Paul McCartney’s new album draws from the musician’s early childhood memories of growing up in Liverpool and his relationship with George Harrison and John Lennon prior to Beatlemania.
Music icon Paul McCartney has announced the details of his new album ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ - his first release since 2020’s acclaimed ‘McCartney III’.
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Described as his “most introspective album to date”, ‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ is a reference to the route from Liverpool to the Speke shoreline, the area where McCartney spent his childhood.
The album is said to find the former Beatle “in a candid, vulnerable and deeply reflective mood, writing with rare openness about his childhood in post-war Liverpool, the resilience of his parents, and early adventures shared with George Harrison and John Lennon long before the world had ever heard of Beatlemania”.
The record promises “extraordinary honesty” to tell “the story before THE story”.
McCartney, 83, has shared a nostalgic lead single titled ‘Days We Left Behind’, and the album will hit shelves on Friday 29 May.
Speaking about the lead single, McCartney said: “This is very much a memory song for me. The album title, ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’, comes from a lyric in this track. I was thinking just that, about the days I left behind and I do often wonder if I’m just writing about the past but then I think how can you write about anything else?”
Check out the new single below:
‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ tracklist is:
- ‘As You Lie There’
- ‘Lost Horizon’
- ‘Days We Left Behind’
- ‘Ripples in a Pond’
- ‘Mountain Top’
- ‘Down South’
- 'We Two’
- ‘Come Inside’
- ‘Never Know’
- ‘Home to Us’
- ‘Life Can Be Hard’
- ‘First Star of the Night’
- ‘Salesman Saint’
- ‘Momma Gets By’
Elsewhere, filming continues on Sam Mendes’ four Beatles biopics, The Beatles: A Four-Film Cinematic Event. McCartney will be portrayed by Paul Mescal. Joseph Quinn will play George Harrison, Harris Dickinson will portray John Lennon and Barry Keoghan will be Ringo Starr.
The biopics are set for release in 2028.
‘The Boys Of Dungeon Lane’ is out on Friday 29 May 2026.