Paul McCartney has performed his last gig of the 12 months, bringing the ‘Received Again’ 2024 tour to a detailed at The O2 in London final night time (December 19).
For his last live performance of the 12 months, McCartney made certain to convey surprises together with him within the type of Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr and Rolling Stones‘ Ronnie Wooden.
Halfway by his set, McCartney launched ‘Get Again’ by speaking about his previous bass guitar that was stolen over 50 years in the past, earlier than it was lastly returned to him earlier this February. Brandishing it onstage, he revealed that it was the bass’ first stage look because it had gone lacking: “I haven’t performed it in 50 years.”
McCartney continued, constructing as much as one other shock: “And what’s extra, we’ve acquired a particular visitor for you right here. A Rolling Stone. Ronnie Wooden’. As Wooden made his means onstage, the 2 dove in ‘Get Again’, which you’ll see footage of beneath.
And Ronnie Wooden! pic.twitter.com/HU80I7joj7
— Andrew Trendell (@AndrewTrendell) December 20, 2024
As soon as the track wrapped, the 2 shared a fast embrace, with Macca elevating Wooden’s hand triumphantly within the air: “Thanks Ronald.”
Throughout the encore section of the present, McCartney stated to the viewers – adopted by deafening applause: “We’ve acquired one other shock for you. Convey to the stage the mighty, the one and solely Mr Ringo Starr.”
McCartney quipped as Starr walked on: “Ought to we rock? Get in your package la”. The 2 then dove into two Beatles classics, ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band (Reprise)’ and ‘Helter Skelter’.
Try footage of these songs, courtesy of NME‘s Andrew Trendell, beneath.
So good. #TheBeatles pic.twitter.com/Kx0h9xoTRo
— Andrew Trendell (@AndrewTrendell) December 19, 2024
Afterwards Ringo stated, signifying the top of his time with McCartney for the night time: “Give it up. I’m off now however I’ve had an important night time. It’s improbable, enjoying with me previous mate, however there comes a time once we’ve acquired to go residence. All that continues to be to be stated, I’d see you subsequent time.”
Elsewhere throughout his set, McCartney ran by his in depth discography, performing his solo hits aside from the quite a few Beatles and Wings songs he performed. The setlist included classics like ‘Hey Jude’, ‘Fantastic Christmastime’, ‘Let It Be’, ‘In Spite of All of the Hazard’, ‘Letting Go’ and extra.
And all of us got here to listen to Paul McCartney sing the Beatles traditional “Hey Jude” on the 02…
Do you know that the phrase ‘Nah’ seems 240 occasions throughout the track?! 🤯#Beatles #TheBeatles https://t.co/I6JmyzJG7o pic.twitter.com/3CVaLSaAxT
— Bobby Seagull (@Bobby_Seagull) December 19, 2024
McCartney additionally carried out final 12 months’s Beatles observe ‘Now And Then’, which he stated earlier throughout the tour cycle makes him “very emotional”.
Paul McCartney’s ‘Received Again’ setlist in Manchester, December 19 was:
‘A Laborious Day’s Evening’
‘Junior’s Farm’
‘Letting Go’
‘Drive My Automobile’
‘Received To Get You Into My Life’
‘Come On To Me’
‘Let Me Roll It’
‘Getting Higher’
‘Let ‘Em In’
‘My Valentine’
‘Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-5’
‘Possibly I’m Amazed’
‘I’ve Simply Seen A Face’
‘In Spite of All of the Hazard’
‘Love Me Do’
‘Dance Tonight’
‘Blackbird’
‘Right here In the present day’
‘Now and Then’
‘Woman Madonna’
‘Jet’
‘Being for the Good thing about Mr. Kite!’
‘One thing’
‘Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da’
‘Band on the Run’
‘Fantastic Christmastime’
‘Get Again’ (with Ronnie Wooden)
‘Let It Be’
‘Stay and Let Die’
‘Hey Jude’
‘I’ve Received A Feeling’
‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Membership Band (Reprise)’ (with Ringo Starr)
‘Helter Skelter’ (with Ringo Starr)
‘Golden Slumbers’
‘Carry That Weight’
‘The Finish’
‘Now And Then’ was most not too long ago nominated for each File Of The 12 months and Finest Rock Efficiency on the 67th Grammy Awards.
Whereas teasing the mission for months, Starr revealed that he thought the mission was “stunning” and went on to confess that engaged on the observe was “like having John Lennon again”.
‘Now And Then’ was created from certainly one of John Lennon’s demo tapes and was accomplished with the assistance of AI, which was used to elevate the late musician’s vocals from the preliminary recording so Macca and Starr might work with them.
