PAUL MCCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE Coming out on DVD in Spring

PAUL MCCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE Coming out on DVD in Spring

Wednesday February 2, 2005

MPL Communications Ltd. Grants Worldwide DVD Rights for 'Loaded DVD' Due Out This May; Features NEW Never-Before-Seen Concert Footage 'Live In St. Petersburg' as Well as Rare Behind-The-Scenes Coverage


NEW YORK, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul McCartney and A&E Television Networks VP of Video Sales and Marketing, Kate Winn, today announced an arrangement that will bring home audiences the landmark DVD releases PAUL MCCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE. Due out this spring, the historic Emmy-Award(R)- winning live concert, which premiered on the A&E Network, will be combined with NEW never-before-seen concert footage "Live In St. Petersburg" and rare behind the scenes footage, for a DVD that A&E and McCartney are calling fully loaded.

"We are thrilled to be releasing PAUL McCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE on DVD," said Winn. "This program not only features an absolutely electric concert, it's also an emotional document of a truly historic time in Russia and the hope that Paul McCartney and the Beatles brought to the people who lived under the communist regime in the Soviet Union."

McCartney, who began preparations this week for his much-publicized SuperBowl XXXIX Ameriquest Halftime performance, received five 2004 Emmy Award nominations for PAUL MCCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE. The DVD, sure to become an essential part of any music lover's home entertainment collection, is scheduled for release this Spring.

As a member of The Beatles, McCartney helped to launch the British Invasion and bring rock and roll onto the global stage, changing the world with a pulsing new sound, and a way of life not even the Iron Curtain could keep out. On May 24, 2003, the rock icon ended decades of anticipation with his first-ever concert in Russia. Join a crowd of over 100,000, as PAUL McCARTNEY IN RED SQUARE captures the historic sights and sounds of this nearly two-hour show. Behind-the-scenes footage of the star's whirlwind visit to Russia, including a private meeting with President Vladimir Putin, and interviews with important members of Russia's cultural community reveal the importance the Beatles and McCartney played in the development of Russia's future. Join Mikhail Gorbachev and Putin in this rock and roll milestone as McCartney performs rousing renditions of "Can't Buy Me Love," "Band on the Run," "Saw Her Standing There," "Live and Let Die," "Hey Jude," "Let It Be," "Yesterday," and many more, including "Back in the USSR."

To order it from A&E Home Video Collection, call (212) 206-8600 (TRADE ONLY). A&E Home Video products may be purchased at ShopAETV.com.

I was just thinking about this the other day. I didn't tape it when it was on A&E (watched it but didn't tape it) because I wanted to wait for the DVD. I'm glad I waited.

I have the Emmy nominee VHS which includes the full concert, but of course ill be getting this anyway. It will be god to have it on dvd anway !

I will buy this DVD just to see Paul play "Back In The USSR". Wow! I can only imagine what it must have been like to actually be there when he was playing live!

Thanks for the info!

I saw what they showed on TV, it was a good concert!!! The Russians were so touching to watch. I think he breathed life into many who had waited years, just dreaming of seeing the Beatles..

What wonderful news! I watched it on September 18, 2003 and I'm so delighted this is coming out on dvd!

Paul did my favorite song, "Things We Said Today." Hats off to Paul!

Yay!! I have seen clips of it and I am really hopeing to see the whole thing

I thought this was a very good film. WAY better than the "Back in the US" one, unless you enjoy looking at lots of well-endowed girls, which, being one, doesn't do much for me.