Shirtless Paul McCartney, 78, tries out a trendy new man bun

Sir Paul McCartney was certainly in holiday mode as he tried out a trendy new man bun while sunning himself on the beach in St. Barts on Tuesday. 

The Beatles legend, 78, rocked his funky ‘do as he cosied up to glamorous wife Nancy Shevell, 61, while enjoying his annual Caribbean winter getaway.  

The musician defied his septuagenarian status as he showcased the kooky look, while Nancy looked elegant in a pale pink cover-up. 

Woah! Sir Paul McCartney, 78, was certainly in holiday mode on Tuesday as he soaked up the sun and cosied up to his wife Nancy Shevell, 61, during the trip where he was rocking a new – and very funky – hairstyle

Paul and the rest of the iconic group were known for their hairdos back in their Sixties heyday, and the star has always kept the lengthy do. 

Now however, he seemed keen to keep his longer locks off his face while caught in the Caribbean breeze as he scraped his hair into a man bun. 

Aside from his locks, he was also going shirtless to catch some rays while his wife Nancy looked stunning in a her straw hat and billowing cover-up. 

In 2018, Paul hit headlines when he ditched the hairdye and allowed his natural grey hair to come through as opposed to his coloured auburn look.

Up there! The Beatles star was showcasing a kooky hairdo, as he scraped his trademark lengthy tresses into a trendy man bun, in a style which defied his septuagenarian status, while his wife was glam in a pink cover-up

Hair today… His pulled back look was wholly different to his usual shoulder-tickling style, which he was rocking during a chat with Idris Elba earlier this month (right) 

Come here you! Aside from his locks, he was also going shirtless to catch some rays while his wife Nancy looked stunning in a her straw hat and billowing cover-up

DFUnky look: Paul and the rest of the iconic group were known for their hairdos back in their Sixties heyday, and the star has always kept the lengthy do (pictured in 1963)

Away from his holiday, Paul released a new album McCartney III this week, having written and recorded it during lockdown earlier this year.

And in a BBC chat with actor Idris Elba, aired last Saturday night, the crooner admitted he ‘didn’t realise’ what he was creating when he did it.

He said: ‘[In] lockdown everyone cleaned out their cupboards and did all the stuff they’d been meaning to get around to. So [making an album] was my equivalent.

‘I wasn’t trying to make an album. So I had these 10 songs, I thought, What am I going to do with these? It was just the 10 as I didn’t know I was making an album.’ 

Changing it up: In 2018, Paul hit headlines when he ditched the hairdye and allowed his natural grey hair to come through as opposed to his coloured auburn look 

Kicking back: He was sporting trendy tile print shorts 

Happy days: The couple were kicking back in the sunshine during the festive break 

Paul went on to explain why he named his album McCartney III: ‘I realised, because I played them myself, I’d done McCartney I and McCartney II in the same vein, that this would be McCartney III. So then it was like, ok, I see what I’m doing now.’

In lockdown, Paul stayed in the countryside with his daughter Mary and her kids.

Of the experience, he went on: ‘I was really lucky. I was locked down with my daughter Mary and her family, and then I was able to go to the studio to work, it was a very safe place. We were distanced, we were always being very careful.

Sweet: The couple seemed loved up as the cosied on the trip 

Sweet: Away from his holiday, Paul released a new album McCartney III this week, having written and recorded it during lockdown earlier this year

‘I was on holiday in the beginning of the year and then lockdown hit, covid hit, so I came back and I was locked down in the country.

‘[It] was good as it meant I was hanging out with four of my grand-kids so suddenly that was great.

‘I was able to go in the studio. The government said you can go to work only if you can’t work at home. So I don’t have a home studio, my home studio is 20 minutes away.

‘So then I just started thinking, what about that song I had a few months ago that I never finished. So we pulled that out and I’d work on that’.

Engrossed: In between taking pictures and cosying up to his wife, Paul checked his phone

The happy couple: He could not tear himself away from his wife