Paul McCartney Will Perform In Israel

By Ona Zachary
16:41, August 26th 2008
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Paul McCartney Will Perform In Israel

Sir Paul McCartney plans to go to Israel and perform next month, forty years after his world famous band, The Beatles, were banned from singing there.

The Israeli government officials banned the music group from appearing in the country in 1965, refusing to grant them the necessary permits. They expressed their concern, at the time, that the rebellious band would corrupt the morals of Israeli youth.

Earlier this year, Israel’s ambassador to Britain, Ron Prosor, sent formal letters to McCartney, Ringo Starr, as well as to the families of John Lennon and George Harrison, saying that it was a missed opportunity “to prevent people like you, who shaped the minds of the generation, to come to Israel and perform.”

McCartney will arrive in Tel Aviv as part of a world tour and will give a concert at Park Hayarkon on September 25. His manager, Barry Marshall, confirmed the rock star’s arrival a few days ago and approved the location, even though it does not meet McCartney’s standard requirement of 250,000 seats.

The concert is supposed to be part of a celebration of the 60-year anniversary for Israel, but Tel Aviv city officials could not be reached to confirm the report.

There might be problems concerning the tickets’ high prices, as it has previously been the case with other international musicians such as Bjork and Leonard Cohen, who were supposed to perform in Israel this summer but had to cancel the gigs due to poor ticket sales.



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