The Boys of Dungeon Lane discussion with Paul McCartney at the Roundhouse, 10/06/2026
Completely unedited thought dump mostly so I can remember as much as possible (I’m v tired so I’m gonna apologise for the typos before I even make them)
The most important info first: paul was in his usual hoodie and shirt combo which is NOT snazzy BUT he was wearing some snazzy socks and MOST importantly they were Wings socks
Second most important info: it was Rob fucking Brydon interviewing him which is so funny to me and honestly he was a great choice! Paul seemed pretty relaxed and even though it was all the same stories we’ve heard during the other interviews etc for the album, it was lovely to be in the same room while he told them and Rob managed get his silly side out as well
Because it was Rob Brydon (do I need to do a cultural explainer on Rob for non-brits? is he known elsewhere?) they had a bet on how many impressions Rob would do which ended up including Paul himself, Ringo, Ronnie Corbett (obvs) and Michael Cain (also obvs) all of which seemed to delight Paul
There was also a sweet moment where Rob was saying that people doing impressions of paul are doing it because they love him so much and that made the whole crowd erupt and Paul seemed genuinely touched and grateful and took a moment to formulate a reply 😭
He suggested at one point Rob had been watching porn
To the question ‘how do you put people are ease’ he answered ‘drugs’
Quite a few Nancy stories!!! I actually wanna hang out with her so bad
During the first song Rob had a moment of realisation that he and Paul were just gonna have to sit opposite each other while the songs played and he definitely didn’t know what to do with himself lmao
Paul really got into though and was doing that classic Paul wiggle and pretending to play the instruments
Paul just kept answering ‘I don’t know’ to most questions about how he writes songs, puts then together etc which made me giggle and tbh I believe him I do think he might just be magic
Hearing the album in such a great space just made me love it even more 😭
The first star of the night section was probably my fave bc I’d had a bit of stressful morning, but then from the moment I arrived in the queue I had such an amazing time and everyone was so friendly (shout out to Stephen who I spoke to for about 90mins in the queue and I really think I was supposed to meet him today 😭) ANYWAY my point was that being there with all the paul fans just made me feel so so happy and I wouldn’t have missed it for the world and then they played first star and I just had a little cry because yeah. things are gonna be alright man.
Paul also joked that just playing the records and having a sit down might be the way forward lmao
He did play that weird chord at the start of as you lie there AND the opening of life can be hard on his guitar!!! And got a big cheer obviously
I feel like I’m forgetting things already 😩
Oh before playing Come Inside Paul’s only explanation was ‘it’s a banger’ and then said ‘So this is come inside…. And please do’. ok paul!
Overall it was just so special and went by SO quick and I wanna do it again right now but a version where it’s just me and paul and I can ask him whatever I like and he tells me everything
Okay I’m gonna sleep and hopefully not miss my stop good night
Oh please send me questions if you wanna know anything else!!!!
Wait also he called both George and Eddie Klein beautiful 🥲
