In what is starting to become a disturbing trend a Paul McCartney concert in Lisbon has been overshadowed by reports that the singer made anti-semitic remarks throughout the course of his set.

“Now, I’m not saying nobody died [in the Holocaust].” The famed Beatles singer-songwriter reportedly said. “I’m just saying the numbers are greatly exaggerated. Maybe 200,000. But these deaths came from supply line interruptions caused by allied bombings. There were no gas chambers. Where does this six million number come from?“ Noticing some audible gasps and stunned silences McCartney joked that the audience looked as though he had “decided to play only Wings songs” causing some uncomfortable laughter.

McCartney’s set continued without incident until later in the evening, when he dedicated his performance of ‘Yellow Submarine’ to “that brave commander of a real submarine”, Nazi wolfpack leader Karl Donitz. At this point the audience began booing and a defiant McCartney closed with a rendition of ‘Deutschland Uber Alles’.

So far no video of the incident has emerged but rumors and first hand accounts have been swirling through the Internet about McCartney’s odd behavior this past year.

At a concert in Indianapolis a blogger claimed that Mr. McCartney voiced similar holocaust denial conspiracies, saying that the song ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ was actually about the odds of finding “any evidence of the blue streaks that would be present if Zyklon B really was used in the rumored gas chambers.”

At a venue in Chattanooga the singer went on a bizarre rant after someone heckled him. “Would you rather I was dead?” he asked the heckler. “You know there was a rumor in the 1960s that said I was dead. And you know what? It was mostly Jews who said that. It’s funny how when you pick up the papers and look at who is talking bad about you it’s always Jews. Names like Rosencratz, Goldberg. It’s just one of those funny coincidences in life. And those coincidences are what I wrote this next song about.” He then launched into an up tempo rendition of ‘Obla Di Obla Da’.

A close associate, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Daily Mail that McCartney had to be talked out of printing a line of shirts that had the name of the popular Beatles song ‘Paperback Writer’ accompanied by an image of Adolf Hitler and his book Mein Kampf. Mr. McCartney planned to sell these at concerts.

When reached for comment McCartney’s publicist denied the singer had made any anti-semitic remarks. She instead blamed fatigue caused by touring and poor audio equipment at venues for causing people to mishear and believe Mr. McCartney had voiced some “loony” holocaust denial beliefs.

“Paul’s message has always been one of peace. His advocacy for the rights of animals and of all people is unquestionable. In fact just next week he is traveling to Poland to start a work on a documentary about what he tells me is the perspective of a group of oppressed people that we never hear from in our society.”