Paul McCartneys reaction to Maroon 5s Beatles covers | Music News

Singer Adam Levine revealed that Paul McCartney had a brutal four-word reaction to Maroon 5’s Beatles covers, which left the icon having to apologize.

During their April 10 look on The Howard Stern Show, the frontman and guitarist James Valentine mirrored on Maroon 5’s efficiency on the 2014 CBS particular The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles.

The live performance particular honored the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles’ groundbreaking performances on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, and Maroon 5 went on to carry out the Fab Four’s hits Ticket to Ride and All My Loving proper in entrance of McCartney and Ringo Starr.

However, Levine mentioned they have been informed by show producers that they’d be performing the songs the remaining Beatles within the entrance row.

“Listen, man. I told you I’ve been scared a handful of f—ing times in my life, that was definitely one of them,” he mentioned. “I used to be like, ‘Holy s—.’ I imply, I’m sorry man, however you might be too cool, however not all the time.

“It’s Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. F— off if you’re gonna try to be cool about that.”

After the performance, the singer dubbed into McCartney, who pulled him in for a few words.

“Paul kind of took me in close and he goes, ‘You know, we did it better,’” he recalled. “And I thought it was so funny. I cracked up and I was like, ‘No s—, you’re Paul McCartney.’”

A few months later, Levine said he was at a party when his wife, Behati Prinsloo, alerted him that McCartney was trying to get his attention.

“He’s like, ‘Hey man, I just wanted to let you know if that bothered you… I’ve been thinking about this. I didn’t want to insult you or anything,’” the Voice coach recalled.

“It was something like that, like, if I insulted you, I apologize. And I was like, ‘Oh my God. You’re good. Dude, you’re Paul f—ing McCartney.’”

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Levine said the experience helped him see the rock legend in a new light.

“It kind of shattered, in a great way, this whole thing about your heroes being who they are,” he said. “He’s a human being with a beating heart and a really beautiful soul who actually was thoughtful enough to even take that into account that maybe for some reason my feelings might’ve been hurt, but of course they were not.”

In other Beatles news, the cast for Sam Mendes’ highly anticipated Fab Four biopics has been revealed, but some fans are in an uproar.

Sony unveiled the lineup and release date for the four-part movie collection at CinemaCon 2025 in Las Vegas.

The biopics will hit theaters in April 2028 and can star Paul Mescal as McCartney, Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Stranger Things‘ Joseph Quinn as George Harrison, and Barry Keoghan as Starr.

The casting decisions have sparked controversy among diehard Beatles fans, who took to Reddit to voice their opinions, with one person writing, “I would favor they merely do not do that.”

On TikTok one particular person wrote, “Like wdym George Harrison is being performed by EDDIE MUNSON.”

Another added, “I promise you they didn’t need in style actors to get people to watch biopics about THE BEATLES whyyyyy did the accept recognition over the whole lot else.”

Another added, “Did they actually simply select at present in style uk actors for traction.. as if a beatles biopic would not get traction..”

A third pointed out, “They’re all method too outdated to be taking part in the Beatles of their early days. You cannot inform me Barry (32) can cross as a 24 y/o Ringow Also Paul Mescal appears to be like method too rugged to be Macca.”