Sir Paul McCartney needs an auto cue when he performs live, because he can never remember the words to even his biggest hits.

The former BEATLE confesses he never listens to his own music and frequently forgets song lyrics on stage.

Sir Paul, who recently ended his European tour with a smash hit gig at Britain's Glastonbury Festival, recalls, "During one concert in Europe, I was playing the Beatles song FOR NO ONE and reading off the auto cue, when suddenly the sun shot straight in my eyes."

Speaking at today's (6JUL04) London launch of a new DVD version of the first Beatles movie, A Hard Day's Night, McCartney adds, "I always forget the lyrics. I've written far too many songs to keep them all in my head."

06/07/2004 17:34