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Paul McCartney's family is opening up his childhood home to serve undiscovered artists.
The Forthlin Sessions initiative is organized by Paul's younger brother, photographer Mike McGear, who will handpick several unknown artists to write music in the same rooms where Paul and John Lennon started their legendary partnership.
"This house to me is a house of hope," McGear told Sky News. "And I hope it will be for the young people that come through the doors."
The house at 20 Forthlin Road in Liverpool is now owned by the U.K.'s National Trust. It is where Lennon and McCartney wrote classic songs like "I Saw Her Standing There" and "When I'm 64."
The Forthlin Sessions is set to run through the spring.
"I would be in the other room learning photography, but whilst I'm doing all that I could hear guitar noises coming from this room," McGear recalled. "In there were what turned out to be two of the world's greatest songwriters, McCartney and Lennon. They were rehearsing from a school book on the floor, that's why this house is so unique."
McCartney will celebrate his 80th birthday this spring with his 'Got Back' tour of North America, from April 28 - June 16. Get all the tour dates here.