Don't stall Sir Paul! McCartney bemused by fan who interrupts his show

A fan cuts into ex-Beatle's BBC gig to ask for an autograph
Agencies16 October 2013
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An overzealous fan stunned Sir Paul McCartney today when he tried to get an autograph mid-performance.

During the intimate show, which was being broadcast live by the BBC, the fan disturbed the audience of only around 200 people, made up of listeners and guests, who were watching at the Maida Vale studios in west London.

Macca sounded astonished by the request as he played a handful of new and old songs during a session for BBC Radio 6 Music, at the studios he last visited during his days with The Beatles in the 1960s.

"What? Now?" he asked the fan who had asked him to sign. "I love it - there's one in every crowd. As if I don't have enough to do to remember the songs and the chords."

The musician was performing to launch his latest album, New, which came out this week. Alongside the title track and Queenie Eyes from his first original solo album in six years, he also played Beatles tracks Get Back and Ob La Di, and Wings single Coming Up.

He also played We Can Work It Out, which he told the audience he may have played during a session at Maida Vale with the Fab Four.

Today's performance on Lauren Laverne's show is part of a week-long 6 Music Live At Maida Vale series of gigs.

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