At New York's Matthew Marks Gallery, Paul attends the invitation-only opening night of the first American exhibition of his paintings. The show includes 28 canvases. Limited edition signed prints of three of the paintings go on sale for $1750 each, as well as 200 signed copies of the "Paintings" book. Proceeds benefit the Garland Appeal and Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer Clinics. Paul spends a week in New York where he is spotted shopping at Macy's and Bloomingdale's (the latter home to its own Apple-approved "Beatles Shop"). Aboard the Forbes yacht, Paul is interviewed by Carson Daly of MTV for the upcoming "100 Greatest Pop Songs" countdown show ("Maybe I'm Amazed" at #52, "Yesterday" tops the list).

The Beatles "1" CD is released, compiling 27 of the band's #1 singles. The album tops charts in 28 countries and sells 3.6 million worldwide in its first week.