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Paul McCartney had been a busy

man as of late. In the past few
months he has promoted his new
memoir, The Lyrics: 1956 to
Present, inducted the Foo Fighters
into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame,
released a new mini-
documentary, McCartney/333, was
featured in the Peter Jackson
documentary, The Beatles Get Back,
promoted his McCartney III album
and is headed out on a 13-city Got
Back Tour, which will run from April
through June 2022.

With all that and more going on

throughout his career, McCartney is
one of the most successful
musicians out there. How does all
that and more affect the former
Beatle’s Net Worth? And how do the
Beatles and his touring factor into the
equation?

Paul McCartney’s Current Net Worth

McCartney, one of the wealthiest

musicians, has a net worth of approx.
$1.2 billion. Known for being one-
fourth of the supergroup The Beatles,
McCartney has built quite an empire
for himself.

According to Celebritynetworth.com,
“McCartney earns over $50 million
while touring. When not touring he
earns tens of millions per year in
royalties and licensing fees from both
his music and a catalog of publishing
copyrights from other artists through
his publishing company MPL
Communications.”

McCartney has an interest in Apple

Corps and MPL Communications, he
owns a music publishing catalog,
which includes over 25,000
copyrights, including the publishing
rights to the musicals Guys and
Dolls, A Chorus
Line, Annie, and Grease and the
copyrights to songs from artists
including Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins,
and more.

After signing with EMI worldwide and

Capitol in the US, Canada, and Japan,
McCartney received ownership of his
solo catalog from EMI as part of the
deal. In 1979, McCartney reportedly
received the most lucrative recording
contract to date, when he signed with
Columbia Records.

The Beatles

In the late ’50s, McCartney met John

Lennon and was asked to become a
part of his band the Quarrymen. In
1960, after George Harrison joined
the group, they changed their names
to The Beatles and invited Pete Best
to join the group. McCartney has
discussed several aspects of the
Liverpool quartet’s meteoric rise—
including their enancial outlook.

“It was only later that we discovered

that what we were doing was art, and
there were things like ‘muses’—when
we erst got out of Liverpool, it was
money,” McCartney said. “We were
kids without jobs. Suddenly, here was
a job, and so we wanted to get paid—
and the more money, the better, you
know?

“I think you start to think, ‘Is this more

noble if we don’t write for money, if
we just write for art or love?’” he said.
“But that comes in anyway—it’s not
like it’s excluded because you’re
accepting money. What we wanted
was a guitar, a car, and a house. That
was it, that was the height of our
ambitions. Then, suddenly, we could
get them. So, I’ve never been one to
think that there’s something dirty
about accepting money.

“Most people in the world [accept

money], so there must be something
okay about it,” he said. “And love,
marriage, and friendship—most
people in the world do that too. So, I
think the two can co-exist and I’m
happy to stand for both.”

In 1985, Michael Jackson bought the

rights to the Beatles catalog from
ATV. Jackson then sold 50 percent of
ATV to Sony for $95 million.
Sony/ATV currently owns the rights
of the Beatles catalog. In 2017,
McCartney reached an undisclosed
settlement with Sony/ATV in regards
to the copyright to the Beatles
catalog.

“The parties have resolved this

matter by entering into a conedential
settlement agreement and jointly
request that the Court enter the
enclosed proposed order dismissing
the above-referenced action without
prejudice,” McCartney’s attorney
noted.

McCartney was inducted into

the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
1988 as a member of the Beatles and
again as a solo artist in 1999.

McCartney III

McCartney recently
released McCartney III in 2020, his
18th album and the third chapter to
his 1980 solo debut. In 2021, he
followed up the album
with McCartney III Imagined, featuring
a collection of remixes of III tracks by
Phoebe Bridgers, Beck, St. Vincent,
Damon Albarn, Josh Homme, and
more.

The Got Back Tour

McCartney is getting back on stage

for a 13-city Got Back tour, which will
run from April through June 2022.
The tour will kick off with
McCartney’s erst-ever show in
Spokane, Washington on April 28 and
continue through June 16 with a enal
show in East Rutherford, New Jersey,
marking his erst return to MetLife
Stadium since 2016. The Got Back
Tour will also mark more erst-time
shows in Knoxville, Tennessee, and
Hollywood, Florida, as well as stops
in Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle,
Orlando, and Syracuse, New York.

In 2019, McCartney’s solo tour netted

$100 million in gross ticket sales.

Tour Dates:

Thursday, April 28 – Spokane, WA-

Spokane Arena
Monday, May 2- Seattle, WA- Climate
Pledge Arena
Tuesday, May 3- Seattle, WA- Climate
Pledge Arena
Friday, May 6- Oakland, CA- Oakland
Arena
Friday, May 13- Los Angeles, CA- SoFi
Stadium
Tuesday, May 17- Fort Worth, TX-
Dickies Arena
Saturday, May 21- Winston Salem,
NC- Truist Field
Wednesday, May 25- Hollywood, FL-
Hard Rock Live
Saturday, May 28- Orlando, FL-
Camping World Stadium
Tuesday, May 31- Knoxville, TN-
Thompson-Boling Arena
Saturday, June 4- Syracuse, NY-
Carrier Dome
Tuesday, June 7- Boston, MA- Fenway
Park
Sunday, June 12- Baltimore, MD-
Oriole Park
Thursday, June 16- East Rutherford,
NJ- MetLife Stadium

Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage

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