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06-01-2003, 02:38 PM
Last Updated: Sunday, 1 June, 2003, 13:20 GMT 14:20 UK
Macca makes up with Ono
The Lennon-McCartney "trademark" stays, says Sir Paul
Sir Paul McCartney has patched up a row with Yoko Ono over Beatles songs credits, as he prepares to play the final show of his world tour in Liverpool.
The pair had argued over whose name should come first in the Beatles' legendary writing credit Lennon-McCartney.
Sir Paul, who will play to 30,000 fans in the city's Kings Dock, had orginally asked Ono to approve the change to denote which songs were, in the most part, his creation.
But she refused, and on his recent Back In The US live album, all Beatles tracks were credited to McCartney-Lennon.
Now Sir Paul has told the the Glasgow-based Sunday Herald he is content to let the matter lie.
He said: "I'm happy with the way it is and always has been.
Ono refused a request to switch the credits
"Lennon and McCartney is still the rock 'n' roll trademark I'm proud to be a part of - in the order it has always been."
Home city show
Thousands of fans are in the Beatles' home city for Sunday's final date of the Back in the World tour, during which Sir Paul will have played to two million people.
On the playlist are Beatles classics including Hey Jude and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
The European leg of the year-long tour began in Paris and included dates in Rome, Dublin and Moscow.
More @ bbc.co.uk (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2953620.stm)
Macca makes up with Ono
The Lennon-McCartney "trademark" stays, says Sir Paul
Sir Paul McCartney has patched up a row with Yoko Ono over Beatles songs credits, as he prepares to play the final show of his world tour in Liverpool.
The pair had argued over whose name should come first in the Beatles' legendary writing credit Lennon-McCartney.
Sir Paul, who will play to 30,000 fans in the city's Kings Dock, had orginally asked Ono to approve the change to denote which songs were, in the most part, his creation.
But she refused, and on his recent Back In The US live album, all Beatles tracks were credited to McCartney-Lennon.
Now Sir Paul has told the the Glasgow-based Sunday Herald he is content to let the matter lie.
He said: "I'm happy with the way it is and always has been.
Ono refused a request to switch the credits
"Lennon and McCartney is still the rock 'n' roll trademark I'm proud to be a part of - in the order it has always been."
Home city show
Thousands of fans are in the Beatles' home city for Sunday's final date of the Back in the World tour, during which Sir Paul will have played to two million people.
On the playlist are Beatles classics including Hey Jude and Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
The European leg of the year-long tour began in Paris and included dates in Rome, Dublin and Moscow.
More @ bbc.co.uk (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2953620.stm)