Paul McCartney not touring until divorce is final
Paul McCartney has decided not to mount a tour behind his new album called Memory Almost Full until his divorce from Heather Mills has been finalized. In an exclusive interview with Britain's Sunday Mirror newspaper, McCartney said, "I'm going to do bits and pieces to support the album, but it won't be a major tour until possibly next year, and that's down to personal circumstances."
The paper said his attorneys advised him to wait until after the divorce is granted, and a friend said, "He shares custody of (his and Mills' three-year-old daughter) Beatrice. If he went on tour, it would be impossible to look after a kid. And if the divorce is not finalized, Heather could argue she should get some of the profits, because the album was inspired by Paul's time with her."
Memory Almost Full will be released on June 5th.
In related news:
Macca and Mills were photographed with Beatrice on Friday (May 18th) in London. A source told Britain's News Of The World that, "They sat there chatting away -- everyone was astonished, especially considering how bitterly they've fought over their divorce. When they left they were side by side and seemed very friendly."
The source went on to say that, "It's an amazing about-turn but they've both looked at their behavior and vowed to get along for Bea's sake. They were becoming really worried that their rows and the tension between them would have an emotional effect on her." McCartney and Mills, who separated last year, have yet to come to a public financial settlement, and currently share custody of their daughter.
Macca also spoke to Britain's The Guardian and opened up about his private life, stating that he hasn't followed the press coverage of his very public split from Mills, explaining that, "There's only really one answer to the problem of massive press coverage -- don't look. So I don't read it. It comes to me occasionally, it leaks through the cracks -- people say to me, 'Oh, I'm sorry about that, mate,' and you're thinking, 'About what?' I know there's all sorts of s*** going on, but if I don't look at it, then it's better. It's like going through Disneyland and not looking... What I don't know won't hurt me."
He added that the impending divorce has made him closer to his four adult children: "I'm going through great struggles, but I'm feeling pretty good. I have a lot of good support, particularly from my family. In difficult moments like this, it's when a loving family shines through... when you go into something difficult, it does actually bring you closer together."
In other news:
McCartney is being accused of faking a paternity test in the early '80s. Erica Hubers, who over the years has contested that McCartney was her father, told Britain's Daily Mail that she believes McCartney, who briefly dated her mother Bettina Hubers in Hamburg, Germany, in 1962, sent along a double for a blood-test in 1983. Hubers said that, "The signature on the documents he signed at the time were false. We found that the signature is from a right-handed person and he is not. I want a new paternity test. It is my right. It has taken so long because we have been fighting to find out the truth."
A spokesman for the public prosecutor's office in Berlin said that, "Yes, there is a complaint of fraud against him that we are investigating." If the case is found to be fraudulent, McCartney could face being arrested the next time he enters Germany.
Around 1966, McCartney reportedly paid Bettina Hubers $20,000, but denied paternity of her child. The 1983 blood test proved that McCartney was not the father, but a German court rejected the evidence and ordered him to pay Hubers a $750 per month "maintenance" fee. Hubers eventually lost the case on appeal, and was liable for legal costs amounting to $120,000.
Author Christopher Sanford's recent biography, titled McCartney, goes into the details surrounding Macca's two alleged illegitimate children, 43-year old Liverpool-born Phillip Cochrane and the 45 year old Hubers. Sanford was asked if he believed them to truly be McCartney's offspring: "I believe that they both are. But there was certainly a payment to Hubers early on in the Beatles' career. Now I think that Paul McCartney would tell you that that was done basically as a nuisance matter. In other words, they wanted to tour Germany and they were fearful if they didn't make some kind of settlement, there would be a writ or a subpoena on Paul when he got there. So his version of events was that it was basically done for convenience and it doesn't admit paternity."
The paper said his attorneys advised him to wait until after the divorce is granted, and a friend said, "He shares custody of (his and Mills' three-year-old daughter) Beatrice. If he went on tour, it would be impossible to look after a kid. And if the divorce is not finalized, Heather could argue she should get some of the profits, because the album was inspired by Paul's time with her."
Memory Almost Full will be released on June 5th.
In related news:
Macca and Mills were photographed with Beatrice on Friday (May 18th) in London. A source told Britain's News Of The World that, "They sat there chatting away -- everyone was astonished, especially considering how bitterly they've fought over their divorce. When they left they were side by side and seemed very friendly."
The source went on to say that, "It's an amazing about-turn but they've both looked at their behavior and vowed to get along for Bea's sake. They were becoming really worried that their rows and the tension between them would have an emotional effect on her." McCartney and Mills, who separated last year, have yet to come to a public financial settlement, and currently share custody of their daughter.
Macca also spoke to Britain's The Guardian and opened up about his private life, stating that he hasn't followed the press coverage of his very public split from Mills, explaining that, "There's only really one answer to the problem of massive press coverage -- don't look. So I don't read it. It comes to me occasionally, it leaks through the cracks -- people say to me, 'Oh, I'm sorry about that, mate,' and you're thinking, 'About what?' I know there's all sorts of s*** going on, but if I don't look at it, then it's better. It's like going through Disneyland and not looking... What I don't know won't hurt me."
He added that the impending divorce has made him closer to his four adult children: "I'm going through great struggles, but I'm feeling pretty good. I have a lot of good support, particularly from my family. In difficult moments like this, it's when a loving family shines through... when you go into something difficult, it does actually bring you closer together."
In other news:
McCartney is being accused of faking a paternity test in the early '80s. Erica Hubers, who over the years has contested that McCartney was her father, told Britain's Daily Mail that she believes McCartney, who briefly dated her mother Bettina Hubers in Hamburg, Germany, in 1962, sent along a double for a blood-test in 1983. Hubers said that, "The signature on the documents he signed at the time were false. We found that the signature is from a right-handed person and he is not. I want a new paternity test. It is my right. It has taken so long because we have been fighting to find out the truth."
A spokesman for the public prosecutor's office in Berlin said that, "Yes, there is a complaint of fraud against him that we are investigating." If the case is found to be fraudulent, McCartney could face being arrested the next time he enters Germany.
Around 1966, McCartney reportedly paid Bettina Hubers $20,000, but denied paternity of her child. The 1983 blood test proved that McCartney was not the father, but a German court rejected the evidence and ordered him to pay Hubers a $750 per month "maintenance" fee. Hubers eventually lost the case on appeal, and was liable for legal costs amounting to $120,000.
Author Christopher Sanford's recent biography, titled McCartney, goes into the details surrounding Macca's two alleged illegitimate children, 43-year old Liverpool-born Phillip Cochrane and the 45 year old Hubers. Sanford was asked if he believed them to truly be McCartney's offspring: "I believe that they both are. But there was certainly a payment to Hubers early on in the Beatles' career. Now I think that Paul McCartney would tell you that that was done basically as a nuisance matter. In other words, they wanted to tour Germany and they were fearful if they didn't make some kind of settlement, there would be a writ or a subpoena on Paul when he got there. So his version of events was that it was basically done for convenience and it doesn't admit paternity."
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