Sir Paul McCartney Gives Thumbs Up to Kings of Leon, Plan B

Sir Paul McCartney believes music today is just as good, and in some cases better, than it was in his Beatles heyday.

In an interview with The Sun, Sir Paul said, "I think there's a lot of great music around, I really do. You get someone going, 'Oh, it's not like it was in my day!' I say, 'No, it's different. It isn't like it was in your day. And actually some of it is better.'"

As for the knight-of-the-realm's current favourites, he said, "I like Kings Of Leon, I think they're really cool. I like Plan B, he's good. He has really got it, you know, a good singer, man."

Currently promoting the reissue of Wing's album 'Band on the Run,' Sir Paul was asked who he would invite to appear on an updated cover -- the 1973 original featured a host of celebrities caught in a spotlight trying to make a getaway.

The former Beatle said, "Tom (Meighan) from Kasabian. Then next to him Beyonce Knowles, looking a bit sort of scared. Then we'd have to get Bob Dylan and Neil Young. We could have Ricky Gervais. I need a sportsman -- Usain Bolt? I'd have to have Barack Obama too. I'd give him a ring."

He concluded, "Kirsty Young from Radio 4's 'Desert Island Discs'. That would top it off nicely."