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McCartney Drops 20th Album, Swift Praises Collaboration

6/4/2026

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McCartney Releases Album

Paul McCartney released his twentieth solo album, “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” on May 29.
NME gave the album four stars.
Taylor Swift said she is never not inspired by McCartney.
McCartney played bass on Swift’s “Hackney Diamonds,” will appear on “Foreign Tongues,” and will perform at Camden’s Roundhouse on June 10.
Swift confirmed her song “I Knew It, I Knew You” will be in Toy Story 5 after a “TS” billboard appeared.

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McCartney Ticket Sale

Tickets for musician Paul McCartney's Roundhouse conversation go on sale on 3 June at 10 am BST, costing £64.28 for up to 1,800.
The show features backing vocals by singers Chrissie Hynde and Sharleen Spiteri and arrangements by producer Giles Martin, beyond musician Ringo Starr.
Recorded over five years (2021-2025) in the United Kingdom and United States, it included listening sessions at Abbey Road Studios’ Studio 2 in St John’s Wood and Los Angeles before release.

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McCartney Unveils Album

Paul McCartney opens his new album with the single “Days We Left Behind.”
Co-producer Andrew Watt steers “Mountain Top” from whimsical psychedelic pop into a rocker.
“Salesman Saint” adds an orchestral swing section that fits the family-history tribute.
“Down South,” inspired by McCartney’s bond with George Harrison, sits beside the duet “Home to Us” with Ringo Starr, demonstrating his rejection of an “old-man album” label.

History

Historical Context

In May 1967 the Beatles issued *Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band*, an eight-track concept album that sold 2.5 million copies in its first three months and launched the modern “album era”. Its psychedelic production, cross-generational appeal and cultural legitimacy reshaped pop music and set a template that Paul McCartney revisits on his new solo record with Ringo Starr and producer Giles Martin.

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McCartney Releases Album

Paul McCartney released his twentieth solo album, “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” on May 29.
NME gave the album four stars.
Taylor Swift said she is never not inspired by McCartney.
McCartney played bass on Swift’s “Hackney Diamonds,” will appear on “Foreign Tongues,” and will perform at Camden’s Roundhouse on June 10.
Swift confirmed her song “I Knew It, I Knew You” will be in Toy Story 5 after a “TS” billboard appeared.

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