Paul McCartney, the legend turns 80

(ANSA) - ROME, June 16 - Saturday June 18 he will be 80 years old.

And just like his old rival friends the Rolling Stones (Jaggere Richards will celebrate them next year) he'll be celebrating his birthday on tour.

Faithful to his promises, Sir Paul McCartney is in the United States with "Got Back", his new series of concerts has an almost inevitable title: on the one hand it indicates the return to live after the pandemic, during which he recorded "III", his last solo album, on the other he plays with "GetBack", the title of the formidable documentary signed by PeterJackson on the making of "Let It Be".

   And yes: the Beatles again.

And how could it not be so?

And to think that they broke up in 1970, when McCartney was 28 and had already done what probably no other in popular music history could: change the world.

Between that date that still hurts fans and today 52 years have passed during which Paul has built a career that would have earned him a place in history anyway.

   But the Beatles are and will remain a separate story, a magic of history, unrepeatable.

   Thirty years later he is still touring with the energy to play 36 songs and fly the Ukrainian flag.

Also from the point of view of commitment he has never pulled back: he is a vegetarian, in the front row with the movement for the cancellation of the debt of Third World countries and to make the teaching of music in schools compulsory.

Particularly not overlooked is he too one of the richest musicians in the world.

   Beyond enviable health, his strength was not being a prisoner of the Beatles.

If between one concert and another he has the time to think about making some balance the worst that can happen to him is to feel some sting of nostalgia.

For the rest it will be just the umpteenth opportunity to look at his story as a boy from Liverpool, who grows up after the war and with friends through music forever changes the very meaning of songwriting, crosses the 1900s and enjoys the 21st century with a well-deserved reputation. legend.

(HANDLE).