{"id":7739,"date":"2018-09-06T09:58:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T16:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afm47.org\/press\/?p=7739"},"modified":"2020-09-15T10:01:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T17:01:03","slug":"paul-mccartney-egypt-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afm47.org\/press\/paul-mccartney-egypt-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney: \u201cEgypt Station\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_14473\"  width=\"625\" height=\"352\"  data-origwidth=\"625\" data-origheight=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZeJLrtFY7Ds?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Paul McCartney is back in full force with his latest release, the concept album&nbsp;<em><strong>Egypt Station<\/strong><\/em>. 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Learn more about the making of the album at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-paulmccartney-project.com\/album\/egypt-station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Paul McCartney Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul McCartney is back in full force with his latest release, the concept album&nbsp;Egypt Station. 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