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Xfm Meets Sir Paul McCartney

added 27 November 2008 at 15.57

The former-Beatle dropped in on Xfm’s John Kennedy for an exclusive interview, revealing all about the latest offering from his project The Fireman, working with Youth and plans to take the album live…

You may not know it, but Sir Paul McCartney has been crafting electronic music experiments under the moniker of The Fireman with Killing Joke bassist Youth since ’93. Their debut record ‘Strawberries Oceans Ships Forests’ came out that year, followed by ‘Rushes’ five years later, and now ‘Electric Arguments’. But only now has Macca decided to tell all.

Listen to this exclusive four-part interview with Sir Paul McCartney…

Part 1 – He talks about why he’s finally decided to tell all about the project, and how he put together the record .[Listen To The Answer]

Part 2 – He talks about meeting Youth for the first time, and what it’s like to work with him. [Listen To The Answer]

Part 3 – He talks about the album’s Christmas-feel, and his inspiration to work on this rather than a solo record.[Listen To The Answer]

Part 4 – He talks about the pressures of being in the public eye, and plans to tour the album. [Listen To The Answer]

Tagged as Paul McCartney, audio, Interview

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