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Last update - 19:10 24/08/2008
Paul McCartney to play Tel Aviv 43 years after Israel banned the Beatles
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel, Beatles 

The former lead singer of the Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney, has announced his plans to come to Israel to perform next month.

The celebrated rock star will arrive in Israel as part of a world tour, and will give a single concert at Tel Aviv's Park Hayarkon on September 25.

McCartney was scheduled to perform in Israel some 43 years ago with the Beatles, the legendary band of which he was a founding member.
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But government officials bannedthem from appearing in Israel in 1965.

They refused to grant the necessary permits, citing concerns that the tousled-haired British band and its strident, amplified music could corrupt the morals of Israeli youth.

McCartney's manager Barry Marshall reportedly confirmed his arrival a few days ago, and approved the venue even though it does not include 250,000 seats, which is the singer's standard requirement.

The Israeli audience might be deterred by the ticket prices, which have yet to be determined but are likely to add up to several hundreds of shekels. This has been the case with other international rock stars, like Bjork and Leonard Cohen, who were scheduled to perform in Israel this summer but had to cancel due to poor ticket sales.

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      1.   Wot? not in Gaza? what a shame; LOL!!! 21:22  |  x-ray 23/08/08
      2.   The sensibility of a fallen desire ( Thanks Paul ). 22:10  |  Francesco Sinibaldi 23/08/08
      3.   Bravo Paul! 22:58  |  Eldar 23/08/08
      4.   How the mighty have fallen! 23:08  |  Terence 23/08/08
      5.   He will be under tremendous pressure to cancel 23:22  |  Tom Kittridge 23/08/08
      6.   ticket sales 23:29  |  Jillian 23/08/08
      7.   Greeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaat Paul!!!!!!!!!! 23:39  |  Mel (M) 23/08/08
      8.   Paul Mc Carthney 23:57  |  Labhras 23/08/08
      9.   He`s Got To Pay That 50 Million Dollar Divorce Settlement Somehow 00:12  |  David 24/08/08
      10.   Paul 01:52  |  Jim 24/08/08
      11.   better late than never paul 03:22  |  zionist forever 24/08/08
      12.   True Friend 04:54  |  James 24/08/08
      13.   Sour grapes, Labhras? 05:50  |  utagawa 24/08/08
      14.   He`s Worth It! 07:28  |  Yosemite 24/08/08
      15.   Wouldn`t the "old Man" be upset! 08:31  |  Zev Davis 24/08/08
      16.   Where have the morals Gone? 11:32  |  Jason 24/08/08
      17.   Even Leonard Cohen? 14:06  |  Palestinian Brit 24/08/08
      18.   What a great antidote to racist hatred& Jihad on Pal TV 14:51  |  PETER SM 24/08/08
      19.   #4 Terence 15:14  |  Labhras 24/08/08
      20.   #13 utagawa is that your argument 15:21  |  Labhras 24/08/08
      21.   To Terrence and Labhras 16:55  |  rick 24/08/08
      22.   Labras looks thake too much drinks in last St.Patrick day 16:56  |  JP 24/08/08
      23.   "Palestinian Brit" - an oxymoron 17:17  |  Hannah - true Brit. 24/08/08
      24.   PALBRIT" Jews too mean to pay for tickets for his concert? 17:17  |  PETER SM 24/08/08
      25.   PALBRIT" Jews too mean to pay for tickets for his concert? 17:18  |  PETER SM 24/08/08
      26.   Peter SM - the antidote 17:21  |  Palestinian Brit 24/08/08
      27.   PAL BRIT are you going to apologise after the show? 17:30  |  PETER SM 24/08/08
      28.   paul and B-G 17:47  |  adina- afikim 24/08/08
      29.   #21 rick 18:12  |  Labhras 24/08/08
      30.   TODAY HE CA`N`T HARM THE YOUTH!!! 18:49  |  Ani 24/08/08
      31.   Peter SM - appology? 18:59  |  Palestinian Brit 24/08/08
      32.   Peter SM - last paragraph 19:07  |  Palestinian Brit 24/08/08
      33.   He should dedicate `we all live in a terrorist regime` to the IDF 19:57  |  Palestinian in UK 24/08/08
      34.   29- So labras shows his biased mind through an bad ideology. 20:12  |  JP 24/08/08
      35.   It`s a deeply depressing thought for unattached males 21:15  |  Clickfool 24/08/08
      36.   above 21:19  |  moishe 24/08/08
      37.   Settlements & IDF terror had already corrupted Israeli morals 21:34  |  anti-racist 24/08/08
      38.   Labhras: "I don`t hate Jews, but..." 21:40  |  Israeli citizen 24/08/08
      39.   Clickfool : Perhaps Mccartney is a Zionist? Or worse: a Jew? 21:42  |  Israeli citizen 24/08/08
      40.   For Moishe # 36 21:43  |  Clickfool 24/08/08
      41.   Labhras: "I don`t hate Jews. But..." 21:55  |  Israeli citizen 24/08/08
      42.   Clickfool : Perhaps Mccartney is a Zionist? Or worse: a Jew? 21:56  |  Israeli citizen 24/08/08
      43.   #34 JP Please translate to english. 22:07  |  Labhras 24/08/08
      44.   PalBrit, stop chepping about Leonard Cohen 22:23  |  Zev Davis 24/08/08
      45.   Palestinian Brit 22:36  |  Danite 24/08/08
      46.   # 35 22:44  |  Larry 24/08/08
      47.   I Light a Candle To Our Love 23:03  |  Suzie Q 24/08/08
      48.   hope they will not cancel this time 23:10  |  Piotr Chróściel 24/08/08
      49.   Sir Paul`s Itinerary 23:31  |  MichaelF 24/08/08
      50.   David 23:42  |  judith 24/08/08
      51.   Zev Davis on Leonard Cohen 23:46  |  Mark B. 24/08/08
      52.   To #7 - Leonard Cohen 00:46  |  Noami 25/08/08
      53.   PAL BRIT. Re Cohen.Any time you have FACTS please write 01:18  |  PETER SM 25/08/08
      54.   Leonard Cohen 08:36  |  noneman 25/08/08
      55.   A Jew with a lot of SOUL 09:48  |  utagawa 25/08/08
      56.   NO HE IS NOT 10:02  |  PIOTR 25/08/08
      57.   Clickfool 40 19:39  |  ChanahS 25/08/08
      58.   # 52 Naomi 19:42  |  ChanahS 25/08/08
      59.   to jim 21:19  |  True Lennon fan 25/08/08
      60.   WE WANT LEONARD COHEN!!! 00:01  |  Noami 26/08/08
      61.   Paul`s concert 05:38  |  PennyOwen 26/08/08
      62.   PAUL`S CONCERT 14:41  |  Piotr Chróściel 26/08/08
      63.   Paul McCartney 21:16  |  Mike 02/09/08
      64.   Land grabbing 13:54  |  Ellie 06/09/08
      65.   Thank You Paul 18:39  |  ilan 25/09/08
      66.   Leonard Cohen 09:46  |  Talia Goldberg 28/10/08
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