60-year-old's final tour, the last chance to see McCartney live in Scotland might have been lost.
'Paul is really frustrated by all of this. We are trying desperately hard to sort it out but it looks very doubtful we can do both shows,' said spokesman Geoff Baker.
'Tickets for the Sheffield show have obviously been sold. We cannot get the stage from different parts of Britain in the time -- it is not like putting up an inflatable tent. The other problem is that after June 1 [the date of a planned concert in Liverpool] half the stage crew are committed to other tours. Paul was, and is, looking forward to the Scottish gig. That is why he is so hacked off . But it isn't looking good.'
Doubts about the gig surfaced earlier this month after the promoters and Celtic said it remained unconfirmed, despite it being listed in McCartney's tour schedule . Thousands of fans have enquired about tickets .
McCartney was planning an emotional triangle: Dublin on May 27 -- he is of Irish descent -- Glasgow three days later and a tour finale in Liverpool, his birthplace, on June 1.
Last month McCartney, whose last Scottish gig was at the SECC in 1990, said he had told promoters that he would not do a world tour without playing in Scotland. He had been looking for a pipe band to perform a song that 'would not be performed elsewhere', believed to be his 1977 Wings hit Mull of Kintyre.