Beatles ’79 pt7

What this episode covers

The finale of 1979 is here and with it the last major Beatle reunion rumor in John Lennon's lifetime. As Wings travel the UK on the kick-off leg to their newest World Tour, Paul McCartney &amp; co seemed undeterred by the soft critical and commercial reception to their latest LP <em>Back to the Egg</em> - play-testing their live set amongst the kinds of crowds that Wings first performed in front of so many years before. At the close of the year Paul, Linda, Denny, Lawrence and Steve joined an all-star line-up of rock'n'roll royalty for a benefit show to aid the refugees from war-torn Cambodia in an event called The Concert for the People of Kampuchea...and rumors of a reunion between Paul's former bandmates John, George and Ringo swiftly followed. While this latest rash of the rumor mill may have simply been another over-blown media concoction, the possibility of such a reunion was perhaps more likely here than in reunion rumors past. But alas, the fab four did not join together on stage once more, and instead audiences were wowed by performances from The Who, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello, Robert Plant and, of course a triumphant Wings touting their "rockestra" experiment before a screaming crowd of thousands. With the year 1979 reaching its end, Paul and and the band set their sights on the next leg of their tour -- Japan.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>