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McCartney To Be Honoured At Brits
Former-Beatle and Knight Of The Realm Sir Paul McCartney will be holding his thumbs aloft once more when he receives a special Brit Award next February.
The special prize for Outstanding Contribution To Music will be awarded to the music legend at next year's Brit Awards which will take place at London's Earls Court on February 20.
The Brits Committee's Ged Doherty said that McCartney's citation would be an "historic moment" for the ceremony.
He explained: "Sir Paul McCartney is one of the greatest songwriters of all time and a member of Britain's biggest ever group."
During his five-decade career, McCartney conquered the world in the 1960s with fellow Beatles John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, formed the hugely successful band Wings with his late wife Linda the following decade, made an impassioned plea for racial harmony with Stevie Wonder in the turbulent 1980s with 'Ebony & Ivory' while delighting a whole new generation of young fans with The Frog Chorus and 'We All Stand Together'. All thoroughly deserving of a special prize.
More recently, his 21st studio album, 'Memory Almost Full', was distinguished by the fact that it sold more copies in the U.S. during the first week of release than any of his other solo albums. Which either says a lot about the album or music tastes on the other side of the Atlantic.
McCartney is currently in the middle of protracted divorce proceedings with his estranged wife, the noted humanitarian and former model, Heather Mills McCartney.
Tagged as Paul McCartney, Tributes
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