McCartney And Starr Reunite for Meditation Cause

7 months ago 06th Apr 03:40

Surviving Beatles legends Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr reunited on Saturday (04Apr09) to raise money to promote the meditation technique they practised in the 1960s.

McCartney was joined at the microphone by Starr to play their 1967 hit With a Little Help From My Friends at New York City's Radio City Music Hall as part of director David Lynch's Change Begins Within concert in aid of Transcendental Meditation.

Both stars became avid meditators in 1967 after The Beatles' trip to India, where they sought spiritual guidance from guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

And McCartney was keen to tell the audience how the Eastern relaxation method has the power to change people for the better.

He told the crowd "It started for us when we met the Maharishi in India and it's going to get bigger and bigger and rule the world".

McCartney and Starr last took the stage together in November 2002 to pay tribute to bandmember George Harrison at the Concert for George in London's Royal Albert Hall following Harrison's death from cancer.

It started for us when we met the Maharishi in India and it's going to get bigger and bigger and rule the worldPaul McCartney talking about meditation

Their set concluded an evening of performances from fellow meditation fanatics, including Sheryl Crow, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper and others.

In other news another former Beatle, George Harrison is to be honoured with a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Harrison's star will be unveiled on 13 April (08) on 1750 Vine Street, next to former bandmate John Lennon's star, and right infront of the Capitol Records building - the Hollywood home of the Beatles.

Harrison's widow Olivia and son Dhani are expected to attend the ceremony on behalf of the guitarist, who died of cancer in 2001.

The event is timed to coincide with Martin Scorsese's forthcoming documentary about the star, and Capitol's release of previously unheard Harrison material.