Face it – there’s absolutely nothing more cultural for a human being to do than go through a messy divorce with an angry one-legged woman and then jig about like a whistling, mandolin-wielding pixie on an advert for digital music downloads.

And that makes Paul McCartney the most cultural man that the Earth has ever seen. Lucky, then, that Paul McCartney comes from Liverpool and Liverpool will be the European Capital Of Culture next year. Surely it’s a match made in heaven – albeit the part of heaven that hasn’t worked out that Paul McCartney actually more or less comes from Hastings these days. Anyway – Paul McCartney, Liverpool, European Capital Of Culture… this can only mean one thing! That’s right, Ringo Starr is going to a concert in Liverpool next year!

Yeah, and Paul McCartney’s doing one too. But, come on, Ringo Starr.