He Moves Fast
Filed under: Music Minute > Paul McCartney
The treatment you get when you're a former Beatles star.
Apparently Paul McCartney arrived late on Friday night, just before the start of the Billy Joel concert.
So what's a guy to do?
Well, you get the NYPD to escort you from JFK Airport to Shea Stadium in less than 15 minutes!
The distance is approximately 11 miles away.
McCartney's plane landed shortly after 11:00pm.
He was then met on the tarmac by cops.
And then made it to the stadium by 11:20pm to surprise everyone.
Of course, all the while being escorted by police.
It's nice to see tax dollars being spent properly.
[Image via WENN.]
Posted: July 21, 2008 at 7:30 pm
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the guy is an old washed out spoiled idiot
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PEREZ I HOPE U R KIDDING ABOUT THE TAX PART. THAT'S REALLY SAD. AND TO THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT.
haha that is sick
He certainly has paid a lot in taxes, fine with me.
I'm pretty sure he was kidding…and do you guys really just post "first" with nothing worthwhile to say?
It's Paul McCartney…the guy can pretty much do what he wants. So he got a police escort…whatever. At least he's not using his fame to break laws and get away with it.
ehh who cares.. that doesn't really surprise me. celebrities always get treated like royalty.
Haha "It's nice to see tax dollars being spent properly." OH Perez LOL 4 ser!
Lets remember that anyone who makes 250K+ is in the 39% tax bracket, so I guess he deserves it!
Lighten up, Lavendeira. Tax dollars are wasted on some of your ridiculous "charities" every fucking day and you couldn't care less. So why now? You are talentless blob.
That was one of the best parts of the concert, so you can shove it Perez.
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BTW, Paul McCartney gave a great show yesterday, here in Québec for the city's 400th anniversary! Check it out, some videos are available!
this is really frustrating
I think it's a little unfair to be so passive agressive in this article. Celebrities get police escorts and many other things that are funded by taxes. So the man wanted to see a concert, give him a break! Perez, I'm sure you wouldn't be complaining if you were given this special treatment. Chill.
If he was murdered like John Lennon, the NYPD would never LIVE it down.
Two things.
1) Paul is a douche. Why else would he marry that former hooker turned golddigger. He has no class or morals. Someone was getting murdered while he was getting escorted to the Billy Joel concert. What an ass!
2) A person is a loser, not a looser. You cut loose, you don't cut lose.
Perez you'd prob. be ragging on him if he hadnt showed. So, shut it.
BELIEVE ME PEZZIE, I'M SURE P.M. COMPENSATED THEM $$$.
HE'S ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN IN ENGLAND AND AN AMAZING PHILANTHROPIST! YOU SHOULD BE PROUD HE DIDN'T WANT TO LET HIS FANS DOWN BY BEING LATE!
USA LOVES PAUL MCCARTNEY!!! XOXOXOX'
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Dun, Why would you ever say something like that?! That's terrible! BTW, I knew the air traffic controller responsible for getting Paul's plane in early. He was flying on a commercial airline!
He's Paul Mc Fuckin Cartney. He brings the city lots of money just by appearing. They can provide him with his safety in return.
Lola La Pistola
I would have NO problem at all with my "tax dollars" being spent on Sir Paul McCartney.
Ditto, LuvPH.
the cops were probably on paid duty, dumbass.
HEY!! I just saw Paul McCartney last night in concert and he is a GOD. he was funny and beyond any generosity I ever saw from an other performer. It cost absolutly nothing to see the show and it was incredible, I will remember it forever. All those calling him names, you incredibly pathetic. if you do not recognize his talent, I have very small esteem for you as a person. you're fucking sad. God save Paul
IT'S PAUL FUCKING MCCARTNY!!!! ENOUGH SAID!
YOU FORGET HOW MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HE RAISED AT 9/11 FOR NYC POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT LITTLE CONCERT HER PUT TOGETHER FOR THE CITY.
T'S PAUL FUCKING MCCARTNY!!!! ENOUGH SAID! Right On dude remember KIDs This guy actually has talent fuck your Paris Hilton and Jonass brothers
He deserves to be treated like Royalty!!
And the show in QUĂ©bec city was FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! their was over 250 000 peoples, and more. The show was great! He sang over 35 songs, incredible!
worth all the tax dollars… best show ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That bloke is a washed up fucking pothead. Let it be…gone soon…hopefully.
Most of Britain doesn't give a shit about this old fart anymore.
Perez, you're wrong!!
After 9/11 Sir Paul DONATED millions of dollars worth of equipment, on the spot to the FDNY (his father was a firefighter) he pulled strings and got trucks to Ground Zero, to replace the ones flattened. No way would they have got them otherwise. He has done more for the "tax payers" in NY by properly supporting the First Responders that the useless Federal Commission who refuse medical help to them. He deserves that.
Re: loser – Sometimes you have to cut your LOSSES
…and shut the fuck up.
haha!
i was lucky enough to be there for his surprise appearance and it was amazing, so yes the tax dollars WERE spent wisely, thanks perez
JFK to Shea is not far. 10-15 minutes without traffic, tops.
I was at the Billy Joel concert that night and it was absolutely amazing!!!! I don't care how Paul got there. I'm just glad he was there. Billy Joel was already in the encore stage by the time Paul arrived. It was AWESOME!
Fuck yeah!
Paul McCartney has brought an infinite more joy to people's lives that you could hope to achieve in a million lifetimes, you FAT FUCK, so shut your gaping cocksucking disease mouth, you worthless fuck!
HE DESERVES IT HES PAUL FREAKIN MCARTNEY…HES PAID HES DUES ,NOW IF IT WERE PARIS HILTON…. HELL NO
This is a 15 minute ride anyway you dumb shit, even without a police escort. You should know your New York geography before making some fat ass retard post.
Inappropriate use of public funds. I shouldn't have to pay "property taxes" so that Sirrrrr Macartney gets to the concert, then can still get paid the millions due him for that show. While I'm "movin' refridgerators" for my lil paycheck to pay my taxes that are being used not to fill in the pot holes on my street but rather to help Sirrrrrrr "One Leg Lover" make more millions. Damit I'm really pissed now!!!!
Give it up Paul!! You're soooo done! Nobody even listens to you anymore!
Shut up you idiot - what do you know about tax dollars. The concert was amazing. Grow up.
nice to know thats how new yorkers tax dollars are bing spent when we are cutting art and music classes from public schools. but we obviously have $ for this bullshit. i could care less about mccartney, he should have stayed in traffic like the rest of us mortals. maybe that same tax money would have been better appropriated to figuring out the traffic problem in nyc.
-pissed off brooklynite
Re: tellin ya what I know – learn to spell then maybe you'll get a better job. PS you move appliances for a living - you probably don't earn enough for your tax dollars to count.
Re: D –
yo asshole, u shut up, i payed for this bullshit.
it's Paul McCartney — the ONLY celeb worth that kind of treatment. I thought you were big on pop culture?!
Oh, whatever Perez. It only took the cops less than 15 minutes. You said so yourself.
Oy Perez, get your story straight…..private parties PAY for those private details. They are not paid for by taxpayers. You know when you see cops at construction sites? The town doesn't pay them, the construction company pays them. In this case, PM's peeps paid the cops for the escort from the airport.
For the JOY he's given MILLIONS over the years, Paul deserves this kind of treatment. GOD BLESS PAUL. For reals.
I heard that he tipped the cops with some exotic weed and some 8×10 glossies of his ex Stumpy being loved by a donkey.
its a fucking beetle!!!!!!!!!!!!! he brought happiness to the world
he can do anything he fucking wants
Re: KrissyKat –
AGREED!
spent properly? i forgot, we're well known for spending our money on useful things like wars we shouldn't be involved in etc. oh wait..
Oh leave the guy alone. It is bad enough that he slept through Heather Mills putting how many millions of dollars in her fake leg? He must of just got confused. His IS pretty old. If the NYPD have no problem spending money escorting Al Sharpton and his idiot followers back and forth to jail, what's the difference? At least the public never tires of Sir Paul's entertainment. Sharpton…….nuff said!
paul mccartney is a hot vivacious beast and i would do him in a second the beatles gave us the music scene that we love today! thank you pm!!
HE WAS IN QUEBEC CITY (CANADA) FOR A FREE CONCERT
IT WAS CRAZY! HE WAS REALLY COOL WITH EVERYTHING AND HIS SHOW WAS REALLY NICE !!!! THERE WERE ABOUT 275000 ON THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM FOR HIS SHOW… IT WAS INSANE!!!!
Sir Paul is a frickin' GOD!
He deserves to be treated as such.
And Paul certainly knows that
BUSH SUCKS!
IMPEACH!
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Send Bush to Iraq!
Send our Troops HOME to see concerts again…
Paul is a mf-ing genius.
That is all.
THE SHOW IN QUEBEC WAS FREE BY THE WAY…
HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS
HE IS PAUL MCCARTNEY GUYS C'MON!!!!!!!!
HE ROCKS : )
Its NYC, thats how shiizz is done here. Thats why its the best city in the world
who is stay say they were on duty? Cops get paid for detail work… To do detail work, they are off duty. They get paid by whomever hires them. The places (such as night clubs) submit applications to the police department, asking for instance for an officer to work outside the night club, or maybe like downtown areas in major cities… and the cops who are off duty check out what detail work is available, and if they want to spend one of their two off nights working detail, they can… and will make a little extra money to support their sometimes meager salaries.
I really dont know if they were hired off duty cops or not, but you cant just make an assumption without knowing the facts. Ass-U-Me
Perez, your getting a sad Mean streak in you…Had this been your Stepdad Elton…you would have said nothing about the Tax dollars….While in out Lifetime we get our own version of Bach or Stravinsky….Some People who are beyond Creative and not voted into Office by idiots…Need special treatment…To be rushed thru the Concrete Dump of NY…I'll pay for it.
THAT IS THE WAY THAT RICH PEOPLE DO IT. YOU ARE NOT THERE
I was at the concert Friday night and I must say that as a native NEW YORKER that my taxpayer money was WELL SPENT. It was a momentous occasion having Billy and Paul there.
MT SIS WENT AND SHE SAIS SHE WAS SURPRISED AND HE WAS AMAZING HE CAN STILL JAM
perez, love ya - but you fucked up on this one. any new yorker knows that it would have taken him HOURS to get through those 11 miles in a car, due to bumper to bumper concert traffic, as well as the beach crowd, which clogs up every expressway for miles.
the only way to get there before the concert concluded was to get an escort. otherwise, he would've been stuck for hours.
you have no idea the kind of turn-out this concert rendered…public transportation had to add extra trains because the over-flow was uncontrollable!
from what it sounds like in this article, you don't know new york at all. you know L.A., so stick to that. new yorkers hate uninformed criticism from clueless tourists - such as yourself.
Who cares about the tax money. If you live in NY you know it is freakin impossible to go from JFK to Shea in 15 minutes. WTG NYPD!
I WAS AT THAT CONCERT AT SHEA. I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT PROVES THIS COUNTRY AND NY ESPECIALLY IS STRONG-WE HAVE OVERCOME 9/11 AND THE FEELINGS OF LOVE AND PATRIOTISM WERE PALPABLE THAT NITE. EVERY PERFORMER THERE FROM THE CELEBRITIES TO THE SOLDIERS,FIREMAN AND COPS WHO ALSO SANG DESERVED TO BE THERE REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY ARRIVED.
At least he made an effort to show up on time, or as close to it as possible-not like that dickhead Kanye showing up 4 hours late and then getting shitty about it when people who paid an assload of money were pissed!
he closed out the show with LET IT BE,,how many of you fucktards can say you saw Paul sing that live, I NORMALY AGREE PEREZ BUT FUCKY YOU, HE MADE THE NIGHT
Hey Perez…If you are going to report "news"…how about you give credit to the people you steal it from?
Report: McCartney made it from JFK to Shea in 15 mins.
Newsday Staff Writer
If you thought Friday night's Billy Joel concert was wonderful, you don't know the miraculous part. According to the Daily News, former Beatle Paul McCartney was hauled off from JFK Airport to Shea Stadium in less than 15 minutes. With the help of the NYPD, of course.
The British singer's plane landed a little after 11 p.m., and it was met on the tarmac by cops. He ran down the stairs and by 11:20 he jumped on stage at Shea Stadium, surprising the Piano Man. According to the Rush and Molloy blog, he was escorted the whole way by NYPD.
The cops did not divulge the actual route, but it would be fair to assume it was through the ultra-congested Van Wyck Expressway to the stadium. A ride of a little more than 11 miles covered in less than 15 minutes. Any person who has driven the Van Wyck might be green with envy.
Paul McCartney was in Quebec City yesterday night. He sang 2 and a half hours non stop.. and spoke French all the time.. He was very generous of his time.. It was one of the best shows I ever saw and will ever see in my lifee!
PM is sexy, he deserves fast transport
Re: mh84 – yhea!!i see that show too and he was very good!!!love him!!
Happy Birthday Québec!!!
Perez, do you even pay NY taxes?
I would be MORE than happy to give all of my tax dollars to Paul McCartney. He is the single greatest musician of our time! You CANNOT hate on a former Beatle! He has also given SO much to many unfortunate people! Every time I read your page I get more and more pissed off at you, you really are a douche!
First of all like your flabby celebratard wanna be ass would turn down a police escort sometimes your a real douche perez you need to get over your self a wee bit my friend or what are you going to do when your 15 seconds is up?
so what. it's no big deal. he needed to get there quick. they could have been off duty and paid for the escort,if not who cares!
His pockets were probably full of pot. How ironic is that?
Re: loser –
yes you are a loser! A + for you ! Paul McCartney changed f-ing pop music history (for us) you know, so stop whining. We should thank him eternally and escort him to where-ever he wants to be escorted.
The only one who doesn't have morals or class (seriously, have you ever watched the guy?) is you, for saying stuff like that.
And, 'someone was getting murdered while he was being escorted' is such a lame excuse! Someone was getting murdered while the police was eating a glaced donut, is more likely.
People are dying in africa and dozends of other countries, thousands every single day, probably someone was out on your streets getting murdered while you were sitting inside the house typing this comment…if only you had been out there to help them blablabla….with arguments like that you could go on forever, couldn't you?
Ok, what's with all that McCartney bashing Perez? He is sooooo far above any of these days celebrities. The man is a legend. Plus, he is a perfect gentleman. He gave a show Sunday night in my town, Quebec City, and he played for more than two hours and a half! So generous. None of today's artist would have done the same.
ummm… your tax payer dollars would of been spent even if the NYPD were sitting in their fire station playing scrabble. Stupid arguement.
That was the greatest concert I've ever been to in my life!! LONG LIVE SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Paul McCartney's a legend… Also, I believe he was performing a song at the concert so time was of the essence. I would have no problem paying my small share for that ride…better than paying for an unnecessary war.
I LOVE YOU MACCA
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Yes…tax dollars spent on Paul McCartney weremaybe excessive, but WELL worth it, let me tell you. The concert was AMAZING.
i was there and it was 100% worth the tax dollars
Hey worry about your own tax dollars that are being spent on killing others and yourselves over oil. You're such an idiot to comment on Canada's taxes. Our tax dollars are badly spent on helping you guys fight this stupid war.
He gave a free concert on Les Plaines d'Abraham in Québec on Saturday in honour of the city's 400th anniversary. He played for hours. Quel homme!
Oops, Paul gave his free concert on Sunday, not on Saturday. See You Tube for videos.