Paul McCartney - The Boys of Dungeon Lane (2026)

The Boys of Dungeon Lane is not only the first new solo album to be released by Paul in over five years; it is a collection of rare and revealing glimpses into memories never-before shared, along with some newly inspired love songs.

With The Boys of Dungeon Lane, Paul turns the lens inward, revisiting the formative years that shaped not only his life, but the very foundations of modern popular culture. Paul now tells the most personal story of all, his own. The Boys of Dungeon Lane is his most introspective album to date and takes the listener back to where it all began.

These new songs find Paul in a candid, vulnerable and deeply reflective mood, writing with rare openness about his childhood in post-war Liverpool, the resilience of his parents, and early adventures shared with George Harrison and John Lennon long before the world had ever heard of Beatlemania. These were the years that historians continue to examine, the quiet, unguarded days that unknowingly laid the groundwork for a cultural revolution. Paul visits them not as myths or folklore but as his own memories.

The album takes its title from one of the many standout tracks which is available now, 'Days We Left Behind'. Dungeon Lane is a place Paul still sees when returning home serving as a symbolic gateway to a pre-fame world: afternoons by the Mersey, birdwatching book in hand, “smoky bars and cheap guitars”, and dreams not yet lived. The Boys of Dungeon Lane is a 2026 studio album by Paul McCartney, one of the artist's most personal and nostalgic works. The album will be released on May 29, 2026, and is his first new solo album in more than five years.