Beatlemania Hits Tribeca: Paul McCartney Unearths His 1960s Photographs With Conan O’Brien, Reminisces on John Lennon’s ‘Vulnerability’. McCartney joined Conan O’Brien at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center Thursday evening to promote his new book, a collection of unearthed photographs titled “1964: Eyes of the Storm. (Frontpage photo by Ethan Shanfeld / VMZ)
The Wings frontman shared that his late friend had a particularly sad upbringing.
“[John] had a really tragic life,” McCartney recalled to O’Brien, according to Entertainment Tonight. “As a kid, his mother was decreed to not be good enough to bring him up. … His father had left the home when John was 3. So that’s not too wonderful.”
“John grew up with these sort of little minor tragedies throughout his life,” the 80-year-old musician continued. “It made me realize why he had that vulnerability. I always admired the way he dealt with it because I’m not sure I would deal with the stuff he went through that well.”
Conan O'Brien honors Paul McCartney: "I've been lucky enough to be in my business for 30 some-odd years, and I get to talk to everybody. I can't think of a single person who has brought more joy to more people than you." pic.twitter.com/rMujvfhDb9
— Ethan Shanfeld (@ethanshanfeld) June 15, 2023
During the Storytellers panel, McCartney and O'Brien discussed the 80-year-old singer's new book, 1964: Eyes of the Storm, which features 275 mostly unseen photographs from his archive taken between 1963 and 1964, just when the Beatles became international stars.
"What I love about [these photos] is the innocence," McCartney said during his conversation with the former late-night talk show host, referring to the band's early days before the phenomenon known as Beatlemania. "We didn’t know we were going to [become] famous. We really wanted to be [famous], but we didn’t know."
On tonight’s @bbctheoneshow: I was lucky enough to sit down with @paulmccartney to discuss the extraordinary story behind a new exhibition of previously unseen photographs which he took sixty years ago as Beatlemania swept the world… join us: 7pm on @bbcone and @bbciPlayer pic.twitter.com/B5ypiHDmYn
— Lauren Laverne (@laurenlaverne) June 12, 2023
Paul McCartney In Conversation with Stanley Tucci - Ahead of the upcoming exhibition, Paul McCartney, 1964: Eyes of the Storm, the event will be live-streamed, the 29 June 2023, 14:00-15:00.
From June 28th to October 1st, 2023, the gallery will display 250 unseen photographs taken by Paul of his bandmates and the cities they travelled to during their 1963-64 tour, according to Farout.
Stanley Tucci is an Academy Award nominated actor known for his versatility as an actor, writer, director, and producer. He has appeared in over 100 films, countless television shows and more than a dozen plays on and off Broadway.
Event in partnership with MPL Communications LTD, Penguin Random House and Norton.
About the event:
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Ticket holders will be able to access a recording of the event for 7 days following the livestream.
The images were taken on Paul’s personal Pentax camera, and will also be available in an accompanying photobook titled 1964: Eyes of the Storm, slated for release on June 13th via Penguin.
Recently the BBC has shared one of the earliest live concert recordings of the Beatles. The show took place at Stowe boarding school in Buckinghamshire on April 4 1963, when the Beatles played at the school’s theatre.
