Macca: I felt Beat up over break-up

But he insisted Fab Four didn’t hate each other

SIR Paul Mccartney says his pot-beatles feud with John Lennon was “pretty hurtful”.

But he insisted the four band members never hated each other.

Their 1970 split following a decade of hits and world tours came after Sir Paul filed for the group’s contractual dissolution.

In a new interview, he appeared to blame then-manager Allen Klein for the demise of the band and the threat to their label Apple Records.

“I suppose when The Beatles broke up perhaps there was a misconception we all sort of hated each other,” he told British GQ.

“What I realise now is it was a family, a gang. Families argue and have disputes. Some people want to do this and some want to do that.” He went on: “The only way for me to save The Beatles and Apple was to sue the band.

“If I hadn’t done that, it would have all belonged to Allen Klein. The only way I was given to get us out of that was to do what I did.”

He said his action enabled the release of “Anthology and all these great remasters of Beatles records” as well as a new documentary film

Get Back, by director

Peter Jackson.

Sir Paul, 78, appears on the cover of September’s issue of British GQ – snapped during lockdown by his

NO HATE Sir Paul Mccartney daughter Mary. He recalled: “John did his famous song How Do You Sleep? and he goes, ‘All you ever did was Yesterday’. And I’m going, ‘No, man’.

“Then you hear the stories from various angles and people apparently in the room when John was writing it that he was getting suggestions for the lyrics off Allen. “So you see the atmosphere of ‘Let’s get Paul, let’s nail him in a song’. And those things were pretty hurtful.” ■ Read the full feature in British GQ’S September issue, available on Friday.

UB40 singer Duncan Campbell is recovering in hospital after suffering a stroke.

In a statement his band – one the UK’S most successful – said the 62-year-old is “up and about”.

Duncan replaced brother Ali as lead singer of the British reggae group in 2008.

Another brother, Robin, is still in the band.

The statement said: “We can confirm that our lead singer and brother Duncan Campbell was taken to hospital after suffering a stroke.

“While we can report that he is already up and about, we ask fans to respect Duncan and the family’s privacy as he works his way back to what we all hope will be a strong and speedy recovery.

“We look forward to seeing you all on the road next spring.” Last week the band announced their December UK tour dates had been put back to March because of the Covid-19 outbreak. UB40 formed in 1978 in Birmingham, choosing their name as a reference to a form issued at the time to people claiming unemployment benefits. They had more than 40 chart hits, including No1s Red Red Wine and (I Can’t Help) Falling In Love With You.

Ali, who quit the band over a row about management, has said watching Duncan perform the band’s songs “makes my skin crawl”. He tours with breakaway group UB40 Featuring Ali, Astro & Mickey. Duncan’s band backed Jeremy Corbyn in the 2019 general election. The ex-labour leader described them as “an authentic socialist voice”.

‘UP AND ABOUT’ Duncan