lifestyle WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 MUSIC & MOVIES Paul McCartney cancels Beyonce, Jay Z release Japan tour over illness starry fake Music legend Paul McCartney has cancelled his Japan tour because of regrettably have to cancel the remaining Japanese shows. Paul is still a debilitating virus that has laid him up in a Tokyo hotel, organizers not feeling better and this cancellation is unavoidable,” organizer movie trailer said yesterday, disappointing thousands of the 71-year-old’s fans. Kyodo Tokyo said in a statement. McCartney-one of two living members of The Beatles-had already can- The musician was “staying at a hotel in Tokyo and doctors are with celled performances at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday and him”, a company spokeswoman said, but added that it was “unclear” if eyonce and Jay Z released a Sunday, after coming down with the unspecified illness. He “will he would still perform at a South Korean concert scheduled for May trailer for a fake movie online 28. The cancellation generated an outpouring of good wishes from Bwith guns blazing, and now fans of the -born musician. “Dear Paul, please take care of fans want to see the film actually you! Our hope is only your perfect recovery,” Mari Yamashita wrote in made. Fans launched a petition English on the tour’s official page. Monday on Change.org to support a McCartney was to play at another venue in Tokyo today and the last feature-length version of “Run.” The one in Osaka on Saturday as part of his “Out There” world tour. In all, trailer that debuted Sunday stars the McCartney had been expected to play in front of about 170,000 fans in superstar couple as gun-toting out- Japan during the four-date tour, according to public broadcaster NHK. laws. It features cameos by Sean Penn, Don Cheadle and Blake Lively, ‘Hugely disappointing’ among others. Among McCartney’s Tokyo dates was a show at the Nippon The fake trailer concludes with the Budokan Hall, which would have marked his first return to the venue words “coming never.” Beyonce and since appearing there with The Beatles in 1966. “I was really looking Jay Z are sharing top billing for their forward to playing in Japan again after we had such an amazing time “On the Run” concert tour that’s set to here in November,” McCartney said in the statement, calling the can- begin next month in Miami. The cou- cellations “hugely disappointing”. “I’d like to thank my Japanese fans ple made news last week for a differ- for their love, messages of support and understanding. ent video. TMZ posted footage show- I hope to see you all again soon. Love, Paul,” he added. Concert- ing a physical altercation between goers instead flocked to a downtown Tokyo live music club that plays Jay Z and Beyonce’s sister, Solange File photo shows Jay Z, left, and Beyonce arrive at The Beatles tunes, hoping for their fix of The Fab Four. “Disheartened fans Knowles. The trio said in a statement Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute bene- Japanese fans gather in front of a hotel where Paul McCartney is flocked to our club as they wanted to listen to Beatlesmusic,” said they had “worked through” that inci- fit gala celebrating ‘Charles James: Beyond Fashion,’ in staying yesterday in Tokyo. —AFP Yukihiro Higashi, a manager of Abbey Road Roppongi. —AFP dent. — AP New York. — AP Chopard ‘Backstage party’

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(From left) Models , , Arlenis Sosa, Eva Herzigova, Chopard’s German co-president Caroline Scheufele, models Petra Nemcova and Adriana Lima arrive to the Chopard ‘Backstage party’ on the sidelines of the 67th Cannes film festival at the Cannes-Mandelieu aero- drome in Cannes. — AFP photos Macklemore apologizes for offensive costume apper Macklemore posted an apology Grammy Award winners Macklemore & efforts before Macklemore posted his message on his website late Monday, saying he Ryan Lewis made the appearance at the EMP Monday night. In a postscript, the rapper Rdidn’t mean to mock Jewish people by Museum in their hometown to help celebrate pointed out the work of the Anti-Defamation wearing a costume that some say was anti- the debut of a new exhibition. Photos from League, providing a link to the group’s web- Semitic during a performance in Seattle last the concert show Macklemore wearing a black site. The ADL was formed to fight anti- week. Macklemore wrote that he randomly wig and beard and a fake hooked nose. Semitism. chose the pieces of the costume he wore at Macklemore and Lewis gained widespread Macklemore said he understood his detrac- Friday’s performance so that he could disguise fame with a message supporting diversity, and tors’ point of view. “I acknowledge how the himself and move freely around during the their hit song “Same Love” calls for tolerance costume could, within a context of stereotyp- Russian model Valentina secret show. He said it wasn’t meant to be a and support for members of the gay commu- ing, be ascribed to a Jewish caricature,” he Zelyaeva caricature of a Jewish man. “I respect all cul- nity. The two performed the song at January’s wrote. “I am here to say that it was not tures and all people,” he wrote. “I would never Grammy Awards while several same-sex cou- absolutelynot my intention, and unfortunately intentionally put down anybody for the fabric ples were married, and they have been lauded at the time I did not foresee the costume to be that makes them who they are. I love human for their progressive messages. Lewis and his viewed in such regard. I’m saddened that this beings, love originality, and ... happen to love mother appeared on Anderson Cooper’s show story, or any of my choices, would lead to any a weird outfit from time to time.” on CNN to talk about their HIV AIDS charity form of negativity.” — AP

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