PAUL HAS ALSO FORCED TO POSTPONE HIS SHOW IN SEOUL

After falling ill and canceling his four shows in Japan, Paul has also been forced to postpone his concert in Seoul slated for May 28th, according to a statement from show sponsor Hyundai Card.
“I was really looking forward to visiting and playing in South Korea for the first time and I’m sorry for letting fans down,” McCartney was quoted as saying.

Among those disappointed by the news are members of South Korean Beatles tribute band the Tatles, who are still waiting to see the man they regard as a “long lost father.”
“This was the last shot for Koreans to see him,” says 42-year old guitarist Jeon Sang-kyu.

For many of his 40-thousand ticket holding fans, the cancelation is a reminder that even though songs like Yesterday, Hey Jude and Let It Be are widely known here, Beatlemania never really came to South Korea.
At the height of the Beatles craze in the mid-1960s, “the country was really poor and imported music was only played on U.S. military bases,” notes music writer Won Jong-woo.

Mark Russell, a local music expert, says by the time rock music took hold locally, the Beatles were on their way out.
“What really took off here were long jams.  I don’t think the Beatles were well known for that,” Mr. Russell says.
Generally, most Koreans only see the Beatles as a “love ballad band,” says Mr. Won.
 

And now with the concert’s indefinite postponement, Mr. Won is doubtful South Koreans will ever get to see McCartney in the flesh even though Hyundai Card says it intends to discuss rescheduling the concert.
Mr. Jeon of the tribute band The Tatles says that while he’s still holding out hope that will actually happen, “we’ll probably have to go to England”, if they ever want to see Mr. McCartney.