TUESDAY UPDATE: Paul McCartney’s Instagram account has been stripped down to just three posts including the weird new logo and a black and white photo of microphones in a studio. A new single is about to drop. Madonna may also have something this week. Who knows? It’s the time of the season.

McCartney played the song in Liverpool two days ago. The uptempo rocker, very catchy of course, sounds it’s called “Come Home to You.” Here’s the video:

EARLIER : Youthful and endlessly creative Paul McCartney will turn 76 next Monday, June 18th.

Today he posted a crpyptic drawing to Instagram. It looks like a logo of some kind. His new album may be ready to drop. At least a single is on the way. Could it be this Friday, in advance of turning 76? Let’s hope so.

McCartney has been working with Ryan Tedder, Greg Kurstin (famous for Adele’s “Hello”) and other producers for over a year. He hasn’t had an album of new material since “New” in 2013,

I am an unabashed McCartney fan since the moment “Another Day” came out as a single. Some of the albums are exceptional– McCartney, Ram, Wildlife, Band on the Run, Flowers in the Dirt, Flaming Pie, Chaos and Creation, Memory Almost Full. Some are sentimental favorites–Red Rose Speedway, Driving Rain. And then there are the surprising Electric Fireman albums. McCartney’s Unplugged album is absolutely genius.

So please, Paul, what a nice birthday present for all of us this week. We need it.

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Someone has got to speak to the individual members of One Direction. Their experiment of splitting into five solo acts is a disaster.

Right now, there is an abundance of tickets for sale on the secondary market for Harry Styles, the best known member of the group. Styles released a self titled debut album last year that so far has sold 382,000 copies. That’s over a hundred thousand shy of a “gold record.”

Styles, who is charismatic and proved himself a good actor in “Dunkirk,” is not selling a lot of concert tickets. He has two shows booked for Madison Square Garden June 21 and 22. There are huge chunks of seats for sale in all sections on Stub Hub. It’s actually possible to pay less for a ticket than for a parking space for those shows.

The lowest price for Styles at MSG is down below $20. Of course, that’s up in the boondocks. But for $65 there are tickets to be had in spots decent enough to hear Harry and see him on the video screen or with binoculars.

Afraid of the secondary market? Ticketmaster has a LOT of first market seats available under $100. Again, they’re in up in boonies, but they’re affordable. Binoculars are recommended. But why break the bank?

Meantime, the other members of One Direction aren’t doing so well either. Niall Horan’s debut album has 203,000 copies. Zayn Malik’s album sold 185,000 copies. Louis Tomlinson has never released an album. Ditto Liam Payne, who has said he’s working on album but nothing has been formally announced.

All of the remaining four members would benefit at this point from a reunion. Zayn Malik, who left the group before they took their hiatus, would also do well. But Zayn has anxiety issues that have prevented a real tour from materializing. Without touring, interest in his records diminished too. He’s released a few digital singles that have gone nowhere.

As for Styles, if this tour doesn’t pick up soon, watch the prices for tickets drop even lower.

Long before “Rumours” turned Fleetwood Mac into a brand they were a cool group grounded in the blues. Danny Kirwan was a big part of their success. Today he died at age 68. When lef the group in 1972, Mick Fleetwood retooled, as he did many times (and did recently). My Fleetwood Mac was “Bare Trees,” “Heroes Are Hard to Find,” “Hypnotized,” and the first album with Buckingham and Nicks. That was a long, long time ago.

RIP Danny Kirwan. Thanks for these great records.

Oh Well:

Bare Trees:

Madonna is on a new cultural appropriation kick. She’s posted a video of herself dancing with local women in Cape Verde, an island off of Africa. Of course, Madonna calls it Cabo Verde.

She also seems to be making a new album with her old friend Mirwais. Madonna’s last few albums didn’t sell very well, but it gives her something to do, it’s harmless fun and will make for some good gossip when it’s done.

Summer tour 2019? Why not? Maybe she’ll bring these women with her.

Dancing with the 💃🏾Batukadera’s of Cabo Verde 🇨🇻🇨🇻🇨🇻#fun #music ♥️#amen🙏🏼. #newfriends

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Kanye West’s “Ye” went from Yeesh to Yes, and over performed from its original low ball estimate.

BuzzAngle and Hitsdailydouble say it sold a total of 210,000 copies downloaded and streamed.

Of that number 80,000 were paid downloads. There are no physical CDs.

“Ye” didn’t do as well as a number of other albums this year. But 210K is a respectable place to start.

The seven track, 23 minute EP sells for $7.99 so that may have encouraged fans to download it.

And it’s good news for all the people who should have received sampling money– there are a lot of them, starting with obscure 60s pop writer Trade Martin. It’s his song “Take Me For a Little While” that forms Kanye’s “Ghost Town.”

New releases today flooded the chart and knocked “Ye” to number 5. One of those releases was Kanye’s other 23 minute EP with Kid Cudi.

It was only last Friday night that Kanye West and Def Jam flew 150 press people to nowhere, Wyoming. They were treated to the 23 minute, 7 song “Ye” EP, which went right to the top of iTunes.

A week later, “Ye” is short for “Yeesh” as the EP drops to number 5 on iTunes. Dave Matthews’ new “Come Tomorrow” has usurped “Ye,” as have four other albums.

The final count for the week is underway, but “Ye” may not even make the earlier predictions of 70,000 downloads and 70,000 streams. Even though all 7 tracks are at the top of the streaming chart, the album as whole seems to be fading. Keep refreshing.

Meanwhile, Kanye released his Kid Cudi album over night. But it’s not on Spotify, just Tidal, where albums vanish like it’s the Bermuda Triangle.  UPDATE Now on all platforms. 2:45pm

The album has music sampled from jazz legend Louis Prima, and from Kurt Cobain. “Kids See Ghosts,” like “Ye,” is 23 minutes long. Now put together the two albums total 46 minutes.  Perfect appetizers in the ADHD world!