Fans given a chance to “chat” with Paul McCartney on his website

By M&C News Jun 20, 2007, 11:57 GMT

"Many years from now" must have seemed like an understatement to 16-year-old Paul McCartney, wondering if he\'d still be needed or fed at the age of 64. As it turned out, all doubt as to the latter had ceased by his 22nd birthday (though few could have predicted he\'d end up washing down those meals with the liquid pride of Seattle). As to the former? Now that McCartney, as of ...more

Fans have been given a chance to step into an interviewers shoes and “talk” with Paul McCartney one on one with the new “You Tell Me” tool exclusively on the ‘Memory Almost Full’ website.

The renowned musician is experiencing a career renaissance with ‘Memory Almost Full’ earning critical praise and strong support from radio with the first U.S. single, “Ever Present Past.”  The video single, “Dance Tonight” has been added in medium rotation at VH1 and part two of McCartney’s exclusive interview with ABC’s Good Morning America aired Thursday, June 14.

On June 5, Starbucks launched the album by hosting a Global Listening Event in which more than 10,000 locations in 29 countries played the record all day long. The unprecedented event introduced an estimated six million customers to the new album and resulted in Starbucks most successful single day of album sales of any title in the Company’s history.  More than 23,000 copies of “Memory Almost Full” were sold at Starbucks on the album’s first day of release.

On June 18, Hear Music released a one-a-kind video tribute filmed at the Global Listening Event in honor of McCartney’s 65th Birthday and distributed via a host of viral video portals. The video features well-wishes from celebrities, music lovers and McCartney fans from London, New York, Berlin, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Seattle, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Miami.

‘Memory Almost Full’ reunited McCartney with longtime producer and friend David Kahne and provides a very personal retrospective drawing upon childhood memories from Liverpool, summers long gone, and the times spent writing music with John Lennon.