Wings, 9780241758571
Hardcover
Post-Beatles odyssey: Wings soars, crashes, and defines a decade.
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Wings

the story of a band on the run

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  • Hardcover

    576 pages

  • Release Date

    4 November 2025

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Summary

Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run

“We made what seemed like an impossible dream come true” - Paul McCartney

This is the story, in their own words, of a band that came to define a generation. Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run tells the madcap history of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble beginnings in the early 1970s to their dissolution barely a decade later.

Drawn from over 500,000 words of interviews with McCartney, family …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241758571
ISBN-10:0241758572
Author:Paul McCartney, Ted Widmer
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Allen Lane
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:576
Release Date:4 November 2025
Weight:750g
Dimensions:240mm x 156mm x 40mm
About The Author

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney (Author)

Born in Liverpool in 1942, Paul McCartney was raised in the city and educated at the Liverpool Institute. Since writing his first song at 14, McCartney has dreamed and dared to be different. He lives in England.

Ted Widmer (External Editor)

Ted Widmer is a historian, writer, librarian, and musician who writes about American history in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and other venues. He has taught at Harvard, Brown, and Washington College. In 2022 he was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship.

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