Sir Paul McCartney’s lookalike son James, 45, supports his dad at his National Portrait Gallery exhibition
James McCartney showed his support for his famous father’s new venture on Monday evening.
James, 45, attended the private view of the Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London alongside his dad, 81, and siblings.
Looking the spitting image of his father, James was sharp in a black suit and white shirt for the star-studded event.
James’ sisters Mary, 52, and Stella, 50 were also showing their support alongside the Beatles star’s wife Nancy and Ronnie Wood and his wife Sally,
After largely shunning the limelight, even working as a waiter in Brighton, James later followed in his father’s musical footsteps.
Family affair: James McCartney showed his support for his famous father’s new venture on Monday at the the private view of the Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London
All stars: (L to R) Ronnie Wood, Stella McCartney, Sally Wood and James posed together at the glitzy night out
His first two-and-a-half years were spent on the road with his parents as they toured with their group Wings.
He later played guitar on Sir Paul’s records Flaming Pie and Driving Rain as well as The Light Comes From Within – a track he recorded with his mother before her death from breast cancer in 1998.
He released his debut single Available Light in 2010 before releasing his first album Me in 2013 and his second, The Blackberry Train, in 2016 – both co-produced by his father.
He previously said he had aims to be ‘better than the Beatles’.
‘When I got to a certain age, I realised that I was somewhat better than other kids at school at guitar and took pride and enjoyment in that,’ he told the BBC in 2012.
‘I then dreamt of being better than The Beatles. I’m not sure if I can do that. If anything, I would love to be equal to The Beatles – but even that’s quite tough.’
He also revealed he was considering forming a group featuring the offspring of the Fab Four, including Ringo Starr’s son Jason, 54, Lennon’s youngest son Sean, 46, and George Harrison’s only son, Dhani, 43.
As well as James, Paul is also father to three other daughters with late wife Linda – Heather McCartney, Mary McCartney, Stella McCartney.
The rocker then welcomed daughter Beatrice, now 19, with Heather Mills, who he was married to from 2002 to 2008.
Paul has been happily married to Nancy since 2011.
Siblings: James, 45, was seen with sister Mary, 52, who wore a khaki jumpsuit for the evening
Strike a pose: Sir Paul was also joined by his famous daughter Stella McCartney who was seen posing next to pictures of her father from his Beatles days
A series of photographs taken by Sir Paul McCartney are to go on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London from Tuesday.
The 80-year-old icon took the photos during The Beatles’ early days, and Sir Paul offered them to the gallery – which has reopened to the public following three years of refurbishments – after her stumbled across the images in 2020.
Dr Nicholas Cullinan, the gallery’s director, said: ‘The McCartney exhibition is very interesting.
‘Actually Sir Paul approached us I think back in 2020 and said he had found these photographs which he remembered taking but thought had been lost. And so we sat down with him and began going through the photographs and they are really extraordinary.’
Sir Paul took the photos between December 1963 and February 1964, and they include behind-the-scenes shots of the band’s first TV appearance in the US.
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