Paul McCartney captures The Beatles' 'innocence,' challenges amid rise to fame in never-before-seen photos

Legendary Beatles star Paul McCartney is giving fans a glimpse inside the band’s "innocent" rise to fame in never-before-seen photos. 

During the historic 1964 Beatlemania tour, the iconic band "dominated the world" as the members took the world by storm in their early 20s. 

McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison went on a global tour that spanned over six cities: Liverpool, England; London; Paris; New York; Washington, D.C.; and Miami. 

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Amid their rise to fame, the now 80-year-old McCartney snapped a few camera shots of their adventures which are highlighted in his first photo book, "1964: Eyes of the Storm."

With more than 200 pictures, McCartney takes fans behind the lens through candid photos of himself and his bandmates enjoying a journey of a lifetime.

"It shows when this group… just dominated the world, became a worldwide sensation," "1964: Eyes of the Storm" editor Robert Weil told Fox News Digital. 

Pictures capture an overwhelming number of photographers and fans doing everything they can to snap shots of the famous English rock band.

In one black-and-white photo, crowds are seen in New York chasing down a car with The Beatles inside. McCartney took the picture in the backseat of the car on West 58th Street, crossing the Avenue of Americas, in 1964.

Although the "Hard Day’s Night" singer-songwriters were hounded by paparazzi and fans, Weil noted that The Beatles always "welcomed" the challenges they faced, as they rose to stardom at a young age.

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"There were challenging moments, but in true fashion, they welcomed them. There were tens of thousands of fans pressing everywhere to get to see them, but they never view them as an obstacle. They wanted to… communicate with [fans] as much as possible," Weil pointed out.

In their downtime, McCartney snapped candid photos of his fellow bandmates. 

In a series of photos, Starr is seen smiling and laughing in London, while Harrison accepts a beverage and smokes a cigarette by the pool in Miami. A woman in a yellow bikini hands Harrison, wearing black sunglasses, a drink. 

Weil, who has worked with McCartney for more than 20 years, added that McCartney and The Beatles "completely changed" culture and reminisced on how his lasting legacy will carry on. 

"Paul McCartney is going to last 100 years. He was one of the great ballad writers, balladeers of the 20th century with all his love songs," Weil told Fox News Digital. 

"He's a deep artist and writer. And this book, with all of its photos… just shows another side of him which is going to last well into time… more than any other group of the 20th century."

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Weil, who described McCartney as "one of the nicest human beings you will ever encounter," said the legendary musician doesn't show signs of slowing down. 

"Who knows, he may go on tour again at 80," said Weil.

McCartney discussed his photo book during the Tribeca Film Festival and detailed the mostly unseen photos as the Beatles became international stars. 

"What I love about [these photos] is the innocence," McCartney said during the film event on Thursday.

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"We didn’t know we were going to [become] famous. We really wanted to be [famous], but we didn’t know."

During his candid discussion with Conan O'Brien, McCartney revealed that his fellow band member Lennon "had a really tragic life."

"[John] had a really tragic life," McCartney said. "As a kid, his mother was decreed to not be good enough to bring him up… His father had left the home when John was 3. So that’s not too wonderful. John grew up with these, sort of, little minor tragedies throughout his life." 

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McCartney continued, "It made me realize why he had that vulnerability. I always admired the way he dealt with it because I’m not sure I would deal with the stuff he went through that well." 

Weil told Fox News Digital what he wants readers to take away from McCartney’s photo book.

"I want [readers]… to see how photographs can change people's lives and… to understand that through The Beatles, the world became modern and the world changed," he said.

The Beatles were considered the most influential band in the 1960s and officially disbanded in 1970. Starr is the only other surviving Beatles member besides McCartney. 

Dem expert puts KJP, Bates on notice, says officials who keep breaking Hatch Act 'should be gone'

FIRST ON FOX: White House officials who continue to use the "MAGA "slogan against Republicans "should be fired," according to the former ethics chief for President George W. Bush and one-time Democratic Senate candidate Richard Painter.

Fox News Digital caught up with Painter in a Friday phone call after the White House continued to use the acronym for "Make America Great Again" despite the Office of Special Counsel's (OSC) determination that using it violates the Hatch Act — legislation that prohibits elected officials and their staff from using government resources to engage in campaign activities. 

Painter said it's "a terrible, terrible idea" for the White House continuing to use "MAGA" after press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was told doing so violated the law, and added officials "should immediately stop doing it."

"I think that’s critically important that they stop doing it," he continued. "If the Office of Special Counsel says they need to stop doing it, that means they need to stop doing it, and we can't have them flipping the bird at this. They've got to comply with the Office of Special Counsel’s interpretation of the Hatch Act."

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The OSC determined earlier this week that Jean-Pierre violated the Hatch Act by using the term "Mega MAGA" to attack Republican policies.

White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates sent a memo Wednesday that continued to use the term, Axios reported. Bates claimed in the memo that the "main economic agenda item" of Republicans is "MAGA tax welfare for the richest Americans and giant corporations, at the expense of continuing to grow our economy by investing in America."

When asked about the ramifications of violating the Hatch Act, Painter said that with "serious" or "repeated" violations, a federal official could be "dismissed from federal service."

"If someone keeps doing it when they’re told not to do it, they should get fired," Painter said. "Or if they engage in a serious act of the Hatch Act one time, they should be fired."

"I mean, that's the presumptive penalty for either a serious violation of the Hatch Act or repeated violations when you’ve been told not to do it is get fired," Painter said. "Once the Office of Special Counsel says, ‘Don't use MAGA, that’s a campaign slogan,’ and somebody keeps doing it and anybody else does it when they've been told not to, then boom, they should be gone."

Painter said it would be inappropriate for either the Trump or Biden White House to use the campaign slogan "MAGA" in an official capacity and that a phrase like "build the wall" would be different because there is an actual policy initiative behind it.

Painter’s comments come as the White House continues to use the term "MAGA" after OSC determined it was not kosher to do so in official communications.

"MAGA Republicans" has become a staple boogeyman of the Biden administration as it continues to navigate criticisms about the porous southern border, an uncertain economic outlook and topless transgender activists on the White House lawn. 

The term MAGA is synonymous with former President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign — mainly because it was his slogan. 

"MAGA remains the campaign slogan of a current candidate for partisan political office, and therefore, its use constitutes political activity," the OSC wrote in a memo.

"Accordingly, federal employees should not use ‘MAGA’ or ‘Make America Great Again’ while on duty, in the workplace, or when acting in their official capacity, including communicating through social media, email, or on government websites," it continued.

Bates previously paid lip service to the law while taking aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the pronunciation of the Republican presidential candidate's name. "We follow the Hatch Act. So we don't DEE-rectly comment on 2024," the White House spokesman tweeted. "Am I saying that right? It's pronounced DEE-rectly?"

Late Thursday, Bates released another memo using the term "MAGA" and taking aim at House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and the Republican Study Committee (RSC), claiming they are attempting "to defund Medicare benefits while pushing giant tax cuts for the rich."

Jean-Pierre said at the podium this week that they "didn't know" the term was not suitable for official events.