Paul McCartney
is credited with being the most successful musician and composer in popular music history, and the 67-year-old just keeps breaking records -- 50-plus years after he wrote the early Beatles hit, "
When I'm Sixty-Four."
Last week, McCartney set a record for the two-night attendance at the historic Fenway Park in Boston. Organizers claimed it was the highest in the ballpark's 97-year history.
Reported Rolling Stone online: Remarking on McCartney’s set list those two nights — a blend of newer tracks alongside solo and Beatles favorites — Live Nation East’s Dave Marsden joked, “No one in history has ever had 33 hits in one night at Fenway Park.” According to the Baseball Almanac, Marsden is right. ...
Reports BeatCrave online, last week's two-night attendance for the McCartney solo shows was the highest in the ballpark's history.
Also, in July, the musician set a three-night attendance record at New York's new Citi Field, reports the New York Daily News. It was an "apt parallel" to band's now legendary opening show at Citi Field's predecessor, Shea Stadium, 44 years ago.
Read the full Rolling Stone story online, 
here.
Read the New York Daily News story online, here.
In related McCartney news, the Guardian UK online reports that the former Beatles member may regain the publishing rights to the majority of the band's songs -- but it will probably be a few years. Reports the news outlet, According to a clause of the US Copyright Act, many of McCartney's Beatles songs will be eligible to be "recaptured" in 2018, decades after they were sold to ATV Music and then Michael Jackson.
Read the full Guardian story online, here.
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PLUS! McCartney hits Tulsa's BOK Center for a sold-out show on Aug. 17. Check out Thursday's Spot entertainment magazine in the Tulsa World for stories and more information on that show. The Tulsa show is the only indoor venue he's playing on his current United States tour.
