Why McCartney can never really sing at the Beatles' hallowed Cavern again

From: The Independent - London | Date: December 14, 1999| Author: Ian Herbert | Copyright information

TONIGHT, FOR the first time since 3 August 1963, Sir Paul McCartney will sing in the cramped, sweaty Liverpool cellar which will be forever known as the Cavern - the stage which gave birth to the brightest band in the rock firmament.

Well, actually no, he will not. Not if we are being honest. He will be in the Cavern, but not the Cavern - not the old Cavern Club of the Fab Four.

Sir Paul, who says he wants to go back to the Cavern "just for one night, as a nod to the music that...