After almost 1,000 concerts with The Beatles, more than 140 shows with Wings and 870 solo concerts, Paul McCartney’s 17th solo tour is ending just days before his 80th birthday on June 18.

McCartney’s “Got Back” tour took the music veteran on a marathon across the U.S. — performing for fans who have followed him since the '60s.

Variety notes that a typical show is two hours and 40 minutes with 36 songs, and that’s often after a pre-show soundcheck of as many as 13 songs for VIP ticket holders.

Despite his age, critics lauded McCartney’s performances as lively, high-energy and showing little signs of slowing down.

“You want to, as you say, good navigate through the marathon that this is, and it’s inspiring to see guys like McCartney turn 80," said Peter Shapiro, concert promoter and author. "The [Rolling] Stones still out there, and Phil Lesh for The Grateful Dead is 82. And, we’re doing nine shows with him in October, but, you know, you have to love it."

Shapiro is a veteran concert promoter who’s worked with legendary artists like Bob Dylan and The Grateful Dead.

His book “The Music Never Stops,” which comes out in August, details his career so far and the work that’s gone into putting on 10,000 shows since the '90s.

“I've been doing it 27 years pretty much, and I've done lots of shows — 10,000 shows I’ve put on," Shapiro said. "But to do a show well, it's still the details that still matter. The music never stops. You got to keep going. It's 24/7."

Shapiro says the craft of putting on concerts requires constant practice and a love for live music that doesn’t slow down with age.

The same can be said for touring musicians like McCartney as well as The Rolling Stones, who have performed more than 1,300 concerts over six decades, Metallica with more than 2,000 shows over 41 years and The Grateful Dead with more than 2,300 concerts over 58 years. At 82, Mavis Staples is wrapping up a European tour this week, only to restart a North American swing in a July.

All of them are still performing today. 

McCartney has credited his vegetarian diet and a daily exercise regimen that includes stretching and yoga with friends.

After turning 80 and ending his most recent tour, McCartney is slated to headline the Glastonbury Festival later this month.

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Her hips don't lie and Shakira says she's not telling tall tales about being a victim of a boar attack.

According to the BBC, the singer said she was attacked by two wild boars as she and her eight-year-old son, Milan, walked in a park in Spain.

"They were taking my bag to the woods with my mobile phone in it," the Columbian singer said on her Instagram Stories Wednesday as she held up the bag. "They've destroyed everything."

Lest she not be believed, Shakira asked her son to back her up.

"Milan tell the truth," she said as her son with professional soccer player Gerard Piqué walked away. "Say how your mummy stood up to the wild boar."

The BBC reported that Spanish police received almost 1200 calls regarding wild hogs in 2016.

James Bond star Daniel Craig was made an honorary officer of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy on Thursday — matching his onscreen 007 persona, who holds the rank of commander.

"I am delighted to welcome honorary Commander Daniel Craig to the Royal Navy," First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, the head of the Royal Navy, said in a news statement.

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"Daniel Craig is well known for being Commander Bond for the last 15 years -- a naval officer who keeps Britain safe through missions across the globe. That's what the real Royal Navy does every day, using technology and skill the same way as Bond himself."

Craig wants to use his new military status — commander is the seventh-highest rank in the Royal Navy — as a way to help U.K. military families, according to the statement.

Craig is about to star as the British super-spy for the fifth time in "No Time to Die," which the U.K. military is also using to highlight some of its newest hardware.

HMS Dragon, a new Type 45 air defense destroyer, appears in the movie, the Defense Ministry said. The Royal Navy's website calls the 8,000-ton, 500-foot warship one of the most advanced in the world.

In a June exercise off Scotland, HMS Dragon used its weapon systems to "smash an incoming missile into a million pieces," a Royal Navy release said.

"I cannot believe how lucky I am to be part of this; the flames were massive!" one of the ship's officers, Sub Lieutenant Ben Craddock, said in the statement.

That's the kind of action you'd expect from a James Bond movie.

Other U.K. hardware, including C-17 Globemaster cargo jets like those that participated in the recent international airlift out of Kabul, Afghanistan, is also featured.

But the Royal Navy said the real attention, of course, is on Craig.

"Our honorary officers act as ambassadors and advocates for the service, sharing their time and expertise to spread the message about what our global, modern, and ready Royal Navy is doing around the world," Radakin said.

Being part of one of history's most successful box-office franchises won't hurt spreading that message either.