McCartney 'ready for a London residency'

Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that he is ready to play a residency in London.

The former Beatles star, who is performing a concert at the O2 arena tomorrow, said that he would be open to the idea of doing an extended run of shows there.

When Geoff Lloyd asked him on Absolute Radio if he would be willing to do a residency, McCartney replied: "I quite fancy that. Last time I ever did that was when The Beatles used to do Christmas shows, and it was brilliant because you would be there for a week or two.

"It was fantastic, just dossing in your overcoat and everything. The opening scene was Rolf Harris announcing us, and we were apparently landing on a helicopter.

"It was actually a cardboard helicopter, but it appeared to land and Rolf was going, 'Oh, oh, here they are, didgeridoo, here they come, here they come'."