Daily Archives: April 27, 2013

Paul McCartney performs in Arnhem 10 years ago this hour (2003)

2000s, Popular Music 2000s, The Beatles 2000s


Video: 'PaulMcCartney in Köln 2003'

(Sunday, April 27, 2003, 8:33 p.m. Central European Summer Time) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed tonight at the Kölnarena in Cologne, Germany, the ninth stop and 16th performance of his Back in the World tour.

Paul McCartney, Carl Perkins jam backstage for ‘My Old Friend’ documentary 20 years ago today (1993)

1990s, Popular Music 1990s, The Beatles 1990s


Video: 'Paul McCartney with Carl Perkins: My Old Friend [Rare documentary] 1993'

(Tuesday, April 27, 1993) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney performed backstage today with Carl Perkins before McCartney’s concert at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee (during the North America leg of McCartney’s The New World Tour), for the documentary “My Old Friend.”

Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray resigns over involvement in Watergate 40 years ago today (1973)

1970s, Watergate

(Friday, April 27, 1973; during the Watergate scandal) — Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray resigned today after it was revealed that he’d destroyed files removed from the safe of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt.