While Paul McCartney and his Beatles bandmates are generally associated with the U.K. -- or more specifically, McCartney's hometown of Liverpool -- McCartney has been known to spend summers in the Hamptons for decades. He reportedly owns a house in Amagansett, near East Hampton. In 2024, he made a surprise appearance at the Amagansett venue Stephen Talkhouse, which you can watch footage of here. The show at the 250-capacity Stephen Townhouse included backing from McCartney's producer Andrew Watt, who grew up in Great Neck. Some of the Nassau County Libraries resources on-hand with relation to McCartney can be found here.
Sources:
https://rockhall.com/inductees/paul-mccartney
https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/article/paul-mccartney-house-london-new-york
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/arts/music/andrew-watt.html
Researched by Darren Paltrowitz on April 21, 2025.
Metallica, one of the most iconic heavy metal bands in the world, has a notable, albeit indirect, connection to Long Island, beyond its years of playing at the Nassau Coliseum and other local venues; more on early Metallica gigs in Valley Stream and North Babylon can be seen, heard and/or read here. This comes through its collaboration with Lou Reed, a native of Freeport, New York. In 2011, Metallica teamed up with Reed to record Lulu, an experimental and polarizing album that fused Reed’s spoken-word, avant-garde style with Metallica’s aggressive sound.
Reportedly, Lulu was inspired by the plays of German expressionist writer Frank Wedekind. The collaboration was born out of a mutual performance at the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts in 2009, where Metallica and Reed performed together and discovered a surprising artistic chemistry.
Researched by Darren Paltrowitz on June 26, 2025.