Overview
- Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run was published Tuesday, Nov. 4, presenting McCartney’s curated oral history of the 1970s.
- The book compiles more than 42 hours of new and archival interviews plus about 150 photographs, diary pages and handwritten lyrics, with contributions from family, former bandmates and collaborators.
- McCartney writes he felt “dead” during the Beatles’ breakup, revisiting how U.S. radio chatter and a 1969 student article fueled the 'Paul is dead' rumor as he retreated to a remote Scottish farm to recover.
- He says early criticism left him considering quitting before forming Wings, which built to major success with Band on the Run and the UK record‑setting single Mull of Kintyre.
- Accounts of rebuilding include seat‑of‑the‑pants university gigs and a reflection on learning of John Lennon’s 1980 murder, and he notes he is finishing 25 new songs in the coming months.