Paul McCartney

Lou Reed Bows Out of Coachella and Several Other Gigs

Looks like we won't be hearing any of Lou Reeds Metal Machine Music in Indio this year. The former front man of the Velvet Underground just pulled out of Coachella and scrapped shows in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Monterrey.

Kings of the Stone Age

Dave Grohl and other rockers toast LA's Sound City

Paul McCartney To Play With Nirvana Tonight At The 12-12-12 Concert? Unfortunately, Yes

For those of you who may or may not know, tonight in New York City is the granddaddy of all Sandy concerts. Taking place at Madison Square Garden, tonight's show will feature some of the biggest names in music history including (drumroll please) Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band, Bon Jovi, Eri ... More >>

Russian to Judgment

[Ask Exene] Were the actions of Pussy Riot kind of a dick move?

Ask Exene: Were the Actions of Pussy Riot Kind of a Dick Move?

Exene Cervenka is a writer, visual artist and punk rock pioneer. The OC transplant is the lead singer for X, the Knitters and Original Sinners. If you want to ask the legendary vocalist for advice--on your love life, politics, your musical career, filial relationships--send an email to askexene@o ... More >>

When Is Shutting Down a Concert Worth the Hassle?

See Also: *TV on the Radio, Grouplove and Best Coast to Play the U.S. Open of Surfing *Jane's Addiction and the Flaming Lips to Headline Doheny Days *Adele and Gotye Top Mid-Year Album and Single Sales. Yikes!For those of you who haven't heard, Saturday night's Bruce Springsteen show at the Hard R ... More >>

Steve Martin Talks About the Banjo Craze in 1960s Orange County

Billboard posted a cool interview with OC native Steve Martin this week. The veteran comedian is touring with the Steep Canyon Rangers in support of their Grammy nominated album, Rare Bird Alert, and the tour starts in Indio at Stagecoach Festival on April 28. The album also ... More >>

Top Five Hits: Pepperland Music in Orange

​Here are the top five this week from Pepperland Music, 850 N. Tustin St. in Orange, (714) 639-0909.This week's top seller is the new Paul McCartney album, Kisses on the Bottom, on vinyl -- the guys at Pepperland have been selling a lot of vinyl lately.

Ten Vegetarian Musicians with an Open Invite to My House for Thanksgiving Dinner

​I gotta be honest: I have a love/hate relationship with Thanksgiving.On the one hand, it's my vegetarian anniversary. I gave up meat on Thanksgiving 1997, which, for all you math failures, means this year marks the 14th Thanksgiving in a row since I've eaten meat. For that, I am excited and proud ... More >>

The Upsetter

Art Theatre

[UPDATED: It's True!] The Orange County Performing Arts Center's Big Reveal: Not Really That Big

​UPDATE, JAN. 13, 2011, 12:13 P.M.: The Orange County Performing Arts Center has indeed been renamed as the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, as announced during a celebration yesterday evening. According to the OC Metro, the event was attended by approximately 1,500 guests, which included former Go ... More >>

VIDEO: Watch Paul McCartney Make Mashed Potatoes

​We just came across this YouTube video of Paul McCartney making mashed potatoes--yes, we already know how to make that, but who caaaares? It's Paul McCartney! Watch him chop onions! Use his oven mitt as a puppet! Talk about Linda!Next up on the agenda: Paul McCartney shows us how to boil water. A ... More >>

No Doubt Has 10 Songs Written, Still Recording; Video of Kennedy Center Honors Performance Available

​You know you've definitely really, really made it when practically every tweet you put out there constitutes as news: No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont tweeted today that the band has 10 brand-new songs completed for their forthcoming, unnamed album. But, wait, you thought they've been recording sinc ... More >>

"Merry Christmas, Motherfuckers!": Seven Favorite Hip-Hop Holiday Songs

​While it doesn't happen too much anymore these days, the hip-hop world has been known to put out a holiday album or two--and sometimes the  too-bright cheerfulness of Christmas carols pairs up extra nicely with the often humorous and/or the sometimes, uh, adult content of the lyrics.After th ... More >>

Paul McCartney Sings Original 'Yesterday' Lyrics--'Scrambled Eggs'--with Jimmy Fallon

​Last night Paul McCartney was on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon show, where talked about using placeholder lyrics to remember the song "Yesterday" when he was working on it. The catchphrase? "Scrambled eggs/oh my baby how I love your legs." Then Fallon asked McCartney to perform it with him! I ... More >>

Electronic Meat

The Prospector

President Obama, Paul McCartney, Jack White, Seinfeld, etc. Come Together And Sing "Hey Jude"

[Via Pitchfork] ​While you were eating dinner, doing laundry or watching TV last night, President Obama was apparently singing "Hey Jude" at the White House with a bunch of other famous people. The grand sing-along happened after he p ... More >>

Chat with Paul McCartney, If You Are So Inclined

Andrew Youssef/ OC WeeklyPaul McCartney at the Hollywood Bowl last March​You can ask if he watches Lost, who his World Cup pick is, if he's ever had plastic surgery, if he likes cats. All you have to do is tune in to www.ustream.tv/paulmccartney at 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 20.

"If We Don't Get On, We Don't Get On" -Liam Gallagher Talks About His Brother, Makes Beatles Movie

www.myspace.com/liam_gallagher​Liam Gallagher's newly formed film Production Company In 1 Productions has confirmed that they will develop and produce a feature film about the The Beatles' Apple Corps, adapted from the book "The Longest Cocktail Party" by Richard DeLillo. That's after Paul McCartn ... More >>

Beethoven, As I Knew Him

Laguna Playhouse

Coachella Curfew Pushed Back an Hour... Small Comfort for Robert Smith

Beth Stirnaman / OC WeeklyHe looked better with the lights out.​Coachella ended abruptly last year, with the Cure getting the plug pulled in the middle of their third encore at about 33 minutes past midnight. The sounds went out, the band kept playing, and then the lights shut off. Our reaction wh ... More >>

Last Night: Paul McCartney at the Hollywood Bowl, 3/30

Andrew Youssef​See the slideshow here!Last Night: Paul motherfucking McCartney at the Hollywood Bowl.Better Than: Pretty much everything. In the world. Including sunshine. And rainbows. I laughed, I cried, I swooned for a man who could be my grandfather twice over. Such are the emotions of a Paul ... More >>

Today in Music News: Coachella, Big Boi, Paul McCartney, Them Crooked Vultures, Killers, Cleveland Orchestra are Bitches

Official Coachella roster expected to be released later this morning--for now, the "leaked artists.""Big Boi, Ted Leo, Mogwai, A.C. Newman, Patti Smith, Bun B Do Haiti Benefits," reports Pitchfork.com.Paul McCartney almost joined Them Crooked Vultures! Killers going on hiatus, which sounds like a f ... More >>

Today in Music News: Update on Avenged Sevenfold Drummer's Death, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney

Autopsy scheduled for Avenged Sevenfold drummer James Owen Sullivan, found dead Monday in Huntington Beach. Read our blog post from last night for the band's official statement and stay tuned for further updates.Lady Gaga promises to write own music, take different direction on new album. No word ... More >>

Christmas Video Classics: 'Wonderful Christmas Time,' Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney produced so much maudlin dreck during the late 1970s and '80s (and, to a lesser extent, '90s) people were forgiven if they forgot he wrote and rocked the face-melting "Helter Skelter." "Wonderful Christmas Time"--with its cloying synths and greeting card lyrics--might not have Beatle ... More >>

The Fling

Detroit Bar

Live and Let Die

Bay Theater

This Week In Food

In the last five days, SAFII covered:Disappointment at the kogi truck (three hours in line--and still no food!!). Yes, Edwin's friends are now falling foul of his unhealthy obsession.Imminent openings--Memphis, Sur La Table, Beach Pit--and imminent closings--White Horse.Another reason to hate Paul M ... More >>

[Sound Guy] The Indio Index: Coachella By the Numbers

Live(ish) from Coachella: Killers? Headliners? Sure!

It's late, and I should probably sleep (or something resembling it) at this point (big day tomorrow: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, My Bloody Valentine, Public Enemy, Friendly Fires, the Cure, PB&J, Lykke Li, Okkervil River etc. etc.!) but I thought I'd share the setlist (and some totally astute observations) ... More >>

Live(ish) from Coachella: Paul McCartney Plays Nearly his Entire 50-year Catalogue

Hey, so sorry for not being very update-y last night: my iPhone's Internet apparently decided that we were no longer on speaking terms, and I didn't have any time to make it over to the LUXURIOUS PRESS TENT! because I was too busy seeing shows, man. So allow me to make up for lost time here.Paul McC ... More >>

To Do This Weekend 4/17-4/19

Long Beach Grand Prix- All Weekend!Watch downtown Long Beach transform into a race track with drifting, indy cars, and celebrity races.Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA; 562-436-3636Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, All Weekend!Featuring pe ... More >>

Coachella: Where We'll Be. Maybe.

Oh gosh. It's almost here. Coachella. Three mind-melting days in the desert. Since the set times are up and all, let's look at what we're expecting to hit for suresies. Though of course, reality (fatigue, giant crowds, changing your mind, passing out from dehydration) may always get in the way.Here' ... More >>

Way Too Early Coachella Must-Sees

I wanted to be the first person in the blogosphere to comment on what bands you should see at Coachella. So here goes. The Aggrolites -- LA's best white boy reggae/soul/funk band. They wear cool clothes and know how to throw a dance party. Thievery Corporation -- Maybe you know them, maybe you ... More >>

John Campbell <3 Obama, Says Colbert

Ha, our South-County U.S. Rep (and, apparently, fledgling beardo) gets a shout out on last night's Colbert Report. For some reason, he's labeled "Jim Campbell," but nope, that's John.Around the 2:20 mark: .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/ass ... More >>

Daily Coachella Update: Still No Lineup, but There is a Fake One

It's getting to the point where the idea of the Coachella lineup is actually more appealing than whatever the eventual Coachella lineup will be, even if the actual lineup is really impressive. It's like Spock said, "having is not such a pleasing thing as wanting."So yeah, still no official Coachella ... More >>

Paul McCartney at Coachella?

Nope, we still don't have an official Coachella lineup yet (grr), but rumored/"confirmed" names keep popping up, the most recent and notable being famed former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney.Music blog Consequence of Sound have moved him to their "confirmed" list; he's currently promoting Electric Argume ... More >>

Indian Students Try To Make World's Biggest Sandwich

Somewhere in Springfield, USA, Homer Simpson drools, "Mmmmmm...World's Biggest Sandwich."  But in watching this Reuters video, I'm noticing that there's a lamentable lack of meat. Surely this one's meant for Apu Nahasapeemapetilon and his friend Sir Paul McCartney. 

The Police, Daft Punk, and DethKlok Among The Top National Concerts of '07

Village Voice Media presents the Top Concerts of 2007 featuring: Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Interpol, Mavado, Rage Against the Machine, Queens of the Stone Age, Jah Cure, Arcade Fire, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, and other not as famous bands! (Compiled from na ... More >>

Hits!

Borders Books Music & Cafe

Better Than Okay

Casual was the rule at Huntington Beach's SoCal Independent Film Fest

Beatallica: Because the Beatles & Metallica Need the Money

Ever wonder what Beatles songs done in Metallica's heavy, hyper style would sound like? Me neither. But the clever buggers in Beatallica thought this would be a smashing concept; hence the forthcoming release of Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band (out July 10 on Oglio Records). The group consist ... More >>

Emotional Rescue

Sad songs they say so much

Panty Waste

An extra-small-size Underpants

Hyatt Riot

Notes on the new Huntington Beach resort opening

Letters

Who Got More What?

Davy Jones says Marcia Brady needed a good pounding

Buddy Loves Paul

But he hates Paul.

Bring Back the Scabs!

Of dope and frat boys and girls named Stacy

Dropping Some NYC