Paul McCartney premieres new video on youtube

Paul McCartney's new video for his song "Dance Tonight" premiered on May 23rd exclusively on youtube.com. The clip, which features actress Natalie Portman as a "futuristic ghost," was directed by noted filmmaker Michel Gondry. Macca said that he's been a fan of Gondry's since seeing his work in a recent Jim Carrey film, explaining that, "I had seen Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind that Michel had directed and had really liked it. I thought it had a good sense of humor and was a very well-made film. His work is really simple, witty and just good fun."

McCartney revealed that enlisting Natalie Portman hit slightly closer to home: "The connection with Natalie came from my daughter Stella (McCartney), who makes non-leather shoes that Natalie buys, so I just thought, 'Well, I'll ring her up and just see if she'll do it.' So I rang her up and said 'Hey I'm Stella's dad!' She had a bit of time off as she was between films, so it was great. I mentioned that I wanted to work with Michel Gondry and it turned out that Natalie was a fan of his."

The video features Portman and a host of others as ghostly figures that appear as Macca plays mandolin.

"Dance Tonight" is the first track on McCartney's upcoming album, Memory Almost Full, which will be released on June 5th.

Flashback: It was 31 years ago tonight (May 24th, 1976) that Paul McCartney performed at New York's Madison Square Garden for the first time with his band Wings. Since then, McCartney has played the venue a total of 12 times.