[Crowbob]

I doubt MJ's demise had anything to do with it. Paul's life long ambition, his truly enormous contribution, his recent marital crisis and the embarrassment of that mistake, and his age really overshadow MJ's demise. That's not to say MJ's trials, his antics and all that were irrelevant. Ringo has been supportive of Paul all these years and they are both quite aware of their places in world history. I believe Paul jumped at the chance to restore and replant his legacy to the world. Not that he needed to, nor Ringo. My take is it was Ringo's idea at this time in our cultural evolution. Per usual, Paul recognized the good that can come of it and went wih it. It's comforting to me, somehow. The 'game' thing is a little cheesy but heck, we've up with cheesy Beatles stuff for 45 years.