Band members
A few years ago, I was getting ready for a new tour and thought, ‘What are we going to do to be a little bit different? It’d be great to bring back the horns!’ So, I rang [keyboard player] Wix – because he’s kind of like our musical director in the band – and asked him if he knew anyone who would be suitable. Funnily enough, he’d just done a charity gig with this great little horn section called the Hot City Horns. And coincidentally, two of them went to my old school, LIPA!
The Liverpool Institute was the grammar school that George Harrison and I had been to, and when it closed down we saved it and made it into a performing arts school. Two of the Hot City Horns guys, Mike and Paul, had gone through LIPA. So, it felt like a full circle moment inviting them to join the tour. And they’re great! One of the things we always wanted to teach the students was to have a great attitude: you know, just simple little things like showing up on time, not getting drunk before performing, and generally having a good work ethic. These guys are like that. They’re really nice people.
Paul McCartney – Interview with paulmccartney.com, March 27, 2025
