Paul McCartney has shared new details about his upcoming book, “Wings: The Story Of A Band On The Run,” revealing the cover and an excerpt of the foreword.

“Wings: The Story Of A Band On The Run,” about McCartney’s famous group Wings, is set to arrive on November 4th.

The book, which is compiled from over 42 hours of brand-new interviews, as well as historical and some previously unheard interviews from Paul’s archive, also features around 150 photographs – mostly unseen – capturing the group across several years.

The pictures were taken by Linda McCartney, Mike McCartney, Clive Arrowsmith, Henry Diltz, Robert Ellis and Paul himself.

Some of Paul’s diary page entries from the time and handwritten lyrics also form part of the book.

According to a description, the book is “a landmark account of Paul McCartney’s triumphant musical reinvention in the 1970s and the subsequent rise of one of the decade’s most iconic bands – told by Paul and the people who were there.”

The cover of the book shows members Paul, Linda, Denny Laine, Henry McCullough and Denny Seiwell together while on tour in Spain in 1972.

A new excerpt of the foreword, written by McCartney, reads, “Suddenly Wings has found its moment. We have a generational shift at work, and it’s like being transported back on a magic carpet. Working on the book has awakened so many beautiful memories of our times back then.”

McCartney his wife Linda formed Wings in 1971. The group saw a meteoric rise throughout the decade before disbanding in 1981. Wings sold over 22 million albums worldwide, went on successful tours and earned many No. 1 hits, including “Band on the Run,” “My Love” and the Oscar-nominated James Bond theme “Live and Let Die.”

Source: RTT Music News

Bruce Springsteen recently released “Faithless,” a song originally recorded as the title track for a soundtrack of a film that was never made.

The song is now set to feature on Springsteen’s upcoming compilation Tracks II: The Lost Albums, due out on June 27th via Sony Music.

Springsteen had recorded much of “Faithless” for a film described as a “spiritual Western,” between the conclusion of his “Devils & Dust” tour in November 2005 and the release of “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions” in April 2006.

The song explores Springsteen’s unique vision of spirituality in the mythic American West, while working inside of this uncharted artistic medium.

“This was a really unusual collection of songs,” Springsteen remembers about the album’s tracks. “You could recognize details and maybe a character or two. But for the most part, I just wrote atmospheric music that I thought would fit.”

“Faithless” is the third song to be shared from Tracks II: The Lost Albums. He previously released “Rain in the River” from the lost album Perfect World and “Blind Spot” from Streets of Philadelphia Sessions.

Tracks II: The Lost Albums will also include Springsteen’s never-heard full-length records Somewhere North of Nashville, Inyo, Twilight Hours and LA Garage Sessions ’83.

The Tracks II: The Lost Albums set will arrive in limited-edition nine LP, seven CD and digital formats — including distinctive packaging for each previously-unreleased record and a 100-page cloth-bound, hardcover book featuring rare archival photos, liner notes on each lost album from essayist Erik Flannigan and a personal introduction on the project from Springsteen himself.

Tracks II: The Lost Albums Tracklist:

LA Garage Sessions ’83

1. Follow That Dream
2. Don’t Back Down On Our Love
3. Little Girl Like You
4. Johnny Bye Bye
5. Sugarland
6. Seven Tears
7. Fugitive’s Dream
8. Black Mountain Ballad
9. Jim Deer
10. County Fair
11. My Hometown
12. One Love
13. Don’t Back Down
14. Richfield Whistle
15. The Klansman
16. Unsatisfied Heart
17. Shut Out The Light
18. Fugitive’s Dream (Ballad)

Streets of Philadelphia Sessions

1. Blind Spot
2. Maybe I Don’t Know You
3. Something In The Well
4. Waiting On The End Of The World
5. The Little Things
6. We Fell Down
7. One Beautiful Morning
8. Between Heaven and Earth
9. Secret Garden
10. The Farewell Party

Faithless

1. The Desert (Instrumental)
2. Where You Goin’, Where You From
3. Faithless
4. All God’s Children
5. A Prayer By The River (Instrumental)
6. God Sent You
7. Goin’ To California
8. The Western Sea (Instrumental)
9. My Master’s Hand
10. Let Me Ride
11. My Master’s Hand (Theme)

Somewhere North of Nashville

1. Repo Man
2. Tiger Rose
3. Poor Side of Town
4. Delivery Man
5. Under A Big Sky
6. Detail Man
7. Silver Mountain
8. Janey Don’t You Lose Heart
9. You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
10. Stand On It
11. Blue Highway
12. Somewhere North of Nashville

Inyo

1. Inyo
2. Indian Town
3. Adelita
4. The Aztec Dance
5. The Lost Charro
6. Our Lady of Monroe
7. El Jardinero (Upon the Death of Ramona)
8. One False Move
9. Ciudad Juarez
10. When I Build My Beautiful House

Twilight Hours

1. Sunday Love
2. Late in the Evening
3. Two of Us
4. Lonely Town
5. September Kisses
6. Twilight Hours
7. I’ll Stand By You
8. High Sierra
9. Sunliner
10. Another You
11. Dinner at Eight
12. Follow The Sun

Perfect World

1. I’m Not Sleeping
2. Idiot’s Delight
3. Another Thin Line
4. The Great Depression
5. Blind Man
6. Rain In The River
7. If I Could Only Be Your Lover
8. Cutting Knife
9. You Lifted Me Up
10. Perfect World

Source: RTT Music News

Ozzy Osbourne has promised fans that he will “do the best” he can when he plays his final show this summer.

The iconic heavy metal singer announced his last-ever performance on February 5th. The “Back To The Beginning” concert will take place on July 5th at at Villa Park in Birmingham, England. For the concert, the original members of Black Sabbath are reuniting for the first time in 20 years.

Joining them at the concert will be a host of metal bands, including Metallica, Slayer, Lamb Of God, Mastodon, Pantera and Anthrax.

Ozzy hasn’t played a full show since late 2018 before undergoing extensive spinal surgery and revealing he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

He told The Guardian, “I’ll be there, and I’ll do the best I can. So all I can do is turn up.”

Talking about his health issues, Ozzy said, “You wake up the next morning and find that something else has gone wrong. You begin to think this is never going to end.”

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Apple Original Films have announced that a groundbreaking new documentary, Bono: Stories of Surrender, will premiere globally on May 30th on Apple TV+.

Bono: Stories of Surrender is a lyrical, bold visual exploration of Bono’s one-man show by the same name.

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story is based on Bono’s memoir and accompanying book and theatre tour, which visited 14 cities in 2022, ahead of a run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, plus a special one-off show at the oldest opera house in the world Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.

Bono: Stories of Surrender is a vivid reimagining of Bono’s critically-acclaimed one-man stage show, Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief…, as he pulls back the curtain on a remarkable life and the family, friends, and faith that have challenged and sustained him, revealing personal stories about his journey as a son, father, husband, activist and rock star.

Along with exclusive footage from the Beacon Theatre shows, the film features Bono performing many of the iconic U2 songs that have shaped his life and legacy, along with musicians Jacknife Lee, Kate Ellis and Gemma Doherty.

Also set to premiere on May 30th on Apple Vision Pro, Bono: Stories of Surrender (Immersive) will be the first feature-length film available in Apple Immersive Video.

Source: RTT Music News