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Beatle Wanderings: Paul On Tour; No Wingsmania Yet

Andrew Bailey, Rolling Stone, 31 August 1972

PARIS — THE last time Paul McCartney had played the Olympia was 1964. Trini Lopez was headlining; the Beatles overshadowed him. Backstage scuffles. The swarming photographers. Photos the next day in the British newspapers, as the soon-fab four landed triumphant at London airport. International stars.

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