PAUL MCCARTNEY Egypt Station (EMI) In a sense this album represents the work of a 76-year-old with zero fucks to give. It’s what we wants, how he wants it, at the lengths he wants, for as much as he feels necessary. I’m Paul McCartney, you’re not, deal with it. Sixteen tracks, including two brief intro and (nearly) outro instrumentals of ambient tones, a closing track in multiple parts that runs to just over six minutes, songs in character, songs in anger, songs in jest, and

PAUL MCCARTNEY Qudos Bank Arena, December 11 There is no way to come to this show, to experience this show, to think critically about this show, wholly objectively. As much can be told by the gushing reviews by seasoned reviewers, enraptured commentary online by experienced musicians and the general sense of touched-by-god about responses everywhere. It’s a goddamn Beatle, right there! (Ok, for those of us in the nosebleeds, it’s a goddamn Beatle down there, a couple of subur