Paul McCartney Plays Israel Gig | Peace Protest or Pretentious Publicity Stunt?

September 28, 2008 by Dave Parrack  

Paul McCartney Plays Israel Gig | Peace Protest or Pretentious Publicity Stunt?

Paul McCartney finally played live in Israel on Thursday September 25th, 2008, over 40 years since The Beatles were banned from the country for their potential to corrupt the country’s young people. But, was this high profile gig an honourable peace protest, or was it just a pretentious publicity stunt from McCartney?

Israel banned The Beatles from playing in Israel in 1965 due to the upsetting effect of Beatlemania. It took 40 years for the ban to be lifted, but once it was, one of the only two surviving members of the band wasted no time in organising a concert in …read more


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