Sir Paul McCartney looked like he needed some Billy Shears on Wednesday after revealing his increasingly long hair during an appearance in London.
The Beatles legend was in typically high spirits as he left an office building with his hair – which is almost shoulder-length – neatly tucked behind his ears.
Perhaps the barber was busy showing photographs of every head he’s had the pleasure to have known, but Sir Paul, 81, dodged the local salon on this occasion – opting instead to climb into a waiting car.
According to the 2024 Sunday Times Rich List, Sir Paul is Great Britain’s first billionaire musician after his wealth rose by £50 million to hit the £1 billion figure this year.
He previously claimed the musician top spot in 2023 with a £950million fortune, and again in 2022 when his wealth was put at £865 million.
Sir Paul McCartney looked like he needed some Billy Shears on Wednesday after revealing his increasingly long hair during an appearance in London
The Beatles legend was in typically high spirits as he left an office building with his hair – which is almost shoulder-length – neatly tucked behind his ears
The new milestone follows his successful 2023 Got Back Tour, the increase in the value of his back catalogue and R&B star Beyoncé covering his song Blackbird, originally released by The Beatles in 1968, on her latest album.
As ranked by The Sunday Times Music Rich List, Andrew Lloyd Webber takes second place with £515 million, while Sir Mick Jagger follows with £415 million.
More than half a century after their acrimonious split, The Beatles still remain the bestselling musical act of all time thanks to their eleven studio albums – all released between 1963 and 1970.
Last year, the two Beatles compilations – The Red and Blue Albums – were re-released featuring 21 newly added tracks.
A new song by the Liverpool-formed band, Now And Then, was put out in 2023 as the final Beatles track.
It reached number one in the UK charts, and was written and recorded as a rough demo by John Lennon in the late 1970s and later developed by the other band members – including George Harrison – with a little help from AI.
Sir Paul also headlined the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2022 and his 2023 Got Back tour is expected to have grossed $105m (£84.6m) from just 16 shows.
His American wife Nancy also has considerable wealth in her own right, coming from haulage dynasty.
Sir Paul headlined the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury in 2022 and his 2023 Got Back tour is expected to have grossed $105m (£84.6m) from just 16 shows
The musician recently praised Beyoncé’s version of his song Blackbird, written while he was in Rishikesh, India with The Beatles and partially inspired by the civil rights movement
The musician recently praised Beyoncé’s version of his song Blackbird, written while he was in Rishikesh, India with The Beatles and partially inspired by the civil rights movement of the time.
Sir Paul took to his Instagram to share a heartfelt message praising the cover featured on Beyoncé’s new album Cowboy Carter alongside a black-and-white photo of the pair together.
‘I am so happy with [Beyoncé’s] version of my song Blackbird,’ he wrote. ‘I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place. I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out. You are going to love it!’
Sir Paul added that he recently spoke with the Texas Hold ‘Em hitmaker about the song over FaceTime.
‘She thanked me for writing it and letting her do it,’ he added. ‘I told her the pleasure was all mine and I thought she had done a killer version of the song.’
