Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen, June 2022 at Glastonbury
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Bruce Springsteen is performing his first-ever exhibits in Liverpool, England — the birthplace of the Beatles — this week, so naturally Paul McCartney got here out to hitch the E Road Band for a few songs Saturday.
Wednesday marked Springsteen’s first live performance in Liverpool, and it was a Beatle-less affair. Saturday introduced the Boss again to town’s Anfield stadium, and it was a reasonably routine E Road present once more till the encore, when Springsteen and firm welcomed out McCartney:
“Thanks Liverpool. You’re fortunate tonight, we’ve a younger man, a neighborhood younger man from Liverpool, he’s gonna play with us tonight, I believe he has a number of expertise, and I imagine he’s gonna be going locations,” Springsteen quipped in his introduction. “So let’s carry out Paul McCartney.”
McCartney first led the band on a rendition of the Fab 4 basic “Can’t Purchase Me Love” — Springsteen and the E Road Band’s first time performing that tune reside — adopted by a rendition of Little Willie Littlefield’s “Kansas Metropolis” that was popularized by Little Richard after which the Beatles on Beatles for Sale.
The 2 rock legends have shared the stage collectively on a handful of events over the previous dozen-plus years: At London’s Hyde Park in July 2012, and once more at New York’s Madison Square Garden in September 2017 (each occasions they performed “I Noticed Her Standing There”).
In addition they carried out collectively throughout McCartney’s East Rutherford, New Jersey gig in June 2022 (enjoying the Beatles’ “I Wanna Be Your Man” and Springsteen’s personal “Glory Days”) and, most lately, every week later throughout McCartney’s headlining set at Glastonbury.
Mirroring the Beatles’ personal sojourn from Liverpool to Germany, Springsteen and the E Road Band’s European tour subsequent heads to Berlin on June 11. McCartney, who performed a residency at New York’s tiny Bowery Ballroom back in February, has no tour dates presently on his 2025 calendar.
From Rolling Stone US.