Scene and Heard

MUSIC NEWS: For a man knocking on the door of his seventh decade (his birthday is Jun 18), Paul McCartney is showing no signs of slowing down.

The music legend has confirmed he will be playing at the Olympic Games opening ceremony in London on Jul 27. McCartney also closed the British Royal Jubilee Concert last Monday with a five-song greatest hits set.

Fitting then that Macca this week cemented his rock royalty status further with The Beatles being named Britain’s biggest selling singles act of all time. The Fab Four pushed Elvis Presley into second place and Cliff Richard into third, in a new list compiled by the Official Charts Company. Madonna took fourth place followed in fifth by Michael Jackson.