PAUL McCARTNEY PLAYS ISRAEL, FOILS RELIGIOUS WACKOS, PREPS NEW TECHNO ALBUM

I'm glad, as most people are, that Paul McCartney's recent concert in Israel, went off well with no one getting hurt. His oover of John Lennon's "Give Peace A Chance" was supposedly a highlight of the show.

Earlier this year, there were reports that Paul was working on a new album with Youth from Killing Joke. Paul and Youth had done two amibent instrumental albums together already, under the name "The Fireman." I thought that this next album would be a "normal" Paul McCartney album. Nope: it's going to be a Fireman album with a twist: Paul will be singing on it. Still, I wonder if he's also working on a more conventional rock/pop album, and if he is going to tour the U.S. anytime soon. I don't see him touring for a Fireman album.