Paul McCartney has weather "fixed." Does this not mean the government can do the same thing?
Organisers of Paul McCartney's historic 3,000th gig made sure the event in St Petersburg went off without a hitch last night - by fixing the weather. Weather reports in the country had predicted the concert would be a wash-out thanks to heavy rain due to hit the city the same time as singer McCartney. So concert bosses spent an incredible $36,000 (€29,800) to hire three jets to spray dry ice on the clouds gathering above the city to prevent a downpour spoiling proceedings for the 100,000 fans. The 61-year-old singer was very impressed with their efforts. A source said: ' He thought it was a fantastic idea. The dry ice helps hold the water within the clouds.' "