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Paul McCartney: 'This isn't the last tour'

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McCartney: "I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all."

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(CNN) -- Paul McCartney has been busy this week, and he's not ready to give up the fast pace.

The former Beatle visited Russia for the first time, performing a mix of Beatles classics and his own songs Saturday in Moscow's Red Square for an audience that included former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.

Prior to the concert, McCartney and wife Heather Mills McCartney joined President Vladimir Putin for a private tour of the Kremlin, where McCartney treated the president to an impromptu version of "Let it Be."

Another momentous announcement followed on the heels of the Moscow concert: The McCartneys are expecting their first child.

"All I'm saying about the baby is that we're very happy, and I'm not going any further than that," McCartney told TMR's reporter Amanda Palmer in an exclusive interview in Sheffield, England, Thursday.

McCartney did shed some light on his professional plans, and it looks like there will be another chance to see Sir Paul live in concert.

TMR: Is this the last tour? Or will we see you out on the road again?

MCCARTNEY: A lot of people have asked that. I think it's because, you know, when you get to my venerable age people think "Ooooh, this is probably like the last time," and also 'cause we're doing a lot of Beatles songs it's like "Ooooh, he's summing up his career."

Paul McCartney and his wife, Heather, are expecting their first child.
Paul McCartney and his wife, Heather, are expecting their first child.

I didn't think I was doing that at all -- I suppose I am in some ways -- but it's not intended certainly to be my last tour. You know, as far as I'm concerned, I'm planning the next one now. A lot of songs we left out of this one that we've been rehearsing trying to get in, but it's hard to know on this show what to take out because we've got it pretty suss now, we kind of know how it goes now. So I think we'll just save them for the next one.

So I certainly, this is just the beginning for me. I'm mad, you know, I don't think of retiring at all. And the thing is, it's been such a huge success, and the band is so cool, that's it's like, "Well, why would you fold Led Zeppelin?" You know it's a really good band. It's a great band to play with. They're great musicians. I enjoy just listening to them.

And it did hit me after the first American three months -- which was all we were supposed to be doing -- I just thought "Well, I can't just go home and say goodbye to this band. We'll go and have three months off, have a summer, get married and have some real quality time, but then we've got to get back." You know, because there's no sense, you can't fold this band. So, yeah, this isn't the last tour. I can pretty much guarantee you that.


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