Paul McCartney joined forces with Bruce Springsteen as he wrapped his Got Back US tour in New Jersey last week (June 16). ORDER NOW: The Beatles are on the cover of the latest issue of Uncut READ MORE: Paul McCartney turns 80: a look back at the Beatle’s numerous accomplishments McCart...
Paul McCartney joined forces with Bruce Springsteen as he wrapped his Got Back US tour in New Jersey last week (June 16).
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McCartney welcomed The Boss onstage at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey as a “birthday present to myself” to perform the latter’s 1984 classic “Glory Days” before the pair played The Beatles’ “I Wanna Be Your Man”. You can view footage below.
Springsteen previously performed “I Saw Her Standing There” with McCartney at London’s Hyde Park in 2012.
Following the performance last night, The Beatles icon took to Twitter to post a picture of the pair onstage with the caption: “Glory Days with Bruce Springsteen.”
Paul McCartney e Bruce Springsteen cantando “I Wanna Be Your Man” no MetLife Stadium, em East Rutherford (16/06) #PaulMcCartneyGotBack
pic.twitter.com/BbWOP6qvbB— The Beatles BR ? (@TheBeatleBR) June 17, 2022
Glory Days with Bruce Springsteen #PaulMcCartneyGotBack #springsteen pic.twitter.com/xdU68PdZ3I
— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) June 17, 2022
Later in the show, Jon Bon Jovi also joined McCartney onstage to sing “Happy Birthday” ahead of the latter’s 80th birthday.
Jon Bon Jovi singing “Happy Birthday” to Paul McCartney at Paul’s MetLife stadium concert, June 16, 2022: pic.twitter.com/lJxUOTJzZL
— The Beatles (@BeatlesEarth) June 17, 2022
Throughout the show, McCartney performed a host of Beatles classics including “Can’t Buy Me Love”, “Getting Better” and “Love Me Do”.
As ever he also played his Wings classic “Live And Let Die” and Beatles anthem “Hey Jude”.
His Got Back tour in the US took place over six weeks with it initially kicking off in Washington on April 28.
McCartney will now return to the UK to headline Glastonbury 2022 this week alongside Billie Eilish and Kendrick Lamar. He last performed at the festival in Worthy Farm in 2004.
When asked what he’s got planned for this year’s event earlier this year, he said: “Yeah, to tell you the truth we don’t know exactly what we’re going to do yet, but we are definitely planning on having a few tricks up our sleeve…”
Paul McCartney played:
“Can’t Buy Me Love”
“Junior’s Farm”
“Letting Go”
“Got To Get You Into My Life”
“Come On To Me”
“Let Me Roll It”
“Getting Better”
“Let Em In”
“My Valentine”
“Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five”
“Maybe I’m Amazed”
“I’ve Just Seen A Face”
“In Spite Of All The Danger”
“Love Me Do”
“Dance Tonight”
“Blackbird”
“Here Today”
“Queenie Eye”
“Lady Madonna”
“Fuh You”
“Jet”
“Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!”
“Something”
“Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” (The Beatles song)
“You Never Give Me Your Money”
“She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”
“Get Back”
“Band On The Run”
“Glory Day”
“I Wanna Be Your Man”
“Let It Be”
“Live And Let Die”
“Hey Jude”
Encore:
“I’ve Got A Feeling”
“Birthday”
“Helter Skelter”
“Golden Slumbers”
“Carry That Weight”
“The End”