McCartney III follows McCartney II which was released in 1980. McCartney II was the follow-up to McCartney, his first post-Beatles solo project which was released in 1970.

The albums were spaced 10 years apart and they were solo projects, with no other musicians involved.

McCartney has been posting photos to social media with triplicates of various items including flowers, mushrooms, and a single rose. The hints actually started earlier when Spotify users noticed that when they played tracks from the previous self-titled albums, a dice animated with three dots would appear.

McCartney III is rumored to have a December 11 release date, although the singer is yet to confirm this.

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According to McCartney’s official website, the audiences present at his concerts in Quebec City, Montreal, Winnipeg and Edmonton will have the opportunity to hear some of the tracks from his upcoming album Egypt Station. The website also notes that it’s been more than five years since the 76-year-old musician played in any of these cities.

“We’ve always had such a fantastic time playing shows in Canada. We can’t wait to return in September for what should be another special run of shows,” McCartney said in a statement. “We are looking forward to freshening up our show and playing some of our songs from the new album alongside those songs we know you like to hear. Get ready to rock Canada!”

The rest of the dates for Freshen Up tour will be announced soon.

Besides these four dates in Canada, Paul McCartney will also perform at Austin City Limits Festival, which is scheduled to take place in October. This will be McCartney’s only festival in North America for this year.

Check out the Freshen Up Tour dates below.

September 17 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre
September 20 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
September 28 – Winnipeg, MB @ Bell MTS Place
September 30 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place

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Paul McCartney spoke with DIYMag following the announcement and said that he got inspired to write the singles while he was working on the reissue of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band for the album’s 50th anniversary.

“I remember going up to the studio a couple of times and saying, oh well I was listening to this program last night and I thought on ‘Penny Lane’ it was just one piano that I played but it turns out it’s eight!” McCartney told DIYMag.

“We were goofing around on that, and it inspires you and makes you think you can go anywhere. It’s still gonna sound like a piano, but sonically you can play with it. …Pepper was a big influence.”

These two singles will be McCartney’s first new music since 2015 and song “FourFiveSeconds,” on which he collaborated with Kanye West and Rihanna. His last solo music effort came in 2014 when he released single “Hope For The Future,” which was featured on the Destiny 2 soundtrack.

While he is not working on new music, Paul McCartney is doing Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. He will be featured in this week’s episode of Corden’s popular segment, and you can check out the trailer below.

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McCartney III follows McCartney II which was released in 1980. McCartney II was the follow-up to McCartney, his first post-Beatles solo project which was released in 1970.

The albums were spaced 10 years apart and they were solo projects, with no other musicians involved.

McCartney has been posting photos to social media with triplicates of various items including flowers, mushrooms, and a single rose. The hints actually started earlier when Spotify users noticed that when they played tracks from the previous self-titled albums, a dice animated with three dots would appear.

McCartney III is rumored to have a December 11 release date, although the singer is yet to confirm this.

The post Paul McCartney Teases “McCartney III” Album appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

According to McCartney’s official website, the audiences present at his concerts in Quebec City, Montreal, Winnipeg and Edmonton will have the opportunity to hear some of the tracks from his upcoming album Egypt Station. The website also notes that it’s been more than five years since the 76-year-old musician played in any of these cities.

“We’ve always had such a fantastic time playing shows in Canada. We can’t wait to return in September for what should be another special run of shows,” McCartney said in a statement. “We are looking forward to freshening up our show and playing some of our songs from the new album alongside those songs we know you like to hear. Get ready to rock Canada!”

The rest of the dates for Freshen Up tour will be announced soon.

Besides these four dates in Canada, Paul McCartney will also perform at Austin City Limits Festival, which is scheduled to take place in October. This will be McCartney’s only festival in North America for this year.

Check out the Freshen Up Tour dates below.

September 17 – Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre
September 20 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
September 28 – Winnipeg, MB @ Bell MTS Place
September 30 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place

The post Paul McCartney Announces First Dates of his “Freshen Up” Tour appeared first on Hot Pop Today.

Paul McCartney spoke with DIYMag following the announcement and said that he got inspired to write the singles while he was working on the reissue of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band for the album’s 50th anniversary.

“I remember going up to the studio a couple of times and saying, oh well I was listening to this program last night and I thought on ‘Penny Lane’ it was just one piano that I played but it turns out it’s eight!” McCartney told DIYMag.

“We were goofing around on that, and it inspires you and makes you think you can go anywhere. It’s still gonna sound like a piano, but sonically you can play with it. …Pepper was a big influence.”

These two singles will be McCartney’s first new music since 2015 and song “FourFiveSeconds,” on which he collaborated with Kanye West and Rihanna. His last solo music effort came in 2014 when he released single “Hope For The Future,” which was featured on the Destiny 2 soundtrack.

While he is not working on new music, Paul McCartney is doing Carpool Karaoke with James Corden. He will be featured in this week’s episode of Corden’s popular segment, and you can check out the trailer below.

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