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Paul McCartney: 'I dream about John Lennon a lot'

Music legend appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ahead of the 50th anniversary of Abbey Road

Roisin O'Connor
Music Correspondent
Tuesday 24 September 2019 09:15 BST
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Paul McCartney: 'I dream about John Lennon a lot'

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Sir Paul McCartney revisited various memories of his time with The Beatles during an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The singer explained how he wrote the music that went on to become hit songs, and spoke about the rumours surrounding his relationship with John Lennon.

"A lot of the talk was that I was the villain and that John and I didn't really get on well, and I kind of bought into it," he said, adding that he thinks about Lennon "quite often".

"I dream about him. When you've had a relationship like that for so long, such a deep relationship... I love when people revisit you in your dreams. I often have band dreams. I have a lot of dreams about John."

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Fans are currently preparing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' seminal album Abbey Road. To mark the event, special programming will run on BBC Radio 2, with programmes fronted by the likes of Gary Barlow and Dave Grohl.

It will also feature shows hosted by John Bishop, Martin Freeman, Guy Garvey, Giles Martin, Cerys Matthews and more, along with regular Radio 2 presenters such as Sara Cox, Zoe Ball and Jo Whiley.

A brand new music video for George Harrison's song "Here Comes the Sun" is also being released to mark the anniversary, in a global premiere event hosting on the official YouTube channels for The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.

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