Sunday, July 20th, 2008
McCartney tells Quebec nationalists to smoke ‘the pipes of peace’
MONTREAL (CBC) - Paul McCartney is telling critics of his upcoming concert in Quebec City to “smoke the pipes of peace.”
In an interview with Radio-Canada, the former Beatle said he doesn’t understand Quebec nationalists who say his presence is out of place at Quebec City’s 400th birthday bash.
A small group of sovereigntist artists and politicians […]
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Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Billy Joel’s July 19th concert setlist
Friday night’s setlist (7-18-08):
Star Spangled Banner
Miami 2017
Prelude/Angry Young Man
My Life
The Entertainer
Summer, Highland Falls
Zanzibar
Allentown
Ballad of Billy the Kid
New York State of Mind (with Tony Bennett)
Root Beer Rag
Goodnight Saigon
Don’t Ask Me Why
Keeping The Faith
The Downeaster “Alexa”
This Night
Movin’ Out
Under The Boardwalk/An Innocent Man
Shameless (duet with Garth Brooks)
She’s Always A Woman
Captain Jack
Lullabye
River of Dreams/A Hard Days Night
Walk This Way […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Sir Paul to ‘Quebeckians’: Smoke ‘the pipes of peace’
RHÉAL SÉGUIN
QUEBEC — “Quebeckians” should smoke “the pipes of peace,” Sir Paul McCartney proclaimed yesterday, after nationalists criticized the decision to invite the former Beatle to celebrate Quebec City’s 400th anniversary.
Sir Paul said he was coming to Canada to party, have fun and not get embroiled in a row over language sensitivities. As many […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Some Quebec nationalists upset with decision to invite McCartney
By: Donald Mckenzie, THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL - It’s hardly the British military invasion of the 1750s or the Beatles-led musical invasion of the 1960s, but Paul McCartney’s concert in Quebec City is rankling some nationalists in the province.
Quebec painter Luc Archambault says he has written a five-page letter that is critical of McCartney’s imminent arrival […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Paul McCartney to Play Israel Gig
By Adam Nutburn
Sir Paul McCartney is set to make history — by playing his first gig in Israel.
The Beatles were banned from the country more than 40 years ago, after being turned away by its then education minister David Zarzevski, who believed a gig by the band would corrupt the country’s morals.
However earlier this year, […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
McCartney’s Quebec concert live on pay per view
Sir Paul McCartney will play on the Plains of Abraham on July 20 as part of the celebrations surrounding Quebec City’s 400th birthday. The show will be the ex-Beatle’s only North American performance this year and is his first concert in Canada since 2005.
“I am doing a gig, a big gig, in Quebec City on […]
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
McCartney’s free Quebec concert ruffles sovereigntists
Several prominent Quebec artists and sovereigntists are complaining about Paul McCartney’s highly anticipated concert this coming weekend, accusing the former Beatle of “Canadianizing” the city’s 400th birthday celebration.
A group of politicians and artists, including Parti Québécois culture critic Pierre Curzi and actress Pol Pelletier have lent their name to an open letter that denounces McCartney’s […]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Vintage Toronto Ads:Live Together In Perect Harmony. (Ebony And Ivory)
Imagine that you’re an advertising representative assigned to handle a spot for Eaton’s in a magazine distributed to audience members enjoying classical music at Roy Thomson Hall in 1982. The department store giant wants to spotlight their fine collection of pianos. As you struggle for ideas, you flip on the radio and hear Paul McCartney […]
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
Graeme Hamilton: Yes it’s true, Paul McCartney loves Quebec
by Shane Dingman
MONTREAL — The smoke has cleared from last week’s skirmish on the Plains of Abraham.
Quebec City was briefly in a tizzy over free concerts
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
The Stills To Open for Paul McCartney
Written By: Eva Lam
(andPOP) - Sir Paul McCartney has enlisted The Stills to help him celebrate Quebec City’s milestone birthday.
The Montreal band will open for the ex-Beatle’s June 20th show, part of a litany of events occurring in the capital city in honour of its 400th anniversary.
The free show, which is McCartney’s only scheduled North […]
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
The Stills zijn de support act van Paul voor zijn Quebec show
***The Stills is door Paul McCartney uitgekozen als zijn support act voor zijn Quebec concert op , natuurlijk was de groep helemaal onderst boven toen ze hoorde dat Paul hun uitkoos als support act. ***
(bron muchmusic.com) vertaald door Fea
