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CNN
3 minutes ago
- CNN
Paul McCartney's 1985 Live Aid performance, his first live show in five years, was nearly derailed by a tech glitch
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Watch CNN Original Series 'Live Aid: When Rock 'n' Roll Took On the World,' celebrating the definitive story of how two rockstars inspired the largest global music events in history. The four-part series continues Sunday, July 27 at 9pm ET/PT. Paul McCartney hadn't taken the stage in over five years when he sat down at his piano to sing 'Let It Be' for Live Aid on July 13, 1985, in a performance that was almost totally derailed by a single tech glitch. There the music legend was – performing live for the first time since his post-Beatles band Wings had broken up, and his lifelong friend and Beatles bandmate John Lennon had been assassinated – to sing 'Let It Be,' one of the last songs the Fab Four ever released… and minutes into the performance, McCartney's microphone died. 'One guy. A mic and a piano (and) a mic for the voice. Really simple. What happened?' Live Aid organizer and musician Bob Geldof recalled thinking at the time in CNN's 'Live Aid: When Rock 'n' Roll Took On the World.' Geldof added that he thought, 'Oh no, it's going to be a disaster.' All of the estimated 1.8 billion viewers tuning into the mega benefit concert couldn't even hear McCartney, let alone the massive crowd that stood before him at London's Wembley Stadium. Then something magical happened: the crowd started to sing along and help pick up the song for McCartney. But it wasn't just the crowd who saw that McCartney needed help, either. 'There were a bunch of people standing around and either Pete (Townshend, of The Who) or David (Bowie) said to me, 'Come on, let's help him.' Literally if you can think of a moment where 'I am not worthy' is beyond true, it's that moment,' Geldof recalled. Townshend, Bowie, Geldof and singer Alison Moyet huddled behind McCartney on stage to help him sing the song's final verses when the microphones started to work again, allowing the impromptu quintet – along with the singing Wembley crowd – to complete the song. Afterward, Townshend and McCartney hoisted Geldof on their shoulders before the Wembley Stadium headliners, including George Michael, Bono, members of The Who, Bowie, McCartney, Queen and many more, all joined together on stage to sing Band Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas' to close out the show. The Live Aid benefit was organized by musicians Geldof and Midge Ure to draw attention to a famine in Ethiopia. It spanned multiple locations, drew nearly two billion viewers around the world and raised more than $125 million for relief efforts. While Geldof had already secured a lineup of the most famous and revered rock 'n roll musicians for Live Aid, he said in an interview with Ultimate Classic Rock earlier this month that he felt he needed a Beatle to participate and wrote McCartney a letter at the time outlining his case, asking him to play one song at the end of the show. 'I knew he must get a hundred requests to do things, but I really felt like the program would not be complete without him there. I was not writing to Paul McCartney, the man, I said, but to PAUL MCCARTNEY, the phenomenon,' Geldof explained. 'If he played, millions would watch who would not otherwise watch. That would mean money would come in that would not otherwise come in.' McCartney and his band Wings hadn't performed since 1979's Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, and shortly thereafter disbanded in 1981. McCartney hadn't taken the stage after that but did continue to release new music over the next few years. So when Geldof approached him about Live Aid, McCartney recalled telling him, 'I can't Bob, I haven't got a band together now.' Geldof, according to McCartney, didn't find that to be a problem at all, telling him, 'Well, you just sit at the piano and play your own number.' Ultimately, McCartney agreed. 'I just had to come. Simple as that,' McCartney said, adding that Geldof was also the person who chose the song that McCartney would sing. 'He's running the whole bloody show!' Geldof told Ultimate Classic Rock that 'there is a hierarchy in rock 'n' roll,' with the Beatles being at the top. 'So he goes on, one song, to give us the benediction, to give us the Beatles imprimatur, and of course it's 'Let It Be,' which I had asked him to do.' Live Aid wound up not just being McCartney's return for a one-off performance. He's been touring regularly ever since – even up until today, as McCartney, now 83, is set to continue his Get Back tour in the US this fall. Turns out, the legendary musician isn't quite ready to just let it be.
Forbes
3 minutes ago
- Forbes
A Beer Expert's Guide To Making Beer Cocktails
Once you discover beer cocktails, you'll never go back. Beer's myriad of flavors, mouthfeel, and aromas can add heft but also a delicate nature to all manner of drinks. That's because beer can taste like almost every flavor and aroma imaginable from water crackers to tropical to chocolate. Beer is more than just a keg at a tailgate or for a plate of nachos, beer can enhance almost any situation, including being in a high end cocktail bar. London based beer writer Melissa Cole gives her thoughts about beer cocktails that are perfect for summer. Melissa Cole Beer writer Melissa Cole knows a thing or two about beer cocktails. After all, she wrote about them in her 2017 book The Little Book of Craft Beer and provides great examples of how beer can be manipulated to add a spin to your favorite cocktails. 'It's all about small details when it comes to making great cocktails, it's about textures, carbonation (or lack thereof),' says Cole. 'Is it a tall drink, a short drink, is it for sipping or refreshment?' Beer can be used in all of these situations. Working with beer in a cocktail setting is just like putting together any recipe be it cocktail or food. You want to know what you are working with. What's the beer you have? What's its alcohol strength? What are its primary aromas and flavors? Beer can be bitter (think IPAs or higher alcohol beers like barleywine), beer can be sweet (wheat beers) or beer can be sour (lambics or berliner weisses). You want to lean into what the beer can provide. With bitterness, remember that many liqueurs are also bitter so it doesn't have to be a battle, it can work for you or you can use simple syrup to temper the bitterness. Speaking of bitterness, Cole suggests using beers that utilize American hops, which have really nice citrus flavors and aromas and would be helpful in many cocktails 'Is that a note you are looking for in your drink?' says Cole. 'If so, then go for it!' Another tip from Cole is using carbonation in the beer to your advantage. Higher carbonation beers like Belgian saisons (with lovely white pepper notes) are great for adding extra body, flavor and aroma to drinks in space of soda water. And don't forget, you can use alcohol-free beers too to make mocktails, which are currently a huge segment of any well-rounded cocktail program. 'I've used non-alcoholic stout to make a float before, it's silly and fun but still tasty,' says Cole. A Couple Of Recipe Ideas From Cole's Book The Little Book Of Craft Beer A quick session is a perfect drink to showcase grapefruit forward flavors of pale ales and IPAs. Pints and Panels A Quick Session Based on the classic Greyhound cocktail, this is a simple and refreshing drink. It's great to make in large quantities for parties so Cole has put this into parts so you can batch it. 2 parts vodka, straight from the freezer 3 parts well-chilled grapefruit juice 2 parts well-chilled session IPA or American pale ale. Look to local breweries for who makes this style really well. Mix the vodka and grapefruit juice, pour into a highball glass and top up carefully with the beer. You can also put a salt rim on the glass for a take on the salty dog. A Rube Icon A rube icon uses sour beer, lime juice and lychee liqueur to create a refreshing drink that looks elegant in a martini glass or coupe. Pints and Panels A punch inspired drink, this drink is very simple to make and uses a tropical beer style like a gose or berliner weisse along with a lychee and lime juice. 2 oz. lychee liqueur 2 teaspoons lime juice 5 oz. tropical fruited beer style like a gose or berliner weisse, check your local brewery for best options Shake the liqueur and lime juice together over ice and strain into a martini glass. Top up with beer, stir gentle and serve. Cheers to summer beer cocktails and remember to drink responsibly and to share drinks with people you truly care about.
Yahoo
4 minutes ago
- Yahoo
Why did CBS cancel 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert?' Sounds fishy
On July 14, Stephen Colbert, host of "The Late Show" on CBS, called Paramount's $16 million settlement of a frivolous lawsuit by Donald Trump against "60 Minutes" "a big fat bribe." On July 17, CBS announced that it was canceling "The Late Show." And another Trump critic is silenced. Sort of. Colbert still has some time. 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will end its historic run in May 2026 at the end of the broadcast season," Paramount and CBS executives said in a statement. "We consider Stephen Colbert irreplaceable and will retire 'The Late Show' franchise at that time. We are proud that Stephen called CBS home. He and the broadcast will be remembered in the pantheon of greats that graced late night television." Maybe so. But he's also going to be remembered as the late-night host who lost his job under suspicious circumstances. Colbert announced his cancellation on Thursday's show Colbert announced the news during Thursday's taping, and said he found out about the cancellation Wednesday. CBS says it is "purely a financial decision" that is "not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount." Maybe so. Late-night shows are increasingly a financial burden on networks amid diminishing audiences, some of whom prefer to consume the shows in bite-sized chunks on TikTok and other social-media platforms. No company ever got into business to lose money, but with mergers like the impending one between Paramount and Skydance, a media company, which was the clear impetus for the settlement with Trump, the bottom line has never been more important. Colbert took over the show in September 2015, after David Letterman retired in May of that year. Letterman was a frequent critic of CBS, in a comedic but biting way. Certainly, Letterman made plenty of political jokes, but political humor has been Colbert's bread and butter since his days as host of "The Colbert Report," in which he adopted the persona of a conservative late-night host. He morphed into something closer to a more traditional host when he moved to CBS, but his opening monologue often includes scathing jokes about Trump. Canceling Stephen Colbert is another black eye for Paramount The move comes as speculation abounds about the future of Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central (a show Colbert was once a correspondent for). Comedy Central, like CBS, is owned by Paramount. And like Colbert, Stewart has been brutally critical about Paramount's settlement. On Thursday, Stewart said on "The Weekly Show," his podcast, that he didn't know if "The Daily Show" would be canceled after the merger. "They haven't called me and said, like, 'Don't get too comfortable in that office, Stewart,'' he said. 'But let me tell you something, I've been kicked out of s------r establishments than that. We'll land on our feet. No, I honestly don't know.' It's another black eye for Paramount ― more fallout from a cowardly settlement based on greed. Imagine not backing "60 Minutes," the gold standard of investigative journalism on TV. It's part of a scary landscape for legitimate media. ABC News also settled a suit with Trump that most experts think it could have won. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos, who owns the Washington Post, tries to cozy up with the president. Like Mark Zuckerberg, Meta's chief executive, has. The White House tries to stack briefings with MAGA-friendly personalities posing as reporters. Sometimes late-night humor is the best way to deal with these kinds of situations. Although after May 2026, not on CBS. MAGA meltdown: Why Epstein conspiracies are lose-lose for Trump Reach Goodykoontz at Facebook: Media commentary with a side of snark? Sign up for The Watchlist newsletter with Bill Goodykoontz. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Stephen Colbert is canceled. It sure sounds fishy | Opinion Solve the daily Crossword
