Author Tom Doyle joins Jason Barnard to dig into the remarkable, and surprisingly chaotic, story of Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles decade. Tom’s book Man on the Run, originally published in 2013 and now reissued to coincide with the official documentary of the same name (which, as Tom points out, owes its title a certain debt to the book…), charts McCartney’s journey from 1969 to 1981: from morning drinking on a Scottish farm to headlining Madison Square Garden.
They cover the lot; Linda’s role in keeping Paul from the brink, the brotherly war-and-reconciliation with John Lennon, the near-collaboration that almost happened in New Orleans in 1975, Denny Laine’s loyal lieutenancy, the extraordinary circumstances behind Band on the Run, the rise and fall of Wings, and the moment John Lennon’s murder brought the freewheeling seventies to a sudden, brutal stop.
Man on the Run by Tom Doyle is available now. Tom’s Ringo biography, Ringo: A Fab Life, is also out now (US release May 2026).
