Mccartney reveals he almost had stage name

Sir Paul Mccartney was almost known by a different name, he has revealed as he visited his old school.

The Beatles singer told a Q and A session with students at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts yesterday he had considered a stage name of Paul Ramon in an effort to appear more glamorous and joked he might return to it.

The star – who also announced he would play a secret gig in Liverpool today – said while the band was on tour with singer Jonny Gentle in Scotland he began introducing himself to girls with the alternative name, while band mate George Harrison would introduce himself as Carl Harrison and John Lennon would call himself Long 0 Sir Paul Mccartney – he could have been Paul Ramon

John Silver. Mccartney said: “We did think we had to be more glamorous.”

He said bandmate Ringo Starr had coined his name while in another group and was always viewed as the “most professional”.

“We weren’t really serious about showbiz, we were just sort of dragged into it,” he said.