It’s unlikely McCartney’s 10:15 p.m. show disappointed fans young or old , with a two-and-a-half-hour performance of solo hits from the ’70s, new songs released by his alter-ego the Fireman, plus 20 Beatles classics, including “Drive My Car,” “Eleanor Rigby” and “A Day in the Life” (which he melded into John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance”). He spent his time mainly behind an acoustic guitar, a piano or his old Hofner bass.
McCartney reserved the pyrotechnics and fireworks for an explosive “Live and Let Die,” leaning mostly on his good humor to charm the massive crowd spread out before him. There were many silly comments between songs, and also moments of genuine emotional connection. He noted that the night fell on April 17th, the anniversary of his wife Linda McCartney’s death from cancer in 1998. He also performed the late George Harrison’s “Something” on a ukelele his brother Beatle had given him, and sang a raw, understated “Here Today,” his tribute to Lennon. “It’s an emotional day for me, and that’s good,” McCartney said. “It’s a lot of heart.”
McCartney’s four-piece band handled the broad range of his music seamlessly, with fiery guitar work from Rusty Anderson, though McCartney unleashed some stirring sparks of electric guitar-heroism of his own with a bit of Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady” and the set-closing mini-epic “The End.” Mac can play.
Απο εδω.
McCartney reserved the pyrotechnics and fireworks for an explosive “Live and Let Die,” leaning mostly on his good humor to charm the massive crowd spread out before him. There were many silly comments between songs, and also moments of genuine emotional connection. He noted that the night fell on April 17th, the anniversary of his wife Linda McCartney’s death from cancer in 1998. He also performed the late George Harrison’s “Something” on a ukelele his brother Beatle had given him, and sang a raw, understated “Here Today,” his tribute to Lennon. “It’s an emotional day for me, and that’s good,” McCartney said. “It’s a lot of heart.”
McCartney’s four-piece band handled the broad range of his music seamlessly, with fiery guitar work from Rusty Anderson, though McCartney unleashed some stirring sparks of electric guitar-heroism of his own with a bit of Jimi Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady” and the set-closing mini-epic “The End.” Mac can play.
Απο εδω.