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The Bangles To Be Honoured By Paul McCartney
Jul 29, 2004

The Bangles might not have a lot in common with The Beatles, except for the fact that they're both apparently loved by the people of Liverpool.

Even though they're American and therefore nowhere close to being considered Liverpool natives, the beloved '80s all-female band will receive an honorary induction into the Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts on Friday (July 30). To sweeten the deal, The Bangles will be personally inducted by the king of the Liverpool scene, Sir Paul McCartney.

According to their website, the band are very excited about meeting the former Beatle. Michael Steele and Vicki Peterson will both attend the ceremony. Unfortunately, bandmates Debbi Peterson (who is expecting a baby) and Susanna Hoffs (who recently had a baby) won't be able to attend.

So how did The Bangles score such an honour from an institution in Liverpool? Well, the LIPA people like to honour artists who have not only inspired them, but have also given advice and help to the school's students, a criteria which The Bangles have apparently met. The Bangles are the first full band to receive the honour.

July 29, 2004 -- Stuff Entertainment NZ
McCartney rumored, Black Eyed Peas confirmed for Wellington

Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is rumored to be taking the long and winding road to play Wellington next year.

Several fan websites devoted to The Beatles and Sir Paul, one of the world's richest entertainers, have reported in recent days that he is expected to tour New Zealand and Australia next year.

Neither McCartney nor his representatives have announced tour plans. However Auckland-based promoter Manolo Echave ­ who is bringing Black Eyed Peas to Wellington ­ said though he was not involved in any tour by McCartney, he had heard that a New Zealand and Australia tour next year was possible.

Westpac Stadium, which had David Bowie in February, hopes to have big name overseas acts play in November and next March.

Stadium chief executive David Gray is in Australia until next Monday. A stadium spokeswoman said it was the first that they had heard about McCartney heading this way. "It would be great if he was coming down under."

McCartney had planned to play Melbourne in 2002, but pulled out, citing the Bali bombings. Melbourne-based promoter Paul Dainty organized the concert and was instrumental in Bowie playing Westpac Stadium. Dainty could not be reached for comment.

GOING ...ER, WENT...DOWN TO LIVERPOOL | 8/1/2004
HONORARY LIPA GRADS MICHAEL AND VICKI MEET THE HOTTEST HEADMASTER ON THE PLANET!

It was an historic night on Friday, July 30th when Michael Steele and Vicki Peterson accepted honorary degrees at the Liverpool Institute of the Performing Arts from Sir Paul McCartney!

Founded on the site of the Liverpool Institute (where the young Paul McCartney and George Harrison attended grammar school together), LIPA - The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts - was opened in 1996 by patron Sir Paul McCartney and cofounder Mark Featherstone-Witty. In March 2003, the Bangles took time out from their European tour to conduct a master class at LIPA - reportedly the highest attended and most popular session the school has ever held.

In honor of their contributions both to the arts and to the students at LIPA, all four Bangles were inducted as "Companions" - an honor reserved for people who have not only achieved greatness within the performing arts, but who have also passed advice and help to LIPA's students. Although this honor has aleady been given to lumiaries such as Joan Armatrading, Stephen Bayley, Barbara Dickson, Benny Gallagher, and Andy McCluskey, this was the first time an entire band recieved this honor.

Sir Paul McCartney personally inducted the band into LIPA's ranks on Graduation day, where beaming Banglerepresentatives Vicki and Michael accepted the honor and expressed their gratitude on behalf of the entire band, stating: "We are honoured and grateful to accept Companionship from this historic institution, and as long time Beatles fans, are absolutely delighted at the involvement of Sir Paul, and to receive our rock and roll diplomas' from the great man himself."

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Friday July 30
Sir Paul honours The Bangles

Sir Paul McCartney has awarded eighties girl band The Bangles an honorary companionship to his fame school.

The former Beatle honoured the group with their "rock and roll" diplomas at a ceremony at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts.

Sir Paul opened the institute, which was inspired by New York's School of Performing Arts, in 1996, in the grounds of his old school.

Each year at graduation LIPA inducts celebrity 'companions', the equivalent of an honorary degree.

The current list of companions includes Joan Armatrading, Malcolm McLaren, Barbara Dickson, and Andy McCluskey.

A statement by The Bangles said: "We are honoured and grateful to accept Companionship from this historic institution, and as long-time Beatles fans, are absolutely delighted at the involvement of Sir Paul, and to receive our rock and roll 'diplomas' from the great man himself."

Mark Featherstone-Witty, LIPA's Founding Principal and Chief Executive, said: "If you cannot learn from the past, you are condemned to repeat it. We want to provide the best teaching and learning for people who want to pursue and maintain a lasting career in the popular performing arts economy, whether as performers or those who make performance possible.

"So it's natural and essential for us to encourage people who have maintained a lasting career to share the journey they have taken and the lessons they've learnt the hard way."

The Bangles were formed in the early 1980s in Los Angeles and are made up of Susanna Hoffs, sisters Vicki and Debbi Peterson and Michael Steele. They were the most successful all female band in chart history when they split up in 1989.

They reformed in 2000 and their latest album 'Doll Revolution' was released in 2003. Their hit single Eternal Flame remained in the charts for 18-weeks and was recently covered by Liverpool-based girl band Atomic Kitten. Other hits include 'Manic Monday', 'Walk Like An Egyptian' and 'Going Down to Liverpool'.
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McCartney gets a frog in his throat again
01 August 2004

Sir Paul McCartney, whose Frog Chorus single has been widely derided as the lowest point in his song-writing career, is to re-release the track after 20 years.

The song, with its instantly recognisable "bom bom bom" refrain, is being issued after he struck a deal with movie mogul Harvey Weinstein to release a collection of three animations on DVD which the ex-Beatle masterminded.

The track, officially called "We All Stand Together" and credited to Paul McCartney and The Frog Chorus, was originally written for the film Rupert and the Frog Song. Sir Paul had long been a fan of the cartoon bear.

Although the Frog Chorus single was a major chart hit, reaching number three in 1984, it has not fared well since. New Musical Express placed it in the top 10 worst singles of all time, and a Channel 4 poll last year to find the 100 most-hated songs ranked it 63rd, Sir Paul's highest entry.

It will be released next month to mark the song's 20th anniversary, coupled with a new song for children called "Tropical Island Hum", the title track to a short film on his DVD, Paul McCartney: The Music and Animation Collection. Sir Paul, who played Glastonbury Festival last month, said: "I don't often write songs for children but we made this new film for kids and the film needed a song. As a songwriter I'm always interested in trying to write music in different styles, so I took the challenge of trying to write another one for kids.

"I shouldn't imagine too many of the Glastonbury bands would follow performing "Helter Skelter" there with releasing a single for children ... but it's ringing the changes like this which keeps me interested in the possibilities of life."

Gareth Grundy, deputy editor of Q magazine, said: "While 'We All Stand Together' is a bit silly and hardly up there with 'Hey Jude' or 'Eleanor Rigby', it has its place. Let's face it, it remains suitable for children of all ages. So I was a bit disappointed he didn't play it at Glastonbury."
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August 1, 2004 -- Contact Music
STELLA McCARTNEY EXPECTING FIRST CHILD

Sir Paul McCartney's fashion designer daughter Stella McCartney is expecting her first child in the new year.

The baby will be 16 months younger than the former Beatles's newborn daughter Bea, who was born to his TV presenter wife Heather Mills last October.

A friend says, "Stella is really thrilled as she was becoming really desperate for a child."

The baby's father is her publisher husband Alasdhair Willis , whom she married just under a year ago (August 30, 2003). It is thought she might now take a back seat at her fashion company Stella McCartney, which is funded by Gucci.

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August 4, 2004 -- Yahoo News
Powell picks Paul -- "a bud of mine" -- as favorite Beatle

US Secretary of State Colin Powell has professed to prefer Sir Paul McCartney over the other members of the legendary rock group The Beatles because he has remained "normal" despite great fame and riches, according to an interview released this week.

Asked by American humorist PJ O'Rourke of The Atlantic magazine who his favorite Beatle was -- and told by O'Rourke that former US president Bill Clinton had chosen McCartney -- Powell replied, "That's what I would say. Because I know Paul. Paul's a bud of mine."

O'Rourke expressed bemused incredulity, suggesting that a sane person would have no alternative but to select drummer Ringo Starr as their favorite Beatle, according to a transcript of the interview posted on the magazine's website.

"I'm sure he's a great guy and all," O'Rourke said of McCartney. "But I would have thought anybody in their right mind would pick Ringo. He wanted the act to last just long enough so he would have enough money to open a chain of hairdressing shops. And, by God, he did.

Nonplussed, Powell responded that "Paul ended up with the most money."

O'Rourke admitted that was true and noted that McCartney was still among the living, unlike late former Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison.

"You know what I like about him: he is so normal," Powell added.

Neither Powell nor O'Rourke, who is known for his biting satire, made any mention of the fact that Starr is also still alive, according to the transcript which was released on Monday.

Powell did not delve further into his friendship with McCartney, who along with his now-wife, ex-model Heather Mills, met at least once with the secretary as part of their work in the worldwide campaign to ban landmines at the State Department in April 2001.

August 4, 2004 -- Sky News
Macca Re-Records Let It Be For Charity

Sir Paul McCartney has re-recorded his performance of "Let It Be" for a special Live Aid DVD. The veteran rocker's original performance was supposed to have marked the climax of the 1985 event. But due to a technical hitch on the day his microphone went dead.

Macca wants to be a part of Sir Bob Geldof's DVD - so he went back to the studio to get it right.

The DVD will be the first release from the 1985 Live Aid concert - which raised around £40million ($73 million) for food and development in Africa. It is expected to be in the stores by Christmas.

HEATHER MILLS' NIGHT OFF



SIR PAUL McCARTNEY's wife HEATHER MILLS had her first night out drinking this week (begs02AUG04) since the birth of her daughter BEATRICE in October (03).

The human rights activist and a group of friends dressed up for an evening of sipping alcohol and dancing at trendy London nightclub CHINAWHITES.

One reveller says, "Heather told a waiter it was her first booze-up since the birth of her daughter Beatrice.

"They get a lot of prima donnas in the club but Heather really let her hair down and happily chatted to other punters (customers), including England soccer player FRANK LAMPARD."

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MILLS & BOOZY




SHE'S one of the richest rock wives around, but Heather Mills-McCartney is just a down-to-earth gal at heart.

Mrs Macca enjoyed a night out with a bunch of girl pals at West End nightspot Chinawhite this week and staff were struck by her unaffected manner.

Our spy says: "Heather told a waiter it was her first booze-up since the birth of her daughter Beatrice.

"They get a lot of prima donnas in the club but Heather really let her hair down and happily chatted to other punters - including England footballer Frank Lampard." What a fab girl.


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Heather Mills McCartney's inspiration
Heather Mills McCartney overcame losing a leg to lead an inspiring life. Meet the 11-year-old Iraqi war survivor who inspired her. Tune in at 9 p.m. ET.

August 15, 2004
Paul to tour the US in 2005

Heather Mills was on CNN's "Larry King Live" last night from London talking about the plight of Iraqi amputees with Larry King. She confirmed that Paul will be touring the US next year.

August 15, 2004 -- Fox News
Beatles could wind up owning iTunes

It's not like he needs it, but Paul McCartney could wind up owning the Apple iTunes Store along with Yoko Ono, Ringo Starr, and Olivia Harrison.

I've told you before about the lawsuit filed by the Beatles aka Apple Corps against Apple Computers for trademark infringement. Back in 1991, Apple Computers signed an agreement with Apple Corps waiving the use of the Apple name and logo for all music-related enterprises. The computer company paid the Beatles £26 million, or about $41 million, in damages. The deal was closed on Oct. 9, 1991, which ironically would have been John Lennon's 51st birthday.

You'd think that would have been it, and Apple Computers wouldn't have violated the deal. But last year came AppleMusic, iTunes, and the iPod.

At first, Apple Computers said they were only distributing music in the United States. But now they're about to branch out across the world. And the iPod has turned into a more popular product than Apple's computers.

Apple Computers, it seems, tried two different tacks to worm out of their situation. One was to ask the High Court of London to let them have their lawsuit with the Beatles in California and not in England. On Feb. 7, 2004, the court disagreed and cleared the way for a London trial. But Apple also tried something else. According to the 26-page, single spaced decision handed down that day by Honourable Justice Mann of the court, Apple Computers tried to claim that the 1991 agreement could not be argued in England because it hadn't been signed simultaneously in the United States and the United Kingdom. Justice Mann, in his exhaustive written answer, decided that England was in fact the exact right place to hear the case. And so it shall proceed.

The weird thing about the Apple Computers side of the case it that what they agreed to is spelled out so completely in the 1991 agreement. In section 4, paragraph 3 of the agreement: "[Apple] shall not use or authorize others to use the Apple Computer Marks on or in connection with physical media delivering pre-recorded content (such as a compact disc of the Rolling Stones music)"

So get ready, because the Beatles look like they will have the upper hand in this case, and their heirs should be whistling a pretty tune - prettier even than "Yesterday" - for years to come.

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Paul McCartney plans US concerts

Heather McCartney-Mills has confirmed that she and Sir Paul McCartney will be moving to Los Angeles for a time next year.

Mills-McCartney confirmed that McCartney, 62, is set to go back on the road next year playing concerts in the US.

The tour will coincide with Heather's new role as a stand-in host on CNN TV's The Larry King Show.

She also confirmed that McCartney will be joined by veteran rocker Neil Young at a special charity event in October in aid of Adopt-a-Minefield. A date and venue for the concert has yet to be confirmed.

McCartney wrapped up a series of European concerts in June at the Glastonbury Festival. He is currently currently a new album.

Interviews With Heather Mills McCartney, Zeynab, Carol Bellamy, Bob Watts.

Aired August 14, 2004 - 21:00 ET

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LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, Heather Mills McCartney. After growing up homeless and losing a leg, she became a fashion model and swept a Beatle off his feet. And now she brings us the gut-wrenching story of another remarkable young lady. An 11-year-old who lost her right leg and 17 members of her family when bombs destroyed their home in Iraq. It's all next on LARRY KING LIVE.
Good evening. We have a very special edition of LARRY KING LIVE tonight. Our special guest throughout the program is Lady Heather Mills McCartney, a good friend, humanitarian and activist, working to get artificial limbs for children and adults maimed by landmines and other war-related explosives. She's been a driving force in an effort to clear dangerous minefields from war-torn countries, and of course is the wife of Sir Paul McCartney.

Later, we're going to meet Zeynab, an 11-year-old from Iraq who lost her right leg above the knee when a cluster bomb fell on her home. We're also going to meet Bob Watts, the renowned London prosthetist who fitted Zeynab and Lady Heather with their prosthetic limbs. And later in the program, Carol Bellamy, the executive director of UNICEF, has had that post since 1995, and a former Peace Corps director. Lady McCartney has also had, to our honor, the honor of hosting this show, and we expect to see more of that in the fall and months ahead.

But first, how's everybody, Heather? How's the family? How's everybody doing?

HEATHER MILLS MCCARTNEY, GOODWILL AMBASSADOR, ADOPT A MINEFIELD: Everybody's great. The tour is finally over, so we're a little bit more settled, and it's a good job, because it's given me time to sort of do even more charity work. So we're all pretty settled now, thanks.

KING: Is he...

MILLS MCCARTNEY: How's your family?

KING: Everybody's great. You're going to be in Los Angeles, I know, in October, for another big event. Is he going to tour again next year?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Yes, he is. But we're going to stay put, and he can fly in and out.

KING: But how is the... MILLS MCCARTNEY: So America has got a lot to look forward to.

KING: Oh, he's going to do the United States?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Oh, yeah.

KING: Let's get up to date. How is the Adopt a Minefield doing?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: We're doing really well. We've benefited over 366,000 people, a lot of that is a big thank you to the people of America for being so generous, and hopefully we'll keep continuing to donate to Landmines.org, to help so many war-torn survivors and victims. We've raised over $10 million now, and we just continue to keep pushing forward and doing our work in the world.

KING: Now, how does it work? If someone gives to Adopt a Minefield, what happens to the money? What goes where? What happens?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Well, 100 percent of the money goes to actually clearing minefields and helping men, women and children around the world that have had their lives devastated in one way or the other, by landmines and unexploded ordnance. It's one of the few charities where 100 percent of the money does do that, because I work voluntarily, and so do many of the people -- many of our staff. And for those who obviously have to earn money to pay their own bills at home, we got funding from previously the State Department and from corporations.

KING: How many -- do we know how many active minefields there are in the world?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Well, we know there's over 70 million mines still buried. But what I like to focus on is actually imagine that, you know, you're helping a community rather than say, oh my God, 70 million, we can't remove all of those. But we took as a group -- and I say we -- all the mine clearance charities in the world and the NGOs, the last bomb in Kosovo, last landmine, last year. So you know, it's very achievable. And they're such indiscriminate weapons that we have to continue to keep pushing forward. And we're still taking them out in Vietnam, which is, as we know, over 30 years ago, and we have children there that are still being blown up from landmines that were spread all over, in areas like Quingtree (ph) province. But we finally just cleared that area, and re-housed about 90 families. So we're getting there.

KING: It's adoptaminefield.org?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: It's Landmines.org, even though it's Adopt a Minefield, the charity. If anyone wants to help any men, women and children in post-war conflict, then they can donate there. They're shown exactly which minefield they'll help. They can actually choose, and they give you a certificate and informed of what their money has done to change that community.

KING: So it's Landmines.org. We all know, or should know, the story of Lady Heather Mills McCartney, emotionally abused by her father, abducted by a pedophile when she was 8, had to steal to get stuff to eat. At her own age 13, her mother chose a new boyfriend over her own children. How much of that life led to what you do now?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: I mean, I can't really guess, but you would imagine that I could have gone two ways. I could have either set on the path of just constantly thinking about myself and trying to get somewhere myself, or actually trying to help others. A lot of people think I only got involved in the landmine and the war-torn survivor situations since I've lost my leg. But I actually was working as a ski instructor in the former Yugoslavia before the war broke out, and obviously, when the war did break out, because of the currency rapidly deflating and everybody panicking, I went in to help some refugees and worked on the frontline in Bosnia and Sarajevo. And (UNINTELLIGIBLE) in areas like that for two years before I lost my leg. So I think that spurred me even more into helping those less advantaged than me.

KING: And of course, we have that historic moment on this show, when I casually asked if I could see your leg, and you casually took it off, and that picture...

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Popped it out.

KING: Popped it off, was seen all over the world. So let's recap for those who may not know, how did you lose your leg?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: I lost my leg a few days ago, August 8, '93. So that's 11 years ago. And I was crossing the street on a visit back to England, trying to publicize the problems of the war in the former Yugoslavia. And a motorcycle came from behind a red bus, chopped my leg off, crashed my pelvis, punctured my lungs, split my head open. And I was rushed to the hospital, pronounced nearly dead four times to my sister. And I survived, obviously, to tell the story. And ended up having my first limb fitted, that was huge and uncomfortable and very heavy, and was of no use after six, seven weeks. So I said, are you going to recycle this? And they said, no, we're not paid to dismantle.

And then I found out at that time, there were 67,000 amputees in the country, all with spare artificial limbs in the cupboard, you know, they had previously discarded. So I collected those, got the prisoners from prisons around the country to dismantle them, and with my prosthetist, Bob Watts, he trained them on how to do that. And we put them all into a great big truck and sent them down to former Yugoslavia. And got a prosthetist from each country around the world to donate two weeks of their time -- because they can actually do that away from their own patients. And we did a rotor system, and managed to fit above 27,000 people. So that was eight and a half years ago now.

KING: How did you, though, emotionally handle, beautiful woman, model, activist, the loss of a limb?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: To be honest, my mother had lost her leg at the same age as me, in the same place, and they reattached it. So when I heard it had been severely damaged and had been sort of ripped off and there was no way they could put it back on, I actually had a moment of relief, because I knew the suffering that she had, and she eventually died of bad blood circulation. Clots went into her heart and lungs. So I was kind of blessed, now seen what happens with reattachments in former Yugoslavia when people lost their limbs to mines there. So I felt kind of blessed, which sounds crazy. And all I was concerned about was getting a limb that would allow me to ski and roller blade and dance and run around.

KING: The extraordinary Lady Heather Mills McCartney. We'll continue with Heather right after the break, and then later we're going to meet an extraordinary young lady from Iraq, we're going to meet the gentleman who helped Heather and the young lady, and we're also going to meet Carol Bellamy of UNICEF. It's all ahead on this very special edition of LARRY KING LIVE, and we'll be right back with Lady Heather Mills McCartney right after this.

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MILLS MCCARTNEY: Paul is going to get upset at you touching my leg, Larry.

KING: Now, this was amazing. This did not turn Paul off.

MILLS MCCARTNEY: No, not at all.

KING: Because you can imagine many...

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Or any boyfriends before that. Every guy I've been out with asked me to marry them within a week, so.

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Here. Feel it.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE).

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Go on. Touch it. It's soft.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No. Yeah.
MILLS MCCARTNEY: Soft.
KING: We're back with Lady Heather Mills McCartney on this special edition of LARRY KING LIVE. She is in, of course, London. You kept activities going -- is there anything you can't do that you used to do?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: No. I can roller blade now, and I never used to be able to. So probably more things I can do now. I can still run for the bus. And I still can wear four-inch heels. So I can't think of anything that I can't do. KING: Do you ever have feeling that you have a leg?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Yes. I have phantom pains, which you just get used to after a while, but I actually don't mind them, because I think it helps me walk better, because I actually forget that my leg is not there, and I have a very comfortable leg. I am very lucky to have a really good prosthetist, and I can just run, you know, around, really comfortably. You know, I can pop it off.

KING: In a sense, it may be this is weird...

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Surprise you whenever I like.

KING: I know, you do. Heather, in a sense, was this kind of a blessing?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: It was totally a blessing, because, you know, I was fighting for the cause for two years in the former Yugoslavia, and only able to help on a small, one-to-one basis, taking medical equipment and helping refugees get out of there. And as soon as I lost my leg, you know, I'd been a model for 10 years, and it was all like, model loses leg, and you know, overcomes adversity. And it became a very positive, inspirational story, apparently, and it enabled me -- I didn't realize that by overcoming my disability, that it inspired a lot of other people to get on with their lives. It took the stigma away from that. And it enabled me to help thousands of people now.

KING: Why do you think the tabloid press has had such a field day with you, especially over things like your charity, questioning you? Why you?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Because I married a Beatle, Larry, why else? You know, Yoko got the same, you know, it's just par for the course. I've had eight years of fantastic press, and I was very open about my life, and I wrote a book, and the money went to charity. And you know, 10 years ago, and as soon as I met my husband, I went absolutely quite, to respect him and his family. And they didn't like it, so they got the knives out.

And it did upset me for a while, but now it just goes over my head, you know. They do it with most celebrities. I can't think of one celebrity that hasn't been attacked at some point. But the biggest problem is that I had a lot of interest from the clinic to help us make artificial limbs for third-world countries, and they actually pulled away and said, you know what, you know, such and such paper has said bad things, and we're not going to help anymore.

And that's when it's crossing the line, because that means thousands of people, children especially, suffer because of the rubbish the tabloids make up. So finally, they'll take some responsibility and realize that life's too short to live in such a sort of shallow world, and actually get on there and make a difference.

KING: You know, I understand that Adopt a Landmine (sic) has now expanded into survival assistance. You want to tell me about that?

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Yeah. It's Adopt a Minefield, but don't worry, everyone says, "adopt a landmine." And it happened because I was introduced to a gentleman called Bill Lords (ph), that set up Adopt a Minefield months previously, and he asked for my involvement. And I said, only if you help the survivors as well, because the situation at the moment in America is, that the State Department funds mine clearance, but apart from a few places in Europe, they do not fund survivor assistance.

Now, it's very important and absolutely essential for mine clearance. But if you're not going to help the survivors, some people call them victims, a lot of them like to be called survivors, of mine -- of landmines, then you're not doing the job that you should be doing. You put the bombs down there; you have to help, you know, the children and the men and the women that have -- lives have been devastated by those mines.

So we do need funds desperately, to be able to help those, because not much money is coming in for survivor assistance. So I insisted that they donate 25 percent of all donations to the survivors, and that 75 percent went to the mine clearance, because essentially, we've got to get the mines cleared.

KING: And by the way, there's going to be a big event I know in October, in Los Angeles. If you punch into Landmines.org, you can get details on that, in which Paul is going to entertain, and other top entertainers, and you appear, you emcee it. It's a wonderful night.

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Neil Young.

KING: Neil Young and Paul McCartney together in one night.

MILLS MCCARTNEY: Yeah.

KING: Just check into Landmines.org. It's going to be a great evening. We'll be there. It's going to be -- it's always a tremendous event, and you help a lot of people.

A lot of the survivors' help, Heather, deals with psychological help, doesn't it?