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Paul McCartney: From outer space to 'Ellen'
Paul McCartney will provide an in-concert wake-up call to astronauts on the International Space Station early Sunday (11/13) morning, the first time such a connection has been attempted.
The wake-up call will come Sunday (11/13) at 9:55 PST, as McCartney's performance at Anaheim, CA's Arrowhead Pond is nearing its end. McCartney is slated to play two songs, "Good Day Sunshine" and "English Tea" for NASA Astronaut Bill McArthur and Russian Cosmonaut Valery Tokarev.
McCartney's performance will greet McArthur and Tokarev on the morning of the 44th day of the crew's six-month mission.
This is not the first time McCartney has greeted astronauts during his current "US" tour. On Aug. 9, a recording of "Good Day Sunshine" awakened the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery on the morning of its return to earth.
"I was extremely proud to find out that one of my songs was played for the crew of Discovery this summer," McCartney said in a press release. "In our concert we hope to repay the favor." McCartney is nearing the end of his 11-week tour.
The day after his close encounter with space, McCartney will make an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," with the entire hour-long program devoted to the former Beatle.
He's slated to perform "Fine Line" and "English Tea" from his most recent studio album, "Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard," which hit stores in September, as well as an unspecified Beatles song.
