23 Facts About James McCartney

James Louis McCartney was born on 12 September 1977 and is an English musician and songwriter.

James McCartney has released several recordings in his own name and contributed to albums by his parents Paul and Linda McCartney.

James Louis McCartney was born at Avenue Clinic in St John's Wood, London on September 12,1977.

James McCartney is the son of songwriter and former Beatle Paul McCartney and his first wife Linda McCartney.

James McCartney was named after both his paternal grandfather Jim McCartney and his father, whose full name is James Paul McCartney, as well as Linda's late mother, Louise Sara Eastman.

James McCartney's mother was Jewish, meaning that he and his siblings are Jewish, but his father is the son of a Catholic mother of Irish descent.

James McCartney spent the first two and a half years of his life on the road while his parents toured with their band Wings.

James McCartney attended the local state secondary school, the Thomas Peacocke Community College.

James McCartney has said his earliest inspiration to learn guitar was Michael J Fox in Back to the Future.

James McCartney began playing music when his father gave him a Fender Stratocaster at age nine.

James McCartney continued his education with a tutor while on the road.

In 1995, James McCartney introduced his sister Mary to television producer Alistair Donald, whom she later married.

James McCartney has played guitar and drums on some of his father's solo albums, including Flaming Pie and Driving Rain, as well as co-writing a few songs.

James McCartney plays lead guitar on his mother's posthumously released solo album, Wide Prairie, which included tracks recorded privately over the previous twenty years.

James McCartney previewed tracks from Available Light when he toured the UK for the first time in February and March 2010, though he at first performed under a pseudonym.

James McCartney released his first album on 21 May 2013, titled Me.

James McCartney played at San Francisco's Outside Lands Music Festival in August 2013.

James McCartney recorded The Beatles' "Hello, Goodbye" with The Cure for the album The Art of McCartney, a collection of The Beatles, Wings and Paul McCartney solo covers.

In February 2024, James McCartney released his first single, "Beautiful", after not releasing any music in nearly eight years.

On 18 October 2024, James McCartney released his third studio album, Beautiful Nothing, his first album since The Blackberry Train in 2016.

James McCartney has a much younger half-sister, Beatrice Milly McCartney, born in 2003 to Paul and his second wife, Heather Mills.

James McCartney follows a vegetarian diet, leaning towards veganism, and is an animal rights activist.

In November 2012, James McCartney performed at a London benefit for the David Lynch Foundation, which his father supports.