From behind-the-scenes of Paul’s most iconic albums to a photographic dive into the recent years of his career. Discover the exclusive collections of photographs, fan art and memorabilia on PaulMcCartney.com

From an unprecedented exhibition of his Beatles-era photographs to a jet-setting tour that saw Paul play in Australia, Mexico and Brazil; a part-masterclass, part-memoir podcast; and, of course, a new Beatles song. 2023 has been a year to remember!

Black and white self-portrait photograph of Paul McCartney in London taken in the early sixties

Black and white photograph taken by Paul McCartney taken in New York in 1964

iPhone photograph of two roses in a wine glass on a music studio mixing board

Wings stand in front of a blue camper van

iPhone photograph of Paul McCartney posing in-front of a stately home

Paul and Nancy at the opening of the National Portrait Gallery 'Eyes of the Storm' exhibition

Photograph of Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl at the opening preview night of Paul's exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery

Paul and Stanley Tucci sat in the event space at the National Portrait Gallery discussing Paul's photographs from the sixties.

Colour photograph of Paul used for the cover of the 'McCARTNEY: A LIFE IN LYRICS' podcast. The photograph was taken by Linda McCartney

Photograph of Paul McCartney during the opening night of the 2023 GOT BACK tour in Adelaide

Paul and muralist Mitch Revs next to the large Paul McCartney themed 160sqm mural in Newcastle, Australia.

Photo of Paul McCartney on stage performing at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle

Black and white portrait of Paul taken by Linda McCartney

Photograph of Paul at the piano with he crowd behind him whilst he performs at Foro Sol in Mexico city.

Photograph of the explosive finale of Paul's GOT BACK tour at Foro Sol in Mexico City

Photo of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr serving a plate of vegetarian pasta, photographed by Mary McCartney.

Photograph of Denny Laine, Paul and Linda McCartney used to promote the 50th anniversary of 'Band on the Run'

Black and white photo of Paul singing into a microphone on stage at Brasília’s Clube do Choro 

Photo of Paul's GOT BACK Tour during an electric night at Mané Garrincha Stadium, Brasília

Black and white photograph of Paul McCartney raising his hand in the air while on stage in front of a sold-out crowd at Mané Garrincha Stadium in Brasília.

2023 - In Photographs

In a new book accompanying the National Portrait Gallery exhibition, Paul presents 275 of his own photographs from an iconic time in music history, organised into portfolios from the six cities The Beatles visited in this intense time period.

Black and white self-portrait photograph of Paul McCartney in London, 1963

Black and white photograph of Ringo performing in London

Black and white photograph of John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in London

Triptych photograph of Paul McCartney taken by himself

Black and white photograph of John Lennon and George Harrison in Paris

Black and white photograph of John Lennon in Paris taken by Paul McCartney

Black and white photograph of paparazzi in Central Park in New York

Colour photograph of George Harrison in Miami being handed a drink by a bikini clad women

Eyes of the Storm

Graphic image using Ed Ruscha's 'McCartney I II III' logo with several photos from over 2022

It truly was the year we GOT BACK to where we once belonged! From Paul's historic headline set at Glastonbury Festival to Maccaritas and Birthday celebrations, 2022 has a lot to unpack!

Photo of Paul and Mary McCartney on the set of season 2 of 'Mary McCartney Serves It Up'

Photo of Wings during the release of 'Wild Life' at EMI Studios, Abbey Road. 

Photo of Paul McCartney and Michael Bublé in the studio during the recording of his version of 'My Valentine'

Paul holds a guitar and stands on stage in front of a large photo of George Harrison

A crowd of people cheer in front of a stage while confetti falls

Photo of the GOT BACK tour stage, with explosions and lasers during Paul McCartney's set at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey

Photo of Paul sat next to Land Rover car, shared on his Birthday in 2022

Paul plays an intimate Glastonbury warm up show at the Cheese & Grain in Frome, Somerset, June 2022. 

Paul stormed the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival, playing a three hour set crammed with hits from his 60 year career.

Photo of Paul on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2022

Paul greeted by thousands of iconic Glastonbury flags, 2022

Black and white photo of Paul and Bruce Springsteen singing to each other on stage

Paul plays guitar with Dave Grohl on stage at Glastonbury

Paul and the band play with Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen at Glastonbury

photo of Paul McCartney doing a headstand

Photo of Paul and Nancy shared on Thanksgiving this year

Photo of Paul sat in front of a record collection used to promote The 7” Singles Box release.

2022 - In Photographs

Close up colour portrait photo of Paul with tree's in the background. Photo taken in Sussex by his daughter Mary McCartney

Described as a self-portrait in 154 songs 'THE LYRICS' gives an extraordinary look into Paul's life and art from all stages of his career. Presented across two volumes the book explored Paul's earliest boyhood compositions through the legendary decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo albums to the present.

black and white photo of a young Paul in the back garden of 10 Forthlin Road, Liverpool.

Photo of a young Paul McCartney on torn passport style paper

Paul photographed backstage at the television show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars', Birmingham, England, 1963

During the press launch for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the first time Linda McCartney (née Eastman) photographed Paul. London, 19th May 1967

Paul photographed at home by his daughter Mary McCartney. England, 2020.  

Paul with George Harrison, John Lennon and Dennis Littler in Liverpool, 1958. Photo by Mike McCartney

Paul at home in England, 1980. Photo by Linda McCartney

Paul with John Lennon writing 'I Saw Her Standing There' in Paul's childhood home. Liverpool, 1962

Paul McCartney photographed by daughter Mary McCartney in Sussex, England, 2020. 

Paul during a Beatles recording session at Apple Studios, London, 1969. Photo by Linda McCartney

Paul backstage in Dublin during his Back in the World tour, 2003.  Photo by Bill Bernstein

colour photo of Paul McCartney at home at a piano

The Lyrics

Cover photo for 2021 in photographs collection

From publishing the New York Times Bestselling 'THE LYRICS: 1956 To The Present' book to the star-studded line up on 'III Imagined'. That's just scratching the surface on what Paul had in store for the year 2021.

Photo of Paul reading the New York Times as featured in 'The Kiss of Venus (Dominic Fike)' music video

Black and white photo of Paul wrangling a ram sheep. Photo was used as the cover for the album 

Photo of Paul McCartney Royal Mail stamps 

Book cover for Linda McCartney's Family Kitchen

Black and white photo of Paul at a mixing desk talking to Rick Rubin

Photo of Paul and Rick Rubin during the 'McCartney 3, 2, 1' documentary 

Black and white photo of Paul on horseback 

The book cover to Paul's picture book 'Grandude's Green Submarine'

Black and white photo of young Paul at Forthlin Road Liverpool.

Photo of Samira Ahmed, Paul McCartney and Paul Muldoon sat in conversation at the Royal Festival Hall stage.

Photo of Paul at the piano photographed by Mary McCartney

Photo of The Beatles in the studio during the Get Back sessions

Paul in the studio during the Get Back sessions

2021 - In Photographs

Landscape side profile photo of Paul on his Appaloosa horse ‘Shy'an'.

Paul didn’t plan to release an album in 2020, but in the isolation of “Rockdown,” he soon found himself fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating even more new ones. In keeping with 'McCartney' & 'McCartney II’s' photography by Linda McCartney, the principal photos for III were shot by Paul’s daughter Mary McCartney—with additional photography by Paul’s nephew Sonny McCartney as well as photos Paul took on his phone (it’s a family affair).

Photo of Paul in his Sussex studio recording 'McCartney III'

Photo of Paul on the drums in his Sussex studio recording 'McCartney III' in 2020

Photo of Paul and Bill Black's Bass in 2020 recording "McCartney III'

Photo of Paul on the floor of his Sussex recording studio holding a guitar

Sepia photo of Paul at the mic stand recording 'McCartney III'

McCartney III

Having been heavily involved in The Beatles’ 'Anthology' project, Paul had time to reflect on the standards he and his bandmates had set during their career, and applied these to what would become his first album in four years. All Photos taken by Linda McCartney

A black and white photo of Paul McCartney and Jeff Lynne during the recording sessions for 'Flaming Pie'

Black and white photo of Paul McCartney standing next to a door in south of France. 

Photo of Paul playing guitar in 1996. This photo became a polaroid transfer which became the cover for 'Flaming Pie'

Photo of Paul next to a wall in south of France 

Black and white photo of Paul McCartney with his guitar in Jamaica

Black and white photo of Paul looking out a window in Arizona with his guitar

Black and white photo of PaulMcCartney and Steve Miller in Idaho

Black and white photo of Paul on a beach in East Hampton beach.

black and white photo of Paul in front of the sea

black and white photo of the 'Flaming Pie' marketing posters, taken from a car window by Linda.

Colour photo of Paul McCartney holding a guitar

Flaming Pie 

Like many debut albums, Wings' 'Wild Life' wasn't a real reflection of what was to come, its guiding ethos being Paul’s intention to record the entire piece quickly, taking just two weeks to record, 'Wild Life' was all about spontaneity.

Photo of Wings sat in a studio with wood panelling in the background

Photo of Wings sat on a tree branch at Osterley Park.

Polaroid Photo Of Paul McCartney playing guitar

Photo of Wings outside Rude Studio in Scotland.

Wild Life

Landscape colour photo of Paul playing guitar in his home studio recording 'McCartney'

Released in 1970, a month before The Beatles' swansong ‘Let It Be’, ‘McCartney’ was Paul's first solo album. Notable for the fact that he performed all instruments and vocals himself, aside from some backing vocals performed by Linda McCartney, it's an album rich in experimentation, and the original home of ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’. All photos taken by Linda McCartney

Black and White photo of Paul playing drums in his home studio

Black and white photo of Paul at his  Studer tape machine set up

Black and white photo of Paul McCartney leaning against a wall

Colour photo of Paul next to the piano in his home in London

Colour photo of Paul sitting down playing guitar in his London garden

Photo of Paul McCartneys standing in front of a door playing guitar

Portrait of Paul with a drink in his hand and a straw

Photo of Paul McCartney and baby Mary McCartney in his coat jacket. Used on the back cover of 'McCartney'

Photo of Cherries on a wall with a bowl full of cherry juice. Photo by Linda McCartney

Photo of Paul McCartney reaching out in front of a palm tree

Black and white photo of Paul next to a brick wall.

McCartney

Cover photo the 2019 year in photographs collection

From celebrating the launch of 'Hey Grandude!' to a once in a lifetime show at Dodger Staduim in Los Angeles.

Paul, Mary and Stella sat down with Loyle Carner, Doug McMaster and Anna Taylor to discuss sustainability issues for Linda McCartney Foods

The opening night of Paul’s South American tour at the National Stadium in Santiago, Chile.

Paul celebrating at the end of first 2019 Freshen Up Tour show.

Fans hold up Na Na signs during Paul’s show at the Allianz Parque in Sao Paulo.

Paul performs 'Live and Let Die' during his New Orleans set.

Paul ends his 2019 tour playing the iconic Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles.

Paul is joined by Ringo Starr on stage at Dodger Stadium.

Joe Walsh, from The Eagles, joins Paul on stage during his Dodger Stadium show.

Paul reads to school children during his 'Hey Grandude!' Children’s book launch in London.

Paul is joined by Ringo Starr to celebrate the launch of 'Linda McCartney: The Polaroid Diaries' at the V&A Museum, London.

Meat Free Monday celebrated its 10th anniversary with #MFMCountMeIn – bringing celebrities, businesses, not-for-profit groups, educational institutions and individual supporters together, to celebrate what people are doing on the meat free front and inspire even more people to get on board.

Paul posted a selfie to celebrate Red Nose Day.

Paul on the cover of Billboard's 125th Anniversary magazine

Blue Peter presented Paul with a prestigious Gold Blue Peter Badge

A polaroid of Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney at the launch of 'Linda McCartney: The Polaroid Diaries' book launch at the V&A Museum, London.  

Paul performs with Steve Tyler during his Las Vegas show.

Mary McCartney films her dad during his New Orleans sound check as a part of her Instagram takeover.

'The Linda McCartney Retrospective' opened in the UK for the first time at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

2019 - In Photographs

Photo of Paul and Nancy at the March for Our Lives rally in New York City. 

Paul took on a brand new adventure with the release of his number one album ‘Egypt Station’, the record breaking episode of ‘Carpool Karaoke’ and heading out on his ‘Freshen Up Tour’. Discover Paul’s 2018 in photographs

aul talked to National Geographic magazine about his Meat Free Monday campaign and the environmental benefits of eating less meat. March 2018. 

Queen Elizabeth II awarded Paul a Companion of Honour for his services to music. May 2018. 

The McCartney family donated 63 Linda McCartney photographic prints to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. May 2018.

In June Paul took James Corden back to his hometown of Liverpool in a special episode of Carpool Karaoke. This became the #1 trending YouTube video of the year in the UK. 

 Paul’s daughter Mary McCartney took portraits of him at home in London as part of the Egypt Station album campaign. July 2018. 

Paul started his day at Abbey Road Studios by walking over the famous crossing and went on to perform the first in a series of intimate gigs. July 2018. 

Jarvis Cocker hosted a live Facebook Q&A with Paul at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. July 2018. 

A packed Cavern Club saw Paul return to the stage. July 2018. 

Paul was thrilled to learn that 'Egypt Station' charted at number 1 in the USA. September 2018. 

Grand Central Station was brought to a standstill when Paul played a surprise gig in the Vanderbilt Hall to celebrate the release of Egypt Station. 7th September 2018. 

During his time in New York Paul stopped by The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. September 2018. 

 In October it was announced Paul was re-releasing 'Wild Life' and 'Red Rose Speedway' as part of his grammy award winning archive collection. 

The Freshen Up tour kicked off in Quebec City, Canada. September 2018. 

Paul headlined the Austin City Limits Festival in Texas. October 2018. 

Paul and Nancy arrive at Tokyo International Airport for the Japanese leg of the Freshen Up tour. October 2018. 

Paul backstage at the Echo Arena in Liverpool for the first of his UK tour dates.  December 2018

Paul on stage in Vienna during the European leg of his tour. December, 2018. 

Paul and Nancy took part in the March for Our Lives rally in New York City. 24th March, 2018 

Ringo and Ronnie Wood join Paul on stage at the 02 Arena in London during Paul’s final show of 2018. 

2018 - In Photographs

From the release of ‘Flowers In The Dirt (Archive Collection)’ and Paul receiving his Companion of Honour to launching the brand new Meat Free Monday film ‘One Day A Week’. Discover Paul’s 2017 in photographs

Paul and Elvis Costello during the recording sessions for ‘Flowers in the Dirt’, 1988 

Paul on set for the ‘This One’ video shoot directed by Dean Chamberlain, 1989 

Fans waiting for Paul’s arrival in Tokyo, 23rd April 2017 

Paul greets fans at Tokyo International Airport, 23rd April 2017

Paul on stage at The Tokyo Dome, 30 April 2017 

Fans queue outside The Budokan ahead of Paul’s sold out show, 25th April 2017

Paul on stage with fans during his Budokan show, 25th April 2017

This year the 50th Anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was celebrated with a Special Edition Release. Photo by Linda McCartney at the 1967 release of the album. 

In June Paul was made a Companion of Honour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. 

Paul rocked out with Bruce Springsteen on the 15th September at Madison Square Garden

Bruce Springsteen was Paul’s surprise guest at the Madison Square Garden show in September 2017

Fans during the Porto Alegre show in Brazil, 13th October 2017

Fans enjoying the Porto Alegre show in Brazil, 13th October 2017

Paul playing his Hofner bass guitar during his 15th October Sao Paulo show 

Paul playing his hand painted Gibson Les Paul Guitar in Sao Paulo, 15th October 2017

Paul’s view of the Allianz Parque Stadium, Sao Paulo, 15th October 2017

 Paul, Brian Ray and Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens on stage in Salvador, 20th October 2017

Paul, Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray on stage in Miami, 7th July 2017

Paul playing his 'Magic Piano' at the American Airlines Arena, Miami, 7th July 2017 

Lasers during Paul’s Miami performance, 7th July 2017

Paul and Mary McCartney introducing the Meat Free Monday documentary short, November 2017

Paul and Mary McCartney after the first screening of the Meat Free Monday film, November 2017

On the 2nd December Paul was accompanied on stage by the Western Australia Police Pipe Band

The McCartney’s 'Meat Free Monday' campaign launched a documentary short to highlight the damaging environmental impact of animal agriculture. 

Paul on stage in Melbourne on 5th December 2017. His first performance in Melbourne since 1993. 

A view of the Melbourne stage, 5th December 2017 

Paul celebrating on stage in Australia, December 2017 e

Paul, Mary and Stella sit down with The Times Magazine to discuss Linda’s vegetarian food legacy 

The McCartney’s photographed in Soho, London, 2017 

Paul as 'Uncle Jack' in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'

2017 - In Photographs

Photo of Paul playing bass at Henson Studios in LA in 2017

Sharing a title with one of Paul’s own paintings, 'Egypt Station' is the first full album of all-new McCartney music since 2013. 'Egypt Station' was recorded between Los Angeles, London and Sussex, and produced (with the exception of one Ryan Tedder track) by Greg Kurstin.

Collections

2023 - In Photographs

Eyes of the Storm

2022 - In Photographs

The Lyrics

2021 - In Photographs

McCartney III

Flaming Pie

Wild Life

McCartney

2019 - In Photographs

2018 - In Photographs

2017 - In Photographs

Egypt Station

RAM

Fan Art Friday

2023 - In Photographs

The Lyrics

Flaming Pie

2019 - In Photographs

Egypt Station

Eyes of the Storm

2021 - In Photographs

Wild Life

2018 - In Photographs

RAM

2022 - In Photographs

McCartney III

McCartney

2017 - In Photographs

Fan Art Friday