McCartney treated fans who had managed to bag a ticket to a 22-track setlist comprising solo material, Beatles classics and Wings music (see it in full below).
Anne Hathaway e Tom Hanks guidano la sfilata di star al secondo concerto di Paul McCartney a N.Y.
Ita was'nt really a big surprise due the increble crowd of stars amd celebrity attendig the show - Anne Hathaway, Tom Hanks lead stars at Paul McCartney's second surprise NYC concert
Hollywood's biggest names flocked to New York City's Bowery Ballroom to catch Sir Paul McCartney's second (no much surprise) concert on Wednesday night.
Anne Hathaway, Cara Delevingne and Emma Stone were just a few of the stars lucky enough to attend night two of McCartney's impromptu Bowery Ballroom residency.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Paul McCartney’s previous New York-area performance took place three years ago at MetLife Stadium, capacity 82,500. His surprise show Tuesday night at the Bowery Ballroom fit, at most, 575.
Announcing the news on Instagram, McCartney confirmed that the gig has taken place at Bowery Ballroom, with doors opening at 5pm and the show starting at 6.30pm.
It was probably less than that since McCartney’s sound board and gear — too much to fit backstage — occupied a portion of the floor space at the venerable downtown theater. The whole thing felt like, and was, a lark. McCartney announced the show just hours before taking the stage.
Paul McCartney played:
‘A Hard Day’s Night’ (The Beatles song)
‘Letting Go’ (Wings song)
‘Got To Get You Into My Life’ (The Beatles song)
‘Let Me Roll It’ (Wings song)
‘My Valentine’
‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five’ (Wings song)
‘Maybe I’m Amazed’
‘I’ve Just Seen A Face’ (The Beatles song)
‘From Me To You’ (The Beatles song)
‘Mrs. Vandebilt’ (Wings song)
‘Blackbird’ (The Beatles song)
‘Come On To Me’
‘Jet’ (Wings song)
‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’ (The Beatles song)
‘Get Back’ (The Beatles song)
‘Now And Then’ (The Beatles song)
‘Lady Madonna’ (The Beatles song)
‘Let It Be’ (The Beatles song)
‘Hey Jude’ (The Beatles song)
Encore:
‘Golden Slumbers’ (The Beatles song)
‘Carry That Weight’ (The Beatles song)
‘The End’ (The Beatles song)
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McCartney took the stage roughly on time at 6:30 p.m. with his regular band, along with a three-member horn section. They had only rehearsed once, the day before, McCartney said. Someone shouted: “You don’t need to rehearse!”
If the location was stripped down, the former Beatle didn’t come with a minimized show, packing in a blistering tour through his entire catalog, from Beatles classics to Wings hits. He began with “A Hard Day’s Night” and also performed “Got To Get You Into My Life,” “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Lady Madonna,” “Jet,” “Get Back,” “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,” “Let it Be” and “Hey Jude.”
“Blackbird” was a solo number on acoustic guitar, and afterward McCartney reflected on how he wrote it for the Civil Rights Movement, a memory that brought back his first trips to the United States.
“We were just kids,” McCartney said. “I’ve got grandchildren older than that now.”
McCartney also performed the so-called last Beatles song, “ Now and Then,” a ballad penned by Lennon in the late ’70s but only released in 2023 with the help of the some of the technology used in Peter Jackson’s 2021 documentary, “ The Beatles: Get Back.” The song made McCartney wistful for his songwriting partner, whom he noted loved New York.
“Let’s hear it for John,” he said.
McCartney, who was spotted Sunday at the Super Bowl in New Orleans chatting with Adam Sandler, was in New York for the upcoming “Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary festivities. He’s to be a guest on the star-studded television special Sunday.
