Tom Holland Interviews Paul McCartney at Abbey Road for New 1960s Book, Capping 20 Million Monthly Streams
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Updated · Rolling Stone · May 25
Tom Holland Interviews Paul McCartney at Abbey Road for New 1960s Book, Capping 20 Million Monthly Streams
5 articles · Updated · Rolling Stone · May 25
Abbey Road hosted Tom Holland’s recent interview with Paul McCartney, which Holland said was a “dream come true” and part of research for his forthcoming 1960s book, All You Need Is Love: The 1960s & The New Reformation.
The interview emerged as Holland and Dominic Sandbrook described how their podcast, The Rest Is History, has expanded from a 2020 launch into Apple’s 2025 Show of the Year with more than 20 million streams a month.
Holland argued 1960s music had a seismic cultural impact that still shapes views on relationships, morality and politics, saying the Beatles, Stones and Dylan may matter more historically than leaders such as LBJ or Harold Wilson.
Sandbrook and Holland also cast Donald Trump as more historically consequential than Barack Obama, with Sandbrook calling Trump “colossally consequential” for U.S. political culture and foreign policy.
The pair said their show still has major ground left to cover—from the Crusades to the Russian Revolution—as its success keeps opening unexpected doors, including Holland’s McCartney interview.
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