Release New Beatles Documentary Postponed?

In an interview with American radio DJ Howard Stern, Paul McCartney hinted that the release of Peter Jackson’s Beatles Documentary will be postponed because of the corona crisis. The theatre premiere was set for September 4, but McCartney noted that “nobody knows when anything is coming out, right now. But it will come out.” A delay won’t come as a big surprise, as the release dates of most movies are postponed.

For the interview, Paul called in from his home in Sussex, England, where he is staying in lockdown without his wife Nancy:

The only bad thing about it is that Nancy is in New York, so we got an enforced separation which is pretty rough, you know. (…) We were on a vacation actually when the lockdown started and Nancy had to go to New York, for family reasons and I had to get back to England. (…) I’m in lockdown in the country with my daughter Mary and her kids. So that makes it better.

It’s just so crazy, I mean, we’ve seen so various forms of crises before, but nothing has affected like everyone in the world at the same time. It’s pretty crazy, I must say, it’s scary. The thing for me is, I’m from a generation that has come out of World War II, my mum and dad were in World War II, and the spirit that they showed, this kind of ‘we get on with it, we’ll do what necessary, we’ll all pull together’ (…), that spirit, is kind of what they needed and that is what we need now. And it is around, that is what we’re seeing now. People pulling together in a way, it’s a great thing. (…) It’s good to see that, it’s inspiring.

In the interview Paul also talked about the European leg of the Freshen Up tour, set for this Spring, and his gig at Glastonbury, which are postponed. He especially felt sorry for the fans:

What’s disappointing for me is that all the people who brought tickets and were looking forward to this and thinking ‘this is something groovy to do in the Summer’, and suddenly the plug is pulled and we can’t get around to play for them.”

Unfortunately Howard Stern forgot to ask the, for this moment, most relevant questions: How is he spending his time while in lockdown? Is he writing music? Recording at his home studio? And what can we expect next Saturday, when he performs at the One World Together At Home telecast?
But if you’re interested in the alleged Beatles-Rolling Stones rivalry and some of Stern’s what-if-the-Beatles-stay-together theories, you can listen to the whole interview here:

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